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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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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...And This Is What We Need To Do About It - with Jolly Corley & Ruby Compton - CampHacker #152

Part 2 of our conversation about the big changes needed in the Camp World.

To listen to part 1: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2021/10/future-of-camp-pt-1

Last episode, we gave a laundry list of what’s NOT going well in the industry.

Here, we shake off the doom and gloom start to unpack what it might look like to fix some of these changes that seem big and foreboding.

A big thanks to Ruby and Jolly for joining us for these two episodes! Make sure you check out all of the great things that they are up to: https://rubyoutdoors.com & https://gocamp.pro/jolly

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We Are S*it Scared About The Future of Summer Camp with Jolly Corley & Ruby Compton - CampHacker #151

Yes - S*it scared.

As Ruby points out in this episode, the CampHacker team doesn’t shy away from saying the hard things.

Episode 39 of the Podcast, recorded in 2012 talked all about why the camp industry was in peril.

Switch those last two numbers and fast-forward to 2021, and we’re STILL in many of those same perils.

Like many industries, the pandemic has further amplified the things about camp that need to change. The ideas of “lack of staff”, a homogeneous industry community, climate change and many more things seem to have come to a head all at once.

Look at the summer camp professionals group on Facebook, it was FULL of stories from pros, young and old, speaking about how this was their hardest summer yet.

In this episode, the brilliant Ruby Compton and Jolly Corley, join Travis, Chris and Joe to honour the hard things that we’re facing.

NEXT episode we’ll talk about how to move forward!

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