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Presenting Sea Scouts: Adventures on the Water

Prepare and deliver a 15-minute program on Sea Scouts to engage Boy Scout troops, Venturing crews, Venturing Officers Association meetings, school classes, and other youth groups. Learn how to find a willing audience, understand their interests, and create an attractive and informative presentation using slides, pictures, and a well-structured outline. Practice your talk, time yourself, and develop a strong summary and closing. Be prepared to answer questions.

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Presenting Sea Scouts: Adventures on the Water

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  1. ABL-2 Able Active Membership Instructors: George Crowl

  2. Course Outline • b. Prepare and present a program on Sea Scouts for a Boy Scout troop, Venturing crew, Venturing Officers Association meeting, school class, or other youth group. Your presentation should last a minimum of 15 minutes and describe the activities of your ship and Sea Scouts.

  3. First Job • Find a youth group! • Scout troops • Sunday School classes • School speech class • Where can you find a group willing to sit and listen?

  4. Know Your Audience • What are their interests? • Are they familiar with Scouting? You don't need as much background information, if so. • Will they be attracted by more program choices, as in Sea Scout ships? • Talk about what is fun • Are coed activities a draw? • They don't care much about organizations and adults

  5. Pictures are Attractive • Kids having fun, kids learning something useful

  6. Outline / Script • Introduction – slide 1 • Main point 1 – slide 2 • Sub-point 1a – slide 3 • Sub-point 1b – slide 4 • Sub-point 1c – slide 5 • Main point 2 – slide 6 • Etc., etc., on and on • Summary – slide 15 • Talk your talk, don't READ it

  7. Practice / Time • Practice your talk out loud, standing up, with your notes and slides in front of you • When you have taken out the “uhs” and “aaas” time yourself • There is a tendency to talk fast during practice • Give your talk to some friends or parents

  8. Summarize • Have a good summary • Work on a good closing • Open up for questions • Some prefer to do questions afterwards • Some are comfortable taking questions during the talk

  9. Questions?

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