Mark Collard

Mark Collard
Collard at ACA Conference '08
Born	December 20, 1964 (1964-12-20) (age 46) Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Education	Chisholm Institute of Technology, Clarkson University
Occupation	Adventure Educator
Known for	Project Adventure facilitator and top-selling author of 'No Props' & 'Count Me In'
Website
www.markcollard.com

Mark Collard is a key figure in the professional development of adventure education in Australia, and was instrumental in the development of Project Adventure in the early 1990s.^[1]

Education

Collard graduated from Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia in 1985. In 1987, Collard received a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship to study for his MBA at Clarkson University, NY.^[2]

Project Adventure

He worked as a management consultant with Horwath & Horwath Services for 2 years before pursuing a 6 month internship with Project Adventure in Hamilton, MA. Collard became one of the first Certified Trainers for Project Adventure in Australia, and began to develop the business of Project Adventure Australia in 1991.^[1] Collard continues to be Project Adventure's only Certified Trainer in Australia.

During his ten years with Project Adventure Australia, Collard delivered a wide-variety of public enrollment and custom adventure-based learning programs for school, corporations and community groups all over Australia, New Zealand, south-east Asia and the USA. He has presented dozens of keynote speeches and practical sessions at various state, national and international conferences.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} Collard has worked freelance since 2000, and is noted as one of Australia's leading adventure educators.^[8]

Other activities

Collard is registered as an expert witness for adventure education litigation with the County Court, Victoria.^[9]

Collard is the author of the top-selling^[10] adventure education titles No Props: Great Games with No Equipment ^[11] and Count Me In: Large Group Activities That Work ^[12] both published by Project Adventure Inc.

Bibliography

• No Props: Great Games with No Equipment (1996) ISBN 0-646-29708-2
• No Props: Great Games with No Equipment (2005) ISBN 0-934387-05-02
• Count Me In: Large Group Activities That Work (2008) ISBN 978-0-934387-30-9
• Inspired Activity e-zine monthly e-newsletter, distributed since 2008

References

1. ^ ^{a b} InspireYourGroup, Collard's biography.
2. ^ Google Books entry for No Props, describing Collard's educational background.
3. ^ Conference session Adventure Leadership: Processing Techniques, Australian Camps Association Conference, October 2006
4. ^ Outdoor Education journal article We Should Take Fun More Seriously, Journeys, February 2007, Victorian Outdoor Education Association Inc
5. ^ Conference session Effective Programming: Your Approach Is Everything, 15th National Outdoor Education Conference, 24 September, 2007
6. ^ Conference practical session No Props To No Flops, Outdoor Recreation Industry Council Conference, Sydney NSW, August 2008
7. ^ Conference keynote address Excellence In Teams, YMCA State Conference, Sydney NSW, March 2010
8. ^ [1] Victorian Outdoors Conference 2010, June 2010
9. ^ Camping Magazine article The Electric Fence: To Use Or Not To Use?, Connections Magazine, June 1998, Camping Association of Victoria Inc
10. ^ Wilderdom, No Props recommended activity book.
11. ^ InspireYourGroup, No Props publication details.
12. ^ InspireYourGroup, Count Me In publication details.

External links

• Collard's professional website
• InspireYourGroup - Collard's adventure education biography

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Name	Collard, Mark
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Date of birth	20 December 1964
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
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