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Summer Camp Directors’ Book Club: Linchpin by Seth Godin

February 17th, 2010 · Comments · Books, Linchpin, Staff Training

Beginning March 1st, 2010 I will be starting an online book club. We will be reading Linchpin by Seth Godin. It has so many fantastic applications to camp in how we train and support our staff, to how we teach kids to be productive members of society as an adult worker.  By reading this [...]

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What Summer Camps Can Teach Startups About Supervising Interns and Young People: A Comment on Michael Arrington’s Tech Crunch Apology

February 5th, 2010 · Comments · Human Resources, Risk Management, Technology, Teens

Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, is dealing with an issue today on his blog that highlighted how we rely on interns and young people, often forgetting they are still at an age where their reasoning is not firing with 100% accuracy. This is an area summer camp directors and recreation professionals hold special [...]

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