"To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail."
-Abraham Maslow

Below is a list of folks and some other resources that you may find useful.  No particular order.

Gary Forster http://www.garyforster.com/
Jeff Leiken http://leiken.com/
Scott Arizala http://www.thecampcounselor.com/
Chris Thurber  http://www.campspirit.com/
Nathan Brant http://www.nathanscottbrant.com
                     http://nsbrant.wordpress.com
Randall Grayson www.visionrealization.com
Jenn Selke  http://thecampdirector.com/
                  http://jennselke.com/
Bob Ditter http://www.bobditter.com/
Joanne Smith http://www.camp-consulting.com/aboutccs.html
http://www.campdoctor.com
Kim Aycock http://www.kimaycock.com/Camp_2_Campus/Resources.html
http://www.kaleidoscope-inc.com
Michael Brandwein http://michaelbrandwein.com/youth.html
http://camphacker.org/
http://campleadership.org/

Program related
http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/
http://www.mycampresources.com
Curt / The Moose = http://summercampprogramdirector.com/

Not directly camp related, but useful
www.Wilderdom.com
http://changethis.com
http://www.nols.edu/podcast/
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Matthew Blom http://www.matthewblom.com/about.html

Facebook-based blogs
http://www.facebook.com/BayNVC
http://www.facebook.com/EmpathyCenter
http://www.facebook.com/CampHacker
http://www.facebook.com/JeffreyLeiken
 

While I’m at it, enjoy the below. :-)

Wish, Wonder, Surprise

• Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?   (and, changing educational paradigms)
• http://www.thefuntheory.com/
• Photos of the world from above    www.yannarthusbertrand.com/yann2/affichage.php
• Browse the human body ﾖ in 3D

• Inspiration

• http://www.dolectures.com/
• www.ted.com – like, How Great Leaders Lead.  Why People Do What They Do, 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
• http://changethis.com/
• http://www.karmatube.org/
• 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
• http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/films
• http://www.playingforchange.com/
• The power of one, lessons in community, creativity theory, environmental innovation, and more Link
• http://storycorps.org/   and, check out this list of questions to use with your friends and families.
• http://www.thisibelieve.org

• Children

• Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills
• http://www.videophilia.org
• How not to talk to your kids (http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/) Self-esteem and praise article.
• http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
• http://www.childrennatureandyou.org/quotes.html
• Partnering with Parents section of the Camp Augusta website (numerous additions in the works)

• Education

• http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/   (lovely depth and breadth!)
• http://hubs.gaia.com/sitemap
• http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php
• http://www.khanacademy.org/
• RSA Animate series – (like this one on Motivation)

• Opportunity

• http://www.workaway.info/
• http://wwoof.org/
• http://www.sparked.com/
• http://www.allforgood.org
• http://www.teachforamerica.org

• Perspective

• What is the value we perceive and how does it change in context?  (longer article)
• Americans, a snapshot
• What Should A Billionaire Give?  What Should You?   And The $600B Challenge
• http://www.100people.org/
• Best article I’ve read on WWII   http://leesandlin.com/articles/LosingTheWar.htm
• Did you know? Media and what that looks like in our lives – engaging YouTube video
• And then this perspective on leadership and contemplation
• YouTube Time Machine

• Compassionate communication (NVC) / Empathy

• Compassionate communication
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication
• http://www.baynvc.org/  (basic info page)  (leadership tools)
• http://www.cnvc.org/
• http://www.growingcompassion.org/
• http://nvctraining.com/
• Call 1-855-EMPATHY for NVC empathy. Service offered on a donation basis by @BayNVC Connection Project
• Empathy
• Empathic life – part of the RSA Animate series 
• Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
• http://cultureofempathy.com/
• Compassionate Action Network
• Videos – Obama on Empathy, Meryl Streep, Paul Ekmanﾒs Taxonomy of Compassion, Bren￩ Brown (1), Bren￩ Brown (2), India example in action, Radical experiment in empathy
• http://www.rootsofempathy.org
• Charter for Compassion (3 min. video)  (website)
• Emotions and global conflict http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/05/emotions.aspx
• Empathy and a 30 year decline amongst college students (Scientific American article)
• http://www.wefeelfine.org/
• http://www.wefeelfine.org/findings.html
• http://www.wefeelfine.org/data/files/feelings.txt
• http://www.mettacenter.org
• http://www.globalonenessproject.org/education

• Happiness & Emotional Intelligence

• People are where it’s at (Stumbling on Happiness)  (Fundamental Need for People)
• Happiness estimations and choices – learn how they can help or hurt
• What is at the core of human drive?
• The U-Bend of Life:  Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older
• http://www.realage.com/tips/the-simple-key-to-happier-feelings
• http://www.utne.com/2007-11-01/All-the-Rage.aspx
• http://www.casel.org/
• American Psychological Association and Reasoning, Resilience, and Responsibility

• What about me?

• http://youjustgetme.com/
• http://www.viacharacter.org/Surveys/SurveyCenter.aspx
• http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
• http://www.queendom.com/tests/testscontrol.htm?s=73
• http://www.similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
• What Rat Park Has to Teach You
• Life after college ﾖ The Odyssey Years
• http://www.calibratingyourcompass.com/ (Mother of former village leader, Erin)

• Personal growth retreats

• http://www.solsara.net/     
• http://www.spiritrock.org/
• http://www.esalen.org/
• http://mankindproject.org
• http://www.landmarkeducation.com/
• http://www.dhamma.org/
• http://www.harbin.org/monthly.htm
• http://communities.ic.org/events/ 
• http://www.stillmountainretreatguide.com/    

• On food / health

• http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/
• http://www.realage.com/
• http://www.bluezones.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=6
• http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/   Getting your 10,000 steps a day?
• http://walnuts.org/walnuts/index.cfm (healthy, and a fun website about a specific food)
• McDﾒs 4 year old hamburger
• http://www.cooperinstitute.org/youth/index.cfm

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