Recreation programming : designing, staging, and managing the delivery of leisure experiences / J. Robert Rossman, Barbara Elwood Schlatter.
| Author/creator | Rossman, J. Robert, 1946- author. |
| Other author | Schlatter, Barbara Elwood, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Eighth edition. |
| Publication | Urbana, IL : Sagamore-Venture, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xvi, 475 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Basic programming concepts -- How individuals experience leisure -- Six key elements of a situated activity system -- Developing leisure products in the experience economy -- Collaborating in developing an organization's strategy -- Developing the agency's programming mission -- Developing strategic directions -- Obtaining participant input -- Writing program design and outcome statements -- Program design -- From BBP to intentionally designed leisure experiences -- Creative programming -- Preparing the program plan -- Techniques for program promotion -- Registration procedures -- Staffing and supervising program operations -- Developing a program pricing philosophy -- Determining program costs -- Pricing program services -- Program evaluation techniques -- Developing a comprehensive evaluation system -- Making decisions about program services. |
| Abstract | Recreation Programming: Designing, Staging, and Managing the Delivery of Leisure Experiences incorporates information and techniques based on current knowledge about experiencing leisure and the current professional techniques and practices that programmers need to learn and master to design, stage, evaluate, and manage leisure experiences in any organization including government, commercial, and not-for-profit agencies. This eighth edition teaches the programmer to design and stage program services by learning the theory and techniques of recreation programming including (1) basic leisure theory that explains how leisure is experienced; (2) the generic structure of situated activity systems in which social interaction produces leisure experiences; (3) how programs are designed; and (4) procedures and techniques that programmers use to stage, evaluate, and manage recreation programs in a variety of agencies. In addition to teaching at the higher education level, the authors have programmed recreation for people with disabilities and youth and have served as community center director and assistant director of recreation. |
| General note | Previously published as: "Recreation programming: designing and staging leisure experiences." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version of record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Rossman, J. Robert (James Robert), 1946- Recreation programming. Eighth edition. Urbana, IL : Sagamore-Venture, [2019] 9781571679468 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781571679475 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1571679472 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781571679482 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1571679480 (electronic book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |