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Upcoming Presentations

Athletic Business

December 3 and 4, 2008

San Antonio, TX

Juliene will be doing a half day workshop called "Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Public Speaking" on Wednesday, December 3 and on December 4th she will be presenting:

"Networking 4 Knowledge 4 Novices"


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Juliene Hefter 
(262)894-9772

4626 Church Drive
West Bend, WI 53095
 

 

The following are either links to Information pertaining to the or articles that have been published by Juliene Hefter, founder of Safety First Aquatics, LLC.
Articles and Publications
 

  Juliene Hefter named to Aquatic International "Power 25"

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JULIENE HEFTER - VOLUNTEER

National Recreation and Park Association

Juliene Hefter takes her job seriously. “I’m very passionate

about the aquatic profession,” she says. “It’s our job as professionals to

inform people of safety, risk management, and liability.” She takes it so seriously, she’s putting measures into effect this year as president of the

National Recreation and Park Association’s National Aquatic Branch. Her goal is to bring more attention to the industry within the U.S., because she feels a lot of people outside the industry don’t perceive aquatics as a true

profession.

 

Part of her plan includes developing a certification course for managers, a program she first tried to develop as chair of the National Aquatic Management School. With such a program, professionals can learn to plan procedures, write staff manuals, run their operations, and engage in stronger risk management. She also wants to encourage veteran industry members to move up into more administrative positions, higher up within

Parks & Rec.

 

A competitive swimmer from childhood through her years at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, Hefter studied organizational leadership and quality during her graduate years at Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wis. She was always involved on the state level in aquatics and soon moved up the ranks to the national level. The 39-year-old deputy director of the Wisconsin

Park and Recreation Association also hopes that all the different associations within the industry will collaborate to create a consistent message in safety. “There are so many different levels of training and

opportunities,” she says. “I’m an individual that is big on

teamwork and cooperation.”

 

Her hope is that within the next 10 years, the various organizations will work together to lower the number of drownings and near-drownings by educating each other and their communities. For the past 10 years, she has tackled these issues by speaking at conferences on management, special

events, programming, staff training, sponsorship and team building.

 

No matter what she does, she strives to give aquatics professionals a sense of ownership in their titles. Providing them with additional training and education goes a long way toward doing just that. “I want to take care of those people,” she says. “We’re trying to make aquatic professionals as well rounded as possible.”

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  Sexual Harassment Training for Teens and Part-Time Staff

 


 

Juliene R. Hefter is the founder of Safety First Aquatics, LLC.



Juliene R. Hefter

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