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Session Three: Keeping It Going

Session Three: Keeping It Going. Song Fest. Keeping It Going. Program planning—annual planning conference Membership Paperwork Finances The uniform Other training opportunities Summary and closing. Five Steps of Annual Troop Program Planning. Do your homework. Get patrol input.

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Session Three: Keeping It Going

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  1. Session Three: Keeping It Going

  2. Song Fest

  3. Keeping It Going • Program planning—annual planning conference • Membership • Paperwork • Finances • The uniform • Other training opportunities • Summary and closing

  4. Five Steps of Annual Troop Program Planning • Do your homework. • Get patrol input. • Hold a planning conference. • Consult with the troop committee. • Announce the plan.

  5. The Human Knot Patrol Activity

  6. Monthly activities Service/conservation project Troop Leadership Training (TLT) Planning Items to Consider • Boards of review • Courts of honor • Year-round recruiting plan • Webelos-to-Scout transition

  7. Patrol Planning Exercise

  8. Your Primary Planning Tools • Troop Program Features • Troop Program Resources • Troop program support • Council calendar • Other calendars

  9. Secrets to Growing A Troop • Retain current members. • Bring Webelos Scouts into the troop. • Build strong pack relationships. • Recruit boys not currently in Scouting. • Emphasize the importance of Scouting to parents. • Accept the responsibility to bring in new members. • Encourage boys to recruit other boys.

  10. Video No. 9: Growing the Troop

  11. The biggest disservice we can do is fail to give a boy an invitation to take advantage of all that Scouting has to offer.

  12. Troop budget form Membership applications Health forms Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Workbook NESA application Share the Paperwork! • Charter renewal • Quality Unit Award • Money–earning application • Tour permit • Advancement records

  13. Troop Finances • Troop expenses • Troop budget • Money–earning projects • Boys’ Life magazine

  14. The Uniform Official Activity

  15. Youth Protection Training Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills Wood Badge for the 21st Century Boy Scout roundtables Advanced camping skills Climb On Safely Project COPE Passport to High Adventure Training Other local training Philmont Training Center Troop Leadership Training (TLT) Troop Annual Program Planning Conference Video support Powder Horn Supplemental Training

  16. Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters need to attend Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills to be considered “trained.”

  17. Boys Want Ceremony! • Set the scene. • Make it meaningful. • Keep it simple. • Involve the boy leaders.

  18. You can deliver the promise of Scouting! What will your action plan be?

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