“These video training modules have been a phenomenal addition to our staff training workshops. They are well-designed, fun to watch, come with helpful handouts, and I love the variety of topics they explore! Our staff thanks you, EOT!”

Karen Offitzer
Camp Schodack

“Hey Dr. Thurber! I was utterly impressed with Expert Online Training. I continued to show your videos and discuss your philosophies throughout the entire summer, and Iwitnessed first-hand the effect your work had upon our staff, especially with helping homesick children. On behalf of the entire staff at Camps Firebird and Roosevelt, thank you for all you share with the world.”

Jonathan Polster
Head Counselor, Camps Firebird & Roosevelt
www.camproosevelt.net

“We were excited to share Chris’ expertise with our nearly 200 camp life staff. The videos from Leadership Essentials proved to be a powerful and critical componentof both Interlochen’s web-based pre-arrival training and our on-site pre-camp training. Feedback from our counseling staff was positive, describing the videos as “on target” and “a great supplement to staff discussions.” Using the Director Dashboard to manage and track specific content for our population was simple and effective. Chris and his team were helpful and gracious in all our interactions and we look forward to again using Leadership Essentials this summer.”

Jennifer Wesling
Dean of Students, Interlochen Arts Camp
camp.interlochen.org

“We started using Expert Online Training in 2009 and now we can’t go without it! The videos add variety to staff training, rather than having staff listen to me and John over and over again. We feel that the greatest strength of the Leadership Essentials modules is that they “back up” the Camp Director by offering a different voice of expert information. The videos also help our staff absorb the concepts and expectations of youth development professionals. Last summer, two of our staff ran over to me from the lodge, excited, “JD, we just talked with a camper and it went just like the Thurber video!!” That completely made my day!”

Jennifer Deasy
Assistant Director, YMCA Camp Coniston
www.coniston.org

“Chris, I have to tell you that I am so very impressed with Leadership Essentials. Every vignette was well crafted and well acted, and should speak to any serious camp counselor. Congratulations on taking staff training into the next century! We’re signing up!”

Jason Sebell
Camps Kenwood & Evergreen
www.kenwood-evergreen.com

“Expert Online Training allows me as a university professor to be able to have students walk into the classroom prepared with knowledge from the well done videos. It allows them to put those ideas into actions right away. Administering with many students, there is a dashboard where I can assign different groups of students different videos based on their skill sets. It also allows you to create a customized learning opportunity based on their needs at the time that they need it. It is fantastic, it has made my life easier and it has helped me be a better professor.”

Gwynn Powell
Clemson PRTM Camp Courses
www.clemson.edu/hehd/departments/prtm/

“Leadership Essentials is phenomenal. What an upgrade from DVD-based training! The videos will be a huge hit with today’s generation of staff. Having staff participate in these modules throughout the spring will get them thinking about camp way ahead of time. I think it will also have the benefit of retaining staff between hire and arrival.

Using online training also shows that a camp is truly professional and forward-thinking. The videos are top-notch and the site is clean and easy to navigate. I also love the feature of being able to upload the camp’s own documents. What a difference between Chris’s site and nearly all staff manuals (and as a standards visitor, I’ve seen a lot of them).”

Gretchen Vaughn
Life & Leadership Coach for Camp Professionals
www.outofthemountains.com

“As Directors of a Christian camp, we believe that the most important job we have is hiring and training our counselors. They create Alpine each summer for our campers. We want outstanding, high caliber, fun Christian college young men and we want to equip them with the best professional training in the country. That is why we have relied on Chris Thurber for a number of years at our Staff Training. Having experienced his energetic, positive, practical seminars in person, it was a no brainer for us to sign on with Expert Online Training.

Hopefully, the young men we hire sign on because they are pumped about camp, ready to serve boys and have a profound positive impact on boys’ lives. What EOT did was allow them to think about how they were going to accomplish this before they even arrived at camp. I believe it gave our staff a huge leg up during Staff Training and we will definitely be using EOT again.”

Glenn Breazeale
Director, Alpine Camp for Boys
www.alpinecamp.com

“One of the strengths of Leadership Essentials is the ability to use the videos as part of staff training before our first day of staff training at camp. All of the staff are required to watch specific videos and take the online quizzes to verify that they understand the principles being taught. This gives us a head start before new hires arrive at camp for our pre-camp staff training. It also builds unity of vision by providing a foundation of camp rules and expectations.”

George & Paula DeTellis
Directors, Camp Woodhaven
www.campwoodhaven.com

“Chris works at camp with children and staff most of the summer, so I know the material in Leadership Essentials is field-tested, practical, and effective. This guy walks the walk. I also love how the video training modules combine Chris’s expertise as a psychologist, parent, and camp professional with just the right touch of humor. I can think of no better way to prepare any day or resident camp staff for the job ahead.”

Gene Clark
YMCA Camp Belknap
www.campbelknap.org