Blogs
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5 Steps to Avoid a Death by Meetings
How often you have stated to yourself or publicly after a meeting, “Wow! That was an awesome meeting!“ For many of you the answer is...
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Developing a Successful Marketing Campaign
Developing a successful marketing campaign that unifies all recreation programs, facilities, services and events under one department is critical. Each program represents a piece that...
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How Improv has Improved My Enjoyment at Work
Over the summer, I moved to Tucson, Arizona, from Baltimore, Maryland. Freshly married, living in a new city, and working in a new role, one...
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Unique Partnerships in the Least Expected Places
Unique partnerships will present themselves when and where you least expect them, often based on relationships you’ve built with people whom you’ve made it a...
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Hire Great People
It’s time to get down to business. Although we operate in a campus environment, and may work as state employees, collegiate recreation is still a...
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Top Reasons for Hiring a Social Media Manager
Social media is a hugely powerful tool. It’s evolved into a “can’t live without” element for businesses as well as universities. This tool allows campus...
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Professional and Organizational Maturity Part Three: The Five Levels of Maturity
This is Part Three of a three part series on professional and organizational maturity in the field of campus recreation by Grady Sheffield. It’s based on a...
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Navigating Wellness Partnerships
“I recently accepted a job doing wellness work for an academic college.” The response I’ve received is typically a confused face. That is typically the...
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The Elements of Well-Being: Social
This is Part Two of a five part series on the elements of well-being by Steven Trotter. Read Part One here. One of the questions ...
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How You Might be Failing in Training Employees
My oldest son recently transferred to Oklahoma State University, where I currently work as an associate director for the department of wellness. He was having...
