Session: "Business" is Not a Four Letter Word
Track: Business & Program Management

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Speaker: Jamie S. Sabbach, 110 Percent

Description: Why is it that sound, defensible business practices are not yet embraced across our industry? How long can we keep kicking the can down the road employing the same archaic planning practices? Is the failure to address organizational inadequacies leading to public parks and recreation systems that are not sustainable, let alone resilient? Today’s dynamic social, economic and environmental changes are requiring that we think differently.

Speaker Bio: Jamie S. Sabbach

The most important stuff should always come first… Jamie is originally from Chicago, has a Halloween birthday, is a former college jock, enjoys hiking, mountain biking and golf, volunteers for Community Food Share, the American Cancer Society and Little League Baseball, and is a Chicago Cubs and Bears fan!
Jamie also founded 110 Percent LLC in 2010 as a way to make an impact. Located in the recreation mecca of Boulder, Colorado, 110 Percent’s promise is quite simply, to challenge conventional thinking, to leave an indelible mark, and to change things for the better.

In Jamie’s glory days, she played college softball and later coached at the University of Illinois. After her stint in college athletics, she worked for notable public agencies including the Champaign Park District (IL), the Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department (IN), and the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department (CO). She has been an adjunct faculty member at many universities, an Instructional Assistant Professor at Illinois State University, and continues to contribute to higher education as an affiliate faculty member at Metro State University in Denver, Colorado.
Jamie’s past experiences in athletics, as a public parks and recreation professional and as a college instructor have fed her passion to help others enhance their own talents and improve performance. Her current work as a consultant, coach and trainer focuses on enhancing adaptive leadership capabilities and organizational effectiveness. Her inherent ability to mobilize people towards a common purpose allows her to direct dynamic processes leading to impressive results.

Jamie is an active member of the National Recreation and Park Association having served in a variety of leadership capacities. She is a past President of the American Park and Recreation Society, and in 2008 was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration whose membership is limited to 125 practicing professionals and academicians from across the United States.
Jamie has taught more than 200 professional development and training programs for agencies, at various continuing education schools, and at a number of state, regional, national and international conferences since 1996.