The 2021 All Tool of the Week Episode! - CampHacker #156

Cue the trombone music, its ALL TOOLS ALL THE TIME!

Back by popular demand, back again is our annual All TOWs show!

This year, a focus on gifts for camp directors that promote positive mental health.

Chris, Gabz, Travis and Joe all share…

  • 2 tools that positively affect your mental health

  • 2 books you read JUST FOR FUN

  • 2 gifts you’d recommend for every camp director

Let’s get to the links!

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Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

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How to Be a Better Delegator - CampHacker #155

Who’s the best delegator you’ve ever met?

The working title of this episode is “delegate like your life depends on it”.

A bit dramatic? Yes. Kind of true? Also yes!

If you can’t delegate - if everything at camp needs to run by you before it happens - if you need to facilitate every hard conversation - then you (and your camp) may not last very long.

So we know that - but why can’t we do it? There are a multitude of reasons/excuses why we don’t, but there are even more reasons why it’s absolutely necessary.

So let’s dig in. Gabz, Chris, Travis and Joe join forces to share their perspectives on how they became better delegators and how it’s shaped their camp experiences.

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Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

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Do This RIGHT NOW to Make Next Summer Awesome - CampHacker #154

Don’t just make it survivable, make it AWESOME.

We’re releasing this podcast at the time where the previous summer is still “going” and next summer isn’t quite “coming” yet.

However, if you haven’t run since 2019, the summer of 2022 feels like it’s coming fast and furious.

This is the time for deep thinking, planning and rest. It’s possible to make policy revisions on the fly, but it’s better to make them now. It’s possible to think of innovative programming on the fly, but it’s better to do it now.

This episode, Gabz, Chris and Joe talk about what they, and you can do right now to set yourself up for a successful summer.

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Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

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These Are the Staff You NEED at Your Camp - CampHacker #153

No more warm-body syndrome. Hire great staff and have a great summer.

This isn’t the first Go Camp Pro Podcast about staffing, and it certainly won’t be the last.

This year all of our shows are going to cover many topics on staffing - where to find them, how to interview them, how to keep them, etc.

But when you get down to it, we need to take a step back from the current staffing crisis and remember that if we hire the absolute best staff team we can, it is more likely to make the absolute best experience for the campers.

This episode, Gabz, Chris and Joe pick apart the DNA of what makes an incredible camp staff member and why it’s important that you are relentless in your pursuit of looking for those qualities at hiring time.

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Tool of the Week – Make Yourself a Better Camp Director

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