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SUMMARY:Resource Community Series: Operationalizing DEI at Your Camp
DESCRIPTION:Has your camp been talking about or been doing preliminary work around belonging\, diversity\, inclusion (and similar concepts that may go by a variety of terms)?\nAre you ready to take this work to the next level? If so\, join ACA\, New England and OAAARS for a year-long exploration into how to more deeply operationalize DEIB at your camp. This Resource Community will be a cohort model with monthly meetings from October to May. \nSimone Gamble and their colleagues from OAAARS will ask you to identify a specific project to work on and using accountable structure and intersectional lens\, they will guide you through a year of reflection and action. \nThis series is designed to be an interactive\, live\, discussion-based opportunity for you to grow your camp’s skills in this area while being guided by strong facilitators. This is a 201\, intermediate-level offering.  \nThe series will consist of two in-person sessions\, 6 Zoom sessions\, one informal in-person meet-up at the New England Camp Conference\, and a presentation opportunity during an e-session hosted by ACANE in early May. Sessions will not be recorded. \nMeeting Schedule\n\nOctober 21\, 2025: Zoom session\, 10 am – 11:30 am\nNovember 18\, 2025: In-person session\, 10 am – 2 pm – ACA\, New England office\, Lexington\, MA\nDecember 16\, 2025: Hybrid session\, 10 am – 2 pm (In-Person preferred) – ACA\, New England Office\, Lexington\, MA – OR – Zoom\nJanuary 20\, 2026: Zoom session\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\nFebruary 24\, 2026: Zoom session\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\nMarch 17\, 2026: Zoom session\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\nMarch 26 or 27\, 2026: In person meet-up at the ACANE Conference\, Manchester\, NH – exact day & time TBD\nApril 14\, 2026: Zoom session\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\nWeek of May 5\, dates/times TBD: Project e-presentation opportunity\nMay 12\, 2026: Zoom session\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\n\nParticipants will receive 16 CECs for their participation in this program. \nSeries registration comes with one hour of complimentary one-on-one coaching with an OAAARS Consultant (a $200 value). \nThis series has a minimum of 12 and a maximum capacity of 24 participants. \nCost: $329 for ACA members/ $379 for non-members \nWe never want cost to be a barrier to you getting the professional development you need. Please reach out to kerry@acanewengland.org to discuss financial assistance opportunities. We are happy to help! \nREGISTER HERE!\nRegistration is for an individual\, for the full series and is non-refundable. Registration may be transferred to another eligible individual from your camp/organization before the series begins. \n\nAbout the Moderator: \nSimone Gamble is a NYC-based community organizer\, educator\, and social impact entrepreneur with deep roots in the South Bronx. A graduate of Hunter College and the Silberman School of Social Work\, Simone’s work centers on social justice\, youth empowerment\, and creating safer\, more equitable spaces. They have led workshops and trainings across the country for nonprofits\, schools\, and after-school programs\, focusing on intersectional\, anti-oppressive practices. \nWith over a decade of experience in the camping world—from counselor to Assistant Camp Director —Simone now consults with camps nationwide on aligning their practices with Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Justice (DEIJ) values. \nThey are the founder of OAAARS\, a growing network of 90+ BIPOC consultants who bring expertise in organizing\, art\, education\, and advocacy to support transformative change in workplaces and communities. \n\nAbout OAAARS: \nOAAARS is a BIPOC consultancy that leads social justice centered trainings and education to support organizations looking to create safer and equitable workplaces while also cultivating agents of change in the workplace and beyond.  \n\nQuestions\, reach out Gillian Gold\, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106. \nUse of Images and Audio by ACA\, New England: Through my registration\, I give American Camp Association\, New England (ACANE) full rights and permissions with respect to any photographs\, video\, and audio recordings taken during the ACANE event. These images and recordings may be used by ACANE and its agents in any format or medium and for any lawful purpose.
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/resource-community-series-operationalizing-dei-at-your-camp/
LOCATION:ACA New England Office\, 80 Westview St\, Lexington\, MA\, 02421
CATEGORIES:Education,Resource Communities
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SUMMARY:Fall Seminar: Finding Your Niche – Effective Camp Marketing
DESCRIPTION:***Online registration for this event has closed. If you’d like to join us\, we can accommodate walk-in registrations on-site. Please email gillian@acanewengland.org to let us know to expect you.*** \nHow was your camp’s enrollment this summer? Are you aiming for more campers (new and/or returning) next year and beyond? \nAll of your camps are businesses\, so for this one-day seminar\, we are going outside our camp industry bubble to learn alongside business coaches David Olchowski and Dan Callahan. Their course\, 6 Steps to Build a Better Business – and 5 Ways to Grow it\, explores key areas for business growth: Mastery\, Marketing\, Systems\, Team\, Synergy\, and Freedom. \nWe’ll spend our time together digging into one of these areas – sales and marketing. Marketing\, simply defined\, is the activity of creating\, communicating\, and delivering value to customers to satisfy their needs and wants. \nTogether\, you’ll explore effective concepts and strategies foundational to new customer (camper) acquisition and retention that you can adapt for your camp/organization\, including: \n\nidentifying your Unique Selling Proposition;\ndiversifying lead generation (e.g. referrals\, cross-promotion\, online platforms);\nmeasuring your efforts and improving your conversion rates;\nmapping out the customer journey; and\nincreasing your profit margins\n\nThroughout the day\, there will also be time to hear what camps have been doing successfully\, explore your real-world challenges in mini consultancy sessions\, and create action steps for yourselves over the coming months. \nWho is this program designed for? Camp leaders and other staff who make strategic decisions about marketing and enrollment. \nCheck-in will start at 9:30 am\, with the program kicking off at 10:00 am. \nLunch will be provided and attendees will receive 5 CECs for their participation. \n\nAbout our presenters: \n \nDavid Olchowski\, Owner and Head Coach \nDavid had a very successful 30-year career in Connecticut aerospace manufacturing. He spent the last 15 years of his career as an executive with full P&L ownership in president and general manager roles. \nLaunched in 2020\, David’s firm\, Acadia ActionCOACH\, is a team of certified business and executive coaches.  He helps driven and energetic business owners\, leaders and their teams grow their top line\, increase their profits and have more fun doing it. The critical element to his success has been a focus on people:  developing\, coaching and mentoring others to succeed. \nIn the past 5 years\, David has helped dozens of business owners and their teams grow their businesses by helping them understand how marketing and sales truly work at a practical level. Specifically\, he has worked with camps and other seasonal businesses to understand how these principles apply in their environment. These businesses saw significant top-line and bottom-line growth. \nDan Callahan\, Certified Business Coach \nDan has always had a passion for business and helping business owners. After graduating from Providence College with a degree in Business Management\, he started his career as a Financial Advisor where he built a book of over 200 clients from the ground up\, using a variety of sales and marketing strategies\, a strong referral system and customer journey. He then transitioned this knowledge to work with travel agency owners to train their teams in sales and to develop and execute marketing strategies. \nOver the past 5 years he has facilitated a plethora of group coaching programs & one-to-one coaching engagements. This includes several seasonal businesses\, one of whom grew 40% year-over-year and another who built the systems and management team for the business to run almost entirely without them. Other clients saw as much as 300% growth and successful business secession planning. \nAbout Acadia ActionCOACH \nActionCOACH is the world’s largest and most successful business coaching company. Acadia ActionCOACH is a team of certified business and executive coaches who are passionate about helping business leaders thrive by growing their top line\, increasing their profits\, and improving their operating efficiencies. Simply put:  they help business owners with challenges around TIME\, TEAM and MONEY using proven tools\, methodologies and systems\, tested and perfected over tens of thousands of businesses worldwide over the past three decades. \nRegistration fees are non-refundable\, but may be transferred to another attendee from your camp/organization by emailing gillian@acanewengland.org before the start of the program. \nThank you to our event sponsor\, Anchor Industries\, for their support!
URL:https://www.acanewengland.org/event/fall-seminar-2025-finding-your-niche-effective-camp-marketing/
LOCATION:Cedar Hill Day Camp\, 265 Beaver St\, Waltham\, MA\, 02452
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SUMMARY:Learnings from the Field - What Does it Mean to Be Gender Inclusive at My Camp? (RECORDED e-session)
DESCRIPTION:This is a recording of a live event that took place on October 16\, 2025. This session will be available to view until November 14\, 2025. \nMany of your camps are exploring ways to support campers and staff across the gender spectrum. Learnings from the Field sessions are designed for YOU to hear from camps doing this work in the field\, so we are bringing some of your camp peers together to discuss the prompt “What does it mean to be gender inclusive at my camp?” \nWe will explore what their camps are doing (including name/pronouns\, gender expansive housing\, private changing areas\, etc.)\, how and when they made those decisions\, any pushback or challenges\, and what’s next as it relates to gender at their camp. \nYou will hear from:\n• Cara Bergantino\, Director Camp Encore/Coda\, an overnight camp in ME\n• Sara Clarke\, Executive Director\, Episcopal Conference Center\, an overnight camp also offering family camp in RI\n• Hunter Hamlin\, Assistant Director\, Mansfield Holiday Hill Day Camp\, a day camp in CT\n• Keri Wood\, Director of Camping Operations\, West Suburban YMCA\, an association with two day camps and one overnight camp in MA \nWe are not experts\, but practitioners. So\, come to hear and learn from others and pose questions you might have. \nThis is a recording of a live event that took place on October 16\, 2025. This session will be available to view until November 14\, 2025. \nCost: FREE for ACA Members; $25 for non-Members \nAttendees will receive 1 CEC for their participation. \nRegistration fees are non-refundable\, but may be transferred to another attendee from your camp/organization by emailing gillian@acanewengland.org before the start of the program. \nQuestions\, reach out Gillian Gold\, Events & Logistics Coordinator at gillian@acanewengland.org or 781-541-6080 ext. 106. \nUse of Images and Audio by ACA\, New England: Through my registration\, I give American Camp Association\, New England (ACANE) full rights and permissions with respect to any photographs\, video\, and audio recordings taken during the ACANE event. These images and recordings may be used by ACANE and its agents in any format or medium and for any lawful purpose.
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