Fantastic Family Camps - CampHacker #64

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Family Camps can be an awesome option for camps. Our co-hosts were unanimous in their support for the idea.

Here's are some of the reason's that we all love family camp:

  • It's a great way to give staff a break from the routine of the summer.  Some of us have camps that run at the beginning of the summer (and give staff a "practice" for the season), in the middle (a time off for some staff and a reward to work Family Camp for others), and at the send of the season (a strong farewell to the summer).
  • Family Camp allows families to "try" camp for their kids.  It's a perfect soft introduction to the routines, songs and food.
  • Family Camp allows parent's to get a feel for the people who will be looking after their children.   It builds trust. 

We hope you enjoy this show.  If you have any questions please let us know.

We're going to do a Part II episode shortly where we'll focus on what programs to run and how to promote your Family Camp.

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Travis - Body Beats Cards: 
Joe - Don’t Drown in Email! How to use Gmail more effectively:
Megan - Family Camp Impacts Research Project
Marty - Whole Brain Child
Heather - Pinterest

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Facebook Secrets for Super Summer Camp Marketing - CampHacker #63

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I'm so grateful to Blake Sunshine of SocialSummerCamp.com for joining me on this webinar.   I've chosen to put it up as a podcast (you can watch the YouTube version here or click along on the slides below).

The format of the webinar was pretty simple: I talk about great Facebook Content and Blake helps us understand how to create effective Facebook Advertisements.

No TOWs this week, sorry!

Building Relationships with Camp Alumni - CampHacker #62

Super Summer Camp Support

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Although we have talked about Camp Alumni on Episode 25 (listen here) it made sense for us to tackle the topic again.  Now that I look back at it it WAS 3 years ago…

I’m so grateful to Theresa and Rebecca for joining the show again.   I really like the ideas that they have at Cairn and at Kintail.

In particular, I think Kintail’s Cake by The Lake event (which attracts camper and staff alumni from as long ago as the 30’s and 40’s) fits today’s topic perfectly - building those relationships between the generations.

What do you do at your camp to keep strong ties with your alumni?

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Travis - Carhartt Quilted, Lined Duck Bib Overall 
Gab - Canon Powershoot G16
Joe - Book - The Generosity Network - New Transformational Tools for successful fund-raising. 
Theresa - Switch by Chip & Dan Heath 
Rebecca - PicMonkey’s Dropbox integration

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Ask Us Anything 2013 - CampHacker #61

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In one of our favourite shows of the season we have annual Ask Me Anything show this week.  We answered questions from our viewers, people on the CampHacker email list and the #CampPros.

Today we answered these 4 questions (seriously... in 1 hour.  We're very talkative when it comes to camp stuff).

1. Do you have a dress code at your camp and how do you enforce it?
2. How do you communicate with THIS generation?
3. What is the most effective (time-wise, money-wise) way to market our summer camp?
4. How does your camp handle your shooting-sports programs with all of the concern about gun control and gun violence?

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