RecReflect with Jordan and Will

Malone Ranger, Radio DJ for 95.9 The Ranch, joins Jordan and Will in this episode. We find out that Will has a great voice and Malone teaches the guys that what matters is being authentic, never fake. Malone gives some pointers on getting people to listen and the guys make a ton of mistakes (bless their hearts).

Annie Frisoli, CEO of Creating Community, LLC talks about her leadership style and what got her into recreation. The guys get off track, again, and Annie reminds us of the need to be intentional in how we build community. 

Jordan made a whoopsy in scheduling and made the guys 24 hours early to a meeting. They get off track, really of track but end up tieing it all back to what drives this podcast, their love of recreation. 

In this episode, Jordan and Will talk to Tiffany White, Recreation Programming Guru for the city of Grand Prairie and one of the 2021 TRAPS Institute "Playmakers." Tiffany shares how she made it to Texas and the role Dr. Michal Lord played in her own transformation as a premiere leader in recreation in Texas. You seriously do not want to miss Tiffany’s leadership and motivation insights.

Are parks, trails, and outdoor infrastructure the key to happy and healthy lives? Trent Matthias of the National Fitness Campaign thinks they just might be! Jordan, Will and Trent, talk about the built environment, how people can change lives with healthy infrastructure and even some hot tips on writing the perfect grant application. Enjoy! 

Jordan and Will talk about the importance of volunteers in recreation. There is not silver bullet, not magical elixir that create the perfect situation but there are some things that have helped the guys set our systems that get the most out of the volunteers while still treating them with the utmost respect. 

This week on RecReflect, Jordan and Will talk to Dr. Michal Anne Lord, President of TRAPS, about the organization and how her philosophy informs how she leads. We end the conversation with Dr. Lord’s advice for newbies and seasoned rec’s alike. 

Reverse Engineering Leadership. Leadership is an easy process to define but, at some point, we have all struggled with it. Jordan and Will talk about having to reverse engineer leadership by seeing it done poorly. Jordan shares an experience where he was not a good example a good employee. Will gets the last word in the podcast by reflecting on how leadership can grow and evolve if you work at it. 

Rec, Camps & Coins. Jordan and Will start to chat about why they got into the recreation field and their first rec love, camps. The conversation turns to discuss the importance of educators and practitioners working together and Will gets the last word about the need to love you job, driven to share your field and how excited we are to be doing RecReflect.