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Session Three: Keeping It GoingSession Three: Keeping It Going

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Song FestSong Fest

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Keeping It GoingKeeping It Going

• Program planning—annual planning conference• Membership• Paperwork• Finances• The uniform• Other training opportunities• Summary and closing

• Program planning—annual planning conference• Membership• Paperwork• Finances• The uniform• Other training opportunities• Summary and closing

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Five Steps of Annual Troop Program Planning

Five Steps of Annual Troop Program Planning

• Do your homework.• Get patrol input.• Hold a planning conference.• Consult with the troop committee.• Announce the plan.

• Do your homework.• Get patrol input.• Hold a planning conference.• Consult with the troop committee.• Announce the plan.

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The Human Knot Patrol Activity

The Human Knot Patrol Activity

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Planning Items to ConsiderPlanning Items to Consider

• Boards of review• Courts of honor• Year-round

recruiting plan• Webelos-to-Scout

transition

• Boards of review• Courts of honor• Year-round

recruiting plan• Webelos-to-Scout

transition

• Monthly activities • Service/conservation

project• Troop Leadership

Training (TLT)

• Monthly activities • Service/conservation

project• Troop Leadership

Training (TLT)

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Patrol Planning ExercisePatrol Planning Exercise

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Your Primary Planning ToolsYour Primary Planning Tools

• Troop Program Features• Troop Program Resources• Troop program support• Council calendar• Other calendars

• Troop Program Features• Troop Program Resources• Troop program support• Council calendar• Other calendars

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Secrets to Growing A TroopSecrets to Growing A Troop• Retain current members.• Bring Webelos Scouts into the troop.• Build strong pack relationships.• Recruit boys not currently in Scouting.• Emphasize the importance of Scouting to parents.• Accept the responsibility to bring in

new members.• Encourage boys to recruit other boys.

• Retain current members.• Bring Webelos Scouts into the troop.• Build strong pack relationships.• Recruit boys not currently in Scouting.• Emphasize the importance of Scouting to parents.• Accept the responsibility to bring in

new members.• Encourage boys to recruit other boys.

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Video No. 8: Growing the TroopVideo No. 8: Growing the Troop

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The biggest disservice we can do is fail to give a boy an invitation to

take advantage of all that Scouting has to offer.

The biggest disservice we can do is fail to give a boy an invitation to

take advantage of all that Scouting has to offer.

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• Troop budget form• Membership applications• Health forms • Eagle Scout Leadership

Service Project Workbook• NESA application

• Troop budget form• Membership applications• Health forms • Eagle Scout Leadership

Service Project Workbook• NESA application

Share the Paperwork! Share the Paperwork!

• Charter renewal• Quality Unit Award• Money–earning

application• Tour permit• Advancement records

• Charter renewal• Quality Unit Award• Money–earning

application• Tour permit• Advancement records

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Troop FinancesTroop Finances

• Troop expenses• Troop budget• Money–earning projects• Boys’ Life magazine

• Troop expenses• Troop budget• Money–earning projects• Boys’ Life magazine

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The UniformThe UniformOfficialOfficial ActivityActivity

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Supplemental TrainingSupplemental Training• Youth Protection Training

• Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills

• Wood Badge for the

21st Century

• Boy Scout roundtables

• Advanced camping skills

• Climb On Safely

• Project COPE

• Youth Protection Training

• Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills

• Wood Badge for the

21st Century

• Boy Scout roundtables

• Advanced camping skills

• Climb On Safely

• Project COPE

• Passport to High Adventure Training

• Other local training• Philmont Training Center• Troop Leadership

Training (TLT)• Troop Annual Program

Planning Conference• Powder Horn• Philmont Leadership

Challenge (PLC)

• Passport to High Adventure Training

• Other local training• Philmont Training Center• Troop Leadership

Training (TLT)• Troop Annual Program

Planning Conference• Powder Horn• Philmont Leadership

Challenge (PLC)

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Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters need to attend Introduction to Outdoor

Leader Skills to be considered “trained.”

Scoutmasters and assistant Scoutmasters need to attend Introduction to Outdoor

Leader Skills to be considered “trained.”

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Boys Want Ceremony!Boys Want Ceremony!

• Set the scene.• Make it meaningful.• Keep it simple.• Involve the boy leaders.

• Set the scene.• Make it meaningful.• Keep it simple.• Involve the boy leaders.

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You can deliver the promise of Scouting!

What will your action plan be?

You can deliver the promise of Scouting!

What will your action plan be?