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Send us a Text Message.Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/05/start-camp-2025If we were starting a summer camp from scratch, here’s what we can do!200 episodes and over 14 years, the CampHacker Podcast has been around literally so long that we actually can’t find the first few episodes (seriously, if you find them, holler!).After 200+ hours (that’s 1.5 weeks, people!), it’s time to put our money where our mouths are…hypothetically at least.In this episode, Tr...

Send us a Text Message.Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/05/camp-pro-adhdYou can be a camp professional and have ADHD - there are lots of us out there!You probably wouldn’t be surprised to know that as we have gotten more comfortable talking about exceptionalities, disabilities or diversabilities, the rate of diagnoses for those exceptionalities, disabilities or diversabilities has gone up.More and more people (kids, teens and adults are like) are discoveri...

Send us a Text Message.https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/05/camp-2035How are you doing at pushing past the overwhelm and considering the big picture?If you’re reading this on release (mid-May) - it may feel impossible to get out of the weeds and think about the future.That’s fair - and - in order for our industry, and even our camps to make it the next 10 years, we need to consider the challenges that we’re going to face and the opportunities we’ll discover along the way.Thank goodness for p...

Send us a Text Message.Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/04/13-tips-for-new-camp-prosNew and new-ish Camp Directors, this one is for you. Kick some butt this summer.There are a TON of full-time camp professionals that have entered the industry post-COVID.For those of us that have been around for a while, we know how incredibly difficult the first few years of the job are. You’re figuring out what this level of responsibility means for you and your team and ...

Send us a Text Message.Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/04/what-they-dont-getWhat is one thing you learned working at camp that surprises people when you talk about?The fact that people don’t understand what we do full-time is not just and “us” problem - it’s a problem for our entire industry.It’s annoying as all heck - yes.And.It could be the reason why you’re under-enrolled and understaffed.One of the biggest issues facing our industry is our reputation....

Send us a Text Message.Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/03/choice-basedElective-based, choice-based, whatever you call it, it just may be the future of camper programs.We welcome back one of our original hosts, Dan Weir and welcome back Jack Schott from The Summer Camp Society (and TSCS Podcast!) to unpack all things choice-based programming.You’ll hear:How do we actually define choice-based programmingWhy was this model so radical 10(ish) years agoWhat ar...