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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Upcoming Trainings for Program Administration and Leadership

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

Weaverville, California

Overcoming Barriers: Innovative Practices to Securing Federal Funding
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC)
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC)

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There are 51 trainers on TrailSkills
with Program Administration and Leadership experience.

Brock

Brock Messner

Jefferson County Open Space

Trainer Agency

Golden, CO

I have been a Trails Specialist with Jefferson County Open Space for 10yrs and was a Seasonal…

Andrea

Andrea Hassler

Access Fund

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit Higher Education

Chattanooga, TN

Jerome

Jerome Pelland

Sentiers Boréals, Inc.

Contractor Trainer

Granby

Mariah

Mariah Keagy

Sinuosity

Contractor Trainer

Morristown, VT

Mariah Keagy began her career in trail construction and reconstruction in the Green Mountains…

Jim

Jim Bedwell

Contractor Trainer

Golden, CO

Thirty-eight years of experience in the US Forest Service in landscape architecture, recreation…

Matt

Matt Malone

Nature Trails, LLC

Contractor Trainer

Brevard, NC

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Dan

Dan Watson

Ice Age National Scenic Trail

Agency

Cross Plains, WI

Dan Watson has been a career employee of the National Park Service since 1980. He has worked as an…

Connor

Connor Ranft

Student Conservation Association (SCA)

Corps Nonprofit

Philadelphia, PA

wesley

wesley paulos

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Agency

Roanoke, VA

9 years state parks (CO and FL) 12 year DCR-Natural heritage as a land manager and Recreation…

Rod

Rod Wojtanik

Metro Regional Government

Agency

Portland, OR

Jacob

Jacob Hyde

Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship

Contractor Trainer Nonprofit

Santa Cruz, CA

Kevin

Kevin Deiters

Central Texas Trail Tamers

Nonprofit

Austin, TX

President and founding member of the Central Texas Trail Tamers. The Trail Tamers have been…

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