Sleepover business camp for women offered on P.E.I. this fall

It's asleepovercamp with no sleeping bags and nocellphones: this fall, P.E.I.'s Business Women's Association is putting on Camp Dynamo, a camp for businesswomen.

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"We had heard a lot from our members that they really needed an opportunity to kind of unplug and connect more with their business and their passion of their business," said Hannah Bell,executive director of the P.E.I. Business Women's Association.

When you're so busy working in it you sometimes forget about why you did it in the first place. Hannah Bell, P.E.I. Business Women's Association

"We don't really get a chance to do that, we're always rushing around and in appointments."

The association is holding Camp Dynamo at the historicDalvayby theSea resort in Dalvay, P.E.I., the last weekend in September, before it closes for the season.

They've put together a "build your own adventure" menu of activities, said Bell, including yoga, guest speakers and a variety of workshops.

Tech detox

"It's about professional and personal," revealed Bell.

Camp Dynamo will offer more than a typical business conference in which participants take workshops on mastering social media or better ways to do your taxes, she said.

It'll also offer a technology detox: they're asking participants to give up their digital devices so they can relax and focus.

Back to basics

"When you're so busy working in it you sometimes forget about why you did it in the first place," she said.

"And this is really an opportunity to provide people with guided routes to be able to get back to that place to say 'I really love what I do and I'm going to keep doing it and I'm going to do it better.'"

Camp Dynamo takes place September 30 to October 1 and is filling up quickly, said Bell, adding there's a capacityof 70 people.

The cost of the sleepover camp starts at $318, or participatein the Saturday sessions only for about$165.

The camp is being put on as a partnership with Fresh Media, whose founderMelody Dover will be a camp leader.

There's also a VIP option including a cottage that sleeps four. The eventis women-only, said Bell.

For more information check out the event on the P.E.I. Business Women's Associationwebsite or on Facebook.

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