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ALIEN (Adventure Leadership Immersion Experience in Nature)
Sign up for a leadership experience in nature - Groups of 6 or more
The main ideas is that by bringing people into nature, they develop certain critical leadership character traits through engagement with and within the natural environment.
Not all who wander are lost ...
WHAT MAKES THIS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM DIFFERENT?
Nature is what sets this program apart from other leadership programs - engagement and listening to the land and what nature has to teach us is incredibly important to be a leader in our world today. This program also uses nature to teach about the elements of challenge and risk that is a crucial part of leadership development. Disconnecting from a highly technological/electronic society that is constantly telling you who you are, what is good, what you must think and do, is crucial. When a person reconnects with a deeper, more ancient source of value, meaning, inter-connectivity, and purpose -- land, nature, Earth, universe -- then leaders for today and tomorrow have time and space to think and do differently.
Eighteen students in Dr. Harrist’s Community and Commercial Recreation Programming course (CCR 212 Spring 2020) developed fun, engaging, and transformative activities that make up the ALIEN program -- which can be a day, overnight, or up to 3 days.
Curious? Excited? Want to sign up your group? Use this Link to submit your Google request form.
ALIEN Prototype
Thursday, Aug 20, 2020, 08:00 AM
305 Lucious Davis Rd, Chesterfield, SC 29709, USA
A Day in the Life of an ALIEN participant...
This experience is an opportunity to adapt, innovate, fail, regroup… not just talk about it but live it.
Once participants step foot on Southern Eighths, they will be offered opportunities to partake in many different activities that will emphasize four key aspects:
Communication
Creativity
Collaboration
Leadership
Participants will learn how to listen and respond to each other and the land (nature trail orienteering, archery, human knot, scavenger hunt; debris shelter building).
They will also work with those who love this particular 1300 acres of land -- expert visitors who share their collective wisdom about fungus, native planting, stone arrowheads, civil war connections.
The day or days will also explore survival skills (fire building, candle making), interdependence (fishing), and creative problem solving (yurt building; art projects).
The theme of ‘thinking and doing’ is best when activities coincide with group discussions. These are crafted to fit the culture and goals of each particular group but could include:
how to jump when afraid
how to let your mind wander in order to be creative and innovative
navigating university and beyond
survival (and thriving) in an uncertain world
balancing risk and control
cultivating entrepreneurship in everyday life
Brad Turley
Nick DeLangie
Adden Howard
The Collaborative for the Common Good
Come visit us on the second floor of Wingate Baptist Church
Email: ccg@wingate.edu
Website: https://www.wingate.edu/around-campus/common-good
Location: 109 E Elm St, Wingate, NC 28174, USA
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