NIRSA Annual Conference & Recreational Sports Exposition
Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Opening General Session
MATT WEINSTEIN: In the Opening General Session, "Managing to Have Fun: Reward, Recognition and Retention," Matt takes a look at ways to restructure your organizational culture so that it supports laughter, play, and the "human" values in the workplace. Drawing on his own experience as a company president and twenty years of research by the Playfair organization, his presentations are rich in content and alive with humor, and include dynamic audience interactions as an integral part of the lecture. Learn
more about Matt Weinstein
Keynote Speaker: Closing General Session
BILL CAPODAGLI: The Closing General Session features the best-selling co-author of "The Disney Way" and "Innovate the Pixar Way." One of the foremost experts on Walt's success model, Bill will describe the 6 reasons why Disney is a relevant role model for today's leaders in "If Walt Ran Your Organization." Bill held managerial positions at the consulting firms of AT Kearney and Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) before co-founding Capodagli Jackson Consulting in 1993. His popular speaking engagements on the topics of Disney/Pixar are transforming both
entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 companies alike. Learn more about Bill Capadagli
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Photo credit Art Streiber
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Invited Speaker
ROBERT CAUGHLAN: An invited speaker for the 40th Earth Day, Robert "Birdlegs" Caughlan presents "Deep Roots, High Ideals," a brief history of the American environmental movement. As a true devotee of recreational sports, Rob Caughlan has been surfing for fifty years, and was the founding President of the Surfrider Foundation. Under his leadership the organization grew from 200 members to 25,000 and they won the largest clean water action in American history. Learn more about Robert Caughlan
Invited Speaker
MARISA MCGILLIARD: Marisa McGilliard has been involved in the sporting industry for over 12 years, beginning as a student-athlete at the University of Michigan where she co-founded Project REAL (Real Education About Life), a photo-documentary and social advocacy campaign pairing professionals with collegiate athletes, and culminating in positions with Nike and the Nike Foundation after graduating from law school. Currently, Marisa serves as the Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Sport (CRS), a nonprofit organization based out of Portland, Oregon, with a mission
is to establish new standards of environmental and social responsibility in sports. In addition to her work with the Council, Marisa is an attorney for GemStone Systems and co-founder of "Starting with Sports", an organization with taking an interactive global look at the empowerment of girls through sport.
Invited Speaker
JOE WATZ: Joe is the Associate Director of the Marketing and Business Development unit at Cal Recreational Sports. A Baby Boomer with 20 years of experience in experiential marketing, business development and relationship marketing, he's been with UC Berkeley for nine years and started the unit in 2003. Joe is the creator of the Caltopia and PLAYgreen experiential marketing events that have a combined average of over 46,000 attendees and 200+ sponsors, exhibitors, restaurants and performers annually. He has served as a consultant for over 30 campus recreational departments,
various units on the UC Berkeley campus and a number of national companies on developing marketing strategies that engage and inspire Generation Y.
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