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Dear Fellow Summer Camp Professionals,
On behalf of the American Camp Association
Tri-State CAMP Conference, I invite you
and your staff to the 28th Annual Conference
at the Atlantic City Convention Center,
March 16–19, 2010, the largest gathering
of summer camp professionals in the world!
Your time is precious. The economy is
scary. For these reasons, this year’s Tri-State
CAMP Conference is more important than
ever. Below, I detail the many benefits
of this event, but here are the highlights:
- An extensive Exhibit Hall featuring
ideas to make your camp better with special
deals to help save resources
- Educational
sessions that will help you run a better
program and recruit more campers
- Great
General Session speakers, including actor,
writer, producer and director: Henry
Winkler
- Gathering with other camp
professionals in professional and fun
environments
Okay, that’s the short version;
here is a little more detail.
• The Exhibit Hall returns with even
more exhibitors with great prices and new
ideas. With the recession continuing, the
special deals our exhibitors provide onsite
will be especially important. The hall
will be larger than ever and feature the
most varied gathering of exhibitors (over
270) ever, with a food court and the “Interactive
Zone.” Please check out the Camp
Shopping Network (www.campshoppingnetwork.com)
to see all the current exhibitors and their
booth locations in advance.
• Wednesday
morning begins with a slate of great educational
sessions as well as, later, our first General
Session featuring Shawn Achor, founder
and CEO of Aspirant, an applied research
consulting firm focused on positive psychology.
• Our
Friday General Session will include the
great actor, writer, producer and director
Henry Winkler. Prepare to be moved by his
life stories and find out how camp inspired
him to succeed.
• We are designing
our General Sessions to be not only informative
but fun and inspirational too. As you can
see, we have two exceptional speakers,
but we have a few surprises as well.
• Our
educational sessions remain the best in
the industry, in both quality and quantity.
The 2010 Program Committee has put together
an exceptional slate of speakers. For the
second year in a row, we will be offering
sessions presented by VOCE (Veterans of
the Camp Experience). These sessions will
feature seasoned camp professionals sharing
their insight and wisdom.
• We will
again offer exceptional specialized workshops
on Tuesday. This year’s workshops
will include programs for EPIC (Emerging
Professionals in Camping), parks and recreation
summer programs, and special needs camp
professionals. We will also offer the ACA
New Directors Orientation and the ServSafe
Certification Course.
• We continue
to widen the social opportunities at the
conference, both at the Convention Center
and later into the evening. During the
day, we will have our Ben Appelbaum Lounge
on the third floor. The lounge will be
a place to gather and meet other camp professionals,
grab a bite to eat and check your emails.
In the evening we will offer ticketed dinners
for meeting new people and after-dinner
gatherings at local hotspots in Atlantic
City.
• Tri-State can be a bit overwhelming
to a first-time participant—we have
had it described as trying to drink from
a fire hose—so for the third year
in a row, we will conduct orientation sessions
to help individuals navigate our conference
effectively.
I attended my first conference in 1992
and have been an unabashed fan ever since.
We bring ten people all the way from Texas
because it helps make each of them (and
by extension our camp) better at serving
our campers, our staffs and our families.
While I am humbled by the opportunity to
serve as the Conference Chair, I am committed
to the continued improvement of the conference
as an exceptional social and educational
gathering of camp professionals.
As always,
the CAMP Conference offers an affordable
registration fee that covers 5 attendees,
with additional attendees costing a mere
$50 each (and a brand-new individual registrant
price!). With many hotels rooms for under
$100 and reasonable food and entertainment,
this is an unequaled opportunity to improve
your camp. Please join us for these exceptional
four days.
REGISTER for
the conference AND RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOMS
ONLINE, or use the PDF
form by February
5 to take advantage of the early registration
fees.
Join us and enjoy the education and fellowship
that only the CAMP Conference can offer!
Steve Baskin
Conference
Chair
Camp Champions * Marble Falls, Texas
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