by Jody Oates | May 17, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
Measuring User Days is not new. Camp software companies even have reports that calculate a version of user days (also called camper days or guest days). The formulas they use and the ones created by individual camps vary – weighting meals, day use, and...
by Jody Oates | May 3, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Your Organization was Likely Started to Solve a Problem for One Community Starting in the late 1800s and moving through today, communities have been developing summer camps as a means to solving a problem. Some camps were started to increase appreciation of nature;...
by Jody Oates | Apr 19, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Finding the right employee is CRITICAL to your camp’s success. And, frankly, you can’t afford to get this wrong. Getting it wrong means you have to live with your choice for the amount of time it takes to discover the problem, work through all possible...
by Jody Oates | Apr 12, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Managing and maintaining a fully-functional camp from year to year is not for the weak at heart. Everything from staff changes, a decrease in funding, or lack of board support can make any director feel like they’re walking on eggshells in an attempt to open in...
by Jody Oates | Mar 29, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Think back to your very first job interview at a summer camp. Was it everything you thought it would be? Or was it memorable for all the wrong reasons? We’ve all had our fair share of interview fails that we look back at and question how we even got to...
by Jody Oates | Mar 8, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
For most camp operations, Covid-19 put a wrench in our well-oiled machines. Information about new rules and safety measures came out at a mile a minute, leaving many staff members scratching their heads without real guidance on what to relay to their teams and camp...
