Make your first impressions, your best impressions.

Welcome back to the Day Camp Pod!

Whether you’re joining us in our beginning season, or if you’re reading this in the vast nethers of the future, we’re so glad you’re here!

Open Houses are time and time again, one of the best ways to get the final “yes” from potential camp parents. If done well, parents will register their child, if done REALLY well, they will tell their friends, family and friend’s family that your camp is the place to be this summer.

However, the intentionality required to pull off a great camp open house should not be underestimated. Here to help you steer the ship toward the shores of success are our Day Camp Pod Pros, Andy, Ehren and Sam! Tune in to this episode to hear answers to:

What’s the goal of your Open House?
What guideposts do you use for your open houses? Camp Fairs? Price Breaks?
How can you make an Open House an event all in itself?
Who are you marketing your camp Open Houses to? How can you specifically recruit them?
What are you going to do to make your tour stand-out?
How do you train your staff to give the best tour ever?
How do you intentionally end your tour?
What is your client follow-up process like?

Get your pens, paper and Evernote documents out, because this one if FULL of ideas you can implement this season!

Do you have any Open House hacks? Let us know in the comment section!

DCP - DAY CAMP PROGRAM IDEA OF THE WEEK - LEVEL UP YOUR DAY CAMP!

Andy - Learn to Ride Bike Elective
Ehren - Sing your Heart Out Staff Event
Sam - Service Projects For Campers

YOUR HOSTS:

Andy Pritikin, Owner/Director Liberty Lake Day Camp, past president ACA NY/NJ
Ehren Gluckstein, Assistant Director, Camp Robin Hood
Sam Thompson, Recreation Supervisor, Crystal Lake Park District

SPONSORS:

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors who help make this Go Camp Pro podcast possible!

American Camp Association, NY & NJ http://www.acanynj.org/
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The Day Camp Spirit - The Day Camp Pod #1 Nov 25, 2018

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Welcome to the Day Camp Pod!

Welcome to The Day Camp Pod! A podcast that focuses purely on the best practices of the Day Camp industry.

On this first episode of The Day Camp Pod, we start with a sampler of the types of questions that matter to the Day Camp Industry. This episode we’ll hear great questions (and even greater answers) to topics surrounding capturing the overnight camp experience, into our day camps. You’ll hear more about…

How to get past the “excuse” of not being an overnight camp
How can we embed traditions into our Day Camp Programs? What traditions would you create if you started a camp from scratch?
How do we introduce “Free Play” or “Free Choice” into the short days of day camp
What are the big special moments or programs do you inject into your programs?

These ideas, and more, all from your Day Camp Pod Hosts, Andy Pritikin from Liberty Lake Day Camp, Ehren Gluckstein from Camp Robin Hood and Sam Thompson from Crystal Lake Park District!

We hope you enjoy this NEW Podcast, brought to you by Go Camp Pro.

What do you think? Have an idea for another show? Let us know in the comments below!

DCP - DAY CAMP PROGRAM IDEA OF THE WEEK - LEVEL UP YOUR DAY CAMP!

Andy - Bees at Camp!

Ehren - The Bus Challenge - An every day challenge on the bus ride to and from camp.

Sam - Fear Factor Challenges

YOUR HOSTS: