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 Peg
Smith
Tuesday, February 17
Peg's belief in the power of the camp experience has fueled our organization's
growth in ways barely imaginable. She is the child's champion and believes each
one of us has the power to make a lasting impact with our campers and families.
ACA CEO, parent, child advocate, frequent speaker, and change-agent, Peg will
open our conference and share progress on the road to 20/20.
 Ned Hallowell, M.D.
Tuesday, February 17
Psychiatrist,
author of CrazyBusy: Overbooked, Overstretched,
and About to Snap, parent, and frequent
television spokesperson on the topics of
adult and child attention deficit disorder,
Ned, offers special insights into our "Crazy
Busy" world. He has authored fourteen
books on various psychological topics,
including attention deficit disorder, the
power of the human connection, the childhood
roots of happiness in life, methods of
forgiving others, dealing with worry and
managing excessive busyness. Dr. Hallowell
will be featured at the opening keynote
event on Tuesday, February 17, beginning
at 3p.m.
 Linda
Perlstein
Wednesday, February 18
Linda is a veteran writer for the Washington
Post and author of two books, Not
Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives
of Middle Schoolers and Tested:
One American School Struggles to Make
the Grade. On Wednesday morning,
February 18, Linda will offer insight
into how boys and girls in their tweens
and early teens view life and what camp
directors need to know about the emerging
social world and hidden lives of today's
tweens and teens. She will help camp
directors think about how to continue
to engage this age group at our camps.
Linda will also share the impact a camp
experience can have on today's tweens
during this short time of significant
and dramatic developmental changes in
their lives. Linda is a former day, resident
and specialty camper as well as an educator,
the Public Editor of the National Education
Writers Association and a new mom.
 Pat
Williams
Thursday, February 19
We're thrilled to announce the addition of Pat Williams, Senior Vice President
of the Orlando Magic as our keynote presenter for Thursday's lunch event. Pat's
work with youth, families, and sports teams translates into powerful messages
for our work at camp. ACA welcomes this coach, parent, entrepreneur, leader,
and humanitarian. We look forward to Pat's inspiring words.
 Joe
Hubbard,
Business Insight - Just added
Friday, February 20
Inspirational Leadership
For Today’s
Economic Times
With the challenges
that many of us and our camps face today,
leading our teams and keeping our camps
moving forward is more important now
than ever. Join Joe as he inspires each
of us to address the reality of today’s economy
without getting stuck in it. Joe will
encourage us to be creative, get out
of our comfort zone, work through these
challenging times and emerge as stronger
leaders.
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