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Umbrella movie license gives councils expanded options for showing movies

November 13, 2015 23

The BSA has purchased an umbrella movie license that covers all council-owned properties. This move has implications that reach beyond Wood Badge and NYLT.

How team development in the NFL is like team development in Scouting

August 14, 2015 2

NFL training camp is fully underway, so I wanted to analyze how team development in the NFL works a lot like team development in Scouting.

Wood Badge Goes to College: Schools with critters for their nicknames

February 20, 2015 91

Wood Badge patrol spirit can’t be explained; it must be experienced. So today let’s have some fun with our critters in “Wood Badge Goes to College.”

Ask the Expert: Wood Badge course numbering, decoded

April 8, 2014 73

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

Utah’s Wood Badge course for both deaf and hearing Scouters leaves nobody out

April 4, 2014 23

Every Scout deserves a trained leader, and every leader deserves an opportunity for high-quality training. Well, there’s no better training for adults than Wood Badge, and that philosophy of “No Scouter untrained” led Utah’s Great Salt Lake Council to

A visit to the original Gilwell Park, the happy land where it all began

March 28, 2014 37

Honestly, the original Gilwell Park in London looks no different from any other field. Sure, the grass is green, the trees towering and the air clean. But put a normal civilian here, and they won’t see anything special. Wood Badgers,

10 things I learned staffing Wood Badge at Philmont

September 18, 2013 71

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 Dallas-based Circle Ten Council simply as Wood

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

April 10, 2013 20

I interrupt my regular blog programming for this important Wood Badge Wednesdays announcement… I’m staffing Wood Badge this summer at Philmont Scout Ranch, and there’s a spot on our course for you and your Scouting

Wood Badge Wednesdays: Puerto Rico edition

March 27, 2013 29

Wood Badge builds lifelong memories, regardless of the setting. So whether you’re at Philmont Scout Ranch (where I’ll be staffing a course this summer), a council camp in the midwest, or even an island in

This summer, it’s ‘Back to Gilwell’ for me

February 13, 2013 21

“Would you like to serve on Wood Badge staff?” It was one of the easiest questions I’ve ever been asked. It sounds sentimental, but the truth is I had never really left Wood Badge, at