Camp Manitowish YMCA

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Camp Manito-wish YMCA

• Leadership Program
• 2006

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Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program

• Why Camp Manito-wish YMCA?

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Why Camp Manito-wish YMCA?

• Custom designed programs
• Unique Activities
• In a unique setting
• A unique approach to personal and
  group development

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Program Outcomes
Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program

• The Manito-wish Laboratory

An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership
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An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership

• Manito-wish was one of the best experiences Ive
  had during my twelve years of school.  It opened
  my eyes in many ways and taught me certain truths
  about people that I was not expecting to
  understand yet.  It was also some of the most
  beautiful scenery that I have ever been exposed
  to.  If I have any regrets its that I cant go
  again because this is my last year of high
  school, but I couldnt be happier that I went
  when I did.
• -Jason (Arc Tech Student, age 17)

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An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership

• Amplifying Each Others Abilities
• (The whole is greater then the sum of the parts)
• A focused process rather then personalities
• Inclusion
• Using the diverse strengths and abilities of all
  group members
• Focus on a shared vision
• A flow of leaders and followers that is
  shifting and changing.

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An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership

• Enhanced personal awareness
• Personal and group Strengths
• Personal and group Challenges
• Group Interaction/conflicting styles
• Ways to work with and accomplish tasks
  with diverse groups of people.

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An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership

• Practice stepping out of the known and into
  the unknown
• Practice pushing personal boundaries and
  comfort zones
• Enhanced awareness of group diversity

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An Introduction to Collaborative Leadership

• Application of
• Action planning/brainstorming skills
• Group process skills
• Conflict resolution skills

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Details Custom Designed Programs
Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program
Activities and outcomes tailored to meet the
needs of individual clients
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Activities and outcomes tailored to meet the
needs of individual clients

• Do you have a specific working group (student
  government, Leadership class, Service
  organization) that needs to work on a group
  organization and problem solving process?
• Do you have students who need practice
  challenging themselves in unique environments and
  with people who they do not know?

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Activities and outcomes tailored to meet the
needs of individual clients

• Do you have organizational challenges that need
  to be addressed in a safe setting?
• - Cliques? Group conflicts? Diversity issues?
• Do you just want to have your students get away
  to a beautiful setting, with a chance to try new
  things and grow as individuals and as a group?

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Professional Staff
Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program
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Professional Staff

• Our professional staff include
• Teachers
• Business Consultants
• Outdoor Professionals
• Graduate Students
• Several have many years of experience in the
  adventure education field

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Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program

• Program Progression

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Program Progression

• Introductory Activities
• Name Games/Ice Breakers
• Stage Setting Activities
• Awareness puzzles
• Group interaction Styles Inventories
• Trust Activities

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Program Progression

• Level 1 - Problem Solving
• A chance to revisit lessons from the stage
  setting activities in a group and activity
  context.

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Program Progression

• Level 2 Problem Solving
• Introduction of action plan/brainstorming
  sequence
• Usually involves time on the Low Challenge
  Course
• Time to practice applying group process and
  action planning

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Program Progression

• Level 3 - Problem Solving
• Large Outdoor challenges that incorporate
• Fire Building
• Outdoor Shelter building
• High Challenge course
• Compass use

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Program Progression

• Transfer/Graduation Activities
• High Challenge Course

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Program Progression

• Final Transfer
• Dependent on group outcomes
• Can include action planning/problem solving
  related to school, business or real world issues

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Camp Manito-wish Leadership Program

• Drew Richmond Camp Director
• Mark Zanoni Leadership Program Director
• Camp Manito-wish YMCA
• P.O. Box 246
• Boulder Junction, WI 54512
• [phone]