https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/character-culture-community-creating-powerful-staff-recruitment-retention-tools
Character, Culture, and Community: Creating Powerful Staff Recruitment and Retention ToolsTogether, character, culture, and community set camps up for strong staff recruitment and retention success — two things many camps struggle with. The Cs provide a solid foundation and become part of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/campfire-kitchen-table-communication-builds-trust
From Campfire to Kitchen Table: Communication That Builds TrustTrust doesn’t just happen — it’s built, word by word, conversation by conversation, long before the first camper ever steps onto the property. Why Communication Matters We’ve all had those...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fitting-belonging-help-campers-staff-thrive-together
From Fitting in to Belonging: Help Campers and Staff Thrive Together"When you go out into the woods and you look at trees . . . you appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that . . . That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/beyond-balance-sheet-why-your-organizations-culture-your-most-important-financial-asset
Beyond the Balance Sheet: Why Your Organization’s Culture Is Your Most Important Financial AssetAt camp, we talk a lot about culture because, ultimately, culture impacts everything. Culture is where thoughts, feelings, and behaviors intertwine and come to life. As a profession, we are really...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/you-dont-have-be-salesperson%C2%A0-camp-professionals-guide-comfortable-marketing
You Don’t Have to Be a Salesperson: A Camp Professional’s Guide to Comfortable MarketingSharing the moments you already witness can become the most effective marketing you’ll ever do. Most camp professionals carry more job titles than anyone could reasonably fit on a business card....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/coaching-fragile-staff%C2%A0techniques-decrease-defensiveness-increase-resilience
Coaching Fragile Staff: Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Increase ResilienceDo important people respect me? Do I belong here? Am I seen as competent? These internal questions shape how young people hear and respond to feedback. The Staff Coaching Challenge If...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/we-all-have-superpower-character-conversation-angus-fletcher
We All Have a Superpower: A Character Conversation with Angus FletcherAngus Fletcher, PhD, is a professor of story science at Ohio State University’s Project Narrative, the group’s main objective being to promote leading-edge research and education in the field of...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-gets-watered-will-grow-including-you
What Gets Watered Will Grow (Including You!)"Do not water the plants! Thank you." I actually took a photo of that very sign at an airport’s TSA line. The intent was to deter someone like me, who had forgotten to empty their...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/energy-enthusiasm-find-your-sweet-spot
Energy & Enthusiasm: Find Your Sweet SpotOptimize energy and enthusiasm at camp. Learn how camp staff can adjust energy levels, maintain engagement, and use a simple system to stay effective all summer.
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/games-activities-strengthen-positive-mental-health
Games and Activities That Strengthen Positive Mental Health“Remember this — every member of your staff and every camper in your program has been through a traumatic experience!” One of my absolute favorite ACA National Conference moments came a few years...