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Re: 9 Quick-Fire Ways to Surprise and Delight Your Staff - Camp Code #78

Travis Allison — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:58:45 -0000

Thanks so much, Liz! I've passed this on to Ruby, Gabz & Beth.

Re: Camp as a Business - The Camp Owners Podcast #1

Travis Allison — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:53:10 -0000

Yes, Jenn! Thanks for telling us.

~Travis

Re: Build camaraderie and generate programmatic payoff in 1 fun staff training activity!

Travis Allison — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:04:15 -0000

In that case I would just run all these activities "live" and include the campers in them.

Re: Training Employees Who Know More Than You - Camp Code #43

Travis Allison — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:08:25 -0000

Thanks @Emilie Hutcheson! That's a great idea. I'll tell BGR.

There are a couple of CampHacker podcasts that might fit what you're looking for:
- http://camphacker.tv/podcas...
- http://camphacker.tv/podcas...
- http://camphacker.tv/podcas...
- http://camphacker.tv/podcas...

Re: A 'HINT' to Increase Retention - from Joanna Warren Smith

Travis Allison — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:18:58 -0000

Hi Beth. Thanks for your questions today. We don't have any specific suggestions for that exact tool. I'm sorry.

Have you searched the Summer Camp Professionals group on FB? Topics like these have been discussed a number of times. Check out http://c4mp.pro

Re: Proven Summer Camp Marketing Methods - CampHacker #106

Travis Allison — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:58:20 -0000

Thank you!

Re: Building Empathy at Summer Camp

Travis Allison — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:39:12 -0000

Thanks, Colin!

Re: Creating an Inclusive Camp Community - Camp Code #44

Travis Allison — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:24:14 -0000

Thanks, Neva! I've passed your comments on Gabz, Ruby & Beth.

Re: Tips For the Last Month Before Camp - CampHacker #91

Travis Allison — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:09:12 -0000

I know, right?

Thanks for your comment, Josh.

Re: Well, I finally put it all together and get on with that goal of mine

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:39:28 -0000

Hey John,

Thanks for sharing your real estate passion with us. It's so wonderful to see how you've progressed in the course and challenged yourself with this video (and you talked exactly to the time!).

I'd really like to see this open with a short story. How can you engage your audience so that they will listen to the details that follow?

If you had the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce come to you and say - we loved this video, would you develop it into a 12-15 minute talk - how would you fill out the details? What picture would you paint to keep them engaged for that length of time and for them to want to buy in?

Re: Well, I finally put it all together and get on with that goal of mine

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:35:14 -0000

@Kevin Liebenberg - the link is working now if you want to drop back in and leave your comment for John.

Re: P12: The Ripple Effect

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:33:37 -0000

"I'm a writer" - That's a bold and wonderful statement Ashley.

I'm pleased that you took the time to engage us all with your traffic ripple effect metaphor. How has that ripple impacted your own life?

If we tightened the constraint on this challenge - you have 90 seconds to get your point across - what would you leave out or change?

Re: Invest In People

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:25:35 -0000

Hi Joanne,

It is so wonderful to see and hear your passion for what you do. What an honour, for all involved in altMBA to get to know the VERY cool things that the people around us do.

If we tightened the constraint on this challenge - you have 90 seconds to get your point across - what would focus on?

Secondly, I'd really like to see this open with a short story. How can you engage your audience so that they will listen to the details that follow. (Starving is a bold image that you use - can that be something powerful to use as your metaphor?)

Re: Pick Me!

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:22:04 -0000

Hey Casey,

Thanks for sharing your passion with us. One of the coolest things about this program is the opportunity for us to get to know, in depth, the REALLY interesting stuff people like us do!

If we tightened the constraint on this challenge - you have 90 seconds to get your point across - what would you leave out or change.

Secondly, I'd really like to see this open with a short story. How can you engage your audience (even if it is TV execs) so that they will listen to the details that follow.

Re: Want Me to Help You Change The World?

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:15:14 -0000

Hey Colin, I know you've got some speaking experience and it shows in this video!

I think your passion for helping others really comes through, too.

I'd love to hear some story (whether it's No Impact Man or something from your quest to find purpose) to pull your audience into your topic. I'm left with a strong call to action and an understand of what you're offering but I think it needs a personal touch to start it off right.

Re: Experiences shape who we are

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:07:29 -0000

Hey Meghan,

Congratulations on shipping this one. I know it was hard.

Even if it isn't today, I love to see you take more stabs at this kind of video. You've got this very cool business idea driven my your own passion for the environment and even by a quest to find beauty in the things that people surround themselves with.

And you're bringing that to a tough, tough, old school industry.

The way you're going to crack that is through telling great stories and by bringing your passion to bear on them.

This kind of video will make a wonderful introduction to what you offer to people just hearing of you for the first time.

It's obvious that you put a lot of work into this and that you practiced. I think the next step is to feel confident in your talking points and just imagine you're a quiet bar with an old dear friend and that you're completely relaxed (I've gone so far as to put a photo of a face on my camera or even pictures of eyes) and you're excited to tell her/him about your idea.

That's the place to be when you're ready to take another stab at this. Stand up, look at the lens and give it your heart.

Re: Design is for everyone

Travis Allison — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:52:49 -0000

Yes, Murali! This is wonderful. What a powerful ending.

What story could you open up with to draw people in? Is it something that you talked about in the vid or something different.

Imagining that your next constraint was imposed when the TED committee saw your short vid and asked you to expand it to 18 minutes. How would you develop the waves of the story to keep people's attention?

Finally, once people see the objects designed with intent, what do you want them to do?

Re: The Cost of Treading Water (5)

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:09:56 -0000

Oh, your poor whimpering inner accountant, Christina!

Kudos for letting the inner consultant out of the penalty box (excellent use of consultant lingo in your last sentence!). She's, obviously, banging on the glass.

So with some clearer goals - and some big, honest ones to face up to - where's the emotional labour and your inner "do the hard part first" detector pushing you?

I look forward to watching your ruckus!

~Travis

Re: Avoiding the Rut and Always Remembering the Call to Create (5)

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:58:11 -0000

Hey Drew,

I'm so thrilled that the altMBA prompts and community have been a catalyst for you!

You've identified some possible avenues for your creativity. Which of those is most intriguing and scary? As we see the end of the program coming I think about the postcard we got from the beginning: "I will do the hard part first". "I will embrace emotional labour." Does thinking of your future while being sensitive to those thoughts help give you some direction for next steps?

Can't wait to see your next ruckus,

Travis

Re: Don’t stop believin’…in yourself (6)

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:47:08 -0000

Stop it with the beautiful photos! That's brilliant.

Congratulations on saying your WHY out loud. It's so tough to do sometimes and something you needed to build up to as you're seeing the end of the altMBA program coming.

You've got so many beginnings coming up. What do you play to do to make sure you have good and proper endings as well? (apropos metaphoric sunset!)

You've been very open and honest throughout this program - an honour to the people you've shared with. How can you push yourself to continue that "emotional labour"?

Re: Starting the altMBA all over.

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:37:38 -0000

Hey Max. Thanks for sharing this - it's bold and ballsy and I like it.

Why do you think you've been avoiding saying this stuff out loud? Now that you're a pro altMBA'er does that teach you something about "doing the hard part first"? Give you some stuff to target?

Much of the success of a new venture is less about the product than the community you build. Are there any lessons that you've learned from your job to help with building a community around a new venture?

What about the community lessons from altMBA?

I look forward to hearing how things go as you move over to the Alumni side!

Re: The Cost of Ignoring An Imminent Change(5)

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:27:36 -0000

Hey Melanie. It's such a pleasure to read your work.

I hope that the opportunity to work "on" your business this month has been helpful in giving you some clarity for your future directions.

We're at an interesting point in the program, you've seen all but the last prompt in "the process". My challenge to you now is: how do you coach yourself?

What are the things that you need to dig deeper on to help yourself feel clear? How, in the altMBA parlance do you get yourself to "ship" on your decisions, and then ship again?

Re: Doing nothing costs something, so does doing too many things.

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:13:31 -0000

Hey Jerome,

What you've written here brings up something common for many leaders: Is what you see as a problem really a problem if your ideal client doesn't think so? Or think so yet?

I'm not trying to shoot down your idea but rather challenge you to take a look at the opportunity you see. How do you take on educating an industry that they have a need as well as creating the product that fulfills the need?

In what ways can you bring on your "friendlies" to talk through the perceived problems in the industry to find the gateway for your product.

With only a couple of more projects to go, I ask you to consider your readers. No one has the same experiences (or brilliant ideas) that you do - how do you introduce them to your industry in a quick and engaging way as you bring them into the work you're doing for your projects.

Thanks, Jerome, for being open and sharing your struggles. You honour us with your honesty.

Re: I need to be a better storyteller… (5)

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:01:27 -0000

Thomas, every time you take on Man Alive for your prompts I feel like you get not one step, but 10 steps closer to figuring things out.

Small daily steps are going to be a great source of habit-building practices and story-telling. What sort of things will you put out in the world - not the sort of thing that requires a whole website re-write but something that reveals Man Alive piece by piece?

PS: not related to how you did your project but something that might come in handy (I've been doing marketing for years and this stuff has helped my leap forward in my thinking) - I'd check out Storybrand.com. They are so great at giving a simple framework on which you can develop your storytelling skills.

I don't know if you're a podcast listener but their podcast is really brilliant, too.

Re: Getting to the heart of it

Travis Allison — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:05:58 -0000

This is wonderful and bold and well-thought out, Meghan.

I'm so fascinated with your business because I'm drawn to the aesthetic ideal of it and picturing how it disruptive the idea is to a stayed old industry is really exciting.

I wonder if you were to frame the businesses future bigger if that would be freeing? Can you get the ball of creativity and problem solving rolling but thinking really big?

In the end, as long as you're crystal clear about what change you want to make in people you're going an a wonderful direction.