Links - News about the camping/recreation industry
(Travis) - PostSecret-like confessions get yearbook canned - http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/response-to-hs-yearbook-confessions-052010
(Dan) - Time “How to Deprogram Bullies: Teaching Kindness 101” http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1989122,00.html
(Joe) - http://calitreview.com/9087 This is an interesting take on how summer camp is portrayed in the media of movies - if you were hired as a camp counsellor and you went to the movie store to rent a movie to see what you have gotten yourself into - or to prepare - would you learn the right things? Do the movies listed really show people what camp is?
(Gab) - http://withoutmedia.wordpress.com/ “What was is it like to go without media for 24hrs?” Students from the University of Maryland try to go unplugged for 24hrs
Picks Of The Week - A tool that will make you a better camp director
(Travis) - ReWork book by 37signals.com
(Joe) - Cool Tools - http://www.kk.org/cooltools/
(Gab) - Shackelton’s Way, a book review on leadership and team work, with the link to amazon.com to purchase the book http://leadershipissues.blogspot.com/2004/10/book-review-shackletons-way.html
(Dan) Hired on MTV http://www.mtv.com/shows/hired/series.jhtml
Your Hosts:
Dan Weir, Director at Frost Valley YMCA
Gab Raill, Director at Camp Ouareau
Joe Richards, Administrative Director at Pearce Williams Christian Centre
Travis Allison, Social Media Manager at Our Kids Media