WCCRC 2013 Presentation Descriptions Friday, February 8 9am ‐ 10am Session How to Implement Small Group Training in the University and College Fitness Centre Lead Presenter: Dan Eriksson Stak Fitness Inc. Come with us to learn the 5 Core Strategies to successfully implement Small Group Training. The premise of this system can be utilized to almost any style and type of system. You will learn how to use these strategies and understand how you can incorporate them into your fitness programs. Also learn how you can successfully link the experience of your Small Group program to those actively in and outside your facility, utilizing innovative and engaging technologies. 911 Marketing Lead Presenter: Rob MacKay Assisting Presenter: Shawna Dash University of Victoria Community in Leagues: Keeping Your Participants Excited and Engaged Lead Presenters: Lead Presenter: Emma Rimmer and Emily Shebib University of British Columbia Promoting intramural leagues and sustaining participant excitement over the course of an entire semester can be a difficult task. Using examples from a newly implemented ‘community’ staff position within our leagues program, UBC REC will teach workshop attendees how to utilize current resources to improve existing community. By adding new aspects to the program, such as All Star Day and the free agent system, allows league administrators more time and energy to focus on new ideas for increasing participants enthusiasm on a larger scale. Managing Your Peers: A Model of Progress, Cooperation, and Mutual Respect Head Presenter: Lynn Orsak Assisting Presenter: Sarah Chrusch and Shelby Dietrick University of Saskatchewan One of the most difficult aspects of working with your peers is finding a positive balance between cooperation and progress. This presentation seeks to illustrate both the challenges and successes of peer leadership, while building and maintaining positive relationships in a professional recreation environment.
10:15 ‐ 11:15am Session Fifteen Seconds of Fame! Lead Presenter: Tiffany Smith Assisting Presenter: Michelle Haliburton Mount Royal University Using a customer service model, this presentation will explore how impactful and influential your staff are in creating a welcoming and healthy environment for your customers. The presentation shows how you and the rest of your staff play a large role in encouraging healthy active lifestyle habits in clients. Using Mount Royal University Recreation as a base, we will use real life vignettes to show the audience how customers perceive our staff’s “15 seconds of fame.” Online Forms and Other Effective Tools Presenter: Graeme Horton Trinity Western University In this session, I will give an overview of a few online form tools to help with making Risk Management manageable, online signup simple and easy, and club team budgets available for those who need access. Inclusion in Aquatics: Engaging the Diverse Campus Community Through Adaptive and Inclusive Programs Lead Presenter: Frances Myketyn Driscoll Mount Royal University This session consists of two parts. The first is a presentation outlining adaptive and inclusive programs that run at Mount Royal University Aquatics Center. The second will be a facilitated brainstorming session aimed to help students and professionals identify potential adaptive and inclusive programs that can be run at their Campus Recreation Facilities. Turning Innovation into Action: Learn How to Create Change and Foster Student Passion Through New Ideas Lead Presenter: Justin Goodhew and Parker Learey University of British Columbia Though an interactive workshop we will explore innovation by looking at how to empower students to create change and foster student growth. This workshop will be broken down into two parts. The first part focuses on why innovation is important within an organization, how to bring innovation into recreational activities and some examples of innovation within UBC REC. The second part of the workshop will focus on the process of turning innovation into action. 2:00 ‐ 3:00pm Session Social Media Leader Presenter: Shawna Dash University of Victoria
Your Emotional Landscape: Are You on a Smooth Sail or Out on the Rough Seas? Lead Presenter: Shelley Fried 2 Build Better People Emotions ‐ we’ve all got them but do you really know what happens to your body when you are feeling good or bad? Come and learn about where you are on your emotional landscape. We will explore what effect positive and negative emotions have on you and how you can create your life by living in the zone. You will also learn some techniques that can help you bring about more clarity in your daily living. Creating a Dynamic Work Environment: Using a Team Building Retreat to Make a Lasting Impression Lead Presenter: Alex Keizer and Nicole Martinetti Vancouver Island University A strong team dynamic is key to any successful work environment. At VIU Campus Recreation, a major portion in training our new student employees is the participation in an overnight team building retreat. This retreat includes cooperative activities, competitions, and strategy games that are always followed by reflection. Risk Management: Best Practices in Campus Recreation Lead Presenter: Dr. lan McGregor Assisting Presenter: Jared Ginter McGregor & Associates Recreation Departments struggle with the question ‐ what is the ‘standard of care’ and are we meeting it? Instead of focusing on ‘standards’, a more realistic approach might be to develop risk management ‘Best Practices’. A group of Recreation professionals across Canada are developing a series of 'Risk Management Best Practices' for recreation facilities and programs. The starting point is facilities, and this presentation will highlight the progress to date in Aquatic Facilities, Weight Room and Fitness Studio. 3:15 ‐ 4:15pm Session Dreadful Ice Breakers No More Lead Presenter: Ada Chan University of Calgary Almost all classrooms, work training or events start with an ice breaker. To introduce new members to each other or even get to know old members better. This presentation will highlight fun exciting new ice breakers anyone can lead. Phat Fitness: Group Exercise Programming for All Shapes and Sizes Lead Presenter: Megan Ragush Assisting Presenter: Naissa Preston University of Alberta
Phat Fitness was created to accommodate all shapes and sizes. It requires mindful programming to suit the needs of this specific clientele, so come learn what worked for us and what unique considerations should be taken into account when introducing a program like this. Information presented will be supported by research and upcoming trends in the fitness industry. What Women Want: Trials and Tribulations of Women’s Intramurals Lead Presenter: Katrina Klein Assisting Presenter: Melissa Fleming University of Alberta This presentation will explore various aspects of the Women’s Intramural Program at the University of Alberta. This will include a comparison of Uof A’s unique women’s program to other universities intramural programs based on effective and defective methods of running and promoting women’s intramural’s. Participant statistics from past years will be used to demonstrate how UofA Women’s Intramural Programs have been so successful and how they are planning for future success. Creating a Canadian Subset within the NIRSA/NASPA Recreation & Wellness Benchmark Lead Presenter: Chris Dawe Assisting Presenter: Ron Griffith Mount Royal University In the fall of 2012, Mount Royal University became the first Canadian institution to participate in the benchmark, but we'd love some company! Hear how we implemented the survey on our campus and received over 2800 responses from users and non ‐ users. We'll share what we've learned in this experience as well as the results we're seeing as we begin to explore the data. We know that others are preparing to implement or are considering it, so we can discuss how we can build a powerful Canadian dataset for benchmarking with our peer Colleges and Universities. Saturday, February 9 9am ‐ 10am Session Adapted Spinning: Creating Inclusive Participation of Upright Bike and Handcycle Users Lead Presenter: Naissa Preston Assisting Presenter: Megan Ragush University of Alberta Join us for this informative session to gain the road map to launch a successful fully inclusive indoor cycling program. Our integrated, and somewhat seamless, handcycle/upright spin bike class was an immediate hit. Let us share our process. It is All Fun and Games Until You Get Grumpy! Lead Presenter: Charlotte Stalgitis Assisting Presenter: Tiffany Smith Mount Royal University
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