summer camp kick off keynote 2013
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This is the Monday Night Keynote presentation given by Steve Maguire at the Northeast YMCA conference on January 28, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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“Place for cheesy title of the speaker’s program.”
Camp Season Kick off ©Steve Maguire, M.Ed
go turnstone!
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“NO ONE LIKES YOU!”
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Basics of great summer camps and camp staff...
Positive and effective communication
love and perspective of your job - “Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm”
Love of kids
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Basic # 1The kids are #1 all the time. Without our kids, nothing else would exist! “What is in the best interest of our kids?” When it comes down to it, keep this in perspective.
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Jet Blue does it right...
“Thank you for flying jetblue, without you, we’d just be a bunch of tvs flying around the country.”
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Basics 2 & 3 smile more
learn together - “As soon as you meet someone who knows everything, get as far away from that person as possible!”
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Basics 4 & 5“Every expert was once a beginner” New and returning staff help each other!
the 4 % Rule
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AKA: The top 10
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Great camps communicate well...
YOU SAY A LOT WITHOUT SAYING A LOT! TIM M.
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Face to face
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QuickTime™ and a decompressor
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Communicate! (Continued)
TONE! “SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY, BUT DON’T SAY IT MEAN!”
TMI, OVERSHARING, NO DEPTH PERCEPTION TALKER, SPACE BREAKER, NO ESCAPE TALKER
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Professionalism...•Line of cars around the corner waiting to get to the drive-thru window
•As the line increases, two employees (upper teens, low twenties) come outside for a smoke break
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“I’m sposed to be on like mega-psych
meds, but they make me feel
wicked retarded, so I don’t take them.
F&@k that”
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Typical Staff Break down
100 %er
Foundationer
Along for the rider
Anchor - “Same ___________ different day”
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Great camps and staff live fun
“no person on their death bed ever said ‘i wish i had spent more time being miserable’ - focus more on the kids if you are having a bad day!
April Vacation smile
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Great camps and staff think like a parent...
come from a place of empathy
Think of the most difficult kid you worked with last year
The great kids are easy to work with
“The ashby kids”
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Balance is the key
“Too much of anything is a bad thing” Get a life!
“There is always tomorrow”
Student teaching
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THE MORNING WORKOUT
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DOING THE RIGHT THING, EVEN WHEN OTHERS CAN’T SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. THE TRUE TEST OF CHARACTER.
RED RED LIGHT!LIGHT!
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set the tone
Early hippie days and the hand visual - The Skier
Campers will love your staff for setting the tone
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If it takes less than a minute, do it NOW!!
Great staff get it done...
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train shoes and bullets!
Be positive, no matter what!
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Great camps and staff avoid “Autopilot”
Burn camp story
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They expect excellence all the time...
If you are going to engage in conflict, what is it worth to you?
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QuickTime™ and a decompressor
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be open to plenty of great moments
Ray and Henry
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