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https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/positive-outcomes-through-mentor-mindset

Positive Outcomes Through a Mentor Mindset

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving the opportunity to create themselves.” – Steven Spielberg Immersive camp experiences help...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/add-strategic-thinking-your-leadership-program

Add Strategic Thinking to Your Leadership Program

Strategic thinking can’t possibly be for frontline camp staff — or can it? That level of decision-making is historically reserved for owners, directors, and senior management to discuss behind...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beyond-basics-teaching-staff-lead-vulnerability

Beyond the Basics: Teaching Staff to Lead with Vulnerability

Camp’s bells and whistles are great — vivid T-shirts, goofy chants, s’mores by the fire. But what really makes camp life so powerful are the human connections. Your staff have the power to create...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/challenges-triumphs-guide-summer-prep

From Challenges to Triumphs: A Guide to Summer Prep

Time flies and it will be summer before we know it. Each spring is filled with camp pros exclaiming, “I can’t believe it’s already April!” Now is the moment to create a comprehensive plan to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lead-smarter-not-harder

Lead SMARTer, Not Harder

“A leader’s job is not to do the work for others, it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible” (Agarwal, 2024). —...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unlock-staff-excellence-mentorship

Unlock Staff Excellence with Mentorship

This past July, I had an inspiring conversation with Buggi, an assistant director at Liberty Lake Day Camp. Buggi and I have often talked about leadership development, performance management, and...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/character-camp-families

Character at Camp and Families

Character at camp survey results regarding how camps talk about character to their camp families.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camps-spirituality

Camps and Spirituality

Finally the campers are quiet and the flashlights are stowed under the benches. The dark stillness is broken by the chirp of crickets, honking frogs in the nearby pond, and the single call of an owl...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/camp-planning-hiring-marketing-timeline

Camp Planning, Hiring, and Marketing Timeline

Most successful camp owners start planning for summer nine months in advance. Use Sawyer's downloadable guide and planner to never miss a beat and make summer 2025 the best one yet!

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/breaking-down-employment-barriers-through-staff-grants

Breaking Down Employment Barriers Through Staff Grants

Learn how one camp helps address barriers to summer camp employment by paying out grants at the end of the season.