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Captain Obvious

Posted in Advancement, blog, Camping, comments, Ideals, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, Patrol Method, training, Values, Webelos to Scout Transition on April 25, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Earlier today I received an email from a “fan of the blog and podcast”.. his email is certainly appreciated and I am glad that he took the time to express his thoughts, but… I will not post the email here, but let me share with you the part that got me to write this post. [...]

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Methods- Patrols

Posted in Character, Citizenship, comments, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, Patrol Method, Scouts, Service, Skills, teamwork, Values on April 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Patrol is, like the ideals, the foundation of the Troop.  The Patrol is where the Scout learns citizenship, it is where they practice democracy, leadership,  and teamwork.  It is where they find companionship, life long friendships, and a place where they belong.  The Patrol is unit of Scouting.  Whether for work or play, the [...]

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Methods

Posted in blog, Character, Citizenship, comments, fitness, Good Turn Daily, Ideals, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, Motto, Oath and Law, Scout Law, Scoutmaster minute, training, Values on April 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Over the last couple of weeks Scouter friends and I have had numerous discussions about Scouting in our District.  After the last Scoutmaster training session it became pretty clear that many Scouters have heard about the methods of Scouting, but do not really put them into practice in their units.  Kind of like knowing that [...]

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Delivering the Promise

Posted in blog, Character, Citizenship, comments, fitness, Ideals, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Scoutmaster minute, Service, Summer Camp, training, Webelos to Scout Transition on April 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »

At last nights Roundtable I was pleased to see a great turn out in the Boy Scout break out.  Last nights attraction was Camporee and what units can do to get ready for it.  We had about a half hour left so I thought it would be worth our while to talk a little District [...]

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Protecting your online identity?

Posted in blog, Character, comments, Ideals, Oath and Law, Scoutmaster minute, technology on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Awhile back there was some discussion on separating your Scouting life with your “Normal” life.  I argued that given the Scout oath and law there is no real way that (at least I) could separate the two.  As we have negotiated our way through this online maze and many of us have developed an online presence protecting [...]

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New Tour and Activity Plan to Be Unveiled

Posted in Camping, camping. planning, comments, High Adventure, Journey to Excellence, planning, Risk Management, technology on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

From our Friends at the BSA Internal Communications via Scout Wire: Dateline February 29, 2012 The new online tour and activity plan has been developed and will soon be ready for use. When compared to the former tour permit process, the new plan will no longer require signatures or approvals. Rather, as the plan is [...]

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Preaching to the Choir

Posted in blog, comments, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, planning, Scouting, Scoutmaster minute, Skills, technology, training on February 10, 2012 | 9 Comments »

During this last years recharter we had an extremely disappointing turn in of the Journey to Excellence form.  As a District committee we chalked this up to a couple of things.. perhaps it was that many people were not aware of the change in program.  Maybe some Scouters did not receive proper or inadequate training [...]

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Where worlds meet

Posted in Advancement, blog, Character, Citizenship, comments, Ideals, Leadership, Scout, teamwork, Values on January 23, 2012 | 6 Comments »

For those of you that have followed the blog for any given time, you know that I am a fan of sports.  I believe that sports do great things in the lives of youth and I also believe that there is room for sports, scouts, academics, and a normal life for our youth.  I actually [...]

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SHOW 100

Posted in blog, comments, podcast on January 23, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Print these glasses.. you will be needing them for the SMMPodcast SHOW 100!  IN 3D.  Listen in as I am interviewed or at least have a great discussion with Scouting Friend and District Commissioner Gary. We talk about the 1st 99 shows and the future of the SMMPodcast, Journey to Excellence, and more. Its been [...]

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JTE revisited

Posted in Advancement, blog, comments, Journey to Excellence, Leadership, Methods, Patrol Method, planning, Scouting, technology, training on January 7, 2012 | 7 Comments »

As with many of us we wear multiple hats in Scouting.  First and foremost we wear the Dad (or Mom) hat, then the hat appropriate to our unit, like Scoutmaster or Committee Chair.  Then there often times is some District level hat, whether that is part of the District Training team, a District event, or [...]

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