Wonderful article today Anastasia Goodstein on her blog Ypulse: “I Am A Proud Member Of The ‘Camp Camp’ Generation.” I have the great fortune of having lunch with Anastasia at the technology conference SXSW - Interactive on a horrible rainy day in Austin this past spring. In this article she talks about her time and […]
Entries Tagged as 'teens'
A Blog Summer Camp Directors Should be Reading: Ypulse by Anastasia Goodstein
November 5th, 2008 · Comments
Tags: books · marketing · teens
“Pay Attention or I’ll Fire You!” heard at summer camp staff training
June 6th, 2008 · Comments
OK - that is not exactly what I said when a few of the high school staff were talking loudly during summer camp staff training. Never mind that their fellow staff were doing the presenting or that I had already moved my chair next to them, these kids just yammered on. Thankfully, they […]
New Media Conference for Camp Directors Interested in Technology
June 1st, 2008 · Comments
The New Media Expo is billed as the world’s most popular convention for podcasters, bloggers and online content creators. While August 14-16 is not the most ideal for a summer camp director to be thinking about professional development, this is a conference worth leaving camp for - especially if you are interested in new […]
Tags: marketing · myspace · professional development · social media · technology · teens
Parents That Over-Manage Their Children Create Life Long Handicaps
May 3rd, 2008 · Comments
This time of the year I interview over 80 high school students for training positions at my summer camp. These are the students who are very high achieving and can often afford to volunteer or work for a very small stipend. Over the last 5 years there has been a trend of parents […]
Tags: child development · teens
