GUEST SPEAKER GUIDE
Welcome to the fam. We're pumped you're here.
This is your one-stop-shop for everything you need to feel prepared, loved on, and ready to absolutely light up a room full of girls this summer.
Before you scroll. We asked you because we know our girls need to see exactly what you have to give. Your story, your voice, the way you've walked through something hard and come out brighter on the other side. So consider this page our virtual hug. Watch the videos, poke around, screenshot the cheat sheet, and text us when/if you have a question!
WATCH THIS FIRST
A quick hello from us 👋🏻
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ABOUT CAMP
More Than Just a Summer Camp.
Pursue More Summer Camp is a five-day, purpose-driven experience for girls ages 10–18 designed for families who want more than a place to pass the time this summer.
This is where fun and growth meet.
For one intentional week, girls step into an environment that goes beyond entertainment and scheduled activities. They’ll be immersed in experiences & conversations that help them build confidence, strengthen friendships, and develop real-life skills they’ll use long after summer ends.
Campers are surrounded by:
✔ Women who model confidence, integrity, and leadership, not trends, popularity or pressure
✔ A community that minimizes comparison and drama so girls can focus on confidence, connection, and growth
✔ Experiences designed to help her form her own opinions, speak up with clarity, and trust herself in real-life moments
We built camp because we wished it had existed for us when we were twelve. The hallways are a lot. The world is louder. The messages girls are getting about their worth are harder than ever before to filter. So we made a place that's the opposite of all of it. A place where they're seen for who they are, heard when they speak up, loved without conditions, and empowered to take up space
You're one of the women they get to meet this week. And that, my friend, is not a small thing.
Camp runs Monday through Friday. Guest speakers like you join us Tuesday through Friday from 10:45 AM to 12:00 PM. You've got one hour to change the trajectory of someone's life. No pressure — but also, kind of.
5
Days of Camp
4
Days of Guest Speakers
60 MINS
of Your Time
1
Unforgettable Experience
WHAT WE TEACH
THE CURRICULUM, THE FRAMEWORK, AND HOW YOUR STORY FITS IN
Everything we teach at camp runs through our signature P.O.W.E.R. framework. It's the foundations of every conversation, every activity, every speaker & every detail of their experience. Your job isn't to teach the curriculum or hit on all five letters, it's to let your story land in a way that edifies what we've been talking about all along.
MONDAY
PERSPECTIVE
Helping girls zoom out. The hard moment they're in isn't the whole story. & their way isn't the only way.
TUESDAY
OWNERSHIP
Owning their choices, their voices, and their reactions/responses to other people.
WEDNESDAY
WORTHINESS
Knowing they were enough before they did anything to earn it.
THURSDAY
EMPOWERMENT
Taking up space. Going first. Doing it scared and trying, even if you know you might fail.
FRIDAY
REASSURANCE
This is where we reassure them that they have everything they need.
YOUR TIME WITH US
HOW TO FORMAT YOUR TALK
An hour with teens and tweens is its own beautiful beast. Winging it is risky, over-scripting is worse, and the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle. The video walks through our recommended flow. Here's the TL;DR:
Your hour, roughly:
- 20 to 40 minutes: Your talk, your story, your message
- 20 to 40 minutes: An interactive piece you lead (an activity, exercise, conversation, anything that gets them in it with you)
- 5 to 10 minutes: Q&A and all the hugs
Why the interactive piece matters: These girls don't learn by being talked at. They learn by being in it. The most memorable speaker hours we've ever had weren't the most polished, they were the ones where the girls were on their feet, writing on something, voting, sharing, laughing, getting it.
A QUICK NOTE
WHAT WE DON'T COVER AND WHY
Camp is a sacred space, and we protect it fiercely.
Because of that, there are a few topics we don’t lead with:
- Politics
- Religion
- Sex/gender
This isn’t because these topics aren’t important—they are. And it's likely they'll come up in conversation throughout the week.
But our belief is this: if we can equip girls with the tools to show up as their most POWERFUL selves—
- understanding their own perspective (and making room for others)
- taking ownership of their words and actions
- building a deep sense of worthiness and empowerment
- learning how to reassure themselves when things don’t go as planned
—then they’ll be far more prepared to navigate those bigger, harder conversations with confidence, empathy, and self-trust when they encounter them outside of camp.
Every girl who walks through our doors comes from a different family, a different home, a different set of beliefs. Our promise to them is that camp would be a place where every single one of them feels seen, heard, loved & empowered regardless of what their household looks like.
If your story bumps up against any of these, we'd genuinely love to chat through how to tell it without leading with the topic itself.
DAY-OF LOGISTIC
YA KNOW, THE IMPORTANT STUFF
Dress code 👗 🛍️ 🛼
Dress code: Dress however makes you feel your most confident. If that's jeans and sneakers, amazing. If that's sequins and sparkles, also amazing. The girls are going to tell you they love your outfit and make you feel like a million bucks regardless, so the only person you're dressing for is you. We just want you walking through those doors feeling like your best self.
A heads up on the setup: We'll have a chair for you if you want to sit. If you're more of a stand-and-pace-the-room kind of speaker, that works too. We've also had speakers cozy up with the girls right on the floor. When we said this is a different kind of talk, we really meant it.
What to bring 💐🪞🪩
Anything that helps your story stick. Past speakers have brought:
- A printed handout (a worksheet, a reflection page, a checklist of affirmations)
- A craft or activity (vision board supplies, friendship bracelet kits, sticky-note exercises)
- A small memento for each girl to take home (a sticker, a card, a bookmark, a charm)
- Visuals (a short slideshow, a photo album, a before-and-after)
Hall of Fame
Some of the women who've come before you
The question we get most often from speakers is some version of: "wait, what does a good hour actually look like?" So we built a Hall of Fame. A scroll-through of past speakers, what they spoke about, and what they did with the girls. Use it for inspiration, steal the structure, and make it your own. Remember the hour is yours & we are here to support.
Melanie Peralta
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Year one, owning your essence (your character, your vision, your passion, your expression). Year two, your aura, which was perfectly timed with how aura-everything took over the internet. Her interactive: A fill-in worksheet she walked the girls through during her hour.
Alex Bradberry
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: The beauty that's already in you. Alex's whole thing is showing women they don't need to become someone else to feel beautiful, and the girls eat it up. Her interactive: Rotates each year. From making lip gloss together to trying on Sparkle Bar favorites like eye patches and facial misters.
Dani Christakos
Her talk: Owning the curveballs life throws at you. Not pretending they're not curveballs, but making something beautiful with them anyway. Her interactive: Flower arranging. Every camper built her own bouquet, and the room ended up filled with arrangements that looked nothing alike. Driving Dani's whole point home: every journey looks different, on purpose.
Ginger Hamilton
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Finding her voice and carving her own path as an artist. Her interactive: Each girl picked a power word, something that described her and made her feel strong. Then they graffitied their words onto a blank backdrop we provided.
Alexes Hudson
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Pairing your talent with what's on your heart is often how your real superpower shows up. Her interactive: Two parts. First, teaching the girls how to walk into a room with real confidence. Second, a little dance number they learned together.
Lindsey Zastrow
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Your inner mean girl. How we let her drive the car way too often, and what it looks like to put her in the backseat instead. Lindsey shared that even though life looks great on the outside: cute outfits, big stages etc.. she still gets a visit from her mean girl. Her interactive: The girls identified and named their inner mean girl.
Mandy Case
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Life is improv. You don't know what's coming, and the most prepared people aren't the ones with a script, they're the ones who are ready to roll with the scene. Her interactive: Actual improv. Big-group games first, then breaking into smaller groups. One of our biggest hits every time she comes.
Christy Anderson
Her talk: Your internal board of directors. We all have a sassy side, a level-headed side, a hot head, a peacemaker. The trick is knowing which one belongs at the head of the table when. (You don't want the reactive one running a big decision.) Her interactive: A board of directors worksheet. The girls mapped out their different sides and decided who they wanted leading in different situations.
Dr. Brooke Jeffy
Her talk: Real-deal skin health. What works, what doesn't, and the TikTok trends to skip (looking at you, UV index challenge). Her interactive: Open Q&A plus a try-on of every skin protectant tool she could fit in her bag: giant sun hats, driving gloves, face masks, UV shirts, the works.
Katie Foshie
Her talk: What it actually looks like to build a brand. What companies order, why, & how a brand shows up to its clients & team. She brought Girls Mentorship gear she designed for us, to hit her point home Her interactive: A client brief. The girls filled out prompts like "your client is [blank] and they need [blank], what would you recommend and why?" A mini agency in action.
Stephanie Deleon
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Why mental health matters, and what it looks like to actually take care of yours. Her interactive: The girls broke into small groups and filmed an ad for camp, pitching why a girl who's struggling should come.
Ana Valdez
Her talk: Not fitting the mold in fashion. Why the number on the tag means almost nothing (you can be a 2 in one brand and a 10 in the next), and what actually matters when you're picking clothes. Her interactive: Hands-on. The girls felt different fabrics and compared sizing across brands so they could see for themselves what's really going on.
Lauren and Kaelyn Putz
Their talk: What high school was actually like as twins. Same school, different friends, different sports, and what it felt like to get ready to leave home (and each other) for the first time as collegent athletes Their interactive: A no-holds-barred Q&A. The girls had a million questions. Lauren and Kaelyn answered every one.
Risa Kostis
(Multi-year speaker)
Her talk: Beauty is so much more than the clothes you put on, and confidence is the one outfit that always helps to put on. Her interactive: Rotates each year. Power walks down a runway with feather boas, the girls reading confidence creeds out loud, and saying affirmations into mirrors she brought.
Kimberly Miller
Her talk: The truth about acne. What causes it, what helps, what hurts, and the TikTok trends she'd run from. Her interactive: A long, open Q&A. The girls asked everything under the sun. Kimberly answered everything they threw her way.
THE PRACTICAL STUFF
Where Are You Going?
Showing up on time and to the right place is half the battle. Here's everything you need to be successful in that department.
Location: Rancho Solano Preparatory School
9180 E. Via de Ventura
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
*Important Note*
Rancho Solano has TWO campuses. When you search for it in Apple Maps, the Greenway location pops up first. THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT LOCATION‼️
Parking: Once you turn onto 90th street & you're headed north, you will make your first right & stay to the right. You will pass by a guard shack & through a gate. You'll see a football field + basketball court & then the gymnasium building, keep going, don't park here. Drive until you are in front of the second building on campus, The Academic Building, this is where are setup. Park anywhere you'd like in that lot & head towards the front entrance which is two sets of double doors, where several campers will excitedly greet you.
Arrival: We ask that you're there by 10:45 AM, you can come earlier if you'd like but your portion of the morning will officially start at 11:00 AM.
Day-of contact:
Mary 719-684-4379
Jill 719-250-8758
You can call or text but it's likely a text will get seen & responded to faster!
