Preparing For a Massive Demographic Change at Camp - with The Summer Camp Society Podcast - CampHacker #189

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Find full show notes and links at: https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2023/12/demographics-tcsc

Are you being thoughtful about how a changing demographic will affect your camp?

Whether you are a camp with a wait-list, or you’re hoping for a few more “bums in bunks”, something that we need to seriously be thinking about is the potential to serve a the demographic in the world. And, this isn’t just in a “be better at DEI” lens (although we should all be consistently trying to be better with our DEI practices). Communities are getting older, more racially diverse, more neuro-diverse, more accustomed to technology, privacy - the list is literally endless.

For camps that are being thoughtful about this, it’s an opportunity to not only bring in new campers, but to bring in new investments into your programs and facilities.

But - it doesn’t come easily.

Luckily, you’ve got some incredible camp pros on your side. Travis and Chris are joined by Jack and EmJ from The Summer Camp Society Podcast to help guide Camp Pros on unpacking this vast discussion.

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• EmJ - Canva Magic Studio https://www.canva.com/magic-home
• Chris - Ali Abdaal’s Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@aliabdaal
• Travis - https://getreadytosend.com/

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Your Hosts:

• Travis Allison, Summer Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
• Chris Hudson, Camp Consultant and Director - Camp Highlight
• Jack Schott, Co-Founder The Summer Camp Society
• EmJ Juszczyk, TSCS Podcast Producer and Programs Director at Project Kindred

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