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Interest Sessions

2021 topics coming soon!

2020 Interest Session Topics


  • Finding and Reconnecting your Camp Alumni (Katie Trippi)
  • Curriculum Design for Outdoor Education (Kyle Beach)
  • 48 Days from Disaster to Re-Opening (Max Clark and Jordan Baxter)
  • Tech Tools for Camps (Joel Sieplinga)
  • Functional Inclusion Within Your Camp Equestrian Programs (Natalie Hamilton)
  • Racial Healing: The Possibilities of Camp (Niambi Jaha-Echols, keynote)
  • Resume Building and Interviewing (Brian Frawley)
  • Preparing for Critical Incidents and Active Violence (Allison Moody and Jason Russell)
  • Meet the YMCA Collective Marketing Initiative (Susan Coker and Amanda Hinski)
  • Diversity, Inclusion and Global Engagement 101 (Natalie Roberts-Day, Adriana Stanovici, and Jason Smith)
  • In Search of a More Equitable Registration Process (Bernard Rocca)
  • Home and Belonging: Can Camp Be That Place?
    ​(Michael DeVaul, keynote​)
  • Mental Health Crisis: Is Your Camp Prepared? (Amanda Raines)
  • Learn More About Our International Camp Colleagues - YMCA Belarus (Maria Miadzvedzeva and Nikolay Miadzvedzeu)
  • Learn More About Our International Camp Colleagues - YMCA Colombia (Sebastian Cruz)
  • Marketing Tips in a Changing World (Susan Coker and Amanda Hinski)
  • How Schedules Matter (BJ Murray)
  • Running a Nature Center for your Camp (Keith Kalish and Blake Seguin)
  • Sharing Camp: Day Camp at a Resident Camp (Kyle Beach)
  • Coaching Gen Z (Emily Walden)
  • In-House Challenge Course Inspections (Andrea Vogt)
  • Set Up for Success: Pre-Participation Phone Calls with Parents (Kat Witt)
  • Practicing Self Care at Camp (Marsha Gleit)
  • What's in a Name: Upgrading Camp Language (Andrew Corley)
  • Incorporating DIG Strategies into Seasonal Staff Training (Natalie Roberts-Day, Adriana Stanovici, and Jason Smith)
  • Camp's LEAST Wanted: Norovirus! (Amiee Woodrow and Ricky Wright)
  • Meeting Mental Health Needs at Camp: A Consultation Model to Support Camp Counselors (Amanda Case and Joel Sieplinga)
  • Becoming a CEO (Zach Klipsch)
  • Move Forward by Being Mindful of the Past (Chris Przedpelski)
  • Day Camp Culture (Jessie Emmons)
  • Wage Elasticity and Hiring Struggles (Zac Caldwell)
  • Functional Board Committee Structure: Putting Your Board to Work (Bill Hinton)
  • Technical Tree Climbing (Kevin Knapp)
  • Using DIG Days to Enhance Programming (Anna Vogel)

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