7/6/2015

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Trends Affecting

Public Land Partnerships

September 16, 2014 Partnership Academy

Jeff Kitchens, Bureau of Land Management

Kimberlee Riley, Orange County Regional History Center

Questions?

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Demographics and Generations

Our Country is Getting …

Older?

More diverse

More global in its thinking

Nonprofit Trends: Philanthropy with Boomers

and Millennials

Cultivate now for the future

@MillGen13 www.themillennialimpact.com

7/6/2015

3

Case Study – Alaska Geographic and

the Chugach Children’s Forest

ASD Student Ethnicity

African American 7%

Connecting Rural and Urban Youth to the Outdoors

Discussion

What challenges are you seeing connecting urban populations with their public lands?

What about rural populations? Other considerations connecting youth with their public lands?

Nonprofits and Volunteers

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Nonprofits and Volunteers

Key components to the public land management equation Volunteer hours equate to billions of dollars Nonprofits are often the bridge between agency and community

Case Study – OCRHC

Summer Camp Youth Volunteers

Case Study – Friends of Pompeys Pillar

Board and Volunteer Recruitment

Transportation Considerations

Aging Membership

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Discussion

What challenges are you/your partners facing with recruitment and retention

What successes have you had regarding volunteer recruitment?

Biggest challenges/obstacles into the future

BREAK “See” you in 15 minutes!

Nonprofits and Agencies

Limited Resources and Increased Scrutiny

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Limited Resources, Increased Scrutiny

Transparency, ethics

Organizational culture

Sustainable models

Beyond numbers – outcomes

CSR partnership opportunities

Technology, Travel and Tourism

Technology, Travel and Tourism

People are using technology before, during, and after their visit

Social media has become the superhighway of outreach

Online giving

Cost vs. Benefit

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Technology and Boomers: Historic Icons of Orlando

Discussion Topic – Lessons Learned from the Technological Age

Relevancy and pace

Innovations that you have seen/used

Challenges to integrating (e.g. cost, etc.)

Preparing for the future

Technology, economy and other factors are changing

how landscapes are managed, project boundaries are drawn, and partnerships are formed.

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Thank You! Wednesday’s sessions:

Everyone at the Table:

Nonprofit Governance

and

Money, Money, Who’s Got the Money?:

Financial Management and Sustainability

Questions or issues, please contact me:

cbenjamin@appl.org