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QM-2

QM-2. Quartermaster Active Membership. Instructors: George Crowl. Course Outline. b. Present a talk or program at least 15 minutes long on Sea Scouts to a service club, religious organization, PTA, or other adult organization. First Job. Find an adult group!

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QM-2

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  1. QM-2 Quartermaster Active Membership Instructors: George Crowl

  2. Course Outline • b. Present a talk or program at least 15 minutes long on Sea Scouts to a service club, religious organization, PTA, or other adult organization.

  3. First Job • Find an adult group! • Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, any of a dozen different kinds of adult service clubs • Adult Sunday School classes, women's circles, men's clubs, etc. • PTA / PTO of a junior high or high school • 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 interested in sending their kids, or supporting the program as adults, or providing financial support to a Sea Scout ship? • Talk about what is fun • Tell them about coed activities • They don't care much about organizations, but they may want to know about 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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