This week Kelie & Natalie sit down with Carmella Montenegro to discuss the best ways to help support our summer staff through real life DEI conversations.

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Links:

Here are Carmella Montenegro’s links

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmela-montenegro/

In this episode, Kelie and Natalie reconnect with Jonathan and Sami to recount how their first summer as full time Directors went!

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Links:

• Jon’s email: jon@campkadesh

Natalie is away. So, Kelie brought in some friends, Curt Jackson and Chris Kallal from the SCamp Life: The Programming Side podcast. In this episode they discuss which is better, camper choice where the kids get to choose their activities, or group rotation where the kids are forced to go to each activity.

The new “Quiet Quitting” trend is all over social media.  Have you thought about how it will affect your hiring process this summer?  Natalie and Kelie start the conversation that you should start thinking about with your team.

Natalie interviews Kelie on her post camp “vacation”.  Kelie went back to her home camp to help out, and you’ll never guess what she offered to do!

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Last episode was Day Camp, this week Overnight.  Natalie and Kelie speak with Jonathan DuHamel and Sami Eron as they prepare  for their first summer as Camp Directors for overnight camps.

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Links:

• Jon’s email: jon@campkadesh

Kelie and Natalie interview a brand new Day Camp Director, Emily Suggs, as she prepares for her first summer as Camp Director.

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• Emily’s Email:  [email protected]

Kelie & Natalie interview Adam Baranker from Jeff Lake Camp about his Gen Z panel he hosted during the ACA Tri-State Conference. Find out what Gen Z needs are when working at camp.

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• Adam's email: [email protected]

Natalie came up with a great survey for high school students in Alabama. In this episode Kelie and Natalie go over their results as to high school student’s perspectives on seasonal employment.  We then ask you to share the following survey with any high schools you know.  We will share the data via ScampLife in early May.

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Links:

• Survey Results (PDF)

Dr. Deborah Gilboa joins Natalie and Kelie to discuss how the 2020’s have affected our adults and the ripple effect to our youth. This is one episode you don’t want to miss!!

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Links:

• Dr. G’s website: askdoctorg.com