https://www.acacamps.org/events-education/online-learning/recorded-webinar/eval-2020-tricks-trends-next-decade-camp-evaluation

In the past ten years we’ve welcomed tremendous growth in how and why camp professionals use evaluation to support program planning, staff training, marketing, and funding efforts.  The year...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/five-ways-you-can-use-research-habit-formation-develop-staff

You've probably read those statistics about the number of people who buy gym memberships in January and then never work out. Maybe that's totally you. The stakes for physical fitness are high — we...

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/camp-impact-study-participants-financial-supporters

We thank the following ACA accredited camps for supporting the Camp Impact Study by helping the team recruit research participants.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/tools-measuring-youth-development-outcomes

The youth development outcomes tools were designed specifically for camps interested in exploring what their campers gain from their camp experience. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/whats-happening-phase-3-camp-impact-study

In this Research 360 blog post, Victoria Povilaitis discusses what's going on in phase three of the summer camp impact study.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/what-you-dont-know-cant-help-you-value-asking-your-staff

Staff feedback is vital to running a successful summer camp. Your staff are the only ones with the answers to these questions, so if you want to know the answers . . . ask them. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/all-camp-impactful-more-you-go-more-you-grow

A brand-new article on the impact of summer camp was recently published in the Journal of Leisure Research on the lasting impacts of camp experiences. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/campwire-episode-16-day-national-conference

CampWire host Sam Hirt brings you with him for an entire day at National Conference. He pops into educational sessions, the keynote, and interviews conference attendees.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-15-meet-2019-eells-program-award-winners

In the fifteenth episode of CampWire, meet the five winners of the Eleanor P. Eells Award for Program Excellence. These camps will be honored at ACA's National Conference next month in Nashville.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/episode-14-aca-technology-tom-schenk

Tom Schenk has been Director of Technology at ACA for almost 25 years. On this episode, Sam spoke with him about the ways in which technology has changed in his time at ACA, and about some of the...