Outdoor Education Leadership

Author(s): Diana M Wagner

The field of outdoor education has changed considerably in the early 21st century. What was once considered leisure studies or recreation studies has grown into a multi-faceted field rich with environmentalism, leadership, wilderness medicine, adventure programming, and risk management. Outdoor Educ...

Setting the Conflict Compass: Activities for Conflict Resolution and Prevention

Author(s): Michelle Cummings, Mike Anderson

A compass can be used in many ways, from telling which way is North to finding hidden treasure or following an unmarked path over wilderness terrain. In any conflict, you have to get your bearings on what happened in order to best determine how to resolve the issue. Conflict is inevitable, and despi...

SILVER BULLETS: A REVISED GUIDE TO INITIATIVE PROBLEMS, ADVENTURE GAMES, AND TRUST ACTIVITIES

Author(s): Project Adventure

Silver Bullets is a guide to initiative problems, adventure games and trust activities. The activities of this book have all been used effectively by a variety of teachers, counselors, therapists, camp directors and church leaders. All have wanted an effective, engaging way to bring people together ...

Teambuilding Puzzles

Author(s): James Cain, Mike Anderson, Chris Cavert, Tom Heck

For centuries, puzzles have fascinated audiences all over the world. Here are a century's worth of puzzles, over one hundred in all, from four teambuilding experts with collectively more than one hundred years' worth of experience. Learn how to use puzzles and challenging activities for building cre...

Essential Staff Training Activities

Author(s): James Cain, David Knobbe, Clare Marie Hannon

This book is a perfect resource for anyone that needs to effectively prepare and train their staff. These activities reinforce basic components of your staff training with subject matter ranging from leadership and teamwork to character, decision making, creative problem solving, communication and t...

Playing with a Full Deck: 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards!

Author(s): Michelle Cummings

  eBook Version  You will receive access to this electronic text via email after using the shopping cart above to complete your purchase.    A simple deck of cards can cover so much ground with any group that you work with. Everything from mixers and get to know you activities, problem s...

The Complete Ropes Course Manual

Author(s): Karl E Rohnke, Don Rogers

The Complete Ropes Course Manual serves as a checklist of procedures, techniques, and responsibilities for Ropes Course facilitators. With this guide, you can review current operational equipment, expand your list of processing questions, manage your course safely, update staff training, and add to ...

The Book on Raccoon Circles

Author(s): James Cain, Thomas E Smith

Raccoon Circles are without a doubt one of the most versatile teambuilding props of all time. Ounce for ounce, you can lead more team activities with a Raccoon Circle than any other single piece of teambuilding equipment. This book contains over 200 team challenges, games, activities, stories, commu...

A Teachable Moment: A Facilitator's Guide to Activities for Processing, Debriefing, Reviewing and Reflection

Author(s): James Cain, Michelle Cummings, Jennifer Stanchfield

If you need to know "what comes after the teambuilding activity?" this book is for you!  Jim Cain, Michelle Cummings and Jennifer Stanchfield have collectively been active in adventure-based and active learning programs for almost a century. From their extensive facilitation background, here are th...

Funn 'n Games

Author(s): Karl E Rohnke

The material in Funn `n Games represents a compilation and embellishment of notes that Karl has collected over the years about games, initiative problems, trust activities, and adventure stunts that he creates, collects, finds, shares, tweaks, and occasionally purloins. The goal has always been to s...