Other Sources of Revenue - CampHacker #133

Camp people are creative people and this year, more than ever, we need to extend that creativity into revenue generation.

Haven’t we talking about this before? Yes! Twice! AND - Can you ever have enough ideas for drumming up some new revenue?

Join Gabz, Chris, Travis and Joe as they unpack a TON of new ideas to generate some more money to help your camp whether the financial lows of 2020-2021.

What are some of the successes you’ve had with creative revenue generation? Let us know in the comments!

Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

Travis:  Body Back Buddy Classic - Back Massager

Chris:  Casio F91W-1 Classic Resin Strap Digital Sport Watch

Gabz: Wax Cardboard

Joe: The Laws of Simplicity - John Maeda

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Running Camp with Less - CampHacker #132

Summer 2021 will probably not be a summer of abundance. Here’s how to be ready to do just as much (or more) with less at your camp this summer.

This will be a summer that will unify camps that are used to having lots and those who are making it work with less.

As we gear up and mask up for the summer of 2021, our program budgets will quickly turn into hand-sanitizer budgets and the creative problem-solving abilities that we’ve been fostering will definiteily be put to the test.

Don’t fret though, the CampHacker team has your back. All of our team, Gabz, Chris, Joe and Travis have had lots of experience in the non-profit camp world and are ready to share their frugally magic camp tips.

We think this episode talking about having a little gives you a LOT of great ideas.

What are your best tips for doing camp with more scarce resources? Let us know in the comments!

Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

Travis:  Two articles from Kevin Love with the Cleveland Cavaliers: Everyone is Going Through Something & To Anybody Going Through It

Chris: Slack for staff and group communication.

Gabz: Just Not Sorry

Joe: Inspiring Newsletters - The Magnet, 3-2-1 Thursday newsletter, Laura Olin

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Creating Your Own Support Network - CampHacker #131

The road to the summer of 2021 is one that we shouldn’t walk alone.

Camp Directors everywhere are so quick to say “it’s lonely at the top” but does the conversation really stop there?

We are doing the best we can, but at a certain point, we can’t do it alone.

Who do you turn to? Who are the people that you can rely on when things are tough?

This episode of the CampHacker Podcast is all about finding the people that are going to get you through the sometimes lonely work of being a camp director.

Tune in to hear what’s worked for Travis, Gabz, Chris and Joe.

Who’s in your support network? Let us know in the comments!

Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

Travis:  USB LED Clock for minding the time in Zoom meetings and webinars

Chris: Habitica.com

Gabz: Owaves

Joe: One Page Internet - https://www.hvper.com/

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What Have We Learned in the Last 6 Months? - CampHacker #130

At the end of a long and weird summer, let’s take a second to reflect on what we’ve learned from a Summer Camp season in a global pandemic. Welcome to season 10 of the CampHacker Podcast.

We’re on the other side of the summer of 2020.

Wait, really? Where did the summer go? What happened?

We need to do what Camp Pros do best. It’s the skill that we teach kids about in every great team-building activity - reflection. And yes, yes, yes we know, reflecting after something hard is the last thing we may want to do, but as you know, the best debriefs happen after a team-building activity doesn’t go super well.

So after a summer that - as a massive understatement - didn’t go super well - Who better to dig into it than the CampHacker Podcast crew.

Hear from Travis, Gab, Joe and our new host, Chris on how the summer of 2020 went for them and what they are taking away from it.

What do you want to hear from the CampHacker Podcast this season? Let us know in the comments!

Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

Travis: https://app.jqbx.fm/ (pronounced Jukebox) - an app that lets people work together on creating a live DJ playlist.  USB LED Clock for minding the time in Zoom meetings and webinars

Chris: ZoomJam! - https://zoomjam.org/

Gabz: Mini Club Social - https://www.miniclubsocial.com/flow

Joe: Scroll Saw - Hegner - or entry level  or FUNDO - https://fundo.town/camp/creator/#/home/events

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