by Jody Oates | Apr 25, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
How One Camp and Retreat Center Embraces Hospitality Over the past years, Pilgrim Firs in Port Orchard, Washington, has worked hard to be seen and understood as a place of Christian ministry. For a long time, when groups came, they only saw the place as a physical...
by Jody Oates | Mar 14, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
A board of directors provides leadership for an organization. So naturally, we would assume that a board of directors would be populated with people who understand, participate in, and appreciate the organization’s mission, right? How are you doing in this...
by Jody Oates | Feb 28, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
ACA Conference 2022 Recap First, before I get into all of the ACA Conference 2022 recap and the amazing things I learned and experienced, I want to thank the Conference Planning Team and ACA staff for putting together an excellent conference. It was so very...
by Jody Oates | Jan 21, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
When Glen Lake Camp & Retreat Center new Glen Rose, TX, needed to hire a new Executive Director last year, it was an easy choice to work with Jody at Kaleidoscope. Jody had already built a strong foundation as their consultant who guided the new strategic plan and...
by Jody Oates | Jan 10, 2022 | Assessments & Best Practices
It’s no secret that best practices change, and circumstances (pandemics, staffing challenges, the economy) force new best practices more quickly. Because of many of these circumstances, retreat centers need to adapt much more often than ever before. The Changing World...
by Jody Oates | Dec 9, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
I’m a big believer in celebrating and thanking people as often as possible. Of course, the more those acts of appreciation can be customized to the receiver, the better. However, the end of the year is a great time to do a whole team appreciation event. Whether you...
