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		<title>Facility Friday &#8211; guest post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this is a guest post from Jon Bontrager, Facility Director, of YMCA Camp Harrison near Wilkesboro, NC. I am not, nor do I claim to be, any sort of &#8220;horse person.&#8221; I do, however, like a challenge. I was excited In 2008, when I arrived at YMCA Camp Harrison at Herring Ridge, to learn that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a small camp it&#8217;s (not necessarily) all you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet Dave, and Dave, and Dave&#8230;. (it&#8217;s a video, click on the link) Does your life as a camp director feel like this? If you work at a small camp this can be a reality and if you work at a larger camp, but have failed to master the magic of delegation this can also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/in-a-small-camp-its-not-necessarily-all-you</link>
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		<title>Trust: The Currency of Our Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(originally written for Camp Business Magazine) I’ve been thinking and talking about trust a lot lately. Usually it has come up in conversations I have had about what is the defining element in why parents choose one camp over another. I believe that reason is trust. This is why it is so important for camp [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/trust-the-currency-of-our-work</link>
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		<title>Adventures in Board Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if readers pick up on the fact that most of the things that I write about (and speak about at conferences) are things that I have struggled with, or more often than not, continue to struggle with in my professional life. Sometimes I wish my work still centered around leading games and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/adventures-in-board-development</link>
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		<title>Re:Think Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though summer camp is over 150 years old it really hasn&#8217;t changed that much. It began when some individuals took kids to a remote location to separate them from the hustle and bustle of the world, and today, we are still removing kids from the hustle and bustle (more like removing them from their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/rethink-camp</link>
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		<title>Great Counselors Don&#8217;t (always) Make Great Camp Directors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think one of the worst things that can happen at a summer camp is what I like to call HOS or &#8220;Hanging On Syndrome&#8221;. This happens when a camper begins coming to camp around age 6 and they continue through the evolutionary process of camper until they become eligible for a leadership training program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/great-counselors-dont-always-make-great-camp-directors</link>
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		<title>Tim Tebow and Summer Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am Denver Broncos fan! I have been one since 1983 when John Elway was drafted #1 over-all by the Baltimore Colts and told them he would play professional baseball unless he was traded. Elway ends up a Bronco and I end up a Broncos fan! I am a Tim Tebow fan! He is quite the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/tim-tebow-and-summer-camp</link>
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		<title>4 Reasons to Hire a Guest Speaker for Staff Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know what you are thinking &#8211; &#8220;Dave is trying to get us to hire him to be a speaker for our staff training&#8221;. Sorry to disappoint, but that is not what I am doing. I am trying to get you to hire an outside speaker for your staff training this year though. I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/4-reasons-to-hire-a-guest-speaker-for-staff-training</link>
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		<title>Budget and Retention Tool for Camp Directors — guest blog post by James Davis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally we at CampLeadership.org get emails from Camp Directors across the country telling us about an idea that they have. James Davis, who is with the Vandercamp Center in Cleveland, New York is one of those people. He sent me a polite email asking me to check out a budget and retention tool he created. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://campleadership.org/budget-and-retention-tool-for-camp-directors</link>
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		<title>What I learned about summercamp from a &#8216;daycare&#8217; tour — by Mike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My daughter was born three weeks ago. This is the first child for my wife and I, and I already feel part of this new parent club that I have heard so much about. No longer do I have to worry about the question, “Do you have kids,” from parents of campers who think I’m [...]]]></description>
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