Program Administration and Leadership

Program Administration and Leadership Skills Include:

    Program Budgeting

    Determine the overall costs of programs including tools, consumables, volunteer and staff time, equipment, materials.

    Communications

    Effectively communicate trail and partnership information to trail administrators, trail managers, and the public.

    Contract Administration

    Provide management of trail-related contracts and agreements as well as oversight of contractor activities and deadlines.

    Education and Public Outreach

    Develop and conduct workshops, seminars and other training for employees, public and private sector partners, and others on management issues and policy, direction, and guidelines. Empower others to competently and safely sustain the trail.

    Funding/Grants

    Align trail projects and their specific goals to grant funds. Grant administration includes grant writing, project reporting, financial tracking, and funding/funder communication.

    Inspections/Monitoring

    Monitor and document use and trail conditions to determine impacts on natural, social/experiential, historic, and cultural resources.

    Partnership and Collaboration

    Demonstrate awareness of the capabilities of both (1) one's own agency/organization as well as (2) partners. Develop the capacity to work with a variety of user groups and partners to identify and promote various interests related to trails.

    Policy/Directives/Law

    Apply knowledge of land management agency policies and law (including legislation, regulations, policy, planning, strategy, and management directives/guidelines) to the management of trails.

    Visitor Use Management and Monitoring

    Manage trails for a variety of uses and visitor experiences while meeting trail objectives. Monitor use to evaluate the trail experience (i.e., "Does the trail meet visitor expectations and agency/org. mission?").

    Agreement Development

    Develop contracts, cooperative agreements or memo. of understanding with land managers and partners that address the roles and resp. of all parties and define cooperative relationships.


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Resources for Program Administration and Leadership

Storytelling - Marketing & Communications
Storytelling - Marketing & Communications

Storytelling is a powerful tool for talking about your programs and projects in ways that motivate and inspire your audiences – while also communicating valuable information about where your work takes place, what the volunteer experience is like,…

Strategic Communications Planning
Strategic Communications Planning

This guide offers a variety of materials, tips and techniques for helping you develop or expand your organization’s strategic communications planning efforts.

Skilled Volunteers and Roles Training
Skilled Volunteers and Roles Training

This guide addresses ways your organization can create and implement strategies to develop skilled volunteer leaders. After reading this guide, you will be able to assess your volunteer leadership needs, identify training resources and begin…

Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook
Parks, Trails, and Health Workbook

Consider this workbook as a starting point. Every project is different. This workbook is intended as a guide to be adapted for specific situations.

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Move United Education Conference
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Move United Education Conference

April 22 - 24, 2024

Trail Funding Unpacked: Navigating Resources for Sustainable Maintenance
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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC)
Southeast Conservation Blueprint for Ecosystem Resilience
Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)
Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS)
AORE Inclusive Summit
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE)
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE)
AORE Inclusive Summit

April 24, 2024

California Trails & Greenways 2024
California Trails and Greenways Foundation (CTGF)
California Trails and Greenways Foundation (CTGF)
California Trails & Greenways 2024

April 30 - May 03, 2024

2024 Northern California Singletrack Summit
The Watershed Research and Training Center
The Watershed Research and Training Center
2024 Northern California Singletrack Summit

May 03 - 05, 2024

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Larry

Larry Lechner

Trainer Higher Education

Bellvue, CO

Member of Center for Protected Area Management and Training at Colorado State University,…

Matt

Matt Malone

Nature Trails, LLC

Contractor Trainer

Brevard, NC

Allie

Allie Maloney

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Whitefish, MT

Allie Maloney is the Coordinator for the Flathead Trails Association. Her experience includes trail…

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Christopher

Christopher Bernard

Sages Trail Solutions LLC

Contractor

Spring, TX

Sages has been in business for more than 8 years and has built trails and trail related features…

Gravity

Gravity Logic

Gravity Logic

Contractor

Whistler

Gravity Logic was founded by the team that helped build the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. We’re a…

Kathleen

Kathleen Ports

Bedford Conservation Commission

Agency

Bedford, NH

I serve as the liaison to the Bedford Conservation Commission, who own numerous properties with…

Susie

Susie Murphy

San Diego Mountain Biking Association

Nonprofit

Chula Vista, CA

Susie Murphy started riding mountain bikes in the early 1990s in order to follow her husband who…

Jason

Jason Welker

Pend Oreille Pedalers

Nonprofit

Sandpoint, ID

Pend Oreille Pedalers is Sandpoint's non-profit cycling club and trails organization. With 700…

Tony

Tony Boone

Tony Boone Trails

Contractor

Salida, CO

Tony has a Masters of Education in Outdoor Adventure Recreation and is a Board Member of the…

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