Sunday, February 24

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Registration & Information Desk Open

Optional Full Day Trainings

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Merchandising Magic

Institute & Field School Management Seminar

Fundamentals of GPS (8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

Digital Mapping with GPS/GIS (1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.)

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Newcomer’s Orientation

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Opening Reception

Monday, February 25

 Partnerships
 

Outreach
 

Earned
Income

Fundraising
 

Management
&
Governance

Other
 

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Registration & Information Desk Open

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

General Session
Patty Limerick, Democracy at Center Stage: The Under-Used Power of  Public Lands to Improve Human Nature

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Session 1

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

 

1.1
USDAFS, BLM and USGS Forum on Map Sales
 

1.2
If I Shout Louder Will They Hear Me?
 

1.3
Creating Best Sellers the Easy Way
 

1.4
Basics of Relationship Fundraising

 

1.5
Creating a Technology Plan for Your Organization
 

1.6
Driving Traffic to Your Web Site through Search Engine Optimization

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break on Your Own

Session 2

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

2.1
Serving Shoulder to Shoulder

 

2.2
Why Won' t They Come to Us?

 

2.3
Buyer’s Forum –
Part I

 

2.4
The Next Generation: Engaging Tomorrow's Donors Today

2.5
From Strategic Planning to Strategic Positioning
 

2.6
Use of Technology to Appeal to New Audiences
 

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Session 3

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
 

3.1
Human Resources Forum
 

3.2
Field Institutes Forum
 

3.3
Buyer’s Forum –
Part II
 

3.4
Strategic Planning Forum

 

3.5
Board Member Forum

 

3.6
Volunteer Resource Managers Forum

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

National Park Service Forum & Updates

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

USACE Partnership Fundamentals

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Media & Partnership Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, February 26

 Partnerships
 

Outreach
 

Earned
Income

Fundraising
 

Management &
Governance

Other

 

7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Registration & Information Desk Open

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

General Session
Philip Smartt, Who is Generation Y?

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Session 4

10:00 am - 11:30 a.m.

4.1 Administrative Collaborations and Consolidations

4.2 Technology Applied to Interpretive Outreach

4.3
Be a Better Buyer

 

4.4
NPS Donation and Fundraising Guidelines
 

4.5
Conducting Effective Meetings
 

4.6
Taking Your Junior Ranger Program to New Heights

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch with photographer John Fielder
[Ticketed Event, Space is Limited]

Session 5

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
 

5.1
What's New in National Park Service Agreements?

5.2
Marketing Makeover

 

5.3
Inventory for Lifelong Learning
 

5.4
Community Engagement Strategies
 

5.5
Nuts and Bolts of Nonprofit Financial Statements

5.6
GIS and Public Lands Partnering
 

2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Trade Show with Evening Reception

2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Silent Auction

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

2009 Baltimore Convention Program Committee Kick Off

 Evening on Your Own

Wednesday, February 27

 Partnerships
 

Outreach
 

Earned
Income

Fundraising
 

Management
&
Governance

Other
 

8:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Registration & Information Desk Open

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Trade Show with Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Silent Auction

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

APPL Second Cup Café

Session 6

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

6.1
Partnering to Leave No Child Inside

 

6.2 Expanding Visitation Through Outreach Events

6.4
The Truth Behind Capital Campaigns and Planned Giving
 

6.5
990 and 1040: Scoring an “A” on Your Organization’s Report cards

6.6
Volunteers as Part of Your Team

 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

Session 7

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

7.1
NPS Tourism Policy: What It Means For You
 

7.2
The Next Generation of Outdoor Participants

7.3
Making Scopes of Sales Easy
 

7.4
Philanthropy In Communities of Color
 

7.5
How to Avoid Hiring a "Bad Apple"
 

7.6
Colorado State Parks Forum

 

 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Session 8

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

8.1
Updates from Bureau of Land Management



 

8.2
Marketing and Outreach To Communities of Color


 

8.3 Distinctive By Design: Developing a Parks Partner Service Team

8.4
Mining Your Membership Program



 

8.5
Managing through the Ages



 

8.6
Colorado State Parks Forum  (continued)



 

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Closing Banquet & Live Auction

Thursday, February 28

7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Registration & Information Desk Open

Optional Agency Focused Trainings

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Accepting the Challenge: Preparing Your NPS Partnerships for 2016

US Army Corps of Engineers Partnership Training (continues on Friday 8:00 a.m. – Noon)