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description: COMPREHENSIVE READABLE AND PACKED WITH PRACTICAL ADVICE AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership 2nd edition is a must-read for anyone committed to becoming an effective outdoor leader guide or educator including camp scouting and outdoor club leaders.This completely revised and updated guide from the Appalachian Mountain Club details the critical skills and concepts every professional or volunteer outdoor leader needs to know. Through easy-to-remember leadership models case studies and his own extensive leadership experience author Alex Kosseff explores such topics as effective decision-making group dynamics and communication self-awareness and evaluation backcountry ethics and more. Also included are a new chapter on techniques for leading and motivating youth and expanded coverage of risk and crisis management.INSIDE YOULL FIND: Accessible techniques for new and experienced leaders Comprehensive coverage of leadership concepts Case studies advice and anecdotes from experts on trip planning decision making leadership styles teaching and communication Essential reading lists for further studyALEX KOSSEFF is director of the Outdoor Safety Institute where he advises outdoor education and recreation organizations on risk management staff training and volunteer-based programs. He has twenty years of outdoor leadership experience having worked as an Outward Bound chief instructor and staff trainer backpacking and canoeing trip leader environmental educator and wilderness medicine instructor. He lives in Bozeman Montana.REVIEWSA thorough field-tested examination of what makes the best outdoor leaders . . . and how one of them could be you.Robert Birkby author of the Boy Scout Handbook Mountain Madness and Lightly on the LandAn outstanding resource for both leaders and followers . . . Vignettes from a wide variety of outdoor trips effectively illustrate Kosseff's points.Trail &amp; Timberline Colorado Mountain Club magazineAn excellent resource for leaders new and old. . . . This is a well-written enjoyable leadership resource that will be valuable to anyone responsible for leading trips . . .Dan Garvey President Prescott College (1st edition review)Whether you are an aspiring or experienced outdoor leader this work should be in your library--where you can reach it.Jed Williamson Editor of Accidents in North American Mountaineering (1st edition review). . . tackles a complex topic in a clear &amp; engaging manner. Stories of real leadership situations help develop critical-thinking skills . . . .Ian Wade Executive Director Outward Bound International Inc (1st edition review)TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Foundations2 Getting Started3 Awareness4 Decision Making5 Leadership Styles6 Teaching and Facilitation7 Field Safety8 Crisis9 Leading Youth10 Participants11 Expedition Behavior12 Group Behavior and Development13 Communication14 Trip Planning15 Organizational Risk Management16 Environmental Stewardship17 Don't Forget to Have FunAppendix: Further ReadingIndex
language: English
title: AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership: Trip Planning * Group Dynamics * Decision Making * Leading Youth * Risk Management
publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books