Recreation Guy » products http://recreationguy.com the ramblings and insights of a youth recreation professional Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:07:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 We Need More Recreation Programming Products http://recreationguy.com/we-need-more-recreation-programming-products/ http://recreationguy.com/we-need-more-recreation-programming-products/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:22:06 +0000 Curt "Moose" Jackson http://recreationguy.com/?p=931 At the conference I attended last week there was an Expo. The expo hall was filled with companies vying for our attention, commitments to buy and business cards. As I meandered through the aisles and aisles of vendors I was specifically looking for programming products. Unfortunately there were only a couple of vendors that offered systems or equipment for youth and/or adult programs. Instead, it was mostly facility equipment, building and site planning, and various surfacing vendors.

I was disappointed. Why aren’t there companies or individuals creating programming products? For example, Skillastics was there. Now that is a neat product. Here are a couple of other ideas I would like to see someone come up with:

  • Theme week packages that would include games, decorations, crafts and more all in one box.
  • DVD and manual combo packages that demonstrates to recreation leaders how to run tot and pre-school sports programs.
  • All-in-one after school program packages. For example, an Under the Sea package would include games, riddles, crafts, decorations, songs, etc., much like the theme week packages.
  • Special Event DVDs that show all the neat things you can do with a particular special event for your community, as well as the step-by-step directions on getting sponsors and marketing the event.

I’ve go more suggestions, but I think you get the idea. I believe there is a need for these types of products. Sure they aren’t big ticket items like the $32,000 NEOS Wall, but an enterprising person or group of people that design and sell these types of products could make a very good living.


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