https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lets-have-hard-conversation

My former marketing director had just reviewed a plan with my team to drive traffic and sales into local restaurants. It was full of interesting activities, but the strategy was less clear. When it...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/sponsored/how-manage-your-summer-camp-shadow-covid-19

While camps are reopening, it’s important to be prepared for the fact that operations won’t be the same. From embracing new marketing to collecting different types of data, you’ll need to be ready to...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/advocate-dont-redecorate-how-make-your-summer-camp-work-success

First, I’d like to apologize to the camp directors who had to put up with me as a headstrong and, dare I admit it, know-it-all 18-year-old. To certain directors (you know who you are), please...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-practice-holistic-inclusion-examine-your-implicit-bias

Inclusion is a hot word in the camp industry — and it’s about time. We need to be very intentional about providing support for all our campers (and fellow staff). So how do we holistically serve the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/pace-yourself-self-care-tips-healthful-summer

As a camp counselor or other staff member, you already know the upside to camp — the excitement, fun, laughter, new challenges, lifelong friendships, and so much more. You may also be aware that camp...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lean-users-guide-relational-camping

In her best-selling book Lean In, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg challenged women in the workforce to fight a lack of self-confidence in order to forge fulfilling and rewarding personal and...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/err-human-forgive-good-your-health

How would you feel if you were judged to be no better than the worst mistake you ever made? What if you got caught in a lie? Betrayed a friend? Caused a car accident? What if there was no opportunity...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/behavior-management-steroids-how-turbocharge-reinforcements-consequences-change-kids-behavior

All of your campers want to behave well. It’s just that some of them haven’t learned how to behave well, in certain ways. That’s where you come in.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-49-abuse-prevention-youth-programs

Ju'Riese Colón, CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport and a member of the ACA Board of Directors, joins us for a conversation on abuse prevention, education, and accountability within youth programs...

https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/camp-property-insurance-trends-tactics

Watch the recording As the climate changes, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent...