Asset management is not only for the manufacturing, public works, communication or transportation industries. It is an essential process that drives efficiencies. There is a need for parks and recreation professionals to have a deep understanding of what management tools are required to develop a portfolio of built and natural assets.
What is asset management? How can parks and recreation organizations apply it to improve lasting performance? This webinar will cut through the jargon to provide practical understanding of the tools many industries and organizations apply…and why
For this Shop Talk, we have invited Chris Silkie, Program Manager in Asset Management from Portland Parks and Recreation to share his expertise working within multiple industries and explain how to apply it to our parks.
Participants will:
1. Gain a better understanding why organizations pursue asset management
2. Learn some of the technical tools which for part of this practice
3. Identify the next steps for them, in their role, in their organization, if they wanted to advance their practice of asset management
