by Jody Oates | Sep 7, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
It’s widely known that the summer camp season wipes out even physically strong and emotionally resilient leaders. Camp leaders work long, hard hours doing physically demanding tasks and supporting staff and campers through growing and sometimes challenging...
by Jody Oates | Aug 23, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Most camps have a board of directors. Some function as an operations board, others as a governing board. Either way, the executive director of the organization is charged with answering to the board of directors. This relationship is critical to the success of the...
by Jody Oates | Aug 9, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
We’ve been hearing about the “Great Resignation” for a couple of months now. It’s this idea that employees, during the pandemic, stayed in jobs that they would have left but held off because of the uncertainty of the pandemic market. Combine that with the general...
by Jody Oates | Jul 6, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
I was in a meeting recently that went really, really well. At least I thought so until 10 minutes after the call. The leader of the group I was meeting with called me to say that the majority of the group had no idea what I was talking about. I screwed up. Like many...
by Jody Oates | Jun 21, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
We know that you want to maximize the usage of your facilities and staff. It’s not just important to your mission, it’s critical to your bottom line. The problem is that day-retreats aren’t profitable; a-la-carte pricing is complicated; and facility-only rentals lead...
by Jody Oates | Jun 8, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
It’s blissful – that perfect moment when the chaos of all of the planning and training come together and it just works. That moment in the summer when the busy-ness calms down can sometimes catch us off-guard. But it almost always happens for camp leaders....
