Session Title: (123) Women in Leadership: Si Se Puede!
Session Type: Education Session Talk
Topic(s): Equity and Inclusion, Leadership and Personnel Management
Day/Time: Wednesday - Block 3
10/11/2023 01:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada)) - 10/11/2023 02:00 PM (Central Time (US & Canada))
Room: C Ballroom Section 4
Audience Experience Level: Intermediate
Audience Familiarity with DEI: Intermediate
CEU: 0.1
Description:
This session will highlight the women in leadership of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, representing the ninth-largest city in the United States. We will highlight women leading in nontraditional areas of recreation, park maintenance, planning and design, and budget and finance. These women leaders will discuss their experiences rising in the organization, as well as share some of the challenges and barriers they face. Innovative and successful organizations of the future will be those who are able to attract, retain and further the development of women in the workforce.
Learning Objectives:
1. After attending this session, attendees should be able to identify how succession planning and mentorship can promote women leaders.
2. By attending this session, attendees should learn from park and recreation industry leaders as they discuss their direct contribution to the development of a large municipal park system and the development of women leaders in the community.
3. After attending this session, attendees should be able to create a more accepting, equitable environment for women, understanding the value of authenticity in leadership.
Speaker(s):
Crystal Ross
Renee Johnson
Christina Turner-Noteware
Rachael Berry
Women in Leadership: Si Se Puede!
Category
Education Session
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One-hour education sessions (0.1 CEU) will be delivered as either Talks, Sandboxes, or Clinics.
Clinics and Sandboxes will be smaller sessions and on a first-come, first-serve basis, so make sure to arrive early!
- Talks will be delivered as lectures or panel sessions.
- Clinics will focus on applying concepts to real-life examples through workshop activities.
- Sandboxes are a great networking opportunity that invite participants to talk shop, compare notes and swap advice around hot topics in the field.
Twenty of the one-hour education sessions will be available on-demand through the conference app while also delivered in person.
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