https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/reaching-campers-through-camps-conversation-ultracamp

UltraCamp executives Dan Ashley and Jason Payne believe in the positive influence of camp on the lives of children, youth, and adults, and they are committed to spreading that influence to as many...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/henderson-county-young-leaders-program-page-corporate-americas-executive-development-playbook

“Successful leadership is not about being tough or soft, sensitive or assertive, but about a set of attributes. First and foremost is character.” — Warren Bennis, American scholar, organizational...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-i-did-my-summer-vacation

If you were looking for me in the middle of August, you wouldn’t have had a banana’s chance at a gorilla convention of finding me. I was incommunicado, far beyond any cell phone reception or Internet...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-tiger-fun-saving-world-taking-camp-seriously

Beneath Amy Chua’s personal struggle in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother lies a deeper ambivalence about learning: What on earth should we do with our children outside of school, during...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/cracking-childrens-secret-code

I don't want to play. I hate kickball. — Sophia, age five Ben doesn't like me. He's always mad at me. — Betrand, age nine This place stinks. All the activities are stupid...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/deceleration-how-radically-slowing-your-pace-can-make-you-smarter

Galileo Galilei did not go blind looking at the sun through his telescope, despite the urban legend promulgated by manufacturers of sun filters and even NASA. Instead, his blindness in his early...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-inescapable-truth

Mark Twain’s reported to have observed that when he was fourteen, his father was so ignorant that he couldn’t stand to be around him. But he was amazed at how much his dad had learned by the time he...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/place-share-give-your-campers-five-cs-success-21st-century

As a camp director, I am always on the lookout for articles, speakers, and individuals that can help me focus my efforts in the right place. I recently attended an orientation and multiple people...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-character-interview-paul-tough

Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, delivered a keynote speech on Thursday, February 14th, at the 2013 ACA National Conference...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-correspondence-camper-parents-not-so-lost-art-letter-writing

You might be surprised to discover that even in today’s frenzy of corresponding through text messages, e-mails, tweets, and other social media avenues, letter writing is still being used as a way for...