Nicholai Ronningen
Owner, Grow My Camp
Nicholai Ronningen is the founder of Ronningen Design and Grow My Camp, and for more than two decades he’s been one of the steady forces helping summer camps look, sound, and feel like themselves online. Since launching Ronningen Design in 1999, Nicholai has specialized in building custom camp websites that translate a camp’s culture into a clear story families can actually connect with. His process is very in-depth: listening for what makes a camp what it is, then turning that “why” into design, messaging, and a web experience that builds trust and drives enrollment.
Through Grow My Camp, Nicholai and his team bring modern marketing tools and strategy to the camp world, helping camps improve visibility, understand their funnel, track conversions, strengthen SEO, and build smarter systems, all in service of sustainable growth. Grow My Camp is all about developing a camp’s core mission and goals.
A long-time supporter of CODA and CODACON, Nicholai has helped elevate the industry by sharing expertise, contributing to camp education, and supporting the broader camp community’s digital presence, including CODA’s web and marketing efforts.
AI for Growth, The Visibility Shift: How Camps Will Be Discovered, Trusted, and Chosen in 2026
Breakout Block Two: Monday/3:15pm
AI isn’t just reshaping operations, it’s redefining how families discover, research, and choose summer camps. In this practical, future-focused session, Nicholai Ronningen breaks down the new rules of visibility and trust in an AI-driven landscape. You’ll see how tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini evaluate camps, how AI is reshaping parent decision-making, and the concrete steps every camp needs to stay findable online. You’ll also learn how to use AI to strengthen community, personalize communication, and elevate your camp’s authentic voice, while steering clear of the biggest marketing pitfalls and risks. Attendees will walk away with a clear roadmap for boosting visibility, building trust, and using AI responsibly to drive enrollment in the years ahead.
