Hegreness Consulting

04/29/2024

Ryan Hegreness joined the Parks, Recreation, Libraries practice at BerryDunn on April 29, 2024. Ryan will continue consulting work now in a full-time capacity and alongside an incredible team at BerryDunn!

We sent the final edition of The Playground Newsletter on April 26, 2024. You can subscribe to BerryDunn’s Parks, Recreation, Libraries newsletter publication, where you can hear from Ryan and many others on the same topics and benefit from their insights and perspectives. To subscribe, visit https://advisors.berrydunn.com/newsletter-sign-up.

Content at hegreness.net will remain accessible until the site is retired and the content is transitioned.​

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11/29/2023

“No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” - Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck is a psychologist and professor at Stanford University, known for her work on mindset and motivation.

10/31/2023

Atul Gawande argues the medical community should focus more on well-being. Does anyone know of an industry that can help with that?

From Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

“You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.” - Atul Gawande

https://hegreness.net/being-mortal-medicine-and-what-matters-in-the-end/

10/09/2023

Help us meet our goal to supply recreation equipment to abandoned children. Watch the video and make a tax-deductible donation here: givebutter.com/casa-recreation

10/02/2023

Inspiring Innovation—NRPA asked Ryan to write an article for the October Edition of their magazine to highlight his session at National Recreation and Park Association Conference in Dallas next week.

If you are at the conference, join Ryan in Ballroom D, Section 1, on Tuesday, October 10 at 1:00, for (330) Inspiring Innovation in Your Organization.

Article: https://www.nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2023/october/inspiring-innovation-in-your-organization/

Learn how to inspire innovation in your organization with "The Three P's."

09/17/2023

Hey Kansas Recreation and Park Association colleagues! This video is for you.

On November 2, Ryan Hegreness is leading a marketing workshop for park and recreation professionals in Kansas. Learn more about this exciting education opportunity in this video.

The cost is just $75 and includes lunch, 0.4 CEUs, and actionable marketing insights!

A past attendees of the Marketing Strategy session reported implementing just one takeaway that resulted in over $100k in new revenue annually!

Details and registration here: https://krpa.wildapricot.org/marketing

09/15/2023

Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness by Steve Magness: https://hegreness.net/do-hard-things-why-we-get-resilience-wrong-and-the-surprising-science-of-real-toughness/

09/08/2023

Check out the 54th Edition of The Playground: https://mailchi.mp/f2a627086b5a/the-playground-edition-54

In this edition of my monthly newsletter:

🎥 Monthly Video: Take Control of Your Inbox!

📘 Book Recommendation: Anatomy of a Breakthrough

💡 Quote of the Month: Steven Pressfield

😂 For Fun: UFO Sightings in Parks

🤯 Interesting Stuff: Urban Parks & Healthcare; Do Schools Kill Creativity?; The 12 Dragons All Leaders Face; Downtown Cary Park; How to Make Your Brain More Creative; The Genius of Confident Vulnerability

🎧 Recent Reads & Listens: Just Mercy; Unreasonable Hospitality; What Doesn't Kill Us; Anatomy of a Breakthrough

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09/08/2023

"Manage Your Inbox, Don't Let It Manage You"

Learn about Ryan's modified GTD approach to managing work emails. With this method, you will have less stress, enjoy more time, not miss deadlines, and be in control.

08/02/2023

What are you holding back?

Steven Pressfield helps you "break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles" in The War of Art: https://hegreness.net/the-war-of-art-break-through-the-blocks-and-win-your-inner-creative-battles/

06/11/2023

Wisdom from Seth Godin's book This is Marketing. This book is particularly useful for framing the subject for those with an aversion to the word "marketing."

Learn more: https://hegreness.net/this-is-marketing-you-cant-be-seen-until-you-learn-to-see/