by Ryan Moore | Nov 5, 2025 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
Map vs GPS: Why Copy-Paste Strategies Miss The Turn For Camps On a recent episode of NHPR’s Outside/In, host Nate Hegyi explores how our reliance on GPS shapes the way we navigate, and more importantly, the way we think. We’ve all heard the stories of stubborn...
by Ryan Moore | May 19, 2025 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
The Best Culture is Narrow One of the most consistent indicators of long-term success is a strong organizational culture. Camp programming is socially intensive. It thrives on teamwork and adaptability. As such, culture isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a critical driver...
by Ryan Moore | Jan 15, 2025 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
Region Beta Paradox and Moving Toward Thriving If you were to rate your camp’s performance on a scale of 1-10, we could all agree that lower numbers would suggest some level of crisis. Leaders would be actively seeking solutions or making changes to navigate out of a...
by Jody Oates | Nov 23, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices
Fact – most camp boards do not do an annual evaluation of their executive director. Myth: Evaluating an Executive Director is a hard thing to do. Every fall, after the summer season has been tucked in and put to bed, there is a natural transition to a new...
by Jody Oates | Nov 8, 2021 | Assessments & Best Practices, Strategies for Growth
One of our most popular posts to date is 5 Things Camp Executives Wish Their Board Members Did Better. We thought it might be interesting to turn the tables and share this post, highlighting five things every board member wishes their executive director would do...
