https://www.acacamps.org/blog/children-summer-camp-researchers-delve-parent-anxiety-what-do-about-it

When Bridget Trogden and her husband sent their son, Jacob, to camp last month, she was understandably nervous about sending her 12-year old to an overnight program. The week-long residential...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/data-visualization-camps-makeover-edition

Greetings Camp Evaluators!  Today’s post is the first in a series built around ACA’s newest industry research: the ...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/care-ing-camp-committee-advancement-research-evaluation

Hello Camp Evaluators! Spring is a busy time for camp people — with the ACA National Conference, several major regional conferences, and annual camp preparations, it is hard to believe camp people...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/more-exciting-research-finding-keeping-great-staff

Hello Camp Evaluators!  In my last post, I wrote about ACA’s Impact Study and some of the things we are learning as we launch Phase 1.  What I didn’t share is a second exciting ACA...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/calming-camper-conflicts

Conflicts between kids at summer camp can arise for a wide variety of reasons. Here are some steps to help guide you through conflict resolution.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/four-secrets-effective-human-interaction-camp

When you agreed to work at camp, you immediately made the decision to have fun, challenge yourself, and change lives. While the format to accomplish this will be provided for you by your camp, the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/unleashed-power-you-alignment-engagement-part-1

Dear Camp Counselor: This summer you will join, figuratively, with more than 320,000 staff working at some 2,400 accredited camps serving more than 7.4 million children nationwide (ACA, 2013). And...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fumble-recovery-transforming-string-failures-robust-success

This article shows summer camp counselors how to turn past and present failures into future successes.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/begin-end-mind

The first thing summer camp counselors should do going into camp season is decide how they want campers to remember them once the season ends.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/5-year-impact-study-update-3-lessons-learned-so-far

Hello Camp Evaluators! If you are new to the Research 360 blog, you’ll see that our posts fall into three main categories: camp evaluation tips and tricks, creating powerful charts and reports,...