The Power of the Narrative: Using Storytelling to Transform Your Camp

In this session, we will move beyond treating stories as simple anecdotes and instead learn how to craft and deploy them to solve concrete challenges. Participants will learn how storytelling can transform a camp’s identity into a compelling brand, communicate a unified vision to staff and stakeholders, elevate routine training into memorable, impactful lessons, enrich program areas to foster deeper camper engagement, and build an unshakeable bond of trust with parents. Specifically, this workshop will provide staff with a practical toolkit of narrative frameworks and prompts, enabling them to tell powerful stories that inspire action, build community, and foster a deeper connection to instructional objectives and the camp’s mission. By the end of this session, attendees will not just understand the theory of storytelling; they will have a practical toolkit to immediately implement, creating a more cohesive, engaging, and successful camp community.