48TH Annual Conference & Tradeshow Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association 414.423.1210 6601-C Northway, Greendale, WI 53129 wpraweb.org

WPRA CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW President’s Invitation Igniting Team Spirit “Igniting Team Spirit” is the theme for the 48th Annual Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association’s Conference & Tradeshow. This year’s event will take place in Titletown USA – Green Bay, WI - from November 5-8, 2013. The head coach, Rex Mehlberg, along with his teammates on this year’s conference committee, is promising a championship caliber conference in Green Bay. The annual WPRA Conference & Tradeshow is our premier education and professional development opportunity of the year. It brings together a “franchise” of professional and commercial networking opportunities. With all the challenges we face professionally, you do not want to miss out on all the opportunities to acquire new skills and knowledge. The conference will kick-off on Tuesday with TWO pre-conference institutes along with a pre-conference tour of the newly expanded LAMBEAU FIELD. The day will end with the President’s Reception at Hagemeister Park. On Wednesday, a full array of educational session and topics will begin and over 100 exhibitors will be available for the tradeshow. That evening you won’t want to miss our tailgate games and the ever-classy, dueling piano social. Thursday will again feature our professional awards banquet, where we recognize our members and supporters who have excelled in their career. This year’s conference will again offer numerous opportunities for learning, networking and celebrating. Register early for this great event. And there is your DAGGER! KEYNOTE: Ripples of Possibility | Paul Wesselmann Rekindling passion and igniting potential in yourself and gradually began receiving requests to deliver others, Paul Wesselmann, The Ripples Guy in a world of keynote addresses and in 1997 transformed Stone competing priorities, multiple pressures from multiple Soup Seminars from a part-time hobby into a full- sources and overwhelming work and life time career. He currently works with 80 clients on a challenges, helps to bring out what many of us have year-round basis in the U.S. (and a few stops in buried from years of stress, disappointment, and Canada!) with audiences ranging in size from a obstacles. THERE IS HOPE in small, everyday actions dozen to several thousand. that can enliven ourselves, our colleagues, and those we In 1999, Paul created Ripples, an inspirational serve. Are you in? Monday morning email that transformed into The Since 1990, Paul has been presenting conference Ripples Project, an organization with over 20,000 workshops and designing staff training for a variety of members whose mission is to encourage small organizations in the private and public sector. He waves of kindness. Table of Contents Who Should Attend? The 2013 Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Annual Conference and Page 2 Page 5 Tradeshow is for anyone in the leisure services industry that offers aquatic, park, President’s Invitation Registration Form Keynote Speaker Page 6 recreation, natural resources or therapeutic recreation opportunities to individuals Page 3 Hotel Information within their communities, as well as individuals interested in learning more about General Assembly Conference Committee the Park & Recreation professions. We also encourage any organization or General Information Sponsors business that has products or services available that would be of interest to park Pre-Conference Extras Conference Highlights and recreation professionals to attend. With over seventy educational sessions Page 4 and an excess of 130 exhibitors, this year’s conference will show us all how to Schedule at a Glance “Ignite Our Team Spirit”. 2

Wayne Larrivee is the play-by-play announcer and high school basketball before going to General on Newsradio 620 WTMJ's Green Bay Kansas City. Assembly: Packers Radio Network. Before starting his Larrivee has also found success in front of the Packers career during the 1999 season, camera. He can be seen on ESPN and Wayne Larrivee Larrivee called the plays for the Chicago RAYCOM calling NCAA basketball and Bears for 14 seasons, most recently on regional Big Ten football and basketball WMAQ-AM, which secured the rights to the broadcasts. Larrivee also does play-by-play Bears radio broadcasts in 1997. Previously at for Chicago Bulls Basketball on WGN WGN Radio, the then-Bears flagship station, Television. He will continue his television Larrivee also called Chicago Cubs baseball work. and college basketball. Before that, Larrivee was the "Voice of the Kansas City Chiefs," Larrivee has received numerous awards and broadcasting from KCMO Radio in Kansas accolades throughout his career. He is a five- City, Missouri from 1978 to 1984. time winner of the Silver Dome Award for Best Radio Football Play-by-Play from the Larrivee began his radio career in 1975 at Illinois Broadcasters Association, and he was KGRO Radio in Pampa, Texas. From there named Illinois Sportscaster of the Year in he moved to Davenport, Iowa, and KSTT 1997. Larrivee has also received two Emmys Radio, where he announced University of for his work on the Chicago Bulls broadcasts. Iowa football games, minor league baseball Pre-Conference Extras General Information National Playground Safety Institute Location Safety Inspector Certification Course & Exam The 2013 Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association Conference & Are your playgrounds safe? Tradeshow will be held at Hyatt on Main in Green Bay. The Tradeshow Monday, November 4 - Tuesday, November 5 and many special events will take place at the KI Convention Center, According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, located just next door to Hyatt on Main. 200,000 children are treated annually for playground What to Bring accidents. Of these, 70 percent, or 140,000 occurred at public . Casual Business Attire for educational sessions parks and schoolyards. Sponsored by the NRPA National . Comfortable casual attire for social events Playground Safety Institute and WPRA, this course is the . Professional attire for Thursday’s Banquet most comprehensive training. Program on playground hazard . Athletic attire for active sessions identification and risk management methods offered. Advanced reading and 10 hours of training will prepare you . Brochures, business cards and program information to share in the for the Certified Playground Safety Inspector Exam resource room scheduled at the culmination of this course. Check-In & Information Headquarters The check-in and general information headquarters for all conference Pre-Conference Featured Session (.4 CEU's) activities is located in the KI Convention Center Registration area. Making Your Community Festivals Better Name Badges Presenter: Vern Biaett, CFEE, Arizona State University All attendees will receive a name badge when checking in for the Tuesday, November 4 | 12:30 - 4:30 pm (.4 CEUs) conference. Badges are required for admittance to education sessions, The workshop will focus on finances...cost-revenue exhibit halls, meals, functions, special events and socials. Name badges management, sponsorship and revenue generation as it will contain all of your meal tickets and special event admission tickets. relates to providing or sponsoring community festivals as part Cancellation and Refund Policy of your programming, Cancellations received in writing by October 1,2013 will receive a refund

Lambeau Stadium Pre-Conference Tour minus a 25% administrative fee. No refunds will be issued after October 1, 2013. Checks, Visa, Discover, MasterCard or American Express are all Tuesday, November 4 | 5:00 -7:00 pm (.2 CEUs) acceptable forms of payment. There is a $35 service charge on ALL Maximum 40 Participants returned checks. Touch down year round at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Hours of Operation Wisconsin. Home to the World Champion Green Bay Tuesday 7:00AM – 7:00PM Packers on game day, and touted as the most legendary stadium in the NFL, Lambeau Field is also open (almost) Wednesday 7:00AM – 5:30PM every other day of the year as well. Everything you'd like to Thursday 7:30AM – 4:00PM know about Lambeau Field will be shared in this special "after Friday 8:00AM – 10:00AM hours" tour. 3 Schedule At-A-Glance 48th Annual Conference & Tradeshow

Tuesday, Nov. 5 Update | Auditorium ADA, Are You Ready? | 5:30PM-6:30PM 12PM-7PM Registration . Forum for Recreational Champion’s Club . Raffle & Pre-Banquet Social | 1:00PM-3:30PM Therapy State Licensure, Pt. 2 | 7 . Bridging the Communication Ballrooms A 1, 2, 3 . Pre-Conference: Making Your . Great Park Soup: A Recipe for Gap—A Social Media Plan for 6:30PM-8:30PM Community Festivals Better Success | 6 Parks and Rec | Auditorium . Annual Banquet | Ballrooms . Chemical Controllers and What 4:30PM-6:30PM . Incorporating Zumba into TR A1, 2, 3 They are Telling You | 5 . Pre-Conference Tour: Practice, Pt. 2 | 7 . Wildlife Surveys & Research | Lambeau Field . Urban Forestry Management Friday, Nov. 8 Ballroom B1 for Parks | 6 . 7AM-12:30PM Registration 8:00PM-12:00AM . Ask the Expert | Ballroom B2 . Risk Management: Another . Welcome Social & President’s 8:30AM-9:45AM EXHIBIT HALL OPEN Day at the Ball Park | 5 Reception at Hagemeister . Enhancing Program 1:30-5:30 Trade Show | . Motivating your Communities Park Performance with Logic Ballrooms B3 & B4 & Others to Join In the Fun | Models | Ballroom A4 Wednesday, Nov. 6 5:35PM-6:35PM Ballroom B1 . Creating & Sustaining World- 7AM-5PM Registration . Dude, That’s a Cool Pool! | 5 11:00AM-11:30AM Class Customer- Centered 8:00AM-9:15AM . Spirit of Culture | Ballroom A4 . WPRA Board Meeting Service | Auditorium . Creativity: Maximizing it’s . Fitness for Recreation 11:30AM-12:30PM . A Caring Response to LGBT Exponential Power | Ballroom Professionals: Tips, Tricks, & . General Assembly: The Elders in Therapeutic A4 Trends for 2014 | Champion’s Ripples of Possibility | Recreation Services Pt. 1 | 7 . Youth Fitness Programming Club Ballrooms A1, 2, 3 . Alternatives for Repairing / Reconstructing your Tennis & Champion’s Club 6:35PM-7:15PM 12:30PM-2:00PM Basketball Courts, Pt. 1 | 6 . NPSI | Auditorium . Section Meetings | Ballroom B1 . Lunch On Your Own . Volunteers in Parks are “VIP’s!” | 6 . Converting an Aging Wading 8:30PM-12:00AM . Surging into Aquatics: 2:00PM-3:15PM Pool to a Splashpad | 5 . Social: Ted Oliver Productions . Cast a Line: How Angler Preparing for the Age Wave | 5 . Playground Maintenance & Dueling Pianos | Ballrooms A1-3 Education Can Inspire YOUR . Reinvigorating the Milwaukee Inspection | Ballroom B1 Community, Pt. 1 | Ballroom County Parks | Ballroom B1 10:00AM-11:15AM Thursday, Nov. 7 A4 . Natural Areas Program . The ABC's of ADA Transition 7AM-5PM Registration . Creativity: Thinking for a . Interviewing for Success | Plans | Ballroom A4 8:00AM-9:15AM Change | Champion’s Club Ballroom B2 . The Fundamentals of Project . Training for the “Ages”: . Veggies, Delusions, & Gifts: Management | Auditorium 9:30AM-10:30AM Creating Effective Multi- Improving Interpersonal . A Caring Response to LGBT . WET n’ WILD about Fish | Generation Team | Ballroom Effectiveness | Auditorium Elders in Therapeutic Ballroom A4 A4 . Cultivating the Mindful Recreation Services Pt. 2 | 7 . Games that Make Sports Fun . Strategies for Managing Practitioner | 7 . Alternatives for Repairing / for Children as Young as 3! | Younger Workers | . Parks Design Awards | 6 Reconstructing your Tennis & Champion’s Club Champion’s Club . Basic Water Chemistry | 5 Basketball Courts, Pt. 2 | 6 . NPSI | Auditorium . The ABC’s of Social Media- 26 . Wisconsin’s Invasive Species . Building Blocks for Contracts . Forum for Recreational Ways to Engage Park Fans | Rule – What Does it Mean For Pt. 1 | Ballroom B1 Therapy State Licensure, Pt. 1 | 7 Auditorium Wisconsin’s Parks? | Ballroom . Golf Course Maintenance | 6 . Incorporating Zumba into TR B1 11:30AM-12:30PM . Futuristic Spray Play | 5 . A Community Movement: All Practice, Pt. 1 | 7 3:30PM-4:45PM . Emerald Ash Borer and Other for One and Run for All! | . Molecule to Market: Discovery . Cast a Line: How Angler Forest Pests | Ballroom B1 Ballroom A4 & Development of Novel Plant Education can Inspire YOUR . Standing Out From All the . The Art of Delegation | Protectants | 6 Community Pt. 2 | Ballroom A4 Rest | Ballroom B2 Auditorium . Waterfront Safety: No More . Fun Run | Champion’s Club . Aging Well | 7 10:40AM-11:45AM Treading Water | 5 . Get Better, Not Bitter: . Alternatives for Repairing / . Keynote Session: Wayne . Managing PGA Pros, Strategies for Embracing Reconstructing your Tennis & Larravee | Ballrooms A 1, 2, 3 Clubhouse Concessions, Challenges | Auditorium Basketball Courts, Pt. 3 | 6 12:30PM-1:30PM Outings | Ballroom B2 . TimeSlips™: Therapeutic . Back to the "Old Swimming . Get Your Community Working 9:30AM-10:45AM Storytelling for Individuals with Hole" | 5 With You: The Power of . Who Is Your FIRST Dementia | 7 . The Contract is Signed: How to Advocacy | Ballroom A4 Customer? | Ballroom A4 . The Evolution of a Public Manage Contracts . Starting a Youth Flag Rugby . Importance of Internal Sector Group Sales Division | 6 Successfully , Pt. 2 | Ballroom Program | Champion’s Club Customer Service Segways, . Leadership Management | B1 . Public Sector Labor Relations Service Animals and the New Ballroom B1

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3-Day Package Includes Wednesday's President's Social, Wednesday Lunch / Thursday Lunch / Thursday Awards Banquet 2013 Conference 3-Day Conference favor. CEU's if submitted. Early Registration Late Fee Registration Form (Postmarked by October 1) Check all that apply. Member Non-member How To Register: ☐ Professional ☐ $300 ☐ $415 ☐ $25 Complete and return enrollment form via: . Mail - WPRA, 6601-C Northway, Greendale, WI 53129 Student 3-Day Package: Includes sessions, socials, Wednesday . Fax - (414) 423-1296 (credit card only) Lunch and Thursday Awards Banquet . Online - www.WPRAweb.org 1-Day Conference favor. Upon receiving your enrollment, a confirmation will be sent via e-maiL Early Registration Late Fee (Postmarked by October 1) Name ______First/Last (Name to appear on name badge) Check all that apply. Member Non-member Title ______☐ Student ☐ $100 ☐ $140 ☐ $25 ☐ City of All 3-Day Package registrants must check all that apply to Agency ☐ School District participate in these events. I plan on attending the following: ☐ Village of ☐ Wednesday Lunch ☐ Vegetarian Meal Option ☐ Other ______(Department/University/Business) ☐ Thursday Awards Banquet Address______1-Day Package City ______Includes sessions, meals, exhibit hall, social and 1-Day State ______Zip ______Conference favor. Early Registration Late Fee Business Phone ______(Postmarked by October 1) Cell Phone ______Check all that apply. Member Non-member Wednesday Lunch $150 $200 $25 E-mail ______☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Thursday ☐ Banquet ☐ $150 ☐ $200 ☐ $25 ☐ Vegetarian Meal Options ADA Compliance: Please complete if you require special accessibility ☐ Friday ☐ $60 ☐ $75 ☐ $25 or accommodations. My requirements are: ______Student ☐ W ☐ TH ☐ $60 ☐ $75 ☐ $25 ______Emeritus Package

For Emeritus Members. The fee has been waived for Thursday Current 2013 WPRA Member? ☐ Yes ☐ No ONLY. 2013 Membership Dues Online at WPRAweb.org ☐ Check if you will be attending on Thursday.

Are you a first time attendee? ☐ Yes ☐ No Spouse Package Includes meals, exhibit hall, and social – no sessions. Cancellations received in writing by October 1, will receive a refund minus a Spouse Name ______25% administrative fee. NO REFUNDS will be issued after October 1, 2013. Early Registration Late Fee Children and spouses will not be allowed to attend sessions. No children will be (Postmarked by October 1) allowed to attend regular conference socials, meals or be allowed in the exhibit ☐3 -Day Package ☐ $150 ☐ $5 hall. ☐Wednesday ☐ $100 ☐ $5 Check payable to: Wisconsin Park & Recreation Association ☐Thursday ☐ $100 ☐ $5 ☐ Please invoice me (WPRA Members only) ☐Vegetarian Meal Options

Credit Card # ______Pre-Conference Events National Playground Safety Institute November 4-6 Exp. Date ______Security Code ______Call 414-423-1210 to register or visit WPRAweb.org for a program flyer. Pre-Conference Tour ☐ $25 Members ☐$30 Non-members Questions? Pre-Conference Session ☐ $50 Members ☐$65 Non-members Sponsor a Student ☐ $25 For more information, call the WPRA Office (414) 423-1210 or e-mail [email protected] Conference Total $ ______

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Hotel Information directly to make your reservation. Be sure to mention WPRA when making Conference Highlights your reservations to receive our special Tuesday, November 5 group rate! . National Playground Safety Institute . Pre-Conference Featured Session Note: All rooms must be guaranteed . Pre-Conference Tour with a credit card or one night deposit. . President’s Reception Cancellations and / or changes must be made directly through the hotel. If Wednesday, November 6 333 Main Street . Keynote Speaker Paul Wesselmann you do not cancel your reservation by . Network Box Luncheon Green Bay, WI 54301 4:00PM on the date of your arrival, . Tradeshow Grand Opening 1-888-287-8265 your deposit will be forfeited or credit . Section Meetings $105 (plus tax) – Standard Single card will be charged accordingly. . Social & Networking Opportunities and Double Queens Thursday, November 7 Reservation Deadline: . WPRA Annual Meeting . General Assembly with Wayne October 10 Larrivee Reserve your rooms today! A . Raffle & Annual Awards Banquet block of rooms has been held for Friday, November 8 WPRA attendees, but will fill up . Educational Sessions quickly. Please contact the hotel

THANK YOU: 2013 Conference Team and Sponsors BCI Burke Main Conference Sponsor Neuman Pools General Sponsor Conference Committee

Chairperson Mt. Olympus Rex Mehlberg, Ashwaubenon Main Education Sponsor Pre-Conference Institute Doug Hartmann, Brown County Water Technology Education/Executive Track Signage Coordinators Precision Retirement Group Stephanie Aerts, De Pere Trade Show Snacks Chris Clark, Howard Local Arrangements & Socials Noah’s Ark Anne Moeller, Green Bay 3-Day Favor Registration/Pre & On-Site Max-R Coordinator Permanent Signage Jenny Hammes, Allouez Musco Lighting Exhibit Coordinators President’s Reception Matt Hahn, Bellevue American Litho ENCAP Vince Maas, Menasha USB Zip Drive Featured Membership Directory Publicity Coordinator Speakers Lauren Oliveri, Elm Grove Vermont Systems Social Coordinators Rec Trac Software Anne Moeller, Green Bay Nikki Hilker, Suamico Jon Rupno, Howard