New Sources of Revenue for Summer Camps - CampHacker #6

How do you grow your camp business in the non-summer seasons?

Happy New Year, Everyone!.  Dan, Joe, Gab and I talk this week about ways that camps can increase their revenue out side of the summer camp months.  It was great to hear each perspective: Dan's camps run year round with a major Outdoor Ed. component, Joe's camp uses rental group revenue to subsidize their summer program and at Gab's they ran Outdoor Ed. for 5 years and then decided that it wasn't the right program for Ouareau.

What does your camp do that no others do to bring in extra revenue?

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Year End Business Review for Summer Camps - CampHacker #5

What will happen this summer at camp?

In this week's podcast we talk about the developments we saw in the summer camp world over 2010.

We were sorry to miss Gab this week - she is busy with exams and finishing up her design course in England.  Dan, Joe and I had a really great time talking about some of the things we noticed looking back on this year.

Have you noticed any changes in camping in the past year or so?

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Accredited Summer Camps - CampHacker #4

Getting Accredited by the American Camps Association (or you local association)

It was a great pleasure to chat today with Dave Bell from CampLeadership.org about the value of camp association accreditation - for the camps and for the visitors themselves.

We missed having Dan, Gab and Joe on this episode and I look forward to our last recording before taking some time off for Christmas.

Is your camp accredited?   Have you found that process a help or a hinderance to being a better summer camp?

Leave us an answer in the comments below.

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Summer Camp Staff Interviews - CampHacker #3

How to interview staff for a summer job

In this episode Dan, Gab, Joe and I take some time to talk through their interview processes.  When you listen you'll hear just how differently each camp does it and get some great ideas for your own hiring.

It's funny how circumstances have meant such a different process for each of us: for Dan does a lot of Skype interviews, Gab talks to each person new to Ouareau at least 3 times, Joe meets everyone in person, at the camp that Beth & I used to direct we didn't do interviews but had a different process all-together.

I think you'll get at lot out of this one!

What did you do at your camp to make sure you get the right people for the job?  Leave us an answer in the comments below.

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