
We have been keeping an eye on registrations for camp since we announced it a few weeks ago, and are sad to announce that we have decided to cancel this virtual event. This whole year has had some tough learning lessons for us. In the past, we were used to people being interested, engaged, and excited for just about anything we announced! This virtual realm has proven to be an entirely different beast; while it’s interesting and provides some cool opportunities, we are realizing that perhaps Camp is just one of those things that doesn’t translate as easily–that on top of the fact that people are expressing that they are “Zoomed out,” and less interested in committing a weekend to being in front of a screen than they were last spring–especially now with vaccines rolling out and inspiring hope ahead for in-person events.
If you have attended camp in the past, the magic TRULY happens in a lot of the networking events, and the overnight joy of it all. People become friends, stay in touch WAY a fter camp, collaborate together, and there is just so much joy in it all. At the closing exercises, there are tears and it really feels like summer camp did when we were kids, and we are SO PROUD of that. It’s really what we wanted. We thought of some cool ways to emulate that connection and joy, with self-care packages and “letters to self” exercises and of course all the amazing classes and instructors we had lined up! But at the end of the day the registrations have shown that there is just not the demand we had hoped for, for a virtual version of Camp ThunderCraft.
xox,
virtual Small Business classes
Are you a crafter, maker, or artist who is grappling with the hardships of running your own small business? Are you looking for small business classes, or new ways to connect with other vendors, makers, and creative small business owners while learning new ways to move your business forward? Join us for a weekend full of educational sessions at our small business retreat, Camp ThunderCraft!
how is “virtual” camp going to work?
- We will be conducting all classes and speaking events through Zoom, and we’ll have an instructor and a moderator for each session.
- We will be using Gather for all of our networking and social events, which is a relatively new platform that has some cool features for networking that Zoom does not provide–most importantly, the ability to move in and out of spaces and mingle more informally. This is where we’ll also be conducting morning activities such as yoga, “morning pages,” and water coloring meditation, as well as where we’ll host our evening networking opportunities and activities. (HELLO HAPPY HOUR!)
If this technology is new to you, don’t worry! We’ll be there to walk you through it every step of the way.
We’ll also be introducing each of you in our Facebook group, and in a dedicated blog post on the site, so that you can all start to get to know each other beforehand and so that there will be some familiar faces once you’re in these classes and activities together. This has always been such a helpful way to get comfortable with each other when we’ve held camp in person, and we have no doubt that it will be even more important now in the virtual realm!
Camp ThunderCraft wouldn’t be nearly as awesome without our generous sponsors! All these wonderful businesses are helping out in some way to make sure the weekend is super fantastic.