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Recruiting & Promotion

Wood Badge is a leadership training program applicable to all scouting positions. It improves scouting programs and offers a mountain-top experience for participants.

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Recruiting & Promotion

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  1. Recruiting & Promotion Jerry Ceres Scoutmaster N5-347-14

  2. What is Wood Badge? Scouting's PREMIER TRAINING PROGRAM for all adult leaders, including you. LEADERSHIP TRAINING, applicable to all scouting positions, including you. A TOOL FOR IMPROVING all scouting programs, ……………………………..including yours. N5-347-14

  3. Why Wood Badge?Every scout deserves trained leaders. • You will gain a better understanding of scouting’s programs. • You will gain a better understanding and useful tools for the challenges you face as scout leader. N5-347-14

  4. Why Wood Badge?cont’d • You will set achievable goals in your primary scouting position. • You will have fun, make new friends and enjoy your scouting job more. N5-347-14

  5. Why Wood Badge?cont’d • Wood Badge is a MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE. • Many participants describe Wood Badge as one of the most enjoyable and meaningful scouting experiences of their lives. N5-347-14

  6. What is a Wood Badge Ticket? The Wood Badge Ticket demonstrates the participant’s proficiency of the learned leadership skills through the successful completion of the participant’s selected meaningful scouting endeavor. (Shows that you learned and can apply the skills taught in the course.) N5-347-14

  7. What is a Wood Badge Ticket? "Practice Makes Perfect"  Look at your ticket as the opportunity to practice using the Skills of Leadership presented at Wood Badge. What you would do to improve/enhance the scouting program for your unit or service area. N5-347-14

  8. “It’s in There”10’000 ft. view • ‘What do you want?’ • What does success look like? • “Vision of future success” • Possible solutions • Problem Solving • Brain Storming • Listening • Decision Making N5-347-14

  9. “It’s in There” • Develop a plan • Project Planning • Execute plan • Communicating, Leading Change • PDCA • Stages of Team Dev, • Managing Conflict, • 360 Assessment, • EDGE N5-347-14

  10. Some Final Selling Points • We will help you formulate your initial plan • We will provide a subject matter expert consultant (counselor) • If you’re serious about your involvement in Scouting, sooner or later you’ll take Wood Badge training. • It’s worth your time – now, to help… Bring your vision to life!!! N5-347-14

  11. Establishing the Need 30 X 30 48 N5-347-14

  12. *SAVE THE ANTELOPE! N5-347-14

  13. Personal contact- #1 effective promotion tech A great brochure – size is important Always have fliers in your car Color and flash are important- make it stand out from the rest Show at all major events, Pow Wow, OAConclave Displays at all camps Displays of picture of courses and projects at round tables Promotion Ideas N5-347-14

  14. Council and District websites with links to course info, possible social networking sites Course website Articles and pictures for Council Newsletter Buttons or signs worn by all Recruiters – “Ask me about Wood Badge” Give aways: Pencils, candy, and food at events – put course info and contact on pencil The “Courses” 1st Gilwell gazette Promotion Ideas N5-347-14

  15. Business Cards for each staff member to give out while recruiting A lottery – out of the first “15” who sign up: 1st – pick your own critter 2nd – a free t-shirt 3rd – 2 “QM treats” for your patrol, 1 each wkend 4th – 1 “QM treats” for your patrol, 1 each wkend 5th – 15th – a free CD of all the photos taken on the course. Promotion Ideas N5-347-14

  16. Personal invitations from Scoutmaster Out of Council Letter to SE and Training Chairs UOS – Cub PowWow Flier in mailboxes Promotion Ideas N5-347-14

  17. What else can you think of? Promotion Ideas N5-347-14

  18. That Personal Touch Who do we have already Who is on the hook Staff Assignments N5-347-14

  19. Questions? N5-347-14

  20. Thank you! N5-347-14

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