Skill of the Day: What Great Leaders of Young People Do & Say
For camps, out of school, recreation, schools, and all other youth programs: A curriculum of what to teach staff and exactly how to teach it! In this one-of-a-kind, bestselling book you’ll get:
the specific key skills we need to teach staff, volunteers, or others to work with young people
original, creative, step-by-step lesson plans and highly engaging activities with scripts and reproducible materials that teach each skill at trainings and quick staff meetings
have staff train each other! Get returning and new staff up front presenting these skill chapters themselves, dramatically increasingly learning and motivation
seize attention with “Grand Openings” that motivate. Laugh and learn with unique, funny, fully scripted “Skill Skits” that review key points to members of your leadership team and other trainers and have them present this
320 pages
Reviewers say:
“Fabulous!! Dynamic, creative, and easy to use immediately.” —Dr. Deb Bialeschki, Director of Research, American Camp Association
“Astounding! Creative, precise detail, amazingly flexible, and easily implemented. This will take training to a level it’s never been before. In a race of the best presenters I have seen in 30 years, no one else is even on the same lap as Michael.”—Dave Wright, Executive Director, Camp Tecumseh YMCA, IN
“Another winner—he’s done it again! THIS BOOK MAKES IT EASY—I SUCCESSFULLY INCORPORATED SOME OF THE IDEAS THE SAME DAY I READ THEM!”—Pam Lingert, Director, Before & After School, Children at Play Programs, Arlington Heights Park District
“A masterpiece! Brilliant techniques, scripted for guaranteed success to create a dynamo staff!”—Nancy Richardson, Owner-Director, Bar-T Before & After School Programs, Pre-K, & Camp, MD
“Extraordinary! Hundreds of new, highly effective, creative, easy-to-implement ways to grow leaders on a daily basis.”—Dayna Hardin, Vice-President, American Camp Association, Owner-Director, Lake of the Woods & Greenwoods Camps, MI
“Incredible! Engaging, vibrant, new information that will truly help us to provide top-notch training!”—Sarah Horner Fish, Executive Director, Tom Sawyer Camps, CA
“Brilliant! With this imaginative, insightful, and innovative book, directors, principals, and other program leaders have all the time-saving resources necessary to get every staff member to actively participate in the teaching and learning of these skills. This is more effective than having them watch a video! Plus you’ll develop a strong staff team. The Skill Skits are truly imaginative and insightful; the humour in each makes them easy for all participants and ensures that staff remember how and when to use these skills.” —Larry Bell, founder, Robin Hood Day Camp, Ontario, Canada
