
Prepare to lead a life-changing camp this year with exciting main sessions, engaging breakouts, and fun all day long!
In addition to four keynote sessions filled with games and fun experiences, you'll also attend breakouts separated into three tracks.
Create!
Unlock your inner Picasso as we teach you the secrets of effectively running craft activities. We will give you tips on time and resource management, and what to do when you get in a pinch!
Devotions That Count
Devotion is the most important activity of the day. How can you make the most of this time and teach an important value to your campers? We'll give you 5 things to remember to make your devotions count.
3 Steps To Modify A Camper's Behavior
Let's face it: campers don't always act the way they are supposed to. Keeping your campers from going off the rails and ruining an activity can be tough. We take you through a three step process to help keep your group safe and happy.
Activities 101
The most fundamental element of camp is being able to run activities and make them fun for campers. We share our tricks of the trade with you to make camp more fun!
The "Everything Else"
Even with camp fully planned out, the day is full of spare minutes--between activities, at lunch, or waiting for an activity to begin. We'll give you a bunch of games, songs, and ideas to fill up the day to make sure your campers won't get bored!
Counselor Track:
Intern Track:
Camp Super Heroes
Being an intern at camp means you become a super hero! But helping others at camp comes with great responsibility. We'll talk about what it means to be a role model and how you can best help campers as an intern.
The A Team
Camp is all about working together to make a great experience for the campers and staff. We will take you through some team building activities and talk about how to build and support a team.
Create!
Unlock your inner Picasso as we teach you the secrets of effectively running craft activities. We will give you tips on time and resource management, and what to do when you get in a pinch!
Activities 101
The most fundamental element of camp is being able to run activities and make them fun for campers. We share our tricks of the trade with you to make camp more fun!
The "Everything Else"
Even with camp fully planned out, the day is full of spare minutes--between activities, at lunch, or waiting for an activity to begin. We'll give you a bunch of games, songs, and ideas to fill up the day to make sure your campers won't get bored!
Director Track:
5 Keys To Maintaining Staff
How do you keep your staff excited, engaged, and giving their best to the campers every day? We will give you 5 keys to help you keep track of your staff and volunteers to make sure they are having a great time at camp!
Dealing With Stress
Camp is not only about helping campers grow. It's also a time when we connect with counselors and interns, and make an impact in their lives. We'll talk about how to deal with stressful situations inside and outside of camp to keep your staff and campers happy all summer long!
What Every Parent Wants
We give you the simple truths and communication tools to deal directly with camp parents in both positive and negative situations. We'll teach you what to say (and more importantly, what NOT to say) when engaging parents.
Camp KidSpot Tips And Tricks
You'll sit down with one of the architects of Camp KidSpot, who will share with you some special elements you need to know for camp, as well as tips on how to make camp the most memorable experience it can be.
Policy Guru
Spend some time with our Policy Guru, who will walk you through the ins and outs of having effective camp policies. In this breakout, we'll walk through some important policies and give you a chance to ask an expert about making camp work.