https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/business-camp-starting-new-camp
The Business of Camp: Starting a New Camp“It is critical to treat camp like a business or it will absolutely fail, and to know in your head and heart that if you treat camp only as a business it will also fail absolutely; so always...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lessons-urban-day-camp-program-features-help-children-thrive
Lessons from an Urban Day Camp: Program Features That Help Children ThriveI have recently had the privilege of working closely with a newly established day camp called Boston Explorers. This urban day camp has a number of features that make it a unique experience for...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/lens-supervisor-success-meaningful-influence
A Lens for Supervisor Success: Meaningful InfluenceI spent my later teenage summers working at Camp Friendship, where hundreds of guests — adults and children with special needs — enjoy recreational activities. After serving as a junior counselor and...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/camp-old-neighborhood-new-generation
Camp: The Old Neighborhood for a New GenerationEmployers are “observing a lack of critical soft skills such as communication, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking” in today’s youth (Pace, 2012). Really? Schools are more rigorous than...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-speak-so-others-listen
How to Speak So Others ListenWhen you speak, do people listen? More importantly, do they remember what you’ve said? Or, do you feel others simply tolerate or ignore you? If you’ve found yourself repeating messages or fighting to...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/what-were-you-thinking-brain-based-staff-development-strategies
What Were You Thinking? Brain-Based Staff Development StrategiesWhat Were You Thinking? Please read that question over again in your mind; listen to your inner voice’s tone. Too often that question is asked with sarcasm or anger. What if we sincerely ask that...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/tish
From TishIt’s an exciting time for the American Camp Association (ACA) as we continue to grow and adapt, remaining always relevant, open to new ideas, and responsive. Our organization is no different than...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-severe-weather-flood-risks
Risk Management: Severe Weather — Flood RisksExtreme weather events seem to be happening more frequently. The root cause is still the subject of heated debate. Is the severity just a cyclical change, or is global warming precipitating an...
https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/building-principles-if-william-shakespeare-wrote-hed-say-oils-well-ends-well
Building Principles — If William Shakespeare Wrote This, He’d Say: Oil’s Well That Ends WellAhhh, oil! Black gold. Texas tea. At least that’s how the opening to the television show Beverly Hillbillies referred to it. (Anyone else besides me remember black and white TV?) While some folks...
https://www.acacamps.org/resources/2014-golden-quill-golden-lens-winners
2014 Golden Quill and Golden Lens Winners2014 Golden Quill Award Tried and True . . . and Hard to Do: Advancing Camp’s Original Mission Requires Better Precision, Not Better Packaging Chris...