I remember being in a similar situation a few years ago. I grew up in a resident camp and then made the transition from a head counselor to running the day camp program here. I stress teambuilding and games all throughout training and spend a lot of time talking about the importance of what we do. I went to a session at a conference that had a real good activity of listing the problems of the world then relating the skills that are needed to solve those problems to skills used at camp. The staff are usually receptive to it, but I know I get fired up every time I teach it. Shoot me an email and I can give you details and some more ideas.
jack.harvey@seaworld.com
