The is the "Summer camp or Country Club" presentation given by Steve Maguire @ the ACA Tri-State Conference on Wednesday March 14, 2012.

1. Summer Camp
or Country
Club?
TRI-STATE 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

2. Why are we here? Let’s
not lose sight of what
camp is. Let’s not let
the chaos of life and the
craziness of the outside
world intrude too much
more!
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3. JESS,
NOLAN,
EMMITT
FRANCES
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4. Reality...
4
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5. Reality...
✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP
4
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6. Reality...
✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP
✦ PD sometimes equals
PMITERN - The Packet
4
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7. Reality...
✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP
✦ PD sometimes equals
PMITERN - The Packet
✦ Have fun, laugh and learn
something you can use to make
your camp better.
4
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8. Reality...
✦ ADD/ADHD/DBPP
✦ PD sometimes equals
PMITERN - The Packet
✦ Have fun, laugh and learn
something you can use to make
your camp better.
✦ 4 % Rule
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9. 5
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10. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
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11. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
MAKE LIFELONG IMPACTS
ON THOSE THAT WORK
AND ATTEND
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12. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
MAKE LIFELONG IMPACTS
ON THOSE THAT WORK
AND ATTEND
CREATE NEW LOVE,
PERSPECTIVE AND
ENTHUSIASM ABOUT LIFE
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13. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
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14. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
CREATE LASTING
FRIENDSHIPS
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15. “WICKED” IMPORTANT KEYS
TO GREAT CAMPS...
CREATE LASTING
FRIENDSHIPS
CREATE THE “EMPTY
EXPLANATION” PHENOMENA
(STOP TRYING THIS BTW)
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16. “WICKED” IMPORTANT
KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...
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17. “WICKED” IMPORTANT
KEYS TO GREAT CAMPS...
INCLUDE
EVERYONE FOR
WHO THEY ARE
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18. You might totally
disagree with everything
that is said here or think
“this is nice, but our
enrollment will be low
and we won’t make a
profit this summer”
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19. Discuss how you
think kids
would define
Summer Camp...
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20. Discuss how
you think
parents would
define summer
camp...
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21. Define a
country club...
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22. Define a
country club...
•club, usually in a suburban area,
with a clubhouse and grounds,
offering various activities and
generally having facilities for
tennis, golf, swimming etc...
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23. Take what
you want
and leave the
rest!
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24. Camp # 1: NO electronics
•Admin with radios
•Cell Phones, video
games, music, etc...
•What do you do?
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25. Country Club...
•Electronics
everywhere... on the
golf course, on the
tennis court, in the
clubhouse
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26. Camp # 2: Identification with
and connection to the natural
world.
•Astronomy nights
•Solos
•Nature programs
•Your’s?
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27. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
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28. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group
contribute back to camp in the summer of
2012?
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29. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group
contribute back to camp in the summer of
2012?
• Teaching kids to think about others.
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30. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group
contribute back to camp in the summer of
2012?
• Teaching kids to think about others.
• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What
can we do to give back to camp or to make
camp better?
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31. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group
contribute back to camp in the summer of
2012?
• Teaching kids to think about others.
• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What
can we do to give back to camp or to make
camp better?
• This might be for an individual camper or the
camp as a whole.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

32. Camp # 3: Give back to
the greater good
• What can your cabin/bunk/C.I.T. group
contribute back to camp in the summer of
2012?
• Teaching kids to think about others.
• This is an opening cabin night talk... “What
can we do to give back to camp or to make
camp better?
• This might be for an individual camper or the
camp as a whole.
• Your’s?
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33. Country Club...
•little to no
contribution to the
greater good, but we
have a lot of fun
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34. Camp # 4: A positive,
meaningful tradition
•What are
your PMT’s
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35. Night time routine...
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36. Camp # 5: The chance to look
and behave out of the norm
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37. Camp # 5: The chance to look
and behave out of the norm
•Make this “voluntarily
mandatory”
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38. Camp # 5: The chance to look
and behave out of the norm
•Make this “voluntarily
mandatory”
•Get dirty
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39. Camp # 5: The chance to look
and behave out of the norm
•Make this “voluntarily
mandatory”
•Get dirty
•Splash and play in the rain
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40. Camp # 5: The chance to look
and behave out of the norm
•Make this “voluntarily
mandatory”
•Get dirty
•Splash and play in the rain
•Dress up, dance, sing... put
yourself out there...
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42. Camp # 6: An authentic and
engaged staff
•This is not just their
“summer job”
•The place is important to
them by ACTIONS! (not
just words)
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43. When interviewed you hear
key words...
•Kids, Fun, Impact, Joy, Make a
Difference, Camp was important to
me as a kid, Love, Outside
•I don’t give a damn about how good
of a tennis player they are or what
they are certified in! (to a certain
extent) :)
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44. Camp # 6: An authentic
and engaged staff cont...
•One of their
observable behaviors
is they can often be
seen with kids and
engaged in activities
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45. Country club...
•This is just a summer
job!
•“How do stay excited
when most of us don’t
give a ...”
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46. Country club camps...
•Might make a lot of
money. Do they make a
lot of great difference in
the long term
development of a kid?
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47. BONUS...
•A healthy business
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48. Finally, only at a true
summer camp can you...
•Pound it variations
•RPSE
•Cartwheel tournament
•Jelly Fish
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49. You make
your money in
15 seconds!
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