The Park Management Institute (PMI) provides intensive, in-depth training for park professionals who aspire to advance their career. Initiated in 1979 using a federal grant through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, the Institute has continually presented practical and humanistic approaches toward park and resource management. Previous Institutes have focused on such topics as basic supervision, communications, problem-solving, personal change, performance management, effective leadership, and cutback management.

2007 PMI Educational Topics:

• Understanding and Improving Soils for Athletic Turf
• Grass Seed Selection for Athletic Fields
• So You Think You Know Playgrounds?
• Working For You is Killing Me! How to Successfully Manage Your Manager
• Olympia Fields Sports Complex
• New Invaders Watch Program: Preventing the Spread of New Invasive Species in the Chicago Region
• Bucks for Parks
• They’re Heeere – Negotiating and Working With a Union
• ADA and What it Means to You

Date: October 23-25
Where: Holiday Inn of Elk Grove
Click here to learn more and download the registration form.