Partnership Seminar

The Southeast (SER), National Capital (NCR) and Northeast (NER) Regional Offices, and the National Partnership Office, are sponsoring a joint East Coast In-Park Partnership Seminar on May 22, 23 and 24, 2002. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Alexandria Seaport Foundation, the Greater Washington National Parks Fund, and the Potomac Riverboat Company.

Seminar Goals:

To share information on the art of partnering and fundraising within the National Park Service. To share perspectives from the parks, park-partners, Regional Offices, Headquarters and the Hill on best practices and innovations.
To focus the NPS on it’s new and strengthened emphasis on partnerships.
To build a cadre of partnership advocates and practitioners within NPS that can “carry the ball” towards increasing collaborative work with others and enhancing the effectiveness of these efforts in fulfilling the NPS mission.
To survey the various types of partnerships and how they are benefiting the parks.
To discuss the evolving National Park Foundation role.

Context:

The NPS has a long and successful history of reaching out to others to help us fulfill our mission. Working with partners expands our capabilities and challenges us to work better. Our most effective work results from this engagement with others, where the collective effort extends our reach and that of our collaborator.

Donations come to the NPS from individuals, organizations, foundations, corporations, businesses, and other entities as expressions of support, in response to the donor's awareness of our needs, or as a result of an organized fundraising campaign. The NPS recognizes and appreciates the efforts of non-profit support organizations such as friends groups, cooperating associations, the National Park Foundation, and park specific foundations that are willing and able to fundraise for national park units and programs.



Cooperating associations have a long history of enhancing and supporting the educational and interpretive role of the national parks in meaningful ways, including raising funds. Friends groups
and park-specific foundations play an increasingly vital role in supporting the NPS mission. In addition to providing volunteer and community support for individual parks these organizations often undertake fundraising projects and substantial capital campaigns to benefit the park area they support.

In looking to the future, the Service has great potential to serve the public more effectively–as a steward, educator, environmental leader, and advocate for a nationwide parks, open space, and outdoor recreation network. Energized by this vision, the NPS believes that the power of the park idea is its larger purpose--to create a citizenry committed to conserving its heritage and its home on earth.

The new leadership of NPS is a very strong proponent of partnerships and will encourage a high level of outreach and collaborative work to promote our mission. To achieve that level, we need to continue to hone our skills, learn from our success and evaluate our missteps. In this pursuit, the Southeast (SER), National Capital (NCR) and Northeast (NER) Regional Offices, and the National Partnership Office, are hosting the East Coast In-Parks Partnership Seminar.

For further information on the seminar contact:

Chris Niewold, NPS-National Partnership Office (202) 208-4932
By e-mail: Christopher_Niewold@nps.gov

Mike Adlerstein, NPS-Northeast Region (212) 825-6881
By e-mail: Mike_Adlerstein@nps.gov

Glenn Eugster, NPS-National Capital Region (202) 619-7492
By e-mail: Glenn_Eugster@nps.gov

Rick McCollough, NPS-Southeast Region (404) 562-3124, extension 718. By E-mail: Richard_McCollough@nps.gov


























East Coast In-Park Partnerships Seminar
May 22, 23 and 24, 2002
Channel Inn & Hotel, Washington, DC, and selected sites within the Greater Washington National Parks

Sponsored by the National Park Service National Capital Region, National Partnerships Office, Northeast Region and Southeast Region. Co-sponsored by the Alexandria Seaport Foundation, Greater Washington National Parks Fund, and the Potomac Riverboat Company.

All sessions will be held at the Channel Inn Hotel
650 Water Street, SW, Washington, D.C., except as otherwise stated.

Dress casually and comfortably. Field trips will require walking and comfortable shoes are a must! The weather should be warm, with rain showers possible.




May 22: The foundation, framework, policies, and direction for partnerships


7:00 am

Washington Waterfront Continental Breakfast and Networking Opportunity

8:00 am

Welcome to Washington & the East Coast Seminar
Regional Director Carlstrom, NPS-National Capital Region and Associate Director Stevenson, NPS-Cultural Resource Stewardship & Partnerships

The Seminar at a Glance
Glenn Eugster, NPS-National Capital Region and Chris Niewold, NPS-National Partnership Office

8:30 am

Introductions and sharing of expectations of the group
Chris Niewold, NPS-National Partnership Office

9:00 am

The Future of Partnerships in the National Park Service
Director Fran Mainella, National Park Service. Introduction by Terry Carlstrom, Regional Director, NPS-National Capital Region

10:30 am

Break--Networking opportunity

10:45 am






View from the Hill--How Are We Doing?
Panel discussion with Craig Crutchfield, Office of Management and Budget; Jim O’Toole, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Subcommittee; Bruce Evans, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee; Deborah Weatherly, House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
Moderated by Mike Adlerstein, NPS-Northeast Region

12:00 p.m.

Lunch at the Channel Inn & Hotel

1: 15pm

Partnerships in NPS--Past, Present and Future
Brian O’Neill, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Introduction by Chris Niewold, NPS-National Partnership Office.

1:45 pm

Case study: Partnership Development
Laura Rotegard, Blue Ridge Parkway NPS and Becky Anderson, Hand Made in America. Introduction by Rick McCollough, NPS-Southeast Region.

2:45 pm

Break/networking

3:00 pm

Leadership: Partnership Experiences
Panel discussion on "Ten Views of Partnerships". Regional Directors Rust, Belson and Carlstrom. Moderated by Costa Dillon, Superintendent, Fire Island National Seashore

4:15 pm

Wrap up, Questions and Synopsis of Reception
Gentry Davis, Deputy Regional Director, NPS-National Capital Region

4:30 pm

Break

5:00 pm

Shuttle Buses to Alexandria and the Park Partners Reception
Buses leave from outside the entrance of the Channel Inn Hotel

5:45-8:00 pm

Potomac River "Park Partners Reception"
Alexandria, VA and the Potomac River. Sponsored by NPS, the Greater Washington National Parks Fund, the Potomac River Boat Company, and the Alexandria Seaport Foundation. Remarks by Greater Washington National Parks Fund, recognition of park donors, and more.

Note: Boat leaves the dock promptly at 6:30 pm





8:00 pm

Buses to hotel or dinner on your own in Old Town Alexandria.