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Want to learn more about Adventure and Experiential Education? Then this podcast is for you!
Listeners of this podcast will get;
- Adventure Programming Theory
- Facilitation Tips
- Activity Ideas
- Industry Career Advice
- Interviews from Industry Professionals
High 5 Adventure Learning Center is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to helping individuals, teams, schools, communities and businesses improve the way they live, learn and work together. Connect with us at high5adventure.org
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 293
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Professional Development
The Training Team (Chris, Lisa, Rich and Phil) discuss places where they have gained professional development outside of the field of challenge course operations and how integrating topics you are in…
Name Games
The Training team (Chris, Lisa, Rich and Phil) discuss in great detail the importance of name games, when to use them and what their "go-to" activities are for learning participant names. This is in …
Marty Daigle - Pleasant Ridge Camp and Retreat Center
Marty took some time after taking an ACCT Level 2 Certification Exam to chat with Phil about adaptive programming, the joy of "getting" to go to work instead of "having" to go to work and shares his …
Trainer Tips - Real vs Fake Jobs
Lisa Hunt, Senior Trainer and Manager of Team Development, discusses the difference between real and fake jobs that we give to our participants when operating a challenge course with the desire to ma…
Dr. Amy Climer - Climer Consulting
Amy talks with Phil about her advice to students when embarking on a career in experiential education, thoughts on the future of the industry and also a couple of tips and insights on Climer Cards.
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Karen Malm and Patrick Wright - Camp Agawam
Chris, Director of Training and Team Development, speaks with Karen (Assistant Director) and Patrick (Head Counselor) about the history of Camp Agawam, building a new challenge course and how it bene…
Trainer Tips - Ego
Jim Grout, Executive Director of High 5, discusses how ego can be problematic when operating a challenge course and how being a "chameleon" can help when teaching others.
Repeating Activities
In this episode of Tinker Talk, the Training Team (Phil, Jim, Chris and Lisa) talk about the positives and possible pitfalls of using the same activities from group to group and how to respond to par…
Justin McGlamery - Owner, Chief Locus Focuser - Focus Your Locus
Justin chats with Rich Keegan, High 5 Trainer, about his start in adventure programming, his great work with Dylan's Wings of Change and his love of our Executive Director, Jim Grout.
Making Mistakes
Mistakes can occur in the work that we do and these can result in many different outcomes ranging from the more common; not meeting a group's needs, to the hopefully rare; physical injury. The Traini…
Alicia DeHart - Fernwood Cove - Associate Director
Alicia talks with Phil about making Summer Camp a full-time career, the benefits of professional training and tiny tiny pocket horses.
Learn more about Fernwood Cove here: www.fernwoodcove.com
Managing Your Energy
Warm weather months often result in our calendars filling with programming which can lead to staff having low energy. The Training team (Phil, Chris, Lisa and Jim) talk about how they manage their en…
Mark Collard - Experiential Trainer, Author and Founding Director of Playmeo.com
Mark shares with Phil his story about the transformative power of experiential learning, his thoughts about the future of the industry and how ducks have the ability to detect vegans.
www.playmeo.com
Trainer Tips - Belaying
Phil Brown, High 5 Lead Trainer, gives 3 tips that could improve your belaying.
Ian Doak - High 5 - Assistant Director of Challenge Course Services
Ian talks to Phil about the joy of designing challenge courses, having a strong work ethic and eating too much Fish & Chips on the road.
Learning How to Facilitate
The team answer the question - "What has been the method by which you have most learned your facilitation techniques?"
Pam Nuovo - High 5 - PR and Communications
Pam talks to Phil about the joys of living in Vermont, a challenging air travel experience and the Great British Baking Show
Phil Brown - High 5 - Trainer
Phil talks to guest hosts, Jamie and Rich, about his start in Adventure Education, Branston Pickle sandwiches, and announces an artistic opportunity to win some High 5 products.
Facilitation Tips We Disagree With
The Training Team answer the question - "Are there any facilitation tips or advice you've had over the years that you disagree with or struggle with?"
Jim Grout - High 5 - Executive Director - Part 2
Jim continues his conversation with Phil talking about his thoughts regarding the future of Adventure Education, the most recent books he has read and how he would never turn down a conversation with…