Speaking & Consulting

Upcoming:

October 16-18, 2012 - NRPA Annual Congress - Anaheim, CA

       Session Proposals Submitted - Awaiting Approval


 

2012 - Recreation Management - January 2012 Issue

      Quoted Extensively in:
      "Likes, And Tweets, And Shares, Oh My! Getting on Board With Social Media Marketing"

2011 - National Recreation and Park Association Annual Congress

      "Customer Service in a Digital Age: Help!" - Education Session

2011 - VRPA Governor's Conference on Recreation

      "Customer Service in a Digital Age: Help!" - Education Session

2011 - Northern New England Recreation & Parks Conference

      "Customer Service in a Digital Age" - Education Session

2010 - Village of Essex Junction Board of Trustees

Consulted with Village Trustees on improving communication through new channels

2010 - Park & Recreation Magazine

Quoted a few times in the article "You've Got...Tweets"

2010 - Northern New England Recreation & Parks Conference 

"Upgrade Your Department: Tools for 2010" - A workshop on utilizing technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness

2009 - "Social Media for Small Businesses" Community Class 

Taught small business owners how to effectively use social media

2009 - VRPA Executive Committee Focus Group 

Lead a vision planning focus group for the executive committee of the Vermont Recreation and Parks Association

2008 - "Build a Blog" Community Education Class

Taught the history, mechanics, and fundamentals of blogging and assisted individuals in creating their first blog

2008 - VRPA Quarterly Meeting Education Session

Introduced the "VIP" (Vision, Insight, Planning) philosophy to members of the Vermont Recreation and Parks Association

2007 - SCRPA VIP Workshop

Helped park and recreation organizations adopt a new vision and mission framework and provided them with tools to spread this new mentality to their staff and community

2006 - SCRPA Vision Planning Focus Groups

Facilitated conversations on the benefits of parks and recreation and lead discussions on a vision statement for the organization.

 
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"Very informative and top notch!" (NRPA 2011)

"Terrific! Excellent presentation. Could have heard more on this for sure!" (NRPA 2011)

"Amazing presentation! Kept my attention, very relevant, great take-aways." (NRPA 2011)

"Outstanding! Speaker was very knowledgeable." (NRPA 2011)

"Ryan was articulate, informed, inspirational, and presented the information in an incredibly easy-to-understand way. He was a real guide!" (NNE 2010)

"Wow, Ryan did an EXCELLENT job with this presentation. I left with many good ideas on how to updgrade the department and many of them are free. Very useful." (NNE 2010)

"Great presentation; presenter was very well-spoken & knowledgeable about topic." (NNE 2010)

"I thought we were pretty progressive at my department, but wow there's so much out there that can be done! Really cool." (NNE 2010)

"I left the program feeling prepared to apply the content in my real life." (NNE 2010)

"Would like to see Ryan come back for more..." (NNE 2010)