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  • AO Statement - Relief Needed for Communities Hit by Helene

    Sep 29, 2024 12:33 PM

    Our hearts are with the many communities devastated by hurricane Helene, including those in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee that have been hit especially hard. In many cases the hardest hit areas are home to some of the most popular recreation river destinations in the Southeast including the French Broad, the Nantahala, Pigeon Creek, and the Chattooga all experienced significant flooding events.

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    Social Media Strategy Guide for Tour Operators

    Social media has become a crucial tool for tour operators like yourself to connect with your audience, build brand awareness, and drive engagement. Whether you currently have a presence on social media and post consistently, don’t have social channels at all and don’t know where to begin, or are somewhere in the middle, this guide will offer valuable insights for you!

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    Supporting Burned Out Employees

    Has anyone in your organization experienced burnout? This informative article addresses the topic and offers ideas for how to manage it.

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  • Building Employee Housing- Tax Planning and Wealth Building

    Outfitters can consider the usage of multiple entities to effectuate good asset protection as well as reduce the overall tax burden to the least amount legally possible. If done properly, using multiple entities can accomplish many cool outcomes, including Shift income recognition to later years. If done properly, using multiple entities can accomplish defer taxes , take deductions for items not typically allowed, Insolate from liability, and prevent built-in gain

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  • How to Empower Others to Make Decisions

    Your staff, your family, and your friends need a framework to know how to make decisions for you. If you want to empower the people in your sphere of influence, help them make decisions well by using your brand sheet, leading by example, and recognizing the fun in making decisions. Utilizing a brand sheet, which compels you to align short-term and long-term strategic planning with your company’s mission, is one of the most powerful tools you can rely on.

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    Outfitter Insurance Captives: Huh?

    A captive, in its most basic sense, is an insurance company that you create and manage. It’s like self-insuring, and it’s a way to take control over your insurance program to customize coverages to your needs and a way to (hopefully, if you manage risk effectively) retain insurance carrier profits for yourself.

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    Navigating a Business Transition

    The purpose of this article is to address questions raised during the 2023 AOA conference session hosted by Choreo Advisors: Navigating a Business Transition: From the Owner’s View. - How to mitigate taxes through creative transition planning? - How to transition wealth to younger generations? - How can an owner prepare for transition without an advisor? - How are Financial Advisors compensated for services provided?

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  • Outfitter Spy - June 2024

    Jun 17, 2024 11:48 AM

    Welcome to Outfitter Spy, a collaborative effort between America Outdoors, Adventure Park Insider, and Granite Insurance. What can you expect in Outfitter Spy? Difficult, and sometimes silly, questions are asked by an anonymous Spy caller. Your team answers and is rated from 0-10 based on their response. The question: “I can’t swim. Are there limits to what I can do?”

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  • Fostering a Sense of Belonging in Your Outdoor Business

    The outdoor industry has the opportunity to be a leader in fostering a sense of belonging. By committing to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and by embracing the principles of intersectionality, the industry can create spaces where all people feel they have a place on the trail, in the water, on the slopes, and in the great expanse of nature.

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  • Updated Standards for Wilderness Medicine Certifications

    In 2023, the Wilderness Medicine Education Collaborative revised their wilderness medicine standards documents. Learn more about the WMEC and how to find the revised standards here.

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