REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

BUT YOU CAN STILL GET THE ALL-ACCESS PASS

Over 40 summer camp experts and other professionals are sharing their insights and knowledge on a variety of topics. You’ll come away with ideas and actionable steps to make your 2019 summer the best one yet!

ADMINISTRATION

For the big-cheese, the head-honcho, the big-kahuna, and those aspiring to eventually de-thrown the director and plant your flag as king of camp.

We’ve got just the workshops for you!

From advice on building your team, collecting data, and managing records to being more productive and partnering with parents we’ve got everything you’ll need to lead your team to victory… err, we mean a great healthy, non- usurping summer!

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

THE YOUTHS! With their technology, and tight pants… Who knows what to do with them?!?

Actually, we do.

Yep, the Royal we… that includes you.
We know that you’re awesome and you take what you do really seriously, that’s why we’ve invited some really smart folks with great ideas to help us get EVEN BETTER at supporting the young people we care so deeply about.

From camper autonomy to inclusion, grit & perseverance, our presenters will help you create great CIT programs, normalize relationships with food and body image, and help girls cultivate self-esteem. You don’t want to miss these sessions.

STAFF FOCUS

The very best way to ensure incredible programming, a safe and inclusive camp experience, and campers who feel seen and valued to is to do it all yourself hire and train amazing staff!! (heh. We were kidding about the doing it yourself part!)

Our presenters will share not only interviewing & staff training advice, but tips on building community, creating buy in, and they’ll knock your socks off with how charming and delightful they are!

MARKETING

The wonderful world of marketing. It doesn’t have to feel icky or hard. You’re not wearing going door to door selling vacuum cleaners – you’re selling a life changing experience! (Although, arguably, a great vacuum can be life changing…)

With the clever tips from our presenters you’ll learn how to make your blogs, social media, logos, and photographs look AHH-mazing! You’ll also learn some strategies for that new camp you’ve secretly been planning and how to sell this amazing experience that is not only super fun but is also actually GOOD for THE YOUTHS!

PROGRAMMING

When I was bored as a kid my mom would tell me to go play tiddly-winks… it wasn’t until reciently that I discovered it’s an ACTUAL GAME!
Not only do we believe that we can do better that (it’s a low bar, really) but we believe that the advice from our speakers will help you create and deliver incredible, innovative, inexpensive, other words that start with i, programs!

From program ideas like STEM, aquatics, and pop up museums to program theory like transitions, leveling up, and structure vs control, we’ve got you covered to deliver the best tiddly-winks program your campers have ever seen!!

The 40+ experts you’ll be learning from

during Summer Camp Con…

Why you should attend Summer Camp Con 2019:

1. You’ll learn A LOT.

We are all looking for new ideas, perspectives, and tactics. Attending any conference is going to give you that.
SCampCon gives you the option to watch the recordings over and over again until you’ve absorbed every bit of knowledge from them and can repeat the presentations like the lyrics from a Beyonce song.
But seriously, (as though talking about Beyonce isn’t serious!) even if you find just a couple gold nuggets in these workshops, it could be the information that will take your camp to the next level.

2. There’s no need to travel.

Booking airline and hotel reservations can be frustrating, especially if you’re looking for the most economical solutions. Then there’s the actual traveling, TSA, crying babies, crowded airplanes, waiting… sock feet on a germ filled floor, the paralyzing fear of ending up in a room with no windows… oh, no? Just me? Ok.

Once you finally get to the hotel you have to check-in, find your room, sleep in a strange bed after doing an extensive CSI style search for potential signs of bed bugs… just me again? Ok…
Hopefully, you aren’t near the ice machine or elevator. Don’t forget the return flight home.

Yeesh!

Instead of all that traveling, you can sit back and enjoy the workshops from the comfort of your office, home or local coffee shop if you want. You’ll still be able to ask questions and even chat with other participants.
Learning in your pjs with no bed bugs in sight? Count. Me. In.

3. You’ll save loads of money.

Conferences require a large investment of time and money. After paying for registration, flights, hotel accommodations and all the other little incidentals and add-ons, you could end up spending over $1500. What could you do with that extra money at camp?
$1500 buys a lot of toilet paper and glow sticks, let me tell ya!

SummerCampCon is different. Save your money and travel time. If you claim your ticket today, it’s FREE, thanks to our totally awesome, generous, and all around swell sponsors.

Does learning from other camp professionals and industry experts sound good to you? Is saving time and money important to you and your organization?

FAQs

What is Summer Camp Con?

Summer Camp Con is the first virtual (online) conference for camp professionals. It runs for 10 days with 4-5 workshops per day.

Our speakers are camp professionals and leaders in their related industries from the US, Canada, Ukraine and Greece. What they have in common is extensive  experience, knowledge and understanding of the summer camp industry.

Who is running this event?

You would think it’s a room full of monkeys on typewriters, but nope! The conference was created by Curt Jackson and Patti Sampson, the co-founders of Artemis CRS. They are the duo who created the Patchwork Marketplace where you can find many of their resources. Curt also runs the SummerCampPro.com blog and Patti runs TheCampNerd.com blog. And on every second Tuesday and Thursday they fight crime.

Who should attend SCampCon?

Camp professionals of every level and type of camp will benefit from the breadth of knowledge these experts are sharing.
Wide eyed and bushy tailed seasonal staff working their way up the ranks will take away a ton, and grizzled ol’ field tested camp directors and ED’s will also find some gems to improve their already awesome techniques.

When can I watch the workshops?

Well, well, well… funny you should ask…
There are two ways to watch the conference. The first is each weekday between January 28-February 8, you can watch the workshops live.
See the full schedule above. It’s gonna be awesome.

The second way to watch the workshops is by slapping your hand on the counter and saying “I want to watch these intelligent, attractive, people delivering valuable information and actionable steps on my schedule and at my leisure, doggone it!”
And then purchase the All Access Pass to watch the workshops as often as you like.