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Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/staff-not-coming-backJustin Pritikin returns to give you an inside scoop on why your staff are not coming back, quitting and in general, “done” with the camp industry.Picking up from our past episode 66, and the Tri-State Camp Conference Session that he and I gave last week in Atlantic City, Justin is back to give us older folks some insight as to what’s going through the mind of our younger staff. His words and insight have become a bit of a wake-up call for the camp industry- particularly the veterans of the camp experience- so we’re giving him a forum today to keep the conversation going.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampJustin Pritikin, Senior, Villanova -Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!-

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/staff-holding-hostageA proactive approach to working with this post-COVID generation of staffThis past summer was intense, especially in the realm of managing our   staff who have been through a lot in the past two years. Managing staff resistance is something that comes with the job, but extreme staff resistance can rattle your cage if you’re not ready for it. Our friend Emily Golinsky offers some insight and solutions to help you quell your inevitable next staff challenge uprising.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictEmily Golinsky, Trainer, Professional Development Leader & Consultant - Bright Moose, LLC-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/equity-in-campStaff training is the opportunity to show how important DEIJ is at your org.Daniel Morias and Leslie Keller are two awesome camp professionals who over the pandemic started the Equity in Camp Initiative- and have launched a successful consulting business supporting camps through their DEI journeys. Today we welcome Daniel to the Pod to get some of his smart perspective on the work we all need to be doing to ensure that our camp community feels supported during these exciting times. Get out a pen a paper for the last half hour folks, because this is great stuff.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this show:Avoiding Gener Bias in Letter of Reference Writing-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictDaniel Morais, Director of Operations at TIC Summer Camp / Co-founder of Equity in Camp Initiative-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/day-camp-office-adminKeeping the Trains Running on Time!The Day Camp Office is the nucleus of the organization during the off-season and during the summer. Filled with multitaskers, databases, spreadsheets, phones, Emails, texts, push notifications, weather reports- and as technology changes, so does the camp office. Today we meet with two camp professionals dedicated to office administration, and if you care about the details of what we do, you’ll find this very interesting.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this show:Summer Camp Administrators Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/206157707141026-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlayJane Dornbush - Office Manager - Camp JacobsonPeter Goldberg - Administrative Director - Woodmont Day Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/purchasing-2022Don’t say we didn’t tell you so!We’ve all heard the news- The shipping containers stranded outside Los Angeles, the supply chain issues, the lack of truck drivers, the lack of workers everywhere - THIS IS NOT FAKE NEWS - this is Purchasing 2022, and if you want cups or french fries, or sports supplies - you better get your orders in now. Eric and Josh from H & H join us today to explain the reality of the situation at hand.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this show:Coming soon-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlayJosh Cohen - President - H&H Purchasing ServicesEric Forti - Director - H&H Purchasing Services-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:AM Skier  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/living-your-core-valuesYou say you’re an “inclusive camp”…but are you living that every day?DEI! We can’t talk about it enough, because frankly - it’s THAT important. We’re fortunate to be joined this week by Danny Tobin, who has experienced camp, and life, from unique perspectives that help shed light and reiterate what we all need to be doing at our camps.More about Danny at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/living-your-core-values-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this show:DEI at WAIC Board of Directors - (thanks, Danny!)-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictDanny Tobin, Director - R.M. Pyles Boys Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/appreciating-staff-brandweinIt’s your friend from Chicago…Michael Brandwein!We all want our staff to be professional, and we all want to support them. Great. We also want the pandemic to go away, voting rights, and peace in the middle east… These situations are HARD, and take creativity beyond what most normal humans and day camp pros are capable of. Well, who is faster than a speeding baseball, and scales tall climbing walls in a single bound- This is a job for Michael Brandwein! So get yourself a notepad, and new pen, and a hot cup of coffee- Because this, is the Day Camp Pod.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-Get more Michael!Live 2022 Webinar from ACA-Illinois! Brandwein on Training : The Step-by-Step System for Planning & Presenting Your Best Staff Training EverJoin Michael and 7 other industry leaders in Go Camp Pro’s 5-Minute Fridays-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesBack Next Episode-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictMichael Brandwein, Speaker, Trainer and Author - https://www.michaelbrandwein.com/store-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/from-the-mouth-of-babesHave you asked your camp staff what their summer was really like? Andy and Sam did - and we found out their staff are incredibly honest.For our first podcast of 2022, we’re going to the source- the staff themselves- so you can hear their debrief of last summer, and their thoughts on recruiting future superstars at our camps. We’re going to warn you now, that Ashley Whittington & Justin Pritikin offer up some sobering realities, alongside some great ideas- so buckle up, buttercup!-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)-Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesAshley - Give little kids tiny competitive bursts - "I'll time you!" "Who can do this first!"Justin - Witches - Like the game of "mafia" but set in medieval times except, here's the trick, THERE ARE NO WITCHES. Other game - running charades relay!-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampSam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictAshley Whittington, Pee Wee Camp CounselorJustin Pritikin, Senior, Villanova -Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/2021-resolutionsHere’s how our hosts are (and you can) set yourself up for success in 2022!2021 has come to a close, and Sam, Tiff and Andy have some New Year’s resolutions to make 2022 the best it can be for our camp, and especially our staff. SUPPORT, training, diversifying revenue streams, and more- PLUS, a few program tips at the end.Thanks to our hosts and for our awesome listeners for making 2021 a GREAT podcasting season!-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!-If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Day Camp Best PracticesSam - Camp reunions and story sharing - ask your alumni how the skills they’ve learned from camp has positively impacted their livesAndy - Music makers! - Lay instruments out and let kids have at ‘em!Tiff - Help kids rediscover the parks in their own backyards - “Tour-de-la-parks” or “Beyond the Block!”-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park District-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!

Send us a textFind full show notes and links at: https://gocamp.pro/day-camp-pod/extreme-heat-2021The heat is ON! Here’s how to not just survive, but thrive when the weather is at it’s hottest!2021 was literally the HOTTEST SUMMER OF ALL TIME. The heat is on, people, global warming is real, and it ain’t getting any cooler. We need to do what we can as camp operators to operate in these crazy hot conditions while keeping our campers and staff healthy and happy. Karyn Miller has been doing it successfully in sunny Arizona, in 122-degree weather even!Check it out, as she tells us “Nawtheners”, how to get it done.-Do you read the show notes? Let us know - click the following link to receive 10% off a lifetime subscription of Go Camp Pro's 5-Minute Fridays. (psst. Even if you don't buy anything, clicking this link will still help!)(click here - https://bit.ly/pod-notes-discount)Review us on iTunes!If you love the Day Camp Pod, we would be grateful if you subscribed and left us a review. It’s SUPER easy, too! Just head to http://ratethispodcast.com/dcp-Links from this episode:Water MonsterOral Rehydraation Salts-YOUR HOSTS:Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director - Liberty Lake Day CampTiffany Gratton-McDuffie, Executive Director - Purposeful PlaySam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor - Crystal Lake Park DistrictKaryn Miller, Owner & Director - Cactus Day Camp-Sponsors:Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible:Camptivities  -  https://www.camptivities.com/ Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) -  https://crs4rec.com/-Please review and subscribe!If you’ve gotten even one good thing from the Day Camp Pod, we would be so grateful if you left us a review and subscribed to this show in your favourite Podcast app.It’s so easy! Just click here: https://ratethispodcast.com/dcp  Thanks, Camp Pro!