ABOUT WORKSHOPS:
Do you have a passion, gifts, wisdom, experience or interest you’d like to share with other men?
Workshops are led by you all – the men who come to the weekend on a volunteer basis. It can be a presentation. Or a group discussion. Or an activity you want to lead. This creates variety for the event and a wonderful sense of community.
With the exception of the Ropes Course (if offered), all other workshops are included in each man’s registration cost. Attendees offer workshops as a way of giving back to and supporting the community.
WHAT ARE WORKSHOPS ABOUT?
Workshops can be almost anything! Consider ideas like interests, exploring new subcultures, meditation, discussing lessons learned from a recent experience/book/class, dance, outdoor/active fun, art exploration, storytelling, fantasy, and more.
ARE WORKSHOPS ALWAYS GIVEN BY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS?
You needn’t feel that you have to have a mastery of something to create a workshop; if you have an interest enough to give something a try, no matter how basic, CMG is a great place to give it a whirl! Some of the most requested repeat workshops came from people who initially didn’t feel totally sure about leading it.
WHEN/WHERE WOULD MY WORKSHOP BE HELD?
You’ll find out which timeslot and location your workshop is when we post them all, probably late on arrival night. If you have a REALLY good reason to request a timeslot (or avoidance of a timeslot), you can put that in your request, but we appreciate as many as possible who don’t do so, because it allows us to balance the offerings as best we can.
WHAT DOES CMG PROVIDE WORKSHOP LEADERS WITH?
Come knowing that all CMG provides you with is a space for your workshop to take place and, in most cases, seating. If there’s more that you need to make it successful (from paper, pencils, art supplies, other props…), you will need to bring them.
HOW DO I CREATE THE WORKSHOP FORM THAT I WILL BRING TO CAMP?
Although you technically can fill out the form by hand at camp (we’ll have a few extras), we strongly encourage you not to wait until then. When you do it by hand at the last minute, with all the distractions of camp, it often feels rushed, less clear, and harder to read. So we appreciate your coming here to create your super-legible, exquisitely-worded workshop submission instead. There are two ways to create and print that.
If you CAN open the .docx Word document via the PURPLE BUTTON BELOW. Fill it out such that it all fits on one page, in a human-readable sized font, please. If you are more comfortable in GoogleDocs or another editor, you can also copy the .docx contents there and create your single page to print there. Then, print the form and bring it to turn in at the check-in desk.
If you CAN’T open or use the .docx file, then click for the PDF version to print and fill out clearly by hand.
SHOULD I SEND IT TO ANYONE AT CMG IN ADVANCE?
While it’s not entirely necessary, our workshop coordinator loves to see some of what workshops we will be offering. If you can, please send a copy to Ron L. at 20910tp@gmail.com after you fill it out. If you have the MSWord version, send that. If you had to print the document, scan it or snap a photo of it to send to him − just so he knows more of what’s coming. And if you do, it might be featured in one of our news blasts about the upcoming gathering!
But if you can’t send it to him for any reason, no worries − it won’t prevent you from being allowed to lead a workshop…as long as you turn it in to us at camp. AND PLEASE NOTE: Emailing it to us is appreciated, but that doesn’t mean we’ll print it. You do still have to bring it yourself.
Thank you in advance for the gift of your time, energy, and heart!
