Venture Out! Programs
Venture Out! at Camp Joy is the regional choice for businesses, organizations, and universities who enhance their team development and leadership development through experiential education. Our clients utilize our expertise in combining proven research, impactful curriculum, and fantastic facilitation within our environment to create real change. Venture Out! works to create custom, outcome focused programs using our internal curriculum, clients internal curriculum, and high quality facilitators who deliver results. Listed below is curriculum that we may begin with when working with clients:
TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team
Building Team Identity
Earning Trust
Creating Mutual Understanding
Unleashing Creativity
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The Venture Out! Team
Kelly Kessler
VO! Program Coordinator/Adjunct Facilitator
- 937 289 2031
- kellykessler@camp-joy.org
After graduating from Ohio State, Kelly spent several years facilitating groups with identified Middle and High School students throughout Franklin County. She moved to Cincinnati in 1996 and started working with the Alcohol and Chemical Abuse Council in Butler County, where she continued to work with young people in a Learn More
Otis Williams
Venture Out Director
- 937 289 9137
- otiswilliams@camp-joy.org
Otis Williams is the founder and President/CEO of Otis Williams Limitless, a personal development firm that teaches people how to train their fear so they can live free and share their gifts with the world. He is a highly sought-after award-winning speaker, facilitator, seminar leader, and personal growth coach. Otis Learn More
Joel Morris
Venture Out! Client Account Manager
- 937 289 9147
- joelmorris@camp-joy.org
Joel Morris grew up fairly close to Camp Joy in the small town of Leesburg Ohio. It was there that he developed his love for the outdoors, and adventure. Joel attended Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio and obtained a degree in Ecotourism and Adventure Travel. Upon completion of his studies, Learn More
The flow and transition of entire two days was awesome. 30 hours felt like 30 days in terms of growth.
Class Member Evaluation
Leadership Northern Kentucky has had a relationship with Joy Outdoor Education Center for 12 years now. The grounds and facilities are a real retreat from our everyday routine; but it is the professional and very qualified staff that brings us back year after year. They work with us to create an experience for our class members that are relevant, personal to the participant and FUN!
Ruth A. Eger, Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Leadership Foundation
“For years we used a traditional “off-site” method for our annual planning meeting. This year we wanted to try something different. Something that would get our team to better understand what makes each other tick. Joy Leadership & Development corporate training delivered all that and more. The agenda was custom designed to our needs, and the activities targeted areas we wanted to work. All our participants left with a better understanding of each other and our organization’s mission, goals and direction.”
Colonel Craig Harm, former Vice-Commander at WPAFB NASIC