BASIC CONCEPTS

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BASIC CONCEPTS

• KNR 271

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Recreation Programming

• Is a continual process of planning, implementing,
  and evaluating opportunities for leisure
  experiences to occur
• For an individual or a group of individuals
• Unique to body of knowledge in parks, recreation,
  and leisure service

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Recreation Program

• Defined as purposeful interventions which are
  deliberately designed or constructed in order to
  produce outcomes
• Name an example of a recreation program
• Where was the program held?

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Those Familiar 3 Terms

• Play - activities in which one engages freely and
  from which satisfaction is derived
• Recreation - a form of organized activity that is
  freely chosen and has the potential of many
  desirable outcomes
• Leisure - is defined in terms of time, activity,
  state of mind, symbol of social status, holistic

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Leisure

• Time
• Activity
• State of Mind
• Symbol of Social Status
• Holistic Concept

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Freedom
Perceived Competence
Locus of Control
Factors Needed to Experience Leisure
Positive Affect
Intrinsic Motivation
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Leisure Service Delivery Systems

• Public, governmental agencies
• Federal, State, Local
• Nonprofit community agencies
• Commercial recreation businesses
• Armed Forces recreation
• Employee services and recreation
• Campus recreation
• Private-membership organizations

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Leisure Service Delivery Systems

• Therapeutic recreation services
• Clinical and community settings
• Sports management
• Travel, tourism, hospitality
• Kraus, Barber, Shapiro, 2001

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Brief History of Programming

• Grew out of late 1800s during industrial
  revolution (social welfare reform)
• Boston Sand Gardens
• Settlement Houses (Jane Addams Hull House,
  Chicago)
• Provided places for leisure
• From 1950s to present
• recreation provided at public, private,
  commercial levels

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Think-Pair-Share

• Get with a partner.
• Write your names on the top of a blank sheet of
  paper
• Discuss the following questions with your
  partner.
• Record your responses.
• Be ready to share your responses with the class.

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Recreation Programs VS. Spontaneous Play
1. For each person, name 2 organized recreation
programs you did as a child (day camp, swim
lessons). 2. For each person, name 2 examples
of home-grown fun or play activities that
you used to do (climb trees) 3. Which was more
fun? Recreation programs or spontaneous
play? Why? 4. Implications for leisure
services?
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What does it take to be a recreation
programmer/professional?

• What are the core competencies/skills of
  effective recreation programmers?

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Servant Leader Approach

• Robert Greenleaf (1970)
• Text approach
• Puts service first

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• Listening Understanding
• Listen first
• Seek to understand

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• Acceptance Empathy
• Acceptance receiving what is offered
• Empathy-understanding where someone is coming
  from
• Dont judge or stereotype

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 3. Awareness
• Aware of the environment
• What people get from environment/program
• What impacts the experience
• Make it special!
• Be aware of the small things

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 4. Persuasion
• Persuade rather than demand
• Seek consensus with the group
• Persuade that positive leisure is a very good
  thing

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 5. Conceptualization
• See the big picture
• Have a vision
• Dream
• Balance dreams reality

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 6. Foresight
• What will happen in the future
• Must understand past, present, future

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 7. Commitment to the growth of people
• Understand that people have intrinsic needs
• People want to control their lives
• Plan programs to help people grow

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Servant Leader Characteristics

• 8. Build community
• What is meant by community?
• What contributes to a sense of community?
• How can we contribute to a sense of community?

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What Does This Mean?

• Philosophical approach to programming
• Focus on customer first
• Listen
• Understand
• Serve