Please join Co-Hosts Dave Smith and Gillian Anderson for a member-to-member forum for summer 2024 planning, ideas, and questions! Come ready with activities you'd like to share, questions you'd like other camp's advice or insight on, or whatever else you feel would help you better prepare for summer camp in 2024!

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Due to low registration, this webinar has been cancelled. For more info on My Special AFLAC Duck, please access the resource links below and reach out to Buffy Swinehart, BSwinehart@aflac.com with any specific questions or inquiries.

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This session is for: Executive Directors, Senior Management, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers

This year, COCA is hosting virtual quarterly meetings for executive camp staff. The camp executive deals with a variety of challenges and opportunities to ensure a safe, well run and well-funded camp, managing top donors and working with Board of Director members.  From our seat in our organizations, there are a myriad of issues to deal with, and as a COCA camp executive, you are not alone! Join us for this interactive open conversation, to learn from each other and share new perspectives on challenges and opportunities that we have faced or expect to be facing and share successful approaches.

The April session will be facilitated by Executive Directors, Melissa McNichol, Rapahope, AL and Erin Ulmer, Camp Rise Above SC. Plan to bring your questions, situations and ideas to this open forum discussion.

To plan ahead, the second session will be held in September and the third will be held in Spokane, WA at COCAcon. Please make plans to attend. The last one for the year, will be a COCAcon follow up in December. Looking to 2025, we will plan these quarterly forums in February, May, September, and November at COCAcon.

Please Register in Advance to Join Session 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Register for Session 3 of the Staff Training Summit

If your staff is a cohesive team, will that make a positive difference in this summer’s experience for every member of your camp community? Do you want to empower your staff to make every minute of the camp day a unique and special part of the experience for your campers? This interactive online workshop will feature a collection of activities to help you build your team and games to help your staff turn the down-time into fun- time this summer.

About Roz and Jed

Roz and Jed Buck are experienced former Camp Directors that continue to make a difference by speaking at conferences and training thousands of camp professionals every spring. From 2004 – 2016, they owned and directed Meadowbrook Day Camp, a large private day camp in New Jersey, where they trained a staff of over 400 each summer. Since launching Roz and Jed Training & Consulting in 2016, their innovative training techniques and energetic presentations have consistently generated outstanding reviews at a wide variety of conferences including many ACA and Recreation and Parks Association conferences and workshops. They successfully provide Two Voices, Customized Content, and Real Experience. Session organizers receive comments like “Easily the BEST session of the day”, “TONS of great ideas to share with our staff!”, “Fun, active, going to use this immediately!”, and simply “AWESOME”. Roz and Jed have shared their messages in 31 different states and Canada across a wide variety of industries.

Register for Session 2 of the Staff Training Summit

Preparing for the camp experience requires our staff to shift gears in a variety of ways each summer. How do we prepare our staff for the mindset shift that enables them to take care of children and recognize the difference they can make in a child’s life? How do we help our staff shift their perspective as needed to be flexible and open-minded about unexpected changes that are an ongoing reality at camp? How do we guide our staff to make important shifts in the way they communicate with their peers and their campers? This interactive online workshop will include a variety of activities to support your staff as they shift gears and prepare for success this summer.

About Roz and Jed

Roz and Jed Buck are experienced former Camp Directors that continue to make a difference by speaking at conferences and training thousands of camp professionals every spring. From 2004 – 2016, they owned and directed Meadowbrook Day Camp, a large private day camp in New Jersey, where they trained a staff of over 400 each summer. Since launching Roz and Jed Training & Consulting in 2016, their innovative training techniques and energetic presentations have consistently generated outstanding reviews at a wide variety of conferences including many ACA and Recreation and Parks Association conferences and workshops. They successfully provide Two Voices, Customized Content, and Real Experience. Session organizers receive comments like “Easily the BEST session of the day”, “TONS of great ideas to share with our staff!”, “Fun, active, going to use this immediately!”, and simply “AWESOME”. Roz and Jed have shared their messages in 31 different states and Canada across a wide variety of industries.

Register for Session 1 of the Staff Training Summit Zoom

In his book, Community: The Structure of Belonging, author Peter Block wrote, “We must establish a personal connection with each other. Connection before content. Without relatedness, no work can occur.” This premise applies to our camp community each and every year. In order for our best work to happen, we need to create connection on multiple levels at camp. This interactive online workshop will provide an exciting collection of exercises that camp leaders can use to build connection and empower their staff to achieve great things this summer.

About Roz and Jed

 Roz and Jed Buck are experienced former Camp Directors that continue to make a difference by speaking at conferences and training thousands of camp professionals every spring. From 2004 – 2016, they owned and directed Meadowbrook Day Camp, a large private day camp in New Jersey, where they trained a staff of over 400 each summer. Since launching Roz and Jed Training & Consulting in 2016, their innovative training techniques and energetic presentations have consistently generated outstanding reviews at a wide variety of conferences including many ACA and Recreation and Parks Association conferences and workshops. They successfully provide Two Voices, Customized Content, and Real Experience. Session organizers receive comments like “Easily the BEST session of the day”, “TONS of great ideas to share with our staff!”, “Fun, active, going to use this immediately!”, and simply “AWESOME”. Roz and Jed have shared their messages in 31 different states and Canada across a wide variety of industries.

Join Erin Ulmer, Executive Director of Camp Rise Above, on her webinar "Let's Talk About Burnout! How to see it coming, How to avoid it, How to reset and move ahead". This webinar is a COCAcon 2023 encore session. 

Let's Talk About Burnout Recording

Passcode: 17MA!?md

Let's Talk About Burnout Slides

Join Dr. Mike Amylon, Gold Ribbon Committee Chair, to learn about the accreditation process, document review, day-of-visit protocols, and how to navigate the portal!

Register for this training here

Gold Ribbon Accreditation Training Materials for Visitors

COCA Gold Ribbon Portal Tutorial Video

Passcode: a2eK6W?+

Lexi Bickford, Funding Program Manager will explain the new 2024 Care Camps Grant Application. She looks forward to meeting you and answering any questions. 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdOiurjwuH9HkOpBD-IYJZcx1yaMLaogb

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This meeting will be recorded for anyone who has to miss it. 

Care Camps Grant Application Presentation Materials

Care Camps Grant Application Info Sheet

Join Dr. Mike Amylon, Gold Ribbon Committee Chair, to learn about the accreditation process, document review, day-of-visit protocols, and how to navigate the portal!

Gold Ribbon Visitor Training Recording
Passcode: W8QYBq%a

Gold Ribbon Accreditation Training Materials for the Visitors

COCA Gold Ribbon Portal Tutorial Video

Passcode: a2eK6W?+

Lexi Bickford, Funding Program Manager will explain the new 2024 Care Camps Grant Application. She looks forward to meeting you and answering any questions. 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwof-6rqz0vHdQB1yif-d3xZnuq79v_ZvGO

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  This meeting will be recorded for anyone who has to miss it. 

2/29 Care Camps Grant Application Webinar Recording Link

Passcode: igeg4QN&

Care Camps Grant Application Presentation Materials

Care Camps Grant Application Info Sheet

The 2024 COCA Member Camps will join a virtual training session with Dr. Mike Amylon, Gold Ribbon Committee Chair, in order to prepare for their upcoming Accreditation Visit. This training will explain the foundational basis, purpose of the Accreditation program, expectations and requirements for the Camp so they can prepare, day of visit expectations, and a tutorial of the Gold Ribbon online Portal for document upload.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82722104974

Meeting ID: 827 2210 4974

Gold Ribbon Accreditation Training Materials for the Camps

COCA Gold Ribbon Portal Tutorial Video

Passcode: a2eK6W?+