Assoc. of Experiential Ed
R. Richards and Bob Stremba, Ed.D, will be giving a presentation at the 38th Annual International Association of Experiential Education Conference on November 4th in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The two will share MSI’s unique mission and how MSI blends the world of experiential education with practical spiritual facilitation. Ther a number of presnetation categories, and the two are slated for a workshop during the conference under the Body/Mind/Spirit category.
The conference, bills itself as “Connecting Communities, Sustaining Educators” which brings together more than 900 experiential educators and practitioners for professional development and networking.
The title of the presentation, “Exspiriential” Education: Integrating Spirit with Experience, comes from the term coined by MSI Founder Richards, which combines Spirit and Experiential education. The MSI website states: “We’re a hybrid organization – a cross between an experiential wilderness program and a holistic learning center, with elements of both experiential education and spiritual development.”
Stremba is a former board member of AEE, and continues to be actively involved in the association. He currently runs the Outdoor Pursuits program at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Richards has recently joined again as an individual member of AEE.
November 4-7, 2010- Workshops
2010 Workshop List (subject to change)
- Adventure-Based Programming
- Experienced Based Training and Development
- Facilitation/Processing
- Mind/Body/Spirit
- Program Administration/Business Development
- Research and Evaluation
- Schools and Colleges: Higher Education
- Schools and Colleges: K-12
- Social Justice and Ethics
- Therapeutic Adventure/Adventure Therapy
3rd Annual Trends and Issues in Outdoor Education Programs Panel Discussion
Andrew J. Bobilya, Tom Holman, Betsy Lindley, John Gookin, Tim O’Connell, Nina Roberts, Bobbi Beale, Bob Stremba & Jay Roberts
Accreditation 101
Shawn Tierney
Adventure Education and Motherhood II; Are they Mutually Exclusive or Mutually Beneficial?
Erin Lotz
Building Respectful Learning Communities: Setting Positive Behavioral Norms through Adventure
Jane Panicucci & Larry Childs
Chiji Cards: Beyond Processing
Chris Cavert
Designing Skill-based Initiatives
Paul Nicolazzo
Developing a Self-assessment Study
Shawn Tierney
Facilitating Inclusion in Outdoor Adventure: Decisions in Management and Modifications
Alison Voight & Catharine Bishop
Girl, You Got it! Empowering Girls to Develop Technical Skills
Priscilla McKenney & Nadine Budbill
Good Judgment: The Ultimate Facilitator Skill
Chris Ortiz & Jim Grout
Into Thinner Air: More on Adventure Programming at Altitude
TA Loeffler
Intuition or Cognition: The Dual-Process Approach to Judgment and Decision-Making for Outdoor Leaders
Wynn Shooter & Nathan Furman
Leadership and Challenge Center ¡Lánzate! Empowering Agents of Change
Juan Carlos & Echavarría Flores
Outdoor Ethics – How AEE Members Can Easily Implement Effective Leave No Trace Education Programs
Catherine Smith & Sarah Folzenlogen
Project Venture – Evidence Based Prevention Programming
McClellan Hall, Bart Crawford, Neal Ferris & Heather Yazzie
Standards, Legislation, Regulations, Certification, New Technology. What Does This All Mean for My Challenge Course Program?
James Borishade & Bill Weaver
The Living History of Experiential Education
Tom Lindblade
The Ropes of Ecology
Shawn Moriarty
The Use of Emotional Rescue In Adventure Based Activities
Joel Cryer
Thematic Programming: Unifying the Experience
Patrick Torrey
What’s Nature Got To Do With It?
Jacquie Medina
Willi Unsoeld: Outdoor Education Philosophy and Practice From Risk Taking to Rites of Passage
Krag Unsoeld
Experienced Based Training and Development
A Foundation of Trust
Sam Sikes
Accountable Team Building in a Web 2.0 world
Jason Kipps
Alternative Mediums in Experiential Learning
Anand Upadhyay
Experience and Reflection to Inform Design: Outward Bound and Professional Development for Educators
Billy O’Steen, Andy Mink & Jim LaPrad
Explore the World of EBTD: A World Cafe Experience
Marc Levy & Jonathan Clark
How To Hear What Is Not Being Said
David Kampfschulte
Is Team Building a Set Up?
Claudia Valle & Tim Arnold
Judgment and Decision-Making: How Our Brains Are Wired… and What We Can Do About It
Jeremy Johnson
Overcoming Language Barriers in Facilitation
Sarah Kauntz & Kathleen Day
Secrets of Successful Networking
Jeff Richardson
Spiritual Dimensions of Team
Al Wright
Using Personality Assessments To Become A More Effective Educator
Chris Gee
Facilitation/Processing
A Book of One’s Own: How to Make Books for Processing
Gretchen Newhouse Berns
Building a Sense of Community Experientially
Jeff Jacobs
Creating Transfer of Learning Through Intentional Program Design and Framing
Gregory Paninski
Dramatic Problem Solving
Steven Hawkins
Enhancing Flow in Classrooms Through Experiential Education
Marleah Blom
Focus Your Locus
Justin McGlamery & Mike Gessford
Going GA GA For Global Games
Rich Keegan
Got Tossables? 10 Team Building Games Using Tossable Props You Already Have
Michelle Cummings
Green Mentoring Program
Melinda Campbell & Maryam Davodi-Far
How to Turn Your Support Group from Mediocre to Magnificent
Lynne Downey, Jenni Jardine & Ian Prinsloo
Nature Experiences, Use Them or Lose Them
Francine (Frankie) Piela , Clifford E. Knapp & Mike Bingley
Raccoon Circles, 2010
Thomas Smith
Shifting the Paradigm: from Challenge by Choice to Conscious Choice – An Evolution in Ideology
Jody Radtke & Lizzy Slatt
Systematic Family Sculpting
Gary Hees
Team Interaction Mapping
Mark Rose
The Art of Experiential Group Facilitation & Teaching
Jennifer Stanchfield
The Assessing Matrix
Nate Regier
The Fine Art of Team Building
Adam Ames & Andrew Bordwin
Turbo-charging for Character
James Fish
Mind/Body/Spirit
“Exspiriential” Education: Integrating Spirit with Experience
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