Becoming Vital

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Becoming Vital

• Mr. Idris Jassim Al-Oboudi
• Recreation Services Manager
• City of Manhattan Beach

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Becoming Vital- Purpose Driven Programming

• Todays Agenda
• Review how to begin with the end in mind
• Introduction to the VIP Framework
• Discuss 3 VIP Strategies you can implement now
• Learn 3 VIP messages you can use now
• Plan 3 action steps you can begin now

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Begin with the End in Mind

• Vision is a vividly perceived idea born out of
  imaginative insight, resulting in a proactive
  foresight and wisdom in planning
• Idris Jassim Al-Oboudi 1982

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Turning Vision into Reality

• What is to begin with the end in mind?
• Its your Departments Mission in Action
• Its the VIP implemented in your community
• Its turning your vision into reality
• How do we begin with the end in mind?
• Turning vision into reality requires a new
  paradigm

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Paradigms

• Definition
• Your current reality your way of perceiving the
  way things are and should be
• Example
• A tale from the Los Angeles Blue Line
• What we need is a paradigm shift
• A new way of perceiving
• A new way of thinking

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Paradigm Shift from
Impossible
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To
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Impact of the VIP
YOU
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Becoming Vital
Be at the table when issues are framed and
decisions are made
Use a common vision leading to a preferred
future
Proactively address the future
Meet the needs of our changing society
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Overview of the VIP Framework

• Core Values
• Vision Statement
• Mission Statements
• Core Competencies
• Strategies
• Our session today will focus on 3 strategies

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Our Core Values

• Personal Development
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Professional Growth
• Lifelong Learning
• Fun and Celebration!

• Accessibility
• Inclusivity
• Diversity of Experience
• Spirituality
• Service to Community
• Environmental Stewardship

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Vision Statement

• Parks and Recreation Creates
• Community Through People,
• Parks, and Programs

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Mission Statements

• Strengthens community image and sense of place
• Supports economic development
• Strengthens safety and security
• Promotes health and wellness
• Fosters human development
• Increases cultural unity
• Protects environmental resources
• Provides recreational experiences
• Facilitates community problem solving

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Strengthens community image and sense of place
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Supports economic development
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Strengthens safety and security
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Promotes health and wellness
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Fosters human development
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Increases cultural unity
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Protects environmental resources
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Provides recreational experiences
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Facilitates community problem solving
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VIP Strategies

• Communicating the Vision
• Forming Partnerships
• Demonstrating Results
• Strengthening the Park and Recreation Ethic
• Expanding Your Professional Competencies
• Documenting Best Practices
• Impacting Public Policy
• Expanding Resources

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Communicating the Vision
Getting Re-elected
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Forming Partnerships
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Expanding Your Professional Competencies
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Strengthening the Park and Recreation Ethic

• Game Days at Local Elementary Schools
• ASB Training at Local High Schools
• For Special Events
• Presentations at Universities and Community
  Colleges

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Demonstrating Results
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Documenting Best Practices

• Establishing your own best practices for your
  circle of influence
• Purpose Driven Programming and Evaluation Forms

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Impacting Public Policy

• Presentations to City Council
• Presentations to School Boards and PTA
• Playground Program Fiscal Decisions in Manhattan
  Beach

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Expanding Resources

• Utilizing community resources to expand your
  influence
• Schools
• Community Organizations
• Local Businesses related to Parks and Recreation
• Surrounding Cities
• Surrounding Natural Resources

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3 Important Strategies

• Communicating the Vision
• Forming Partnerships
• Demonstrating results

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Communicating the Vision

• Three things you can do now to better communicate
  the vision of parks and recreation
• Change your Language
• Link VIP Mission Statements to your activities
• Communicate with Policymakers

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Changing your language

• Before and after VIP
• If you only knew 10 words
• Manhattan Life

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Communicating with Policymakers

• Use your 10 words
• Presentations to City Council
• Department Annual Report

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Linking VIP Mission Statements

• Get into groups
• As a group, identify 4 key special events or
  activities that match VIP Mission Statements
• Link all 9 statements
• Pick someone to share with the group

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Forming Partnerships

• Inter-departmental
• MB Academy
• Formed partnerships with each city department
• Met with directors and key managers to inform
  them of their importance to our Mission

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Forming Partnerships

• External Outreach
• Inventory your community for opportunities
• Educate people you want to partner up with about
  your service and how you can help them

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Demonstrating Results

• Performance Measures
• Purpose Driven Programming
• Class evaluations

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Quick Review

• Three strategies you can use now
• Communicating the vision
• Forming partnerships
• Documenting results

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Review

• Three VIP messages you can use now
• We provide the space to
• Play and learn
• Be safe and secure
• Create and imagine
• We strengthen safety and security
• We promote health and wellness

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Review

• Three action steps you can do now
• Link mission statements to your activities
• Form internal partnerships survey your community
  for external major players to partner with
• Begin to document results
• Purpose Driven Programming/Evaluaiton Forms
• Performance measures