The Camp Owners Podcast

That’s a Wrap on Season 1 of the Camp Owners Podcast What a fun first season! A big thanks to Howie and Kelly for embarking on this adventure with Go Camp Pro and camp owners around the world. In this episode, Kelly and Howie recap their biggest takeaways from the first season and how it has impacted them as they move forward towards a strange season of camp. Finally, Howie and Kelly talk about wh...

Does virtual staff training bring you to tears? Well have no fear, Michael Brandwein is here! Among the many things on camp owners’ minds during the current landscape related to summer camp and COVID-19 is what this means for staff and staff training.  If we have to pivot from how we’ve traditionally trained staff, how we can execute a staff training that is engaging, effective, sets the tone for...

One of the best investments a Camp Owner can make is time spent on building a great staff training. For a lot of full-time camp owners and professionals, staff training is the best part of the job. Many of us got into this industry because we love to teach and work with youth. Then, the cold hard realities of budgets, insurance and property tax sets in and it feels like we lose a bit of what inspi...

What we know about COVID-19 and how it is affecting summer camps as of March 31st, 2020. Things are changing fast in the COVID-19 world. With camps being forced to make some huge decisions, Howie and Kelly wanted to bring you this conversation from the perspective of Camp Owners and Directors.  With a topic this big, we’ve brought back one of the big guns, Sir Steve, himself! A big thanks to Steve...

For full show notes and resources, visit http://gocamp.pro/ownerspod Your campers may want to come back, but the parents ultimately make that decision! Here’s how to manage their expectations to help them choose your camp again and again. Parents and care-givers are the decision-makers. You can have a great program and great staff, but if you aren’t assessing, managing and responding to parent exp...

Camp Owners - You DO deserve a work-life balance! Camp Directors work HARD. Our summers are 24/7 and even in the offseason, the emotional nature of what we do often leads to us saying “yes” to more than we usually should. The late-night parent phone calls, the desire to answer every email right away or any number of things can tear our focus away from our lives outside of the camp world. Family, p...

Welcome to The Camp Owners Podcast!  Whether you are a Camp Owner, an aspiring camp owner, or a lover of some of our other Go Camp Pro podcasts, we’re so happy to have you here.  The Camp Owners Podcast is here to explore a side of the summer camp world that is experienced by those that have the privilege of running an independent program. On this podcast, our hosts, Howie Grossinger and Kelly Sch...