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https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/closer-look-facility-fun
Closer Look: Facility FunWelcome to the Closer Look Video Series. This recorded on-demand video is one of many that is part of a large library of accreditation related resources offered through ACA called the ACA...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/covid-19-toma-de-decisiones-en-medio-de-la-incertidumbre
COVID-19: Toma de Decisiones en Medio de la IncertidumbreEs una pandemia. Nadie sabe lo suficiente. Dicen que puede durar de 12 a 18 meses. Quizás más. La información cambia día a día. A veces más rápido. Hay una...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/your-roadmap-successful-camp-alumni-program
Your Roadmap to a Successful Camp Alumni ProgramThe passion of many former campers, staff, and other individuals associated with camp is undeniable. The ability to harness that passion toward efforts that can support camp — through active...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/facilitating-meaningful-conversations-socially-distant-age
Facilitating Meaningful Conversations in the "Socially Distant" AgeWe love to talk about resiliency and grit in the camp industry, and as this difficult year comes to a close, our entire industry is living those values in real time as we attempt to dust ourselves...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/posterity-using-time-capsules-capture-camp
For Posterity: Using Time Capsules to Capture CampIt was the spring of 2016 when I received a call from the current director of Many Point Camp in Minnesota. Having been the director of Many Point for 25 years, I was used to a call inviting me to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/bad-blood-how-succeed-succession-who-wins-who-loses
Bad Blood? How to Succeed at Succession — Who Wins and Who LosesSuccession at summer camp can mean many things: succession of ownership, of leadership, or of culture. Of course, these may happen separately, in close proximity, or all at once. In any case, each...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/capturing-inclusive-camp-experiences-teens-without-disabilities-through-photography-dialogue
Capturing the Inclusive Camp Experiences of Teens with and without Disabilities through Photography and DialogueAcross the country, summer camps are an integral part of children’s traditional summer experiences. Unfortunately, the same may not be true for children with disabilities. Representing only 3 percent...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/whats-next-future-facilitation
What’s Next? The Future of FacilitationPredicting the future isn’t in my job description, but then neither was converting everything I knew about real-world facilitation then transferring it to virtual space. If I’m right, years from now...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/dont-be-donkey
Don't Be a DonkeyThat’s always good advice, but this past summer we had to be reminded of it repeatedly. For us it meant spending a little time thinking about Buridan’s donkey. Jean Buridan was a 14th-century...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-essential-age-screens
Camp Is Essential in an Age of ScreensCamp has never been a more critical part of Generation-Z’s year-round learning landscape and core social and emotional development. Just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pew Research Center surveyed...