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Ranger Rendezvous XXIX

Nov. 10 - 14, 2006
Coeur d'Alene Resort ~ Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

(agenda last updated 11/1/06)

PROGRAM NOTES
Traditional ANPR raffle drawings and "fines" will be conducted during announcements and business meetings.
Due to the shortened Rendezvous schedule, please note the tight time frames and speakers' time limitations.

Friday, Nov. 10, 2006
TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.	Boardroom 6	ANPR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
1 - 5 p.m.	East CC Lobby	Registration
6 - 7:30 p.m.	Hospitality Room (Suites 162-166)	Informal Group Social, ongoing video presentation, "The Thin Green Line"

Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006
TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
All day (7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.)	East CC Lobby	Registration
8:00 – 8:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	WELCOME / INTRODUCTIONS / PROGRAM OVERVIEW, Roberta D'Amico, Program Co-chair
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	WELCOME to Coeur d'Alene, Councilmember Deanna Goodlander
8:30 – 9 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	WELCOME to the Northwest, Jon Jarvis, Pacific West Regional Director
9 – 10 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	KEYNOTE SPEAKER: J.T. Reynolds, Superintendent, Death Valley, 2005 NPCA Stephen T. Mather Award Recipient, "Leadership: NPS and Beyond"
10 – 10:30 a.m.	Bay 5 & 6	BREAK with EXHIBITORS
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	STATE OF THE ASSOCIATION and ANPR Board Summary – Lee Werst, ANPR President
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Introduction of Field Representatives
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.	—	LUNCH with Field Representatives
1 - 1:15 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Administrivia
1:15 - 2:45 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	ANPR "Town Meeting" on NPS Human Capital - A Listening Session on NPS Workforce Issues and Concerns, Jerry Simpson, Director of Human Capital for the National Park Service
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	Bay 5 & 6	BREAK with EXHIBITORS
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	The Leadership Legacy of the NPS, Panel presentation of past award recipients from various NPS disciplines
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	2006 Stephen T. Mather Award, presented by Craig Obey of National Parks Conservation Association
6 - 8 p.m.	Bay 5 & 6	RECEPTION SPONSORED BY VF SOLUTIONS
TBD	Bay 1 & 2	International Ranger Federation Informal Gathering, Meg Weesner

Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006
TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
All Day (7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.)	East CC Lobby	REGISTRATION
7 - 8 a.m.	Boardroom 5 ABC	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOR NEWCOMERS Open to first-time Rendezvous attendees & ANPR board members; hosted by ANPR
8 - 8:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Announcements / Administrivia
8:15 - 9:45 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Crisis Communications, Steven Wolf, President, Issues Management Solutions
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.	Bay 5 & 6	BREAK with EXHIBITORS
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	ANPR Welcome to NPS representatives
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Leadership and Advocacy within the National Park Service — Chris Jarvi, Associate Director for Partnerships, Interpretation/Education, Volunteers and Outdoor Recreation
11:15 a.m. - Noon	Bay 1 & 2	Our National Parks Past, Present, Future — (pending)
Noon - 12:30	Bay 1 & 2	ANPR Business/Membership Meeting, Lee Werst, president
12:30 p.m.	—	Lunch — on your own
—	—	Free afternoon ~ enjoy the area
7:30 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Optional time for additional ANPR business / membership discussions / other group meetings

Monday, Nov. 13, 2006
TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
All Day (7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.)	East CC Lobby	REGISTRATION
8 - 8:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Announcements / Administrivia
8:15 - 9:45 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Lessons Learned: Make It Work for You Dave Christenson
9:45 - 10 a.m.	—	BREAK — on your own
10 - 11:30 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	PANEL DISCUSSION: Advocating Environmental Leadership - Authors' Panel, Eric Blehm and Peter Stekel - Discussion and Book Signing
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.	—	LUNCH — on your own
1 - 1:15 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Announcements / Administrivia
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Becoming a Learning Organization, Dave Christenson and Dave Thomas
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.	—	BREAK — on your own
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Managing the Unexpected: Highly Reliable Organizing, Dave Christenson and Dave Thomas
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Meet at dock	Dinner Cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene

Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006
TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
8 - 8:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Announcements / Administrivia
8:15 - 9:45 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	NPS Interpretation in the 21st Century, Deanne Adams, Chief of Interpretation and Education, Pacific West Region
9:45 - 10:00 a.m.	—	BREAK — on your own
10 - 11 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ANPR Member Alden Miller, "ANPR - A Legacy for the Future"
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Super Raffle drawing ANPR photo contest winners announced
11:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.	Bay 1 & 2	Close-out on ANPR Business and Rendezvous Review

ADDITIONAL NOTES
Hospitality rooms — hotel suites 162 - 166.
ANPR storage room — Cabin 4

PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Saturday, Nov. 11

Leadership: NPS and Beyond
Speaker: J.T. Reynolds
Reynolds will reflect on how controversial issues in NPS bring about leadership; describe personal sacrifices that must be made; explore shared stewardship and management of protected areas on a world stage, and express his views on the future role of ANPR leadership.

ANPR "Town Meeting" on NPS Human Capital
Speaker: Jerry Simpson, moderated by Liz Roberts
This forum is an opportunity for ANPR to share ideas and concepts as well as concerns about the NPS/ranger workforce, importance of leadership development, diversity and staying relevant, and developing change management capability (so parks and organizations can navigate the impacts of core operations and multiple changes.

Sharing the Leadership Legacy
Speakers: (Panel) Mike Anderson, Dale Antonich, Stuart Schneider, moderated by Tomie Patrick Lee
The Harry Yount Award is a peer-recognition honor that recognizes a ranger's overall impact, accomplishments and excellence in traditional park rangering. The panel members, all national Yount recipients and thereby defined as leaders, will address what "leadership" means to them; how one exhibits/displays that ability; and how one develops/fosters leaders and leadership in others.

2006 Stephen T. Mather Award Presentation
Speaker: Craig Obey, National Parks Conservation Association
Named for the first director of the National Park Service, NPCA gives the Stephen T. Mather Award annually to people who have demonstrated initiative and resourcefulness in promoting environmental protection in the national parks, taken significant action where others have hesitated, and exemplified the principles of good park stewardship.

Informal Gathering: Report on the International Ranger Federation and 2006 IRF World Congress, Sterling, Scotland
Speaker: Meg Weesner
As the North America Representative on the International executive Committee of the International Ranger Federation, Meg will report on the 2006 IRF World Congress. She'll also show the insightful 37-minute video, The Thin Green Line, developed by Sean Willmore, a park ranger with Victoria Parks, Australia.

Sunday, Nov. 12

Communicating with the Public & News Media During Crisis
Speaker: Steven Wolf
This session will address distinguishing crisis from emergency response, the science of risk communication — your best management approach, the communication process for emergency response, and meeting the needs of the public and news media.

Leadership and Advocacy within the National Park Service
Speaker: Chris Jarvi, Associate Director for Partnerships, Interpretation/Education, Volunteers and Outdoor Recreation
Our National Parks, Past, Present and Future
Speaker pending

Monday, Nov. 13

Lessons Learned - Make it Work for You
Speaker: Dave Christenson
Learn what the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center does and why; learn what anyone can use at the Center; and be able to find your way back to the Center.

Advocating Environmental Leadership - An Authors' Panel
Speakers: Eric Blehm, Peter Stekel, moderated by Teresa Ford
Writers can have great influence over what people think about and how ideas are shaped. Whether fact or fiction, scientific or popular culture, their stories can plant a seed or deepen beliefs. These two authors will discuss their motivations and approaches to writing projects, and their personal connections to the environment and the stories they tell.

Becoming a Learning Organization
Speakers: Dave Christenson and Dave Thomas
Christenson and Thomas will discuss what learning organizations are and why they excel; offer a private "litmus test" to see if your organization is a LO; show a short DVD on "Conducting Effective After Action Reviews;" and explore other ways to "Lead Learning."

Managing the Unexpected
Speakers: Dave Christenson and Dave Thomas
You will learn to use disaster analysis as a bridge to high reliability organizing; explain the principles of high reliability organizing/mindfulness; through facilitated exercises, use the principles of mindfulness in real-life situations; and construct a list of major issues identified from the facilitated exercises.

Interpretation in the 21st Century
Speaker: Deanne Adams
By the end of the session, participants will have a clear understanding of the context that makes an Interpretation and Education Renaissance viable; understand the connection between the Business Plan and Renaissance Action Plan; value the existing work of parks and see how that can be leveraged for changes proposed in the Renaissance Action Plan; feel that their park and they as individuals have a role to play in implementation of the Renaissance Action Plan.