What is Buckeye Leadership Workshop?
Buckeye Leadership Workshop (BLW) is an interactive learning and sharing workshop dedicated to the idea that education through recreation is a very effective learning tool. BLW provides a powerful learning environment in which anyone who works with people, professionally or on a volunteer basis, can develop programming for groups of all ages. One of the unique characteristics of BLW is participants are given the opportunity to teach as well as learn.
For BLW 2012 we are pleased to bring in a BLW alumni as our guest presenter. Jim Cain will be at BLW 2012 for the entire 4 days. A bit more about Jim:
Dr. Jim Cain is the author of five adventure-based teambuilding texts, including the award winning book Teamwork & Teamplay, which received the Karl Rohnke Creativity Award presented by the Association for Experiential Education, The Book on Raccoon Circles, A Teachable Moment, Teambuilding Puzzles and Essential Staff Training Activities. He is a Senior Consultant to the Cornell University Corporate Teambuilding Program, a former Executive Director for the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) and the creative force behind his training company, Teamwork & Teamplay. He holds four college degrees including a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Dr. Cain frequently serves as a visiting professor on subjects ranging from teambuilding and experiential education using adventure-based activities to corporate culture and leadership. He is the innovator of more than three dozen teambuilding activities and props, and has presented more than 500 programs in 44 states and 12 countries in the past decade.
In addition to his adventure-based activities, Jim is also an accomplished square dance caller, guitarist, boomerang maker, engineer, researcher, author and generally has more books in his library than many developing nations.
Who Can Attend Buckeye Leadership Workshop?  
Buckeye Leadership Workshop welcomes those interested in developing or improving recreational leadership skills, regardless of race, color, gender, place of residence, national origin, or economic situation. A minimum age of 15 (or a freshman in high school) is required to attend. Full-time participation from Wednesday evening until Sunday at 4:00 p.m. is required. Substitutes for workshop will not be accepted without notifying the BLW registrar prior to workshop. Where is Buckeye Leadership Workshop held?
Buckeye Leadership Workshope is held at Recreation Unlimited just outside Ashley Ohio. Recreation Unlimited is a campus style facility designed for physically challenged attendees. As such, it is easy to get around, with paved walkways, few hills, wide doors and so on. The BLW Staff also has access to golf carts for transportation if needed. Contact information for Recreation Unlimited is:
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How Sessions Work At Buckeye
At Buckeye you will attend sessions in the morning and the afternoon. You can pick one workshop for the morning session time slot - and then you attend it for all four days in the morning. You do the same thing in the afternoon session time slot - pick one workshop and attend it for all four days. Buckeye also offers Mini-Sessions in the afternoon - you will be able to attend one mini-session for two days then a second mini-session for the last two days. Workshops are listed as Active, Moderate and Inactive. This is to help you understand what level of activity to expect from the session. 2012 Workshops offered: Here is a list of sessions for the 2012 Workshop. Morning Sessions (Click here to read about our morning sessions)
Afternoon Sessions (Click here to read about our afternoon sessions)
Afternoon Mini Sessions Thursday/Friday:
Saturday/Sunday:
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