Dr. Keith Fulthorp shares an innovative programming tool to insure all of your programs and activities are purposeful and outcome based.

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2. Dr. Keith Fulthorp
California State University, Long Beach
Department of Recreation and
Leisure Studies
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3.  Define purposeful programming and its
need in today’s parks and recreation
environment
 Evaluate ways your current programs align
with your department’s vision and mission
 Begin to implement a programming
template to help focus towards a specific
purpose in order to promote value to
decision makers
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4.  Think about the programs and services
your agency offers- then, use the chat
box to say a few words aboutWHY you
offer the programs you do
 * It’s ok to think critically about this- for
example, you may not knowWHY, other than
your agency has ALWAYS offered “that”
program
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5.  CoreValues
 Vision
 Mission
 Core
Competencies
 Strategies
 Performance
Measures
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7. In your feedback box…
How strongly do you agree with this
statement?
“Most of the people in our
group are offering programs
to meet one (or more) of the
NINE mission areas of the
VIP?” 7

8. In your feedback box…
YES OR NO
“Did any one state that they
offer programs because they
meet important community
needs?”
Please elaborate in your chat box. 8

9.  Provides modality for programming
 Creates purpose driven programming
 Helps position your agency to meet
community needs
 Provides a framework for evaluating
and communicating program results
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10.  Used for Program Planning
 Connects Programming withVIP
Framework
 Helps you stay focused onVIP Mission-
in-Action
 Helps you continue to identify brand
messages
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12. access to the serenity and inspiration
of nature;
outdoor space to play and exercise;
facilities for self-directed and
organized recreation;
positive alternatives for youth which
help lower crime and mischief; and
activities that facilitate social
connections, human development,
therapy, the arts and lifelong learning
Parks and
recreation
makes lives
and
communities
better now
and in the
future by
providing
Nature Exercise
Play Safe Spaces
Gathering
Places
Forever
6 KeyThemes
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13.  Please, get out your copy of the
PDP- Program Form.
 Either paper or electronic is fine.
 We’re going to spend a few minutes
reviewing each section of the form,
and how to use it to program with
purpose.
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Quick Check: YES OR NO? Did you do your “Homework?”
How to embed files into a Word document?
The rest of the pages of the PDP Planning form are for your
program planning notes and reminders.

19.  Used for program evaluation
 Produces Data Driven Programs
 Helps you position your programs to
meet important community needs
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20.  How does your agency address program
evaluations?
 Is every program evaluated every time?
 What do you evaluate?
 What do you DO with the results?
 Does anyone measure anythingOTHER
THAN how much a program cost ($), and
who showed up? (#)
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21.  This form will help you measure what
you intended to accomplish, based off
your PDP-Program form
 Did your program accomplish it’s
intended Mission?
 Did it meet an important community
need? If so, how well did it do that, and
who can you share results with?
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28. In what ways was utilizing
the PDP Program Planning
Form and Evaluation Forms
helpful?
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29. What new ideas occurred
to you while utilizing the
forms?
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30. What would be different or
better about your ability
to communicate how your
programs meet
community goals by using
this form?
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31.  Programming and program
evaluations with theVIP in mind
will help you become vital in
positioning your programs to
meet community goals
 Your agency’s core values should
match theVIP Framework’s values
 QUESTIONS, Anyone?
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32. Dr. Keith Fulthorp
Assistant Professor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840
562-985-8728
Keith.fulthorp@csulb.edu
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