Training

What does a unit commissioner, district commissioner and district executive do?

September 30, 2013 // 28 Comments

That nice, uniformed, young man who visited your troop last week, was he your unit commissioner, district commissioner, district executive or someone else entirely? For new

10 things I learned staffing Wood Badge at Philmont

September 18, 2013 // 63 Comments

Just like your favorite film, Wood Badge is even better the second time around. Last month, I served as a Troop Guide for Wood Badge course S2-571-13-3, known within the

First look: Troop Leader Guidebooks, set to replace Scoutmaster Handbook

August 15, 2013 // 111 Comments

The two-volume Troop Leader Guidebook will replace the Scoutmaster Handbook and offering helpful checklists, quick tips and fresh ideas.

Five big takeaways from today’s release of the 2013 Guide to Advancement

July 11, 2013 // 52 Comments

Here’s one for your browser’s bookmarks bar: The newest edition of the Boy Scouts of America Guide to Advancement released today. The PDF version contains

Bring the family to Philmont Training Center in 2014

July 8, 2013 // 11 Comments

The Villa Philmonte (photo by "the third dream" on Flickr)

Forget everything you think you know about conferences. Forget the long lines at the buffet, the windowless meeting rooms at hotels, the boring PowerPoints, and the awkward

How to keep your troop out of the ‘death spiral’

June 24, 2013 // 34 Comments

What separates a successful Boy Scout troop from a foundering one? The answer hasn’t changed in a century. It’s the patrol method, and it’s been around

Visual Storytelling Workshops back in action this summer

April 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Who doesn’t love a good sequel? After last summer’s successful premiere of the BSA’s Visual Storytelling Workshops in Atlanta and at Philmont, the return

Shameless plug: Join me at Wood Badge this summer at Philmont

April 10, 2013 // 20 Comments

Wood Badge + Philmont = Happy Land I interrupt my regular blog programming for this important Wood Badge Wednesdays announcement… I’m staffing Wood Badge this

Youth Protection Champions: Who they are, and why you should care

April 3, 2013 // 19 Comments

Have a Youth Protection question you’re not comfortable asking some stranger at the council or national level? Ever feel like Youth Protection is “too

Duchess proves that Scout training isn’t just for the commoners

March 22, 2013 // 5 Comments

If a pregnant Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, can do it, so can you. I’m talking about getting trained, an important step for any Scout volunteer — whether a

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