1803 – Partnering with Non-Profits for Community Outreach

Beginner / Symposium 1-hour Lecture

Sanibel, FL / Tuesday, June 29, 2010 – 1:50-2:50 pm – 1.0 credit hour equal to 1.0 CEC/.1 CEU

(Classroom: 1:50-2:50 pm)

Faculty: Barb Batson, AS

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Do you have colleagues and colleague businesses for which success seems to come easily? They do not have any more aquatic skill than you (or your business), but they always seem to have a place to offer services and a population eager to benefit from their work. And somehow, they seem to know everyone and have plenty of private-pay and third-party-pay clients. Strategic partnering is the key – but what is that all about?

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1) Examine the value of establishing relationships with non-profits so more people can be touched by aquatic movement activity.

2) Find potential partners and identify a fit for your services.

3) Discover how to establish and sustain a workable partnership.

4) Describe what to avoid when seeking a partner relationship.

5) Evaluate types of partnerships and the expectations and benefits of each.

6) Identify a partnership to pursue within the next six months.

FACULTY: Barb Batson, AS, has been an AEA Aquatic Fitness Instructor certified since 1995. She serves general, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, MS, PD, senior, and prenatal populations. Barb is a program trainer for both NMSS and the Arthritis Foundation and is an AEA CEC provider and two-term past AEA Advisory Board Council member. She serves on the Mayor’s Healthy Nashville 2010 Program and the Community Health and Wellness Team. She is a sought after motivational speaker and contributor to aquatic and older adult focus publications.