Teaching is communicating
If you’ve ever had to stand in front of a group and try to teach them something, you’ve experienced it. Sometimes you can talk until you’re blue in the face and still get the feeling that you’re not...
View ArticleWhy are we still training?
“Every boy deserves a trained leader.” “Train ‘em, trust ‘em, let ‘em lead!” If there’s one thing that’s everywhere in Scouting, it’s training. We train our youth leaders to run their troop. We teach...
View ArticleTips for trainers, part 1
If you’re a trainer. BSA has some excellent resources on the national website, which are updated periodically. Recently they posted some helpful tips for trainers. Following are a few of them,...
View ArticleNew training awards for Cub Scout leaders
Last year, the BSA‘s national training team announced it was revising many of the training awards, or “knots,” that Scouters earn for service, training and performance in their volunteer roles. Chief...
View ArticleTips for trainers, part 2
In an earlier article, I gave you some of the BSA‘s tips for trainers from the national website’s training page. Here are a few more, dealing this time with the content of your presentations. While...
View ArticleTraining, advising and assisting
For the past eleven-plus years, the United States military has been engaged in warfare in the mountainous Asian nation of Afghanistan, assisting the Afghan forces in defending against the Taliban....
View ArticleIs your Scouting knowledge obsolete?
We tend to think of Scouting as a perpetual program – something that’s always been there and always will, without much changing. The ideals, the oath and law, the principle of the boys running the...
View ArticleKnow the rules!
Every game has its rules. They can be very basic or highly complex. Any baseball fan who knows the infield fly rule can tell you just how complex the rules of the game can get. Scouting is a game. Our...
View ArticleWhy do volunteers falter?
Scouting is a volunteer organization. We knew that already. Except for a relatively few paid staff members at the national and local council levels, almost all of the work of Scouting is done by...
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