https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/fill-your-camp-summer-last-minute-social-media-marketing-tips-recruitment
Fill Your Camp Before Summer! Last Minute Social Media Marketing Tips for Recruitment and RetentionSummer is almost here and it’s not too late to sign up more campers! Join us as we explore easy to implement last-minute marketing strategies to help sign up new campers and increase retention rate....
https://www.acacamps.org/blog/challenges-wired-parent-raising-wired-kid
Challenges of a "Wired Parent" Raising a "Wired Kid"Hello Camp Parents! My name is Missy and I am the database administrator for ACA. In this role, I work with a number of our teams to manage information related to the association’s members. But I am...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/prejudiced-pig-inside-your-mind-part-ii-how-see-your-campers-who-they-are-not-what-they-are
The Prejudiced Pig inside Your Mind, Part II: How to See Your Campers for Who They Are, Not What They AreI used to roll my eyes at the mere mention of the word diversity. Four factors explained my defensive rejection of the topic. First, I resented the shortsighted practice of equating diversity with...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/training-social-justice-camp-staff
Training for Social Justice with Camp StaffHow do camps incorporate social justice into staff training programs? Five passionate, experienced, and insightful camp leaders discuss their professional and personal development as social justice...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/coaching-your-campers-better-friendships
Coaching Your Campers to Better Friendships"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other's gold." — Girl Scout song based on a poem by Joseph Parry The classic campfire song "Make New Friends" reminds us that our...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/comeback-kid-learning-lead-summer-camp
The Comeback Kid: Learning to Lead at Summer Camp“Leaders lead. Period.” That truism — while straight and simple — reflects a cornerstone of the leadership training and consulting I do in business, higher education, nonprofit administration, and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-united-across-generational-divide
Camp United: Across the Generational DivideWhich "they" are you? Are you the counselor trying to tell your supervisor that things are not exactly as explained in training and the interview? Or are you the supervisor trying to get counselors...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/knowing-how-play-requires-strategy-structure
Knowing How to Play Requires Strategy and StructurePlay is an important part of how children grow. It is a universal phenomenon that has been passed down from generation to generation as a societal, expressive, and educational practice....
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/communication-down-sideways
Communication: Up, Down, and SidewaysWith so much communication being driven through mobile devices today, it is imperative that you know how to have meaningful face-to-face interactions at camp. You will not be texting your campers...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/six-habits-i-wish-every-counselor-had
Six Habits I Wish Every Counselor HadMany years ago I traveled from my hometown of Boston to four different cities in the United States — Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York — and conducted a series of focus groups with...