Title: RECM 381 Part IV: Camps and Nonprofit Facility Management Whats different
1RECM 381Part IV Camps and Nonprofit Facility
Management Whats different?
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- Most camp organizations strive to create
memorable places
- A memorable property is a seamless expression of
an integrated organizational mission.
- The components of a memorable place are
- Program
- Property
- Both of which influence each other
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- How camps or centers create an effective
environment for personal growth
- Isolated Temporary System Theory (ITS)
- William Duncan (Aurora University) and Charles
Wallace (United Camps, Conferences and Retreats)
- Components
- Location requiring travel to camp or center
- Temporary residence
- Freedom from physical needs
- Food and housing furnished
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- Isolated Temporary System Theory (ITS)
- Components (continued)
- Sense of being at home
- Freedom from external time structures
- Freedom from roles
- Dress, social status, economic status, etc.
- Natural Beauty
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- Isolated Temporary System Theory (ITS)
- Benefits to participants
- Less distraction, ability to better focus on one
predominate learning task
- Holistic learning environment
- Close working relationship between teacher and
student (or camper and counselor)
- Intimate setting that promotes communication,
trust, and a spirit of engagement
- Dramatically increased retention of learning
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- Isolated Temporary System Theory (ITS)
- Resident camps or centers can function as ideal
ITS environments when they do the following
- Ensure that staff members understand the desired
outcomes
- Ensure that staff are trained to tap the power of
the ITS to deliver desired outcomes
- Provide physical space and equipment specifically
tailored to enhance the experience
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- Putting it all together
- Mission, Values, People
- Integrate using
- Facilities
- Site
- Time
- Finances
- Records
- Risk management
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- Setting Priorities for Program and Property
- Good facilities an improved ability to offer
good programs
- Facility management thus sets the stage for
quality program delivery
- Program choice must maximize mission objectives
and define organization
- Educate and grow your clients never entertain or
babysit
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- Setting positive anticipation for campers
- Inform the camper of the pre-arrival work
- New floor, new cabin, new dining hall, new beach,
etc.
- See our new dining hall floor
- Create a mental picture in the campers minds
through pre-arrival communication
- Brochures, letters, emails
- Use maps, color photos to educate concerning
locations of facilities, dining hall, residential
cabins
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- Shape expectations of your camper
- Use maps, color photos to educate concerning
locations of facilities, dining hall, residential
cabins in promotional materials
- Welcoming or confirmation packets should contain
detailed information
- Orientation tours reinforce printed information
- On-site information in cabins, dining hall,
program locations remind and reinforce guidelines
and rules
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- Never miss an opportunity to educate your camper
- Signage on site to protect
- Identifying hazards, poisonous plants, insects,
predators
- Poison oak, ivy, sumac
- Snakes and spiders
- Bears, cougars, and wolves
- Dangerous threats or hazards
- Cliffs, falls, slippery slopes, stairs and
ladders
- Use text and graphics when possible
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- Never miss an opportunity to educate your camper
- Signage on site to educate and interpret
- Tree and unusual plant species
- Oaks, hickories, pines, firs, pitcher plants
- Mammal tracks in stone or concrete
- Squirrels, rabbits, skunks, possums, raccoons,
fox, coyotes
- Ecological facts
- Examples of riparian and wetland areas
- Dominant forest types
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- Never miss an opportunity to educate your camper
- Signage on site to reinforce policies and rules
- Dont waste water
- Turn out the lights when leaving your cabin
- Dispose of trash properly
- Wash your hands before meals
- Hang your towels up to dry
- Wear clean clothes every day
- Shower after swimming
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- Create positive attitudes toward site and
facilities
- Align facilities with key natural vistas and
panoramas
- Frame your visual images for the camper
- Integrate brand awareness through the use of
logos or signature statements
- Train staff to reinforce brand, mission, and
image
- What they wear, what they say, what they do
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- Create your memorable place
- Staff set the stage
- Programs reinforce goals
- Facility and natural setting frame the memory
- Your goal is to seek once-in-a-lifetime
experiences that shape character and define who
children become
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