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Podcast 366 – Scout Advancement

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2018/03/12

How does Scout advancement achieve the main aim of Scouting? Todays talk about advancement continues our foundations series. I’ve written extensively in detail about many aspects of Scout advancement, but this is different. In this podcast I ask how Scout advancement fits into the overall game of Scouting. You’ll hear me read from Baden-Powell’s Aids […] The post Podcast 366 – Scout Advancement appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 365 – Patrol System or Method?

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2018/03/05

What’s the difference between Patrol system and Patrol method? I have never found any actual difference between those terms in Scouting literature, but I will share acouple of thoughts to differentiate between patrol system and patrol method in a way you may find helpful. Over the next three podcasts we’ll continue our foundations series by […] The post Podcast 365 – Patrol System or Method? appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 364 – Playing the Scouting Game

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2018/02/27

Some aspects of the Scouting game look like flaws… … but they are features we must not alter. Games restrict or constrain play through rules, the laws of physics, or human limitations and Scouting is no exception. We Scouters often expend lot of effort trying to fix things that don’t need to be fixed, or […] The post Podcast 364 – Playing the Scouting Game appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 363 – Scouts as Players

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2018/02/13

Thinking of Scouts as players … … fills out the analogy of Scouting as a game. Players volunteer to participate in the game. The most important volunteers in Scouting have more power and influence than the highest official. Without their participation, Scouting would come to a complete halt. They bring endless energy, resources, and real […] The post Podcast 363 – Scouts as Players appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 362 – Scouters as Coaches

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2018/02/05

Thinking of Scouters as coaches … … can help us understand our role in the game. These are just analogies – we aren’t actually coaches, and Scouting isn’t actually a game. Analogies are not exact copies, they only resemble what they represent. What a Scouter does may be similar to coaching, but Scouters hold an unique role in […] The post Podcast 362 – Scouters as Coaches appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 361 – Scouting is a Game

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2018/01/29

We’ve heard this before, right? Baden-Powell employed the “Scouting is a game” analogy long before anyone else, and it is the best analogy I’ve found for explaining the wonderfully complex, intriguing, idea that is Scouting. We have to be careful because analogies break down at some point. While Scouting is a game in many ways, it’s […] The post Podcast 361 – Scouting is a Game appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 360 – Happy Holidays!

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2017/12/18

Thank you for being a Scouter! Today I have a short story to share (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) I first read on Podcast 248 to wish readers and listeners happy holidays. The story includes Scouters in neckerchiefs, silence imploring, settling ourselves for a long winter’s snoring. Next week is Christmas and the following is new […] The post Podcast 360 – Happy Holidays! appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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A New Approach to Scout Troop Planning

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2017/12/13

No matter how we hard tried our Scout Troop planning seemed to be losing the battle for for space on crowded family calendars. Participation in our program was all over the map, some events would be well attended, only a handful of Scouts would show up for others. Patrols were rarely at full strength and […] The post A New Approach to Scout Troop Planning appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Podcast 359 – A Tale of Two Scout Troops

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2017/12/11

Imagine two Scout troops, troop A and troop B. Both troops have “average” Scouts (whatever that means) who do what average Scouts do. Both have a well defined procedural approach to discipline and misbehavior. Troop A publishes a guide that defines the rules, how they are enforced, and penalties for breaking them. Troop B has […] The post Podcast 359 – A Tale of Two Scout Troops appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Scoutmaster Podcast 358 – Scout Advancement Judgement...

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2017/12/04

Scout advancement is not adults judging Scouts… … it’s Scouts meeting requirements with the support of adult volunteers – in Scout advancement we are all on the same side. We did not write the requirements. We don’t personally embroider patches to present to them. It’s tiresome and self-defeating to devise our own hoops for Scouts […] The post Scoutmaster Podcast 358 – Scout Advancement Judgement calls appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Scoutmaster Podcast 357 Kevin Callan and Winter Camping

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2017/11/27

Kevin Callan is here, it’s time to go winter camping! Canada’s Happy Camper, our friend Kevin Callan, author of the new Complete Guide to Winter Camping joins us on this podcast with his welcoming way of sharing his knowledge of the woods in winter. You’ll see right away how Kevin has earned the name “happy […] The post Scoutmaster Podcast 357 Kevin Callan and Winter Camping appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Choosing Appalachian Trail Gear

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2017/11/21

Here’s some advice from Wade Bastian on the Appalachian trail gear he carried on his hike. Wade set out on the 2200 mile trail with fellow Eagle Scout Bucky Kellorg in February. As planned, Wade interrupted his hike to spend the summer employed as a peak steward in New York’s Adirondack mountains (he’s stewarding a peak in the photo above). […] The post Choosing Appalachian Trail Gear appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Scoutmaster Podcast 356 Energy and Vision

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2017/11/20

Expertise and experience are overrated Scouts need Scouters with energy and vision more than Scouters with expertise and experience. Scouts don’t care what you know, they respond to who you are. In this podcast I answer three email questions. The first (begins at [1:05]) comes from a new Scouter contemplating becoming a Scoutmaster, but is […] The post Scoutmaster Podcast 356 Energy and Vision appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Seven Appalachian Trail Lessons Plus Three

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2017/11/15

These Appalachian Trail Lessons come from Wade Bastian, one of two of my old Scouts hiking the 2200 mile trail. Wade and fellow Eagle Scout Bucky Kellorg started in February. As planned, Wade interrupted his hike to spend the summer employed as a peak steward in New York’s Adirondack mountains Bucky completed the trail in July, here he is […] The post Seven Appalachian Trail Lessons Plus Three appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Scoutmaster Podcast 355 When Scouts Misbehave

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2017/11/13

What do I do now? A Scout misbehaves, makes a mistake, or even consciously does something wrong, and things spin out of control, now what? If you hang around long enough your Scouts misbehave, and you’ll will be confronted by this sort of incident, so what is your plan? I’ll discuss an incident shared with […] The post Scoutmaster Podcast 355 When Scouts Misbehave appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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BSA Separate But Equal Plan for Girls

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2017/10/23

I did not start out as a believer in co-ed Scouting. For most of the last 35 years I’ve been a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America the status quo worked fine for me, co-ed Scouting was a big unknown, and being unknown it was something to resist. Three Things That Changed My Mind. […] The post BSA Separate But Equal Plan for Girls appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Where Scout Leadership Begins

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2017/10/16

Can you define Scout leadership without using the words “lead”, “leader”, or “leadership”? The Scout oath and law does a great job of defining leadership without any of those words. Look at the simple promise “to help other people at all times”. That’s where Scout leadership begins: helping other people at all times, by serving […] The post Where Scout Leadership Begins appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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BSA Announces Family Scouting

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2017/10/11

Today the BSA announced Family Scouting starting next fall with girls in Cub Scouting, and “a program for older girls, which will be announced in 2018 and projected to be available in 2019, that will enable them to earn the Eagle Scout rank.” There are certainly a number of things to discuss but today I […] The post BSA Announces Family Scouting appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Scoutmaster Podcast 354 Gender and Scouting

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2017/10/09

Should gender define Scouting? This week I want to discuss responses to a post I published last week about gender in Scouting: Girls in the BSA. The post garnered lot’s of responses both for and against the idea of the BSA becoming a co-ed organization, and I’ll discuss some of the objections in this podcast. […] The post Scoutmaster Podcast 354 Gender and Scouting appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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Girls in the BSA?

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2017/10/02

Yes, girls in the BSA. I want the BSA to be a fully co-ed organization with no limitations on how girls participate. Before you lose it understand I don’t think girls in the BSA should be forced on anyone. More about that later. I think we can and must make this happen for one simple […] The post Girls in the BSA? appeared first on Scoutmastercg.com.

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