Camp Code - Leadership & Staff Training Podcast for Camp Directors

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/teachingaccountability Teaching Accountability: where character meets competence, creating champions of responsibility! One of the most important traits to teach staff at any company, not just at summer camp, is accountability. Join us today and our special guest Kim Aycock as we discuss how to teach accountability to your staff. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Kim Supervising seems to fall to the bottom of our list. We want to ensure we provide supervisors with appropriate check-ins, all the way through the summer. Helping supervisors on how to manage time and reminding those supervisors that there are things that only “they” can do and things where they can “empower” others to complete tasks off of their todo list. - Special Guest: Kim Aycock,https://kimaycock.com/Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/20yearstrainingpt1 Twenty years of staff training, wrapped up into a two part podcast series. This is part one! When you’ve been running staff training for decades, you have seen a lot, tried a lot, and, of course, learned a LOT. Join us, and our special guests, Chris and Al from TQAMP as we share our best secrets, practical tips, and stories. There are so many…we have 2 parts! For now, have a listen to part 1 and get ready for part 2 to release on April 16th! - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Chris One of the more important things you can do is to know what you are going to do first at staff training. Throughout the first hour or two of staff training, be extremely intentional to set the tone for your staff training. You can use these moments to have your staff reflect on their own nervousness and anxiety in a way that helps to build empathy with campers for their first couple of hours at camp. - Special Guest: Chris Rehs-Dupin, TQAMPAl Murray, TQAMPYour Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

At camp, we always want to teach the new stuff, but sometimes we REALLY want to sneak in some basics. Listen today to find out! Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/sneaking-basics We all try our very best to pack absolutely everything we can into staff training. How do we find room for it all? How can we sneak those basic skills our staff all need to know into an already packed schedule? We’ve got some ideas. Just us and our special guest, Kim Aycock. Best Practice for Leadership Training From Gabz One idea that I use to help reinforce learning taught throughout training is to have designated staff members act as note takers during the day. The following day, provide print outs of the notes everywhere your staff will be. On the tables during meals, in the bathrooms, on staff pillows and literally everywhere else possible. One thing I like to do is provide notices on the walls in the bathrooms highlighting whats going to be covered today and key takeaways from yesterdays training. Writing things down and sharing with your staff helps to reinforce retention with you staff and can be a tool to demonstrate progress for your staff during the training sessions. Special Guest: Kim Aycock, Camp Consultant, https://kimaycock.com/ Your Hosts: Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - GoCamp.Pro Ruby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby Outdoors

The world around us is changing, but have our staff changed over time? Listen in today to find out what are pros have to say! Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/arestaffactuallydifferent We often hear camp directors tell us that staff are so different than ever before? Is this actually the case and, if so, what can we do about it. Join Gabz, Beth, and our special guest Kim Aycock to hear our thoughts. - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Kim - Let’s find ways to introduce our staff to the reality of working at camp. If we could find ways to introduce our staff to camp, show them what camp looks like or feels like. Kim created a handout called A “sense” of camp for new or returning of staff, with a “scent” sticker of camp with a scratch and sniff sticker. A copy of this ides can be found here! - Special Guest: Kim Aycock, Camp Consultant, https://kimaycock.com/ - Your Hosts: - Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - GoCamp.Pro Ruby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby Outdoors

Stress is everywhere around us. Learn how to deal with the stress in a world of chaos! Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/manage-stress Stress has become such a big part of all of our daily lives. From troubling things going on in our world to the personal stress that staff may be feeling from the hard work at summer camp. We all need to have tools and resources to cope. Join us today as we discuss what we can offer staff to help them deal with what we face at camp and what life will throw their way. - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Beth Let’s frontload this by saying that Beth is in no way diminishing people’s triggers. There are ones that are certainly important and we need to be aware of them. People have gone through so many different types of stress, PTSD, etc… When we are stressed, we are often on the lookout for our triggers, big and small. There are words or signs or triggers that can cause us to be more negative, anxious or fearful. Why not teach your staff to pay attention to their glimmers, the opposite of triggers. The little moment of peace or joy that allow our nervous system to be safe and connected. When you look for them, you will find them everywhere. At the end of your training day, ask your campers to share their glimmers to allow you to focus on the bright moments throughout the day. Special Guest: Kate Taylor, Camp Consultant, Stephane Richard Development Consulting Your Hosts: Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - GoCamp.Pro Ruby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby Outdoors

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.gocamp.pro/campcode/nine-sentences Here are 9 things that we want your staff to say! Nine sentences! You know…the ones that make for better experiences for both our campers and our staff. Listen in today! - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Kate In today’s episode we focused on the nine things we want our staff to say. What about the sentences we don’t want our staff to say? As a part of your summer training, front load both the things you want and don’t want your staff to say! We’ve prepped you with a short list that comes to mind: - Special Guest: Kate Taylor,Stephane Richard Development ConsultingYour Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/key-skills-2024 Here is what we need to focus on to make the upcoming summer the best it can be! Talking with Camp Pros at Conferences this Fall, we’ve noticed a lot of similar issues folks are dealing with. Join us as we discuss key skills that require our focus for a positive and successful 2024 camp season. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Beth and inspired by Kelly Schuna Vulnerability is a powerful tool that we should all learn to harness and today we want to share thoughts on how we believe vulnerability can be used to repair relationships. As leaders, there are going to be times where we need to have hard conversations AND there will be times where we screw up having those conversations. When we go back to that person to reconcile, there are three phrases that you can use to demonstrate vulnerability: Teach these phrases to your staff. It demonstrates reflection in our work and demonstrating vulnerability allows us to recover from our mistakes with ease. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/womenincampsummit2023 - What We Learned at the Women in Camp Summit When camp pros gather, it is always extraordinary. We just had the pleasure of attending the Women in Camp Summit and it was truly amazing! Join us for the stories and the lessons learned from sessions, village time, connecting, networking, and playing together. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Ruby - Lifeguard training at camp is weather dependent. Yet, as camp leaders, we depend on our staff to obtain the right training and certifications to ensure our camp programs run throughout the summer. Inclement weather is going to happen, leverage your resources to ensure your lifeguards are trained. Local community centres or hotels may have availability throughout the day that you could rent in the event of bad weather. Pool availability and your capability to rent them is going to help to ensure that your camp’s lifeguard training and schedule stays a float! **BONUS** We were once again reminded this year at the Women in Camp Summit that some folks are just going to come early to help. As camp professionals, it’s always important to keep a list of tasks that need to take place. We’re all camp people and we’re always willing to help, always keep that in mind. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/unintentional-teachable-moments-2023 Unintentional Teachable Moments As Camp professionals, we are always looking to improve, be intentional with all our training and programming, and to see the big picture. There are moments that happen at camp every now and then, however, that teach us that we missed something. We need to be open to these every-day little experiences so that we can continue to take the best care of our people. Join us for the stories and the lessons learned. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Gabz - Sometimes life events will come up that prevents your staff from attending portions or all of staff training! Your staff knows themselves best and it is your role to support them. In today’s example, Gabz had a staff member who remained in isolation during staff training and recognized that to help them prepare for the first days at camp, they should write down the daily schedule on old t-shirts so they could easily look at their own shirt to recognize what’s coming next throughout the day! - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/what-ruby-learned-this-summer What Ruby Learned This Summer - Life is all about unchartered territory and trying new things. Join us as we dissect Ruby’s summer camp adventures and find out what she learned about not only the industry but also herself. The gang’s all back together for this podcast and we’re excited to glean all we can from Ruby’s summer exploits. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Ruby - Take a few of your stuff and run them through the first week or so of your CIT program. It gives your staff the opportunity to learn the roots of that particular camp. A CIT program in general has a guide to lead senior campers to the next step in becoming staff at camp therefore, training is ultimately rooted throughout the sessions. It does create an odd dynamic at times between staff and camper so camp leaders do have to take the time to understand the implications for their camp. For Ruby, it was a genius experience to take part in staff training and then have the new staff take part in the start of the CIT session to apply what they learned at training. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/volunteer-training-management-with-matt-wilfrid Volunteer Training Management - with Matt Wilfrid - In this podcast episode with guest Matt Wilfrid, we spotlight Campfire Circle, an Ontario-based organization supporting families and children facing serious illnesses. Campfire Circle’s extraordinary volunteer program, led by volunteers aged 19 to 90, is central to their success. These volunteers contribute their time and skills to diverse roles, from the Toronto office to community programs and overnight camps, totaling over 135,000 hours of support. The organization’s training and ongoing support are tailored to each volunteer’s unique needs. Campfire Circle’s volunteer program is a shining example of the transformative power of community-driven, intrinsic motivation. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Matt Wilfrid - Take advantage of offsite events during staff training. Ideas can include mini golf or hiking, as long as its offsite to break the cycle that takes place off camp. What’s even better is going to these offsite events with intention. In Matt’s example, before they left for minigolf, they had their staff divide into four categories based on skill. Allow your staff to put themselves into their own group to allow them to set their own expectations going into the event. Put intention into your offsites to help include all your staff. Special Guest: Matt Wilfrid- Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/creating-productive-transitions-when-employees-leave-or-you-leave Creating Productive Transitions When Employees Leave or You Leave - with Colette Marquardt - In the world of Summer Camp, staff members come and go every year. How can we make these transitions both positive and productive. Join us and our guest, Colette Marquardt, Executive Director of ACA Illinois, to find out! - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Colette Marquardt - As a Director, always be IN the training. Do your best to remain engaged as it allows you to role model what your expect of your staff throughout the summer. Build your staff training around your schedule, to ensure you do not miss key leaning opportunities. Special Guest: Colette Marquardt , American Camp Association- Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/post-pandemic-parents Parents, Caregivers, Camper’s, Grownups, How Have THEY changed since the pandemic? Just as our campers have undergone a serious shift post-pandemic, so too have the caregivers. We’re back to pick Gabz’s brain to hear more about the summer of 2024 at Camp Ouareau and how she’s looking to 2024 with a new lens. If you missed part 1 - check it out here: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/kids-these-days Whether your summer felt like a success or not - these episodes will help you not only hear the raw honesty of a fellow camp director, but will help you start thinking about what you can do now to make summer 2024 excellent. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Beth Allison A good mindset to have (especially with parents) - that difficult people all have a story. Stop seeing parents as an issue to deal with and start seeing them as people to fight for. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Imagine camp registration software that actually gives you MORE time for what you love - CAMP! With UltraCamp, you can effortlessly track attendance, manage staff, streamline registration, and more. Explore now at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode.

Find full show notes and links at: https://www.camphacker.tv/camp-code/kids-these-days Can you really prepare for post-pandemic children? To kick off season 11 of Camp Code, Beth and Gabz take the time to debrief the summer at Ouareau. Part one will focus on the campers - what Gabz and her team did to meet the needs of campers (and the staff) and be successful. Whether your summer felt like a success or not - these episodes will help you not only hear the raw honesty of a fellow camp director, but will help you start thinking about what you can do now to make summer 2024 excellent. Tune in to hear about the changes Gabz made to leadership training in 2023 to be able to better support campers and how did she have to pivot once campers arrived and she was met with their needs? - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Gabrielle Raill Also a brother-sister tip! If you have access to a freezer, get some fun ice-cube molds! It’s a fun and silly way to add some joy and take care of people. Who doesn’t love some a cool-burst in their water-bottle! - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Imagine camp registration software that actually gives you MORE time for what you love - CAMP! With UltraCamp, you can effortlessly track attendance, manage staff, streamline registration, and more. Explore now at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode.

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/campcode/creating-spaces-of-belonging Creating Spaces of Belonging - with Chris Rehs-Dupin We’re always working to understand how belonging can be transformative in our spaces and our world. Today we chat with Chris Rehs Dupin of Transplaining for camps to help us, as we work to build inclusive practices that will create spaces of belonging for campers and staff of all gender identities and sexualities. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Chris Rehs-Dupin - Leadership training starts WAY before the actual leadership training. It begins and continues with our experiences. One thing we’ve built at Camp Reimagined is a document that has very specific culture interview questions to ensure the people we interview have a deep understanding of our culture. The goal is to ensure our staff have some of the skills and understand some of the language we use. Every interview we do, has the same five culture questions to demonstrate our value for equity and justice. Special Guest: Chris Rhys Dupin, Camp Reimagined Transplaining for Camps- Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/campcode/its-all-about-research It’s All About Research - with Mandi Baker What we do is incredibly important, WE know that and YOU know that, but how do we make sure that everyone else around us knows that? We back it up with research! Join us today with Mandi Baker as we interview one of the leading researchers in the industry. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Mandi Baker - Camp employment is super useful for developing social and emotional skills (affection abilities). Camp employment also prepares people for real life, keep in mind that camp is a place for people to experience and deal with real life problems. Summer camp creates a safe place for people to work through complex problems. Be mindful of social and emotional skills that your staff are developing continuously throughout the summer. Think about how to show people how they overcame a challenge and tie in how to do even better next time. Special Guest: Mandi BakerPassionate ResearcherTorrens University- Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/getting-myself-in-the-right-head-space-right-now Getting Myself in the Right Head Space Right Now We all know the excitement, anticipation, stress, anxiety, joy, eagerness, and all the other range of emotions that directors feel this time of year. As we head into the wrap up of our podcast season, we wanted to be sure to include, as one of our last few episodes, a few ideas to get all of you in the right head and heart space, so listen in today to help prepare for the adventure ahead. - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Gabrielle - A friend of mine made me a care package last summer that was something I could carry with me all summer long. This fanny pack was curated with my favourite pens and notebooks. Then my friend filled the fanny pack with “other stuff”, which my friend described to me as to be used when campers or staff need something from you. This “other stuff” included cheap pens, hair elastics, band aids, hand sanitizer, friendship bracelets and cue cards. This kit of supplies that I could use to help staff or campers, it makes you feel good for helping people and it helps manage your own stress levels when you know you have what you need to help make camp successful! - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/what-if-my-staff-hate-me What If My Staff Hate Me? We spend our entire careers caring for people, building community with our staff, and working incredibly closely with a wide variety of personalities. We do all that we can to make everyone feel welcome and a part of our team but what happens if you begin to feel that someone just doesn’t like you? We know it seems ridiculous since you are all amazing camp folks but…it happens. What can we do about it? Listen in to find out! - We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Ruby - Be the best boss that your staff have ever had. How hard can that be? Be honest and upfront with your team that there are times throughout the summer that your staff may be upset or angry with you and that is okay. Describe to your staff that every decision you make is for their wellbeing and the wellbeing of camp as a business. Sometimes that means your staff will have to do stuff that they don’t necessarily want to do, because you are the boss. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/staffaccountability Accountability For Your Camp Experience Being accountable for our words and actions is a life skill, and it’s ongoing. How do we best prepare and mentor our staff to be accountable for all they do throughout the summer? We all know the basics: setting expectations and setting boundaries. In this episode we dive in to help you to have tools (or enable YOU to be accountable) for teaching accountability. Episode Resources Fish PhilosophyAlliance for Camp Health- We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Beth - After teaching camp staff a topic, ask for their input. Then, ask them what happens when folks don’t practice For example, Beth ran a session with staff called “Wherever you are, be all there.” During that session, Beth wrote the following phrase on a whiteboard and asked staff to fill in the blank: Own your own ________. Staff responded with answers like mistakes, space, attitude, health, drama, conflict, laundry. After, I put groups in to small discussion groups and asked “What happens when you don’t own your _______.” After some time, bring the group back together and ask “What falls apart when people don’t own their stuff.” Finally, I asked “How does this make you feel” and ask staff to reflect on issues and discuss how to avoid the pitfalls that the groups came up with. - Your Hosts: Beth Allison, Camp Consultant - Go Camp ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsGabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp Ouareau- Thanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/

Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/camp-code/staffstamina Staff Stamina - Camp Code #120 We have been hearing across the industry that summer staff don’t seem to be quite as “in-shape” as they used to be – that is that perhaps they don’t have the stamina to make it through the physical and emotional labor of the summer. Let’s talk about the training they need to get pumped to do their personal best. Resourceful Reads The Productivity ProjectThe Four Tendencies- We hope you love this episode of Camp Code! If you do, please consider subscribing to the show, and leaving us a rating in your Podcast app. It’s SO easy, just head to https://ratethispodcast.com/campcode - Best Practice for Leadership Training From Ruby - With Ruby’s experience in outdoors training, often they speak about the five ways that a body loses heat. There’s a simple metaphor when translating body heat to employee stamina. For today’s best practice, we’re going to explore the metaphor of a body losing heat with a body losing energy. How do we lose heat/energy? - Once discussed and shared with the team, have your staff discuss how to insulate their energy loss. Your Hosts: Gabrielle Raill, Camp Director - Camp OuareauBeth Allison, Camp Consultant - GoCamp.ProRuby Compton, Chief Exploration Officer - Ruby OutdoorsThanks to our sponsor… UltraCamp Wouldn’t it be refreshing if your registration software gave you MORE time? With UltraCamp, you can track attendance, manage staff applications, streamline registration, and much more. Get back the time you need to focus on what is really important: CAMP! Find out more at ultracampmanagement.com/campcode/