CampHack: Ouareau's Frisbee Golf Course

Beth and I lead a 2-day summer camp senior staff training for the leadership team at Camp Ouareau last week.  Ouareau is a bi-lingual girls camp north of Montreal.

It was a great program that introduced our new staff supervision model: T.I.M.E and S.P.A.C.E. with Grace.

While we were there I filmed a CampHacks video featuring their inexpensive disk golf course.

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Ouareau summer camp built an inexpensive frisbee golf course using material from their local hardware store. Ouareau (http://www.Ouareau.com) is an all-girls bi-lingual camp north of Montreal. If you like their cool way of Camphacking. You can listen to their director, Gabrielle Raill, on the podcast at http://CampHacker.org/camphacker-shows-listen-here

Global Arts To Go - Tri-State Vendor Profile

CampHacker was excited to get to speak to so many of the great vendors at the Tri-State Camp Conference in March.   We will be posting videos from them over the next month.

In this video:  Global Arts To Go - Leadership Training, Music Programs, Dance Programs

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Being a CampHacker Podcast Co-Host

Many people have asked us about joining the conversation as a CampHacker Summer Camp Podcast co-host.   We are always eager to have a new voice or two on the show.     Watch our "Being a Co-Host" video and let us know if you are interested.  We record every other Tuesday, usually at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Thank you for being a part of the CampHacker podcast for summer camp directors and leaders! It's quite simple to set up for your conversation with us. We just wanted to take a minute to talk through the process with you. You will need: - a quiet space - a computer with a Skype account (or not...

Marketing Your Camp To Parents (video) - Nancy Shenker

Focus your summer camp marketing

Camps can reach out the the right prospective parents if they are conscientious about their marketing.

When we were at the Tri-State Camp Conference I had the honour of interviewing Nancy Shenker, CEO of theONswitch about her presentation "How to WOW Parents".

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How can summer camps help parents looking to make a decision about camp? With a little research camps can understand how to reach the right parents. Nancy explains some simple techniques to better communicate your "WOW factor". CampHacker Travis Allison interviews Nancy Shenker, marketing specialist, from http://www.theONswitch.com http://camphacker.org

The Lock Trick - CampHacker Video

CampHackers are the kind of people who look at everything about summer camp and think "How can we do this better?".   CampHackers see an everyday problem and think outside of the box.  CampHackers are our kind of people.

This is how it all started: the CampHacker videos.

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Welcome to Episode 1 of Camp Hacker! We would love to hear your feedback and to see your own camp hacks. Leave us a message here or email us your video to info@walkingmaverick.com. Coming Soon: http://www.CampHacker.org Mentioned in this Episode: http://www.campcouchiching.com/ http://www.easterseals.org/services/camp/default.asp?load=facilities.woodeden.directions