Event Sessions

Sponsor gallery

-4/18/2023

Sponsor gallery

04/18/2023 12:00 AM
Connect with our sponsors easily through the Sponsor Gallery. Schedule consultations, demos and learn about special pricing.

Visit the Sponsor Gallery

Tuesday April 18

-4/18/2023

Tuesday April 18

04/18/2023 8:25 AM

Registration for Preconference Workshops Open

-4/18/2023

Registration for Preconference Workshops Open

04/18/2023 8:30 AM

Paradise and Coral Reef Lobby

Mental Health at Camp

-4/18/2023

Mental Health at Camp

04/18/2023 9:00 AM

Coral Reef 1

We are camp professionals, not mental health professionals. But anyone who serves kids (and staff!) these days knows first-hand that they all need more support around mental, emotional, and social health (MESH). Join us for a day of education around MESH at camp. We will start with a framework for understanding mental health that empowers us to support campers and staff while staying within our roles as camp pros, not mental health providers. We’ll explore strategies for preventing crises as best we can, and for 1 on 1 intervention with both campers and staff, when it’s required. You'll leave with practical, tactical tools for camp, and with increased confidence and hope for next summer.

Dave Brown

Dave Brown www.davebrownlcsw.com is a licensed clinical social worker who serves as the director for Mountain Camp, a residential program near Lake Tahoe. At camp, he supports staff and camper mental health, well-being, and development. Outside of camp, he runs Fence Post Learning, an online Staff Training resource, and maintains a small telehealth therapy practice from his home in the Bay Area. Dave’s sessions will provide participants with tools and resources to support mental health at camp.

Super Staff SuperVision: Powerful & Practical Skills for the Camp Leadership Team

-4/18/2023

Super Staff SuperVision: Powerful & Practical Skills for the Camp Leadership Team

04/18/2023 9:00 AM

Paradise 1

Outstanding training for the camp leadership team, including supervisors, directors, site-directors, and others. This is the nationally acclaimed, skill-packed supervision training session from the author of the number one national best-selling book on camp staff supervision, Super Staff SuperVision. This is direct training for both new and advanced members of the leadership team, and directors also take this course to learn exactly how to train the leadership team. Learn and practice exactly what you need to say and do to be one of the best leaders at camp, including:

6 Paths—the six essential things leadership team members must do every day and how to get them done brilliantly
Identify the exact behaviors we want to develop in our staff
Michael’s CDOS technique to coach staff to learn and use those behaviors
Motivating staff and preventing burnout—and supporting the mid-level and high performers who often get less attention
Building trust and credibility and being a boss of even peers and friends
More campers, more retention—increasing program creativity to stand out from the rest
Handling tough staff behavior with calmness and confidence

Michael Brandwein

Michael Brandwein, speaker, author

Michael Brandwein is an internationally acclaimed expert on camp, youth development, and education. He has presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael excels at training camp and youth program leadership teams and staffs. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp training and leadership field, with six books: Training Terrific Staff (Volumes 1 & 2), Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Training Programs at Camp, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say, and the latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People.

Registration open

-4/18/2023

Registration open

04/18/2023 2:00 PM

Paradise and Coral Reef Lobby

New Attendee Orientation

-4/18/2023

New Attendee Orientation

04/18/2023 2:30 PM
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Fins Left

Join other first time Spring Leadership Conference attedndees for ice-breakers and an orientation to the events of the confernece.

Fins left is a left turn at the entrance to the Compass Rose Ballroom.

Opening General Session and Playnote

-4/18/2023

Opening General Session and Playnote

04/18/2023 4:00 PM

Compass Rose Ballroom

A Training Smorgasbord: A Buffet of Ideas to Engage Your Staff in the Learning Process

You are cordially invited to a training smorgasbord guaranteed to satisfy a hearty appetite! This metaphorical buffet will offer a sample of "appetizers" (ways to get staff ready to learn), a 3-course "meal" (including brain-friendly techniques to present training topics and incorporate movement/visual aids to enhance learning), and a selection of "desserts" (ways to put a flavorful end to training sessions). Come hungry and leave with ideas (doggie bag included) that will engage your staff in the learning process (even if attention spans are short) while indulging them with training methods that will improve retention of critical information. It’s never too early to plan for staff training - the success of your summer depends on it.

Kim Aycock, MST speaker and consultant

Kim Aycock

Kim Aycock, MST, has several decades of experience equipping young people with skills robots are unable to do. While blending the talents of a master teacher with the knowledge of a seasoned camp expert, Kim ignites learning for varying levels of camp pros worldwide through her interactive and innovative presentations. Kim speaks at regional and national conferences, contributes regularly to Camping Magazine and ACA blogs, and serves as co-chair of ACA’s Staff Recruitment & Retention Committee and Staffing Summit.

Poolside Welcome Reception

-4/18/2023

Poolside Welcome Reception

04/18/2023 5:30 PM

Lone Palm Pool

Join us at the Lone Palm Pool for a private poolside reception with included hors de' oeuvres and no-host bar.

Dinner on Your Own

-4/18/2023

Dinner on Your Own

04/18/2023 7:30 PM

Explore the great food options at the Margaritaville Resort or downtown Palm Springs.

Wednesday April 19

-4/19/2023

Wednesday April 19

04/19/2023 7:00 AM

Registration Open

-4/19/2023

Registration Open

04/19/2023 7:45 AM

Paradise and Coral Reef Lobby

Educational Breakout Session #1

-4/19/2023

Educational Breakout Session #1

04/19/2023 8:29 AM

Camp-School Partnership Demonstration Project Panel: Reflections and Resources

-4/19/2023

Camp-School Partnership Demonstration Project Panel: Reflections and Resources

04/19/2023 8:30 AM

Paradise 1

This past summer, ACA partnered with the National Summer Learning Association to fund 10 camp-school partnerships across the country. Now is your opportunity to learn about this innovative project, and the guidance we have created around creating partnerships of your own! We will have a panel of project participants sharing real-life stories from the field about the impact these camp programs have on students and achievement. The audience will also hear ACA’s recent research findings around how schools and camps affect each other, as well as academic-adjacent outcomes, and the results of this past summer. Leave with practical knowledge and tips about best practices, ACA tools, how to build your own camp-school partnership, and suggestions for how the K-12 and summer recreation fields can support each other in building organizational capacity.

Bristol Posatko, American Camp Association

Bristol Posatko

Bristol is the Grants & Special Projects Manager for the Camp-School Partnership Demonstration Project at ACA, in collaboration with the National Summer Learning Association. In a variety of camp, school and enrichment roles, Bristol has built youth-serving teams through mission-driven leadership, inclusive cultures, and meaningful relationships. Her career highlights include: managing a multi-site STEM day camp region, running an afterschool program that pivoted to learning pods during the pandemic, and making the largest camp flag ever as a senior counselor. She holds a BA from Occidental College, an EdM in Education Policy & Management from Harvard, K-12 Teaching Credentials from California, and lives in Delaware. Bristol loves to play with her kids, husband, dog, snake, foster cats, and native plants.

Brodrick Clarke, National Summer Learning Association (NLSA)

Brodrick Clarke

Brodrick has extensive experience working with the K-12 student population, primarily in an out-of-school time setting. He has recruited and trained hundreds of youth workers and volunteers.
As a seasoned professional development trainer, Brodrick incorporates research and best practices with interactive simulations to engage his audience in dynamic learning experiences.

Andrew Wiens, Guided Discoveries

Andrew Wiens

Come Back for Seconds: Smorgasbord Part 2

-4/19/2023

Come Back for Seconds: Smorgasbord Part 2

04/19/2023 8:30 AM

Compass Rose Ballroom

Come back for seconds and sample more staff training tips and techniques with Kim Aycock.

Kim Aycock

Kim Aycock, MST speaker and consultant

Kim Aycock, MST, has several decades of experience equipping young people with skills robots are unable to do. While blending the talents of a master teacher with the knowledge of a seasoned camp expert, Kim ignites learning for varying levels of camp pros worldwide through her interactive and innovative presentations. Kim speaks at regional and national conferences, contributes regularly to Camping Magazine and ACA blogs, and serves as co-chair of ACA’s Staff Recruitment & Retention Committee and Staffing Summit.

CONFLICT COMMUNICATION: How to Deal with Disagreement, &Conflicts, without Using a Weed Wacker

-4/19/2023

CONFLICT COMMUNICATION: How to Deal with Disagreement, &Conflicts, without Using a Weed Wacker

04/19/2023 8:30 AM

Coral Reef 2 and 3

This internationally acclaimed session demonstrates practical, essential skills you will use every day to (1) handle conflict with greater confidence and calmness and (2) build more open and collaborative communication for outstanding camp teams. This is an engaging, fun, “no touch-feely” quick course in which you’ll learn exactly what to say and do to: Build better professional relationships, provide excellent customer service, reduce talk behind backs, increase more open and honest communication for ongoing improvement, and lead stronger teams using more effective communication and original methods. Resolve conflicts constructively with less stress. Deal with greater confidence and credibility with contrary positions, disappointed and upset people, and more. You will learn precisely what to say and not to say when resolving disagreements, to not only act with respect but improve relationships even when there is conflict. Immediately boost your persuasiveness and problem-solving using expert techniques to tailor responses to the needs and concerns of others.

Michael Brandwein

Michael Brandwein, speaker, author

Michael Brandwein is an internationally acclaimed expert on camp, youth development, and education. He has presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael excels at training camp and youth program leadership teams and staffs. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp training and leadership field, with six books: Training Terrific Staff (Volumes 1 & 2), Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Training Programs at Camp, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say, and the latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People.

Simple Systems for Tracking Camper Incidents Where Your Staff Does (most of) The Work

-4/19/2023

Simple Systems for Tracking Camper Incidents Where Your Staff Does (most of) The Work

04/19/2023 8:30 AM

Paradise 2

Every fall year-round staff members get to experience time travel. Because every fall either through parent evaluations or messages around re-enrollment we discover things that happened during the summer that we didn’t know happened! How could Brittany have eaten 30 crayons without you knowing? How did Jamar get home and tell his parents he was sad and cried every night without you knowing? In this session we’ll talk about what we do at Gold Arrow Camp to track everyday issues that might not require your attention now, but which will be useful when that time comes that a parent raises an issue you didn’t see!

Andrew Moeschberger

Andy "Soy" Moeschberger, Alison Moeschberger, Gold Arrow Camp

Andy Moeschberger is a Camp Director and the Chief Fun Officer at Gold Arrow Camp, in Lakeshore, California. Prior to working in organized camping full time he was a high school social science teacher for 14 years, specializing in Economics, Government, and Civics. He currently serves as the Government Relations chair for the SoCal/Hawaii LCOL. He is the creator of savenextsummer.com and an avid PEZ collector. During the pandemic he has learned to be a kindergarten zoom teacher and 2nd grade zoom PE teacher for his two daughters. He is a Gryffindor who found himself married to a Slytherin.

Vendor Coffee and Snack Break plus RAFFLE

-4/19/2023

Vendor Coffee and Snack Break plus RAFFLE

04/19/2023 9:45 AM

Compass Rose Ballroom

Wednesday General Session and Keynote

-4/19/2023

Wednesday General Session and Keynote

04/19/2023 10:45 AM

Compass Rose Ballroom

Solid Solutions & Techniques to Boost Professionalism & Responsibility at Camp

This session provides powerful techniques all members of the camp Leadership Team to support staff in learning how to take this fun job seriously and act professionally. Michael demonstrates how to find staff who will grow and then motivate and train them with activities that help them learn and practice the big skills they’ll need for success, including how to communicate and solve problems with others, responsibility, and confidence, handling hard work, and more. It includes Michael’s new 2023 “You’re in Charge” and “How to Show You’re a Pro” and “Three S’s” training activities.

Michael Brandwein

Michael Brandwein, speaker, author

Michael Brandwein is an internationally acclaimed expert on camp, youth development, and education. He has presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael excels at training camp and youth program leadership teams and staffs. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp training and leadership field, with six books: Training Terrific Staff (Volumes 1 & 2), Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Training Programs at Camp, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say, and the latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People.

Lunch on your Own

-4/19/2023

Lunch on your Own

04/19/2023 12:15 PM

Lunch on your own or join the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Meetup Groups. Join either or both! This is great time to visit with other LGBTQ+ and BIPOC camp leaders. Grab & go meal options available. Don’t forget to fit in some pool time, too!

Educational Breakout Session #2

-4/19/2023

Educational Breakout Session #2

04/19/2023 1:44 PM

HOW TO TEACH TERRIFIC TEACHING & LEADERSHIP: Outstanding Activities & Techniques

-4/19/2023

HOW TO TEACH TERRIFIC TEACHING & LEADERSHIP: Outstanding Activities & Techniques

04/19/2023 1:45 PM

Coral Reef 2 and 3

Use these great skills yourself; use the activities to plug into your existing training to build these skills in staff. The author of the nationally number one best-selling training books in camp demonstrates original, creative, and powerful methods you won’t find anywhere else that will teach essential camp leadership and instructional skills in ways that boost staff learning, maximize participation, boost motivation, and grab attention—for both new and experienced staff. This session includes Michael’s “Flight Plan” Activity and more. It’s so important to have fresh ways each year to present essential skills—it makes training exciting and interesting, a model for what we want camp to be every day.

Michael Brandwein

Michael Brandwein, speaker, author

Michael Brandwein is an internationally acclaimed expert on camp, youth development, and education. He has presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael excels at training camp and youth program leadership teams and staffs. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp training and leadership field, with six books: Training Terrific Staff (Volumes 1 & 2), Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Training Programs at Camp, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say, and the latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People.

Insight Uncovered: Developing Staff Through the Intersection of Hindsight and Foresight

-4/19/2023

Insight Uncovered: Developing Staff Through the Intersection of Hindsight and Foresight

04/19/2023 1:45 PM

Compass Rose Ballroom

We know that looking back is key to moving forward. Add that to a greater understanding of the bigger picture of camp and clarity begins to form. Quality staff development comes down to quality conversations that help connect the dots between hindsight and foresight. The insight gained from these conversations with staff will uncover countless growth opportunities (and are a direct benefit of working at camp). Grab your watering can so it can be filled with questions and tools that will create the ecosystem for staff to grow!

Kim Aycock

Kim Aycock, MST speaker and consultant

Kim Aycock, MST, has several decades of experience equipping young people with skills robots are unable to do. While blending the talents of a master teacher with the knowledge of a seasoned camp expert, Kim ignites learning for varying levels of camp pros worldwide through her interactive and innovative presentations. Kim speaks at regional and national conferences, contributes regularly to Camping Magazine and ACA blogs, and serves as co-chair of ACA’s Staff Recruitment & Retention Committee and Staffing Summit.

LGBTQ+ Camper and Staff: Questions, Answers and Solutions

-4/19/2023

LGBTQ+ Camper and Staff: Questions, Answers and Solutions

04/19/2023 1:45 PM

Fins Left

Bring your questions, answers and scenarios to this interactive, judgement free, Q & A session about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) campers and staff. Together we will brainstorm solutions to your specific needs.

Kayla Weissbuch, Brave Trails
Jessica Weissbuch, Brave Trails
Charmy Marras, Brave Trails

Jessica and Kayla

Jessica and Kayla are the founders and directors of Camp Brave Trails, leadership summer camp for LGBTQ youth. Collectively they have 15 year of experience building queer youth leaders in the non-profit sector. Their mission is to help make summer camps more welcoming spaces for LGBTQ youth and staff.

Charmy Marras

Charmy started as a volunteer with Brave Trails and is now the Associate Mental Health Director. Charmy connects LGBTQ+ youth with the support they need and offers a space for clinicians to learn through our mental health training program.

True leadership is Giving Power Away: Preparing new leaders for the challenges of command

-4/19/2023

True leadership is Giving Power Away: Preparing new leaders for the challenges of command

04/19/2023 1:45 PM

Paradise 2

Calling all Directors: Looking to update your pre-camp leadership training? Then this session is for you!

We know that camp is about growth, not just for campers but also for our staff. It seems like every summer we have new people filling our middle leadership roles and it can be hard to know what they need to succeed. Camp has a way of throwing all kinds of curveballs in our direction, and having a highly adaptive and unified team can make or break those high-pressure moments.

I have always believed that regardless of their day-to-day responsibilities, all leaders should be trained in the same basic concepts, beliefs, and practices. We should all speak the same “leadership language.” Your leadership language is the philosophies of leadership that you subscribe to, whatever they may be. Examples include encouraging self-rescue, intensity vs. consistency, radical candor, and extreme ownership. By setting unified expectations for how our leadership teams interact with campers, other staffs, upper leadership, and each other, we can help set a consistent and supportive tone for the summer.

In this session, we’ll talk about how to structure your leadership training in a way that resonates with our young leaders, as well as look at some of the key topics and concepts that helped me build winning teams during my time as a camp director.

John "Swan" Swanwick, Guided Discoveries

John Swanwick

Embracing the servant-leader mindset, John “Swan” Swanwick works for Guided Discoveries as its People Operations Director. Swan is an impassioned believer that quality leadership is the key to success, and he now helps Guided Discoveries prepare its up-and-coming leaders for the rigors of leading a team in the modern world.

Swan has always been a student of leadership, following the philosophies of Simon Sinek, Jocko Willink, and Dr. Brené Brown, to name a few. His experience with leadership comes from the world of summer camp, disaster response (serving as a volunteer leader with Team Rubicon), working on high-performing commercial diving teams, and a short stint in the Royal Navy.

Swan (loving a challenge) built the People Operations Director role after his Summer Camp in Virginia closed due to the financial impact of COVID-19 on the summer camp industry. He enjoys Obstacle Course Racing, deploying with Team Rubicon to help communities rebuild post-disaster, and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Vendor ICE CREAM Break & RAFFLE

-4/19/2023

Vendor ICE CREAM Break & RAFFLE

04/19/2023 3:00 PM

Compass Rose Ballroom

Enjoy compimentary ice cream while visiting with our vendors. Maybe you will win a raffle prize!

Educational Breakout Session #3

-4/19/2023

Educational Breakout Session #3

04/19/2023 3:44 PM

DUMPING THE DISSING: How to Train Staff to Stop Put-Downs & Other Disrespectful Behavior

-4/19/2023

DUMPING THE DISSING: How to Train Staff to Stop Put-Downs & Other Disrespectful Behavior

04/19/2023 3:45 PM

Coral Reef 2 and 3

Support staff in building a respectful camp community in an increasingly diverse world where just reading the tone of social media commentary makes this challenge very clear. This one-of-a-kind session demonstrates precisely what to say and do to confidently handle important negative behaviors, including name-calling, teasing, verbal bullying, and other disrespectful behavior. It provides Michael’s original training tools and activities to train staff—and have them practice immediately—how to be professionally “on” this issue. The big bonus of this session is that by learning these techniques, staff can also use them in dealing with all other undesired behaviors at camp—handling difficult behavior with greater credibility and calmness.

Michael Brandwein

Michael Brandwein, speaker, author

Michael Brandwein is an internationally acclaimed expert on camp, youth development, and education. He has presented in all 50 states and on six of the seven continents. Michael excels at training camp and youth program leadership teams and staffs. He is the number one best-selling author in the camp training and leadership field, with six books: Training Terrific Staff (Volumes 1 & 2), Super Staff SuperVision, Learning Leadership: How to Develop Outstanding Teen Leadership Training Programs at Camp, Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do and Say, and the latest, Growing Great Qualities in Kids: The L.A.S.E.R.B.E.A.M. Technique for Bringing Out the Best in Young People.

Everyone's Job is the Hardest

-4/19/2023

Everyone's Job is the Hardest

04/19/2023 3:45 PM

Paradise 2

In all jobs, people feel beaten down, discouraged, alone, and disheartening. They feel undervalued, enraged, and potentially inadequate. How do you get them out of this? How do you lead people who think, nay believe, their job is the hardest? Come to this collaborative session for anecdotes, strategies and discussion and leave with tangible takeaways that are relevant to camp and life.

Elizabeth Ewing, Outpost Summer Camps

Elizabeth Ewing

Elizabeth Ewing is the Operations Director at Outpost Summer Camps. She has worked at Outpost for 17 years. She is responsible for the overall operations of all of Outpost’s summer programs, making sure that all the “moving parts” are running smoothly and safely. During the school year, Elizabeth trains and coaches teachers and teaches English Language Arts to middle school students in San Diego at EJE Academies. Elizabeth also has two future Outpost campers named Declan and Finley!

HOW TO MAKE YOUR CAMP #TRENDING

-4/19/2023

HOW TO MAKE YOUR CAMP #TRENDING

04/19/2023 3:45 PM

Paradise 1

In the age of hashtags and 15 second tiktoks, it’s essential that we are up to date on how best to recruit and engage campers. Social Media is one of the most effective tools to grow your organization and share your story. Are you using this tool to its full potential? Come learn how Camp Brave Trails grew their following by 10K in less than two years through the #MakeItLikeCamp campaign, and take away knowledge and tools to enhance the effectiveness of your camp's Social Media presence.

Jake Youg, Brave Trails

Jake's photo

Hello my name is Jake (they/he) and I'm the Communications Director for Camp Brave Trails. I received my bachelors degree in Communication from San Diego State University and most of my work is centered around marketing and enhancing our camps social media presence. In my free time, you can find me at the dog park with my Boston Terrier Ronald!

Scavenger Hunts 101

-4/19/2023

Scavenger Hunts 101

04/19/2023 3:45 PM

Fins Left

Hey you! I know what you're thinking, is this too niche for me?!? The short answer is maybe...but I bet you could use a fun, interactive scavenger hunt in your schedule right now. Not only will you participate in an EPIC scavenger hunt, you'll also walk away with over 10 different types of scavenger hunts that will elevate your camp program to the NEXT LEVEL. Come prepared to learn and/or blow the competition away (in whichever order to feel is most important).

Kassandra Wilsey, Cali Camp

'Blaze' returns to Big Rock Ranch for her 19th summer at Cali Camp. She graduated top of her class with a Masters Degree in Recreation Management from California State University Northridge. While not at camp Blaze continues the education of students at Cal State Northridge as a part-time professor in the Recreation Department teaching outdoor education, and environmental sustainability. Her energy and enthusiasm for children to learn through PLAY makes her a valuable leader on our team.

The Not-So-Secret Mission of Working with Youth

-4/19/2023

The Not-So-Secret Mission of Working with Youth

04/19/2023 3:45 PM

Compass Rose Ballroom

Often there is mystery around what working with youth (or being a camp counselor) really is or means. If we take a moment to reflect on what kids (ages 5 to 95) need from the adults in their lives, the secret mission is not so secret after all. The importance of staff's role in this mission will become Clear (with a capital C). Teach staff how to build connections and community by making intentional choices and fostering curiosity and creativity. When conflict is seen as a growth opportunity and there is commitment to the job, this summer’s staff will be well on their way to being a Champion (bigger capital C) in the lives of youth!

Kim Aycock

Kim Aycock, MST speaker and consultant

Kim Aycock, MST, has several decades of experience equipping young people with skills robots are unable to do. While blending the talents of a master teacher with the knowledge of a seasoned camp expert, Kim ignites learning for varying levels of camp pros worldwide through her interactive and innovative presentations. Kim speaks at regional and national conferences, contributes regularly to Camping Magazine and ACA blogs, and serves as co-chair of ACA’s Staff Recruitment & Retention Committee and Staffing Summit.

Cocktails and Networking

-4/19/2023

Cocktails and Networking

04/19/2023 5:30 PM

Oasis Garden

Join us in the Oasis Garden for a cash bar prior to our evening program. Show off you favorite FANTA-SEA attire!

Included Dinner

-4/19/2023

Included Dinner

04/19/2023 6:00 PM

Oasis Garden

We will enjoy our included dinner together.

Spring Leadership Conference Celebration and Dance

-4/19/2023

Spring Leadership Conference Celebration and Dance

04/19/2023 7:30 PM

Compass Rose Ballroom

The 2023 Spring Leadership Conference Celebration will feature DJ Buttercup, dancing and great conversation.

All Available Sessions

Sponsor gallery

Tuesday April 18

Tuesday April 18

Registration for Preconference Workshops Open

Mental Health at Camp

Super Staff SuperVision: Powerful & Practical Skills for the Camp Leadership Team

Registration open

New Attendee Orientation

Opening General Session and Playnote

Poolside Welcome Reception

Dinner on Your Own

Wednesday April 19

Wednesday April 19

Registration Open

Educational Breakout Session #1

Educational Breakout Session #1

Camp-School Partnership Demonstration Project Panel: Reflections and Resources

Come Back for Seconds: Smorgasbord Part 2

CONFLICT COMMUNICATION: How to Deal with Disagreement, &Conflicts, without Using a Weed Wacker

Simple Systems for Tracking Camper Incidents Where Your Staff Does (most of) The Work

Vendor Coffee and Snack Break plus RAFFLE

Wednesday General Session and Keynote

Lunch on your Own

Educational Breakout Session #2

Educational Breakout Session #2

HOW TO TEACH TERRIFIC TEACHING & LEADERSHIP: Outstanding Activities & Techniques

Insight Uncovered: Developing Staff Through the Intersection of Hindsight and Foresight

LGBTQ+ Camper and Staff: Questions, Answers and Solutions

True leadership is Giving Power Away: Preparing new leaders for the challenges of command

Vendor ICE CREAM Break & RAFFLE

Educational Breakout Session #3

Educational Breakout Session #3

DUMPING THE DISSING: How to Train Staff to Stop Put-Downs & Other Disrespectful Behavior

Everyone's Job is the Hardest

HOW TO MAKE YOUR CAMP #TRENDING

Scavenger Hunts 101

The Not-So-Secret Mission of Working with Youth

Cocktails and Networking

Included Dinner

Spring Leadership Conference Celebration and Dance