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The Insight Program
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Outward Bound is for everybody, and it can happen anywhere.
Our Insight programs bring high quality character development to your learning community. We meet your participants where they are at with day experiences delivered inside the school day or on the weekend.
Thanks to generous funding from donors and foundations, Voyageur Outward Bound is able to partner with your SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY or YOUTH-SERVING NONPROFIT, and bring Outward Bound Insight programs to your students.
We help you and your young people build community and character!
Outward Bound is all about building skills for life. Outward Bound helps people identify their strengths, and increase their confidence through fun, hands-on, experiences with peers and caring instructors.
Insight Program Options
We offer 3 kinds of Insight programming:
Discovery Insight– a shorter single day for a taste of Outward Bound
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- Best for getting to know Outward Bound, exploring collaboration, and laying the foundations for team building.
- Ages 12 and up
- Groups of 10 or more
Single Insight—a complete single day of stand alone Outward Bound adventure and discovery
- Best for a larger community tone set, a special bonding opportunity, or team building event
- Ages 12 and up
- Groups of 10 or more
Insight Series—a series of sequenced single day adventures to build community over time
- Best for transformative character-building, deeper belonging, and lasting confidence
- Ages 12 and up
- 4-6 Insight days across the school year
- Groups of 10 or more
Insight Activities
Insight activities in the Twin Cities can include:
- Team building
- Wilderness Skills
- Winter Skills & Snowshoeing
- Nordic Skiing
- Rock Climbing
- Canoeing
Insight Impact
Insight pairs experiential learning with hands-on social-emotional skill-building. Below you’ll find Outward Bound’s Domains of Thriving – the core of our program. Every program day focuses on one or more Domains.
Don't Just Take Our Word for It
Voyageur surveys all students in our programming. We are proud to report that outcomes for our Insight programming are some of the highest across the Outward Bound USA network. Our Insight students grow in each Domain of Thriving, with remarkably high outcomes in Teamwork, Self-Awareness and Perseverance.
Upon completion of the 2024-25 Insight series, this percentage of students agreed or strongly agreed with these statements:
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97%: “I am excited to keep learning about myself and others”
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99%: “I am more aware of how to support those around me”
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97%: “I have gained confidence to try new things”
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95%: “I feel more connected to people in my group”
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We can work with your school, college or nonprofit to design and deliver an Insight program that’s just right for your participants and your learning community.
We are currently filling openings for Fall 2026. Reach out now!
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