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ACA's 2009 National Conference
 The Power of the Experience will be explored at many levels
Have you made plans to attend the 2009
National Conference? Register today,
and start 2009 with a major professional
development boost. You can register
online, by fax, or by mail. For details,
rates, and online access, click
here.
Don't Delay, Make Reservations Now
at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Fan favorite, Walt Disney World®, offers
a welcomed backdrop for the 2009 national
conference. All major conference
events and services will take place within
Disney's Coronado
Springs Resort. The
accessibility offered by the Orlando International
Airport, and the complimentary roundtrip
shuttle now offered by Disney Resorts makes
for an enjoyable trip.
Special
rates are available. Considering a few
days to relax along with the conference?
Discounted rates are available four days
before and after our conference dates on
a space-available basis. Take advantage
of the competitive airfares available right
now, and plan your trip. Hotel
Rooms over all dates are available on a
first-come, first-serve basis, up until
January 16, 2009, so don't delay!
Conference Rates:
$169 Single, Double or Triple Room (one
to three guests)
$184 Quad (four guests)
Subject to sales and resort taxes, currently
12.5 percent, per night
Pre-Conferences Enhance Your Conference
Experience
Several pre-conference offerings have been
organized to make the most of your conference
experience. For those arriving a
little early, consider attending one or
more of these great offerings:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16
1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 9
p.m.
What Now? Effectively Addressing Mental
Health Issues at Camp
Karen Carlson, Bob Ditter, Linda Erceg,
Alicia McAuliffe-Fogarty and Chris Thurber
$79 members and $89 non members
Registration
through ACA.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Friendship and Social Cruelty in Camp
Michael Thompson
2:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Marketing the Power of Our Experience:
Intentionally Communicating Youth Outcomes
to Parents and Stakeholders
Cathy Scheder and Maggie Braun
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Collaborative Problem
Solving—Advanced
Skills for Defusing Emotional Bombs
Chris Thurber
For details about each pre-conference,
visit:
www.acacamps.org/conference.
Educational Programming—More
than 125 Offerings
This year's selection of educational
breakouts, discussion group offerings,
keynotes, and commerce sessions offers
an array of topics, presenters, and formats
sure to match your needs. Experienced
owners and directors will appreciate sessions
organized with their needs in mind. Check
out a sampling of sessions (PDF) designed
for the seasoned camp professional. View
the complete program schedule (PDF) for
the ACA national conference.
2009 National
Conference Service Project—Operation
Camp T-Shirt II
Our National Conference Team asks that
you pack some camp T-shirts, of all sizes,
and bring them with you to the conference.
With your help, we will demonstrate that "little
things" matter and can make a difference.
Community service is an integral part of
ACA's 2009 National Conference at Disney's
Coronado Springs Resort . . . now pack
that shirt!!! If you are unable to attend
the 2009 ACA National Conference, but would
like to donate to Operation Camp T-Shirt
you can send your donation to:
Operation Camp T-Shirt
American Camp Association
Operation T-Shirt/National Conference Truck
5000 State Road 67 North
Martinsville, Indiana 46151-7902
(send by February 9, 2009)
Special Thanks to our
Premier Sponsors
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The ACA Bookstore: Your Storehouse of
Knowledge
We have the resources you need to help
you refine your marketing plans, seek sponsors,
and review business practices. ACA offers
hundreds of books, workbooks, training
DVD's and tools, plus forms, and
service logs to support your needs at camp.
Check out our online store full of new
materials and time-tested favorites www.ACAcamps.org/bookstore.
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Crisis Communications: Weathering the Storm
Marla Coleman and Jessica Coleman
 A strong, comprehensive communications
system is essential to every camp,
especially in times of crisis. This
new handbook provides the necessary
steps, and the resources to create
a communications system for your camp,
along with training tips to help you
put your plans in action. Marla
and Jessica will present a related
session during the ACA 2009 National
Conference on Wednesday, February 18,
from 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m., "Crisis
Communications in Camp: What to Say,
How to Say it, and When to Say It."
Plan to attend the session, meet the
authors, and add this great resource
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Basic Camp Management,
Seventh Edition
Armand and Beverly Ball, American Camp Association, $49.95
Available now! Our most popular college
classroom book has been updated to
reflect today's business challenges
and opportunities. |
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Designing Quality Youth Programs
American Camp Association, $29.95
This is a book designed for camp directors and youth development professionals
who want to make their programs a better place for young people. Built on eight
steps, including asking for input from the youth and your staff, assessing and
brainstorming strategies, choosing an action plan and implementing it, and then
sharing and evaluating what has been accomplished. This process is designed to
be individualized: to draw upon and fit your mission and philosophy, to reflect
input from your young people and staff, and to implement strategies that make
sense for your program. The appendices included at the end of this book contain
a multitude of forms and lists to help in designing quality youth programs. |
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Who
Will Care When I'm Not
There?
American Camp Association/Peg Smith, $19.95, DVD
Use this emotionally charged video to impress upon your new staff the level of
responsibility each member needs to feel. There is no greater responsibility
a camp staff member could have than to take someone else's child by the
hand and lead them safely through the camp experience. Children are irreplaceable.
Make sure your staff fully understands and respects their responsibility. |
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101 Marketing Essentials Every Camp
Needs to Know
Jodi Ruddick, $24.95
Anxious to invigorate your marketing
plans for 2009? Incorporate
Jodi Ruddick's marketing tips and boost
your promotional efforts. You
can meet Jodi in person at the ACA
2009 National Conference. She
will present marketing topics on Thursday
and Friday, February 19 and 20. For
details about her sessions and all
the great programming offered at this
year's national conference, visit: www.ACAcamps.org/conference |
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Attention:
Camps Offering Sports Programming
 ACA's Bookstore, in cooperation with Healthy Learning, carries a variety
of resources related to youth sports, sports injuries, and coaching.
101
Sports Medicine Tips/Facts: Vol. 3—Youth Sports $19.95.
A must-have that separates fact from fiction and offers an excellent overview
for youth-oriented sports activity. |
Visit www.ACAcamps.org/bookstore today.
ACA members receive a 5% discount on all
orders.
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 Summer 09 Is Fast Approaching . . . Begin
Staff Training Today!
Summer fun will be here before you know
it! With only a few months before
the summer 2009 camp season is upon us,
how are you going to ensure that your staff
are prepared? Don't wait until
May or June . . . you can begin training
TODAY!
Is time your enemy?
- Does it feel like you have more training
topics than you have time together with
your staff to cover these topics?
- Do varying school calendars make it
difficult to coordinate a common period
for staff orientation and training so
that everyone learns at the same time?
- Do you ever wish you could cover some
topics before the staff get to camp,
so that they're already prepared
to talk about how to USE the information?
- Are your staff members plugged-in and
expecting you to teach them in new ways?
- Does your staff prefer to be communicated
with via text, e-mail, camp's social
networking site, or some other electronic
methods?
Don't panic, ACA can assist you
with a variety of distance learning opportunities
available for you and your staff through
ACA's online education system, the
e-Institute.
e-Institute Course
Catalog
 Communication
in a Time of Crisis—Are
You Prepared?
A one-hour course targeting camp directors
and managers. Based on information from
the American Camp Association's knowledge
center, this course covers crisis identification,
crisis key messages, media communications,
and developing a crisis response team—a
must for anyone working with risk and crisis
management. Complementary to this course
is the new handbook, Crisis
Communications: Weathering the Storm, available for purchase
in February.
Camp Is for the Camper
Critical information for front-line staff:
role modeling, stress reduction, developmental
characteristics of children, and camper
behavior management techniques.
Injury and Illness Prevention
Three courses that present strategies for
reducing camper and staff injuries and
illness including: Reducing the Spread
of Communicable Diseases, Knife Safety,
and Minimizing Slips and Falls.
Camp Business and Finance
Budget and finance training including:
budgeting, purchasing and receiving, handling
cash, fund-raising, and camp store management.
Creating Positive Youth Outcomes
Design an evaluation process targeting
youth outcomes; turn your targeted youth
outcomes into a camp asset.
e-Standards Course
Overview of the ACA camp-accreditation
process.
Take advantage of group pricing rates
and member discounts on course registration
fees. Register
for courses today! Or, call 800-428-2267
for more information.
Pre-order
the May/June 2009 Staff Training issue
of Camping Magazine for your staff today!
Visit www.ACAcamps.org/campmag for
details.
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The Basic Camp Director Course (BCDC)
The BCDC provides the basics and more for
camp directors with fewer than six years
of experience or for seasoned program directors
and site managers. This is an excellent
opportunity for camp professionals to develop
well-rounded knowledge of the core areas
and to begin building a personal network
of camp professionals.
The course is offered over five days.
Courses serve twenty-five to thirty-five
participants and are supported by two trainers.
Participants receive an extensive course
notebook and a copy of the most recent
edition of Basic Camp Management, Armand
and Beverly Ball, and the American Camp
Association.
February 13-17, 2009
Southeastern
Life Enrichment Center
4991 Picciola Road
Fruitland Park, FL 34731
March 22-26, 2009
Mid States
JCYS Camp Henry Horner
P.O. Box 297
Ingleside, IL 60041
For more information and to register,
visit www.ACAcamps.org/education/bcdc.
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National Conference on Outdoor Leadership
The National Conference on Outdoor Leadership
will be held on the Indiana University
Campus on February 4-7, 2009, in Bloomington,
Indiana. For more information, visit
www.weainfo.org.
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Learn How to Build, Strengthen or Expand
Summer Programs
The 2009 Summer Changes
Everything national conference, April 16-17
in Chicago, hosted by the National Center
for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University
gives you the opportunity to join program
providers, curriculum developers, school
administrators, policymakers, researchers,
youth development workers, and others who
run and support quality summer programs.
The conference promises two action-packed
days of learning how to build, strengthen
and expand summer programs, with workshop
tracks that address innovative instructional
approaches, knowledge and strategies for
summer program providers, and expanding participation
and access.
- Learn how summers can profoundly influence
a young person's life trajectory
- Learn research-based methods and techniques
that can revolutionize education, during
the summer and year-round
- Make the most of strategic partnerships
that can galvanize groups and get entire
communities involved in the summer learning
process
- Enjoy engaging speakers at workshops
that have been uniquely tailored to take
your knowledge and skills to the next
level
Learn more at: www.summerlearning.org/nationalconference.
Also, be sure to register for in-depth,
pre-conference institutes on April 15:
Emerging Leaders: Core Concepts for Successful
Summer Programs
Making Summer Learning a Funding Priority
Pre-conference cost: $175
View the
program book (PDF) with recently
added workshop updates and be sure and
check back frequently for additional news
and updates.
Register
online.
Contact Hillary Hardt at hillary.hardt@jhu.edu or
call 410-516-6573 for more information.
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