MEMBERSHIP

“NAWD was founded by the 'Master Wizard of Student Leadership Training', Dr. Earl Reum, and the annual conference continues to be a learning experience worthy of having my whole staff attend. It is an opportunity to attend sessions designed for people just like ourselves - activities advisers, leadership workshop directors, staffers, and presenters. Our staff is always looking for new talent to staff our camps, speakers, and workshop presenters and the NAWD conference is one of the best places to find them. In many ways attending the NAWD conference each December is like a family reunion and there is plenty of holiday cheer in the air. I highly recommend the experience."

Rocco Marano
Director of Student Activities, NASSP (retired)
National Association of Student Councils (NASC), National Honor Society (NHS), National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

NAWD is for everyone who cares about Student Activities.  Attend one NAWD conference and I guarantee that you'll make plans to participate the very next year. It's a group of wonderful people who reach out and make everyone feel welcome.

Bob Burton
Author, Spirit Works...Turn It On!

“I have attended over twenty NAWD conferences and have met the most fantastic people in the world! I have stolen ideas by the tons and utilized many, many projects in my work at the schools and at the District Office. This is one of the most incredible organizations on the face of the earth! Don't miss the opportunity to steal, oops, exchange the best there is to offer!”

Harry Bettencourt
Fremont Union High School District (retired) - Cupertino/Sunnyvale, California

“NAWD is that shot in the arm we need to motivate us. An adult forum in which to learn, laugh, and share new, really useful ideas...and make special friends with whom you meet year after year!"

Dianne Tattersall
Central District - Massachusetts Association of Student Councils
Executive Director and Student Council Advisor.

“I look forward to the annual conference in December because I always get at least one new idea, a new slant on an old idea, and the inspiration to continue the good work of developing student leaders.”

Marty Fortin
Summer Leadership Camp Director Washington State

NAWD gives me a chance to see and to do new things that I can use in my workshops and in my consulting business. So often activities you
read about in training books sound like they would not work. But at NAWD, you experience the activities and you know they can work.

John Namey
Executive Director - Ohio Association of Student Councils
Leadership Consultant of JN Consulting

We try to send our workshop directors to the NAWD conference each year. The new ideas they pick up at this conference are invaluable for the continued improvement of our leadership camps in Wisconsin.

Roger Chambers
Wisconsin Association of Student Councils

I look forward to attending NAWD every year because it's a wonderful opportunity to meet other people who are enthused about student leadership development. I always come home re-energized and enriched with new ideas after participating in a NAWD conference.

Lyn Fiscus
The Alliance for Student Activities
Former Editor of Leadership for Student Activities Magazine

NAWD is the first place we look for new speakers to use at our leadership camps.

Stu Shaffer
Past President, California Association of Directors of Activities

I first attended NAWD looking for curriculum assistance for my Leadership Class and with my student council. I found it and more! I have been attending now for 30+ years and always come away from the conference invigorated and updated on new and exciting activities to use in leadership training. Since my beginnings with NAWD I have progressed through hosting a national conference for NASC, co-directing a leadership camp for NASC, becoming the executive director of the Southern Association of Student Councils, evolving into a keynote speaker and workshop consultant. None of that would have happened if I had not become a part of the network of NAWD. As an advisor if you truly believe in the promises of leadership, you belong as a member and active participant of NAWD. Join now and attend the winter conference held annually. You will grow in limitless ways and come to believe the power of becoming all you can be.

Patti Ireland
Executive Director, Southern Association of Student Councils
Retired Classroom Teacher

As an organization, TASC is committed to the NAWD conference.  We send as state delegates, one or more advisors/consultants to the meeting each year so that we keep up with what others are doing. The interchange of activities, program elements like songs/mixers/etc., and the interaction with other committed adult leaders is invaluable to the Texas program.

Eddie Bull
Executive Director (retired), Texas Association of Student Councils

I have attended the annual NAWD gathering for the past 25 years and have grown professionally because of this great affiliation with so many dedicated student leadership experts. The relationships I have established have enriched my life and strengthened my skills as an advisor and facilitator. The ideas I gain from NAWD I put to use on a regular basis in my daily work. NAWD is the best!

Sandy Hillman
Assistant Principal - Center Grove HS, Greenwood, IN
Associate Director, Advisor Programming - Indiana Assn. of Student Councils

I've been attending NAWD for 20 years, and no conference has helped me more as a teacher, presenter, workshop director, and person. The information and ideas you acquire and the contacts and friendships you make are worth a million dollars. To me NAWD also stands for Never A Wasted Day!

Andy Costanzo
Interboro High School
Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils

To me, NAWD is the shining star of professional development. I look forward to it every year, because I know I'll come home with ideas galore, a dozen new friends from around the country, and a weekend of good-spirited sharing like no other. Once you try it, you'll be hooked!

Nancy Moen
Executive Director - Oregon Association of Student Councils