--- title: "SMA Summer Camp for Teens Director \"Jud\" to attend ACA Confrence" description: Stone Mountain Adventures is a Summer Camp for Teens located in central PA. Director Jud will be attending an Keystone ACA Conference next week... --- [Stone Mountain Adventures: Summer Camps for Teens ](https://www.sma-summers.com/juds-blog) # [SMA Summer Camp for Teens Director "Jud" to attend ACA Confrence](https://www.sma-summers.com/juds-blog/sma-summer-camp-for-teens-director-jud-to-attend-aca-confrence) Written by [Jud Millar](https://www.sma-summers.com/juds-blog/author/jud-millar) | Fri, Nov 4, 2016 Next week SMA Teen Camp Director Jud Millar is attending the American Camp Association Keystone Conference at Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center.  Attending ACA Conference is an incredible professional development opportunity.  It's a fantastic chance to learn from summer camp industry professionals, network with our camp directors and attend informative workshops.  The Keystone Retreat offers three content tracks running concurrently: PROGRAMMING, LEADERSHIP, and MAINTENANCE as well as many others - Core Competencies included - vital to a successful camp operation.   ## Keynote Speakers - Keystone Retreat Loida Noriega-Wilson "We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker  Loida Noriega-Wilson, President of the Norwil Group, Inc.  Loida is a consultant specializing in leadership, management and human resources, and a regular speaker  at the Tri-State CAMP Conference."  I am very excited for this keynote speaker as I believe she has a great message and an incredible story to tell.  . ## Meet our Playnote Speaker, Dr. Jim Cain "Jim is the author of 14 team and community building texts, including: Teamwork & Teamplay," - One hundred and fourteen!! . Jim is the creative force behind his training company, Teamwork & Teamplay, a former executive director of The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), and the innovator of more than six dozen teambuilding activities and props. Jim holds four advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. and has traveled to 49 states and 38 countries (so far) sharing his knowledge on subjects ranging from teamwork and leadership to creative problem solving and trust building. His train-the-trainer programs are legendary and his conference keynotes/playnotes are active, engaging and tremendously fun. With regard to Jim's group facilitation skills, Tom Leahy of NCCPS remarked, "Jim, you are a Jedi Master!" I have "played" with Dr Jim Cain at other events and I'm very excited he will be at the Keystone ACA Confrence!   ### **I think what I'm most looking forard to at the ACA Keystone Conference is netwroking with other summer camp professionals.  I am incredibly lucky that I love my job.  However during the off season for the most part I work alone in the office.  Sometimes Anne and I colaborate on a project but that's not a new interation as luckily I get to see her everyday.  Getting to interact with other summer camp professionals, the share expereinces and learn from eachother is an exciting opportunity. ** **                                 **       ## Topics and Breakout Sessions Include **Loida Noriega-Wilson** Breakout Session (TBA) **Gary Kimball** and **Alan Cooper** Opening the Gates- From Transgender to the Americans with Disabilities Act and Immunizations, What Does the Law Require?  And What Should You Do? **Roz Buck** Practical Ideas to Improve Staff Orientation **Jed Buck** Practical Approaches to Outstanding Customer Service at Camp **Rich Rinaldi** Free Tools to Optimize Your Camp Business **Stefanie Smith** and **Jackie Kaminsky** An Architect’s Bag of Tricks:  Effective Designs That Make Camps Work **Jessica Gaone** and **Stefanie Smith** Real Solutions to Make Your Site and Facility Accessible **Laura Kelly** Stress Relieving Handwork Techniques to Calm a Restless Camper **Laura Kelly, Jaime Chadwin, Adam Isadore** (Panel Discussion-Outside Groups) **Kelly Weisner** and **Bradley Kunsman** Where Did All the Time Go- Evaluating Task Management **Kleinbard LLC** Abuse coverage, prevention and post incident **Jamie Chadwin** Keep Your Athletic Campers at Your Camp- Creative Athletic Programing for Your Camp **Dave Malter** (Staff Engagement) **Al Weber** When I found out I could be replaced by a thumbtack; I became wise enough to know what I didn’t know!  **Kindred Group Networking Roundtables** Vendor consultations and product "hands-on" demonstrations AND MUCH MORE!   Judson Millar   [Summer Camp For Teenagers](https://www.sma-summers.com/activities-info) [Teen Summer Camp](https://www.sma-summers.com/our-camp-philosophy) [Summer Camp for Teens](https://www.sma-summers.com/)   [View full post](https://www.sma-summers.com/juds-blog/sma-summer-camp-for-teens-director-jud-to-attend-aca-confrence) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Jud Millar" }, "dateModified" : "2024-04-14T21:22:19.108Z", "datePublished" : "2016-11-04T13:47:00Z", "headline" : "SMA Summer Camp for Teens Director \"Jud\" to attend ACA Confrence", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 228, "url" : "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/158966/Summer-Camp-For-Teens-5.jpg", "width" : 360 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.sma-summers.com/juds-blog/sma-summer-camp-for-teens-director-jud-to-attend-aca-confrence", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60, "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png", "width" : 60 }, "name" : "Director Jud's Blog" } } ```