The State of Our Industry - with Travis Allison - The Camp Owners Podcast #24
What will Summer Camp look like in 5 years? We’ve brought in the next best thing to a crystal ball. Welcome, Travis Allison!
As we approach the start of the camp season, after the year we have all had and continue to have, we thought it would be great to have a conversation with Travis Allison, the Co-Founder of Go Camp Pro and someone so familiar to all of us in the industry. He is the co-host of the Camp Hacker Podcast and is responsible for all of the podcasts on the Go Camp Pro podcast network and is the person who brought us together.
Travis is also the incoming president of the Canadian Camping Association.
Our goal is to have an open discussion on important topics of the last year and get Travis’s take on the industry in general.
Tune-in to this episode to hear about
Camp as a business
Promoting and Marketing camp
Social Justice at Camps
What do the next 5 years look like?
Thanks for listening!
If you have a suggestion or guest you’d like to hear on an upcoming show, please email our producer, Matt at matt@gocamp.pro.
What Inspires You?
Things that inspire our hosts and guests to be the best Camp Owners they can be.
Kelly: If your camp cup is low,find a chance to see one of your campers faces - just what we need right now to get us to the first day of camp.
Howie: Book by Edith Eger “The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your LIfe” https://amzn.to/3u2mB1L
Travis: “God Is Change, and Change Is God” from The Parable of the Sword by Octavia E. Butler- change is going to happen and will always happen in camp https://amzn.to/3tfUgUF
Host Links:
Kelly Schuna - Owner - Hidden Pines Ranch
Howie Grossinger - Co-owner/Director - Camp Robin Hood, Partner - Camp Walden & Madawaska Camps
Travis Allison, Summer Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
Thanks to our sponsors:
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What is the Camp Owners Podcast?
Whether you are a Camp Owner, an aspiring camp owner, or a lover of some of our other Go Camp Pro podcasts, we’re so happy to have you here.
The Camp Owners Podcast is here to explore a side of the summer camp world that is experienced by those that have the privilege of running an independent program.
In this world of camp, the stakes are high. Not only do private camps have the same goals, aspirations and responsibilities that other camps have, but there is also usually a ton of personal livelihood on the line. When you OWN a camp, you really do own the successes and failures that any for-profit enterprise faces.
On this podcast, our hosts, Howie Grossinger and Kelly Schuna will be joined by some seasoned prime camp professionals to dive deep into the issues that most private camp pros will need to face, and the best practices that they use to create, and sustain a summer camp for their campers to enjoy summer after summer.
In season one, tune in to the podcast monthly to hear about topics like Camp As a Business, Camp Insurance, Buying and Selling Camps, Work/Life Balance, Pricing, Staff Training & Engagement
Thanks for tuning in! If you have any feedback, please get in touch with our producer, Matt at matt@gocamp.pro.