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200 episodes and over 14 years, the CampHacker Podcast has been around literally so long that we actually can’t find the first few episodes (seriously, if you find them, holler!).

After 200+ hours (that’s 1.5 weeks, people!), it’s time to put our money where our mouths are…hypothetically at least.

In this episode, Travis and Chris take their collective camp and education experience, alongside the realities of running summer camps today, and put it together to share how they would build and launch Camp Hudson (get it, Hudson + Allison?).

From site ownership (hint, they wouldn’t), to who they serve (hint, start local), to marketing (hint, often and BIG), this episode covers a lot of ground.

Join us in this hopeful and intentional thought experiment as a send-off for the summer of 2024.

Thanks for the season, friends!

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• Chris - Game - Once Upon a Time - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1234/once-upon-time-storytelling-card-game
• Travis - Finch app - https://app.befinch.com/share/TRJD

• Travis Allison, Summer Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
• Chris Hudson, Camp Consultant and Director - Camp Highlight

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You probably wouldn’t be surprised to know that as we have gotten more comfortable talking about exceptionalities, disabilities or diversabilities, the rate of diagnoses for those exceptionalities, disabilities or diversabilities has gone up.

More and more people (kids, teens and adults are like) are discovering how their brains work best and are starting to understand their potential when the spaces that they are in work in their favour.

As with most things - the camp industry, by and large, is catching up on making sure that their spaces are using Universal Design Principals when thinking about how they create the day-to-day of staff training and summer camp.

Travis and Chris are joined by Lisa Drennan, founder of MERGE Diverse Abilities Inclusion Consulting and an absolute PRO when it comes to making spaces more inclusive for kids, teens, young adults and adults who identify as neurodivergent.

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• Chris - The Book of Virtues - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25774.The_Book_of_Virtues
• Travis - ConqueRing Fidget Ring -https://myconquering.com/
  • New Canva - Meet the NEW Canva | Canva Create 2024 Updates✨
• Lisa - https://thearcofmass.org/toolkit-organization/

• Travis Allison, Summer Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
• Chris Hudson, Camp Consultant and Director - Camp Highlight
• Lisa Drennan, Founder of MERGE Diverse Abilities Inclusion Consulting

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https://camphacker.tv/podcast/2024/05/camp-2035

If you’re reading this on release (mid-May) - it may feel impossible to get out of the weeds and think about the future.

That’s fair - and - in order for our industry, and even our camps to make it the next 10 years, we need to consider the challenges that we’re going to face and the opportunities we’ll discover along the way.

Thank goodness for people like Stephane (and Travis - it’s not him who writes these show-notes, so he’s not being an arrogant jerk by mentioning himself) to help us zoom out and think of the big picture.

In this episode, Travis and Stephane use their combined experience to share what camps and camp leaders will need to do to ensure they not only survive until 2035, but to thrive along the way.

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• Stephane - 5 Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni
• Travis - High-Quality Post-Its + Sharpie + Big Wall Brainstorming

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• Travis Allison, Summer Camp Consultant - Go Camp Pro
• Stephane Richard, Owner and Lead Consultant, Stephane Richard Consulting

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