SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Social Activities: Information about traveling around town and participating in Friday and Saturday's social activities.
Session Schedule: View the complete schedule of sessions for Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday night dinner: See the Social Activities link above for details.
Metro: The Metro station is located 1 block from the hotel. The Metro to downtown is about $2-3 and takes about 20 minutes. You can purchase a Metro card according to your destination or with a certain amount (like $10) on it to cover a couple of rides to and from the city.
FRIDAY
Social Activities: Information about traveling around town and participating in Friday and Saturday's social activities.
Make a trip out of it.....join us in DC beginning Friday February 25, 2011! Join us all day or for a portion of the special opening social activities planned to kick-off the event. Meet and mingle with organizers and participants. For all Friday activities, individuals must pay on your own. You can access all activities via the Metro and some are in walking distance to the hotel.
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Meet at The Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum for a self-guided tour and walk around the area. It's free to wander around.
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Walk just 4 blocks away to go ice skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden Ice Rink. $7-$10/person.
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Meet and Greet Social! Come hang out with us!
Where: Crystal City Sports Pub, 529 23rd Street, Arlington, Virginia 22202
WAFC would like to invite all convention attendees to the 2nd floor of Crystal City Sports Pub which is in walking distance from the hotel. Starting at 6:30, attendees will receive one free beer courtesy of WAFC and can enjoy 50% off of appetizers until 7pm and 10% off regular-priced food items.
Don't forget to thank your host, WAFC!
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SATURDAY
Session Schedule: View the complete schedule of sessions for Saturday and Sunday.
8:00 Meet & Greet/Registration
9:00-5:00 - Sessions
6:30 pm Dinner at Bar Louie
Come and join the group for dinner on Saturday night. We have a private dining room reserved for our group. Everyone is welcome. Individuals pay.
SUNDAY
8:30am Meet & Greet/Registration
9:00-4:00 - Sessions
3:00-4:00 pm: Stories/Show and Tell/Swag Swap
Bring organization bios, goodies, discs, business cards and any other swag to trade, swap and give away.
More info and a template coming regarding the organization bio.
ADDITIONAL VISITOR INFO
Washington DC Convention and Visitors Association
Arlington VA Area Information
PRESENTERS
View Speaker Bios
Hear from professionals as well as peers in the community. Thank you to everyone for contributing to the success of this event. View speaker bios here or click on their name below to view additional details.
Sholom Simon
Sholom will share some anecdotes about playing Ultimate in 'the early pre-UPA days' -- from the parking lot at Columbia high school to the beginnings of the East vs West Coast rivalry -- and some observations about how far we've come.
SESSIONS
KEYNOTE
PRESERVING PLAY: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Jay Coakley, University of Colorado
In this presentation, Coakley will discuss the experiential elements of sports and identifies the challenges associated with preserving the element of play as a physical activity becomes more formally organized and occurs most often in connection with a competitive reward structure. These challenges are intensified when the stakes associated with competitive outcomes increase and when aspects of commercialization are associated with participation and the overall organization of the sport. The preservation of play is crucial today, because people of all ages cease or reduce their involvement in healthy physical activities because they no longer experience playfulness and joy as they participate in them. This is especially true in sports that have become organized to the point that preserving the governing structure is given higher priority than the experiences of participants. The challenge faced by Ultimate today is to establish a governing and promotional body through which participation is facilitated without compromising the playfulness and experiential joy of participants. To meet this challenge successfully requires more than good intentions and a rhetoric promoting the spirit of the game. Overall, the goal of this presentation is to stimulate and guide the audience to be successful as they face this challenge for as long as they play Ultimate.
USA ULTIMATE: AN EXCITING EVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY
Tom Crawford, CEO USA Ultimate
How will Ultimate grow and thrive in the next decade? CEO Dr. Tom Crawford will bring the audience up to speed on the organizations short and long term plans to make these next ten years the most exciting in the organizations history. This will lead to small group discussions on how USA Ultimate can best partner with leagues and associations across the U.S. to help them play a bigger and more integrated role in this Ultimate Decade! Bring your best brainpower and ideas!!
MEDIA, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Andy Lee, Director of Marketing and Communications at USA Ultimate
In this session, attendees will learn and discuss various marketing and communications concepts, including attracting local media coverage, sponsorship and fundraising, electronic and social media and other general marketing initiatives that can further promote and expose your organization. Participants will offer ideas on best practices and initiatives and discuss opportunities for the sport and ways for organizations to market themselves to the local community.
ULTIMATE, THE GREAT GREEN GAME:SUSTAINABILITY TACTICS FOR LEAGUE, CLUB AND ULTIMATE EVENTS
Jeff Malmgren, Vancouver Ultimate League
The ultimate community tends to be environmentally aware and open to initiatives that address sustainable practice and social responsibility. Sustainable action is, in it's essence spirited. But league and event operations don't always reflect it. Building from the Vancouver Ultimate League's Sustain program that was developed in 2005 and looking at what leagues and ultimate organizations across North America have done to reduce their collective footprints, great reasons for going green and some tactics that have worked will be provided. A chance to answer questions and discuss green initiatives will be available at the end of the presentation.
LEAGUE GROWTH - THE WHAT IF, WHENS AND HOWS
Jeff Malmgren, Vancouver Ultimate League
Leagues can grow (or shrink) organically or by design. One isn't necessarily better than the other, but a conscious choice is always best (like most things). Drawing on his experience within the VUL and with leagues across North America, Malmgren will lay out reasons to consider growth, ways to get there and roadblocks that will come along the way. The approach builds from spirit as its base.
LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT - TIME TO GET SOME PAID HELP?
Jeff Malmgren, Vancouver Ultimate League
This is a decision almost every league of any size has to face, and generally does so only after it's become necessary. Jeff will present case studies to determine when to get paid help.
MANAGING VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS
Michael Hechter, WAFC
Groups often depend on volunteers to manage their efforts. This presentation will highlight components of effective and engaging volunteer management, plus a detailed look at the integral role of the committee entity.
CREATING MEANINGFUL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Hechter, WAFC
Board of Director members have an incredible responsibility for the organizations they serve and the individuals they represent. To serve successfully, making decisions is expected; making *informed* decisions is absolutely vital. This presentation will cover must-have orientation documents, as well as a look at dashboard performance metrics.
LIABILITY & RISK
Chuck Delich, Wells Fargo
Chuck will discuss the liability for organizers hosting events and what can be done to avoid the risks of hosting these events.
HOW TO START A DAY CAMP
Tiina Booth, NUTC
One of the easiest ways to introduce ultimate to the children in your community is to start a day camp. Tiina Booth has operated day camps in Amherst MA for the last fifteen years and will give you everything you need to know to get started. From registration to insurance to advertising, Booth will help you take care of all the logistical details. She will also provide easy lesson plans for half-day and full-day camps, for all ages and abilities. In addition, she will offer suggestions for motivating both campers and counselors to make this first experience with ultimate a great one. After attending this presentation, you should be able to return to your community and start a day camp this summer!
YOUTH ULTIMATE COACHES: ARE YOU A TEACHER OR A DUDE?
Tiina Booth, NUTC
As an ultimate coach of teenagers since 1990, Tiina Booth has spent many years on the sideline of youth ultimate games. During that time, she has worked with and against some of the finest youth coaches in the country. She also has competed against some teams and coaches who behave poorly both on and off the field. In this presentation, Booth will explain why youth ultimate coaches should see themselves more as teachers/role models than as peers/friends of their players. She will explain how a coach’s behavior sets the standard for the entire team and affects how other competitors treat them. Booth will analyze the many challenges that coaches face, and offer concrete suggestions on how we can all make our sport more enjoyable and rewarding for the children that we coach.
BUILDING A ROBUST YOUTH LEAGUE
Lindsey Hack, TYUL
Ideas and strategies for building many elements of youth ultimate in any community. Specific items that will be touched upon include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Facilitating growth in the high school division
2. Making the club league structure work in your community
3. Successfully creating single gender youth ultimate
4. Incentivizing adult involvement from coaching to officiating to administration
5. The tangible and intangible benefits of being USA Ultimate Sanctioned
6. Building relationships with school administrators
7. Ideas for sustaining a middle school division
8. Parents: Learn how to use your biggest and strongest weapon
9. SOTG: Why you should integrate it into your league and how to do it.
10. Resources the community can turn to for help during this endeavor
BEST FOOT FORWARD/WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
Marjorie McMahon, PADA
Panel to include:
Daniel Naylor, MCUDL
Darren Shultz, CPU
Julie Serfass, WAFC
Every organization has something they want, and something to offer. This interactive presentation will introduce leagues to the benefits of building community partnerships. Topics covered include what you can to make your league look good to potential partners, how to form collaborations, and managing partnerships. Roundtable discussion will allow you to create immediate partnership with other leagues looking to resolve similar issues.
Marjorie will be joined by PADA program advocates and leaders from collaborating Ultimate organizations.
ALL-AGES ULTIMATE EVENTS - ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
William Bartram, DiscNW
While youth programs, as well as masters events, are on the rise, many ultimate leagues and tournaments across the country are open to participation to both youth and adult players. There are some clear benefits to all-ages events. It can create an atmosphere that fosters development of skills by the younger players, and it can build a stronger ultimate community through intergenerational connections. However, involving younger players in events traditionally only open to adults may lower the level of play, and it will certainly change the overall atmosphere on the field and on the sidelines. Furthermore, there are safety and legal concerns for administrators that should be addressed. This session will examine the issues related to managing events intended for both youth and adult players and will present some options for event organizers.
THE DEFINITION OF SOTG - FINDING SIMPLE LANGUAGE FOR A COMPLEX CONCEPT
David Barkan, Ultimate Peace
SOTG is the guiding tenet of Ultimate. We value SOTG and we reward it. Players often talk about it as the reason they play Ultimate and not other sports, and many parents say SOTG is why they support their kid's participation. Yet a shared, commonly used definition has been elusive. More clarity and precision could elevate and optimize the great potential of SOTG.
This session will offer a unique opportunity to brainstorm and craft sharp, simple, and compelling language for this complex concept. The output of the session will be passed along as input to USA Ultimate leadership, for whom SOTG will be a major area of focus this year. Come for a lively interactive session led by professional facilitator, David Barkan.
PANEL: MAKING SENSE OF SOTG IN ULTIMATE TODAY
Panel to include:
Will Deaver, USA Ultimate Managing Director of Competition and Athlete Programs
Meredith Tosta, USA Ultimate Director of Education and Training
Lindsey Hack, TYUL
David Barkan, Ultimate Peace
The panel will discuss various aspects of SOTG and what place it holds in the future of the sport