July Featured Facilitator

A monthly showcase featuring our diverse and talented contract staff. June Featured Facilitator – Nat Morgan Please share any experiences of co-facilitating with Nat or having him as your facilitator on our facebook page. Nat Morgan recently completed an MS in the Environmental Studies program with a concentration in Environmental Education from Antioch University: New England. The … Read more

June Featured Facilitator

A monthly showcase featuring our diverse and talented contract staff. June Featured Facilitator – Greg Urban Please share any experiences of co-facilitating with Greg or having him as your facilitator on our facebook page.  Greg Urban has just started at The Browne Center this year in Youth & Student Programs. When not at the Browne Center, he … Read more

May Featured Facilitator – Connor Garvey

A monthly showcase featuring our diverse and talented contract staff. May Featured Facilitator – Connor Garvey Please share any experiences of co-facilitating with Connor or having him as your facilitator on our facebook page. Connor Garvey has worked with the Browne Center in both Youth and Corporate/Organizational programming since 2010. Having grown up in a family of … Read more

The Drive Discussion Guide #14

  The Drive Discussion Guide #14 by Crystie McGrail   On a recent trip I spent many quality hours traveling via a bus, waiting in an airport and finally on a plane and I used this time to read Drive- The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Dan Pink.  I highly suggest picking up … Read more

2015 Staff Training Video

  Annual Staff Training Our annual staff gathering is an opportunity to share news & updates from the past year, provide an innovative professional development workshop, and continue to build our facilitator community and technical skills. This year provided the usual high energy and dedication that our Browne Center facilitators bring to their work every … Read more

Experiential Debriefs

Experiential Debriefs Debriefing or reflection after or during an activity, or at the end of your program, doesn’t have to be the typical circle with a question and answer format. Changing up your debriefs throughout the program to keep them varied, novel, and experiential keeps everyone engaged. Here is a short example of a debrief … Read more

A Year in Review

A Year in Review A collection of images showcasing some of what happened at The Browne Center during the 2014 year.   Want to learn more about what we do? Call us today!  603.868.1772

What’s up with certification?

What’s up with certification? UNH’s answer to that question when asked by our challenge course students by Tara Flippo, Associate Clinical Faculty in Outdoor Education and Youth Programs Director Students at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) who complete KIN 541, Challenge Course Management class, often do so with questions about what they “qualified” and/or certified … Read more

“Winterizing” Your Ropes Course

“Winterizing” Your Ropes Course By Jeff Frigon The winter of 2015 has brought record snowfalls in the Northeast; upwards of 5 feet in the last month.  We still program in the snow and these unprecedented snowfall numbers in such a short span has added additional challenges to winter use of our course! It was a … Read more

Empathy Explained

  To continue the thread of empathy from Jeff Frigon’s January blog post, this month’s video featuring Dr. Brene Brown offers a clear explanation about why empathy is so vital to connection. Her pithy wit and some great animation capture what we all, at some point, wish to receive when we are having difficulties: recognition … Read more