April 2014 - Page 2 of 3 - Aaron On Scouting

What are Scouts seeing on your Facebook page?

April 16, 2014 45

Mark shares three strategies for dealing with context collapse and making sure you don’t reveal more about yourself than you’re comfortable sharing.

2014 Fieldbook: Your must-have user’s guide to the outdoors

April 15, 2014 26

The 2014 Fieldbook is a user’s guide for the entire outdoors, and it’s a must-own for everyone who spends time outside.

This summer, Eagle Scouts will bicycle across America to prove a point

April 15, 2014 5

It sounds like the trailer for a summer blockbuster: In a world saturated by television, smartphones and video games, one group of Scouts dares to step outside and show the world they still value the outdoors,

Victim in Kansas City-area Jewish center shooting was a Life Scout

April 14, 2014 36

Updated April 15, 2014, with information on where to send donations and condolences. See end of this post. A senseless act of violence has taken a young Boy Scout from us too soon. Reat Griffin Underwood, a 14-year-old Life

Scouting family takes pilgrimage to Baden-Powell’s grave in Kenya

April 11, 2014 24

Tracing the life of Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell takes you not only to his birthplace in London but also to Kenya, where he spent the last few years of his life. My recent trip to London and

Eight attributes of successful Scout camps

April 10, 2014 44

When I ask Scouters about their best memories as a Scout, they often call upon times spent at their favorite Scout camp. Summer camp memories last a lifetime, which is why it’s important to help

Ask the Expert: The who, when and why of Scout permission slips

April 10, 2014 89

The Boy Scouts of America’s permission slip, officially called the Activity Consent Form and Approval by Parents or Legal Guardian, is a bilingual document.

Smartphones in Scouting: A curse or a cure?

April 9, 2014 112

The BSA’s Deputy Chief Scout Executive, Gary Butler, wrote a guest blog post that offers his nuanced opinion on the place that smartphones have in Scouting.

Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds is an Eagle Scout

April 8, 2014 19

Here’s some news that rocks. Long before he helped Imagine Dragons win a Grammy Award, an American Music Award and a Teen Choice Award, lead singer Dan Reynolds earned the Eagle Scout Award. Yes, the vocalist for the band that MTV

Ask the Expert: Wood Badge course numbering, decoded

April 8, 2014 75

The Wood Badge course number is made of your Scouting region, area, council number and the two-digit year.