The CampHacker Podcast

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! We all know that volunteers really are the life-blood of our organizations. If you have a good list of volunteers with a variety of skills, and a good list of tasks for them, then you will undoubtedly have a program that is always looking spiffy and have some awesome, hand-made stuff. CampHackers Travis, Joe and returning guest David Gill from Fernc...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! As seasoned camping professionals, you know how to greet your camp families well. You always know their name, greet them with a firm handshake and know how to make good, intentional conversation. But what happens on opening day when you too occupied with running camp to meet and talk with every-single parent on site? On this episode of the CampHacke...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Video marketing doesn't have to be something that drains both your fiscal and time budget. Using your camp's message along with some great tips from the CampHackers, this podcast will lay the foundations for you to start using video to show the world what your camp is really about.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnost...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! This episode, CampHackers Gab, Joe and Dan get together to share not only some awesome ideas that can be included in your campfires, but how the philosophy of your campfires can, and should, reflect the culture of your camp                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! CampHackers Dan, Gab and Travis get together to share some of the best dining room practices in the summer camp industry.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! We all know that working at summer camp is an incredibly stressful job. There never seems to be a break anymore! In this week's CampHacker podcast, we talk through ways that we can cope with the increasing demands of the most important job we'll ever have.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https:...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! On the podcast this week, CampHackers Travis, Gab and Joe discuss Camp Culture. The CampHackers explore how a camp’s core values are realized through the culture that your camp emits.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! It was so nice to have Ange Atkinson from Camp Lantern Creek back on with us for her second appearance on the podcast. Our discussion for this show centres around how we find NEW sources of professional education. Where do we look, outside the summer camp world to grow our biggest skills?                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! This week on the podcast CampHackers Travis, Beth, Dan and Joe get together about why Summer Camps are incredible collaborators and how they can be even better.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! This show. THIS is the moment that CampHacker was created for. We had the best discussion today. Joe had the awesome idea to talk about what it would be like to start a camp from scratch. If you weren't burdened by tradition (and a property) what would you do differently?                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Our Best Summer Camp Marketing Tips Podcast:  Subscribe in  iTunes   |  Stitcher App             Podcast:  Subscribe in  iTunes   |  Stitcher App Want to get your fall rolling with fast, effective marketing tips?  This is the show for you! Gab and I had a chance to do one of our favourite kind of shows - rapid-fire, back-and-forth answers to questio...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! On today's show we talked about ways to make sure you have a great Staff Training Week. Each of us shared 3 or 4 of our best ideas - the things that we know will have an impact on how your camp runs this summer.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Giving camp parents an experience that they will remember and recommend to their friends is one of the most important aspects of our job. There are many opportunities to give them a “WOW”. I know I say each of the podcasts was awesome… because it’s true! This one is no different. Listen in to hear Marc Cooper (Camp Tamarack director) blow our minds...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! Getting one summer’s staff ready for the next summer is a job that takes about a year and a half. As we begin a new camp season we should already be looking at who we should get ready to take on more responsibility the following summer. In this show (welcome back frequent co-host Paul Sheridan!) we take apart the job of getting people ready to move...

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! In our last Family Camp episode we talked about some of the big reasons why a Family Camp session (or 3!) would help your summer camp. On this episode we shared some great ideas of how camps can promote the program.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! It is getting to that time of the year when directors get that nervous feeling in their stomach - will we be full or won’t we? There is still plenty of time to get more kids in camp this summer.                 Our free Resilient Camp Blueprint diagnostic is available at: https://camp.mba/travis

Have some feedback? A topic suggestion? Text us! We’ve had lots of discussions on the Camp Pros group on Facebook about how we talk to staff about putting their campers first. I think that is essential to what we do. However, it was a great little reminder of our camp director responsibilities when Joel Egbert reached out to me and suggested we focus, for one episode, on putting staff first.      ...