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Sometimes we get so involved and so closely identified with Scouting that we bruise easily. Perhaps the sharpest criticism is when our Scouts seem disinterested or uninvolved. Boys are Scouts because they like the idea of Scouting yet battle with some of the things that Scouts do.
A fairly recent development in first aid the emergency medical bandage combines a sterile dressing, elastic wrap, pressure bar and closure that maintains direct pressure on bleeding wounds. Originally developed by the Israelis for military use it comes highly recommended from military medics and civilian paramedics: I was first introduced to the Israeli emergency bandage…
Interview with guide and author Cliff Jacobson Scoutmaster Podcast 54 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Links on Podcast 54 Cliff Jacobson's website Expedition Canoeing - 20th anniversary edition on Amazon Here's my review…
I recently recorded an interview with award winning guide and author Cliff Jacobsen and finished editing it for inclusion in the next Scoutmaster Podcast. Cliff is a Distinguished Eagle Scout and great storyteller with broad experience in the outdoors. He's led a number of expeditions into far northern Canada and is getting ready to head…
The giveaway ($50.00 gift certificate to The Clymb ) is a Scouter with Troop 302 in Arlington, MA. Congratulations to Joe Macone! Joe was selcted randomly from all those who correctly answered our Scouting trivia question: Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, rose to prominence as a national hero in Great Britain after the; 1.
Seth Godin is a muti-talented entrepreneur, thinker and author. Here's my edit of his thoughts on three ways to help people (or Scouts) realize their potential: ... People can be pushed, but the minute you stop, they stop. If the habit you've taught is to achieve in order to avoid getting chewed out, once the chewing…
Venture Patrols, Scout Drivers? Scoutmaster Podcast 53 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Links on Podcast 53 Emblem for Venture Patrols.
Here's the latest question posed by Scouting Magazine's 'What Would You Do ' column: Commanding Respect Our troop has just seven Scouts who are 14 or older, including me, and then 15 to 20 younger Scouts. On camp-outs, the younger Scouts don't listen to us, and they give us attitude when we ask them to do…
The January edition of the Scoutmaster Newsletter was published yesterday. This month's newsletter focuses on special needs Scouting. Next month's newsletter will feature Scouting history including some new program resources. There's also a great giveaway - a $50.00 gift certificate to the theclymb.com!
Responding to Initiative, Patrols (again) Scoutmaster Podcast 52 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Scoutmaster Podcast Music Amazon.com Widgets
Roger Edison has collected a lot of lore and useful information about Chuckwagons and Cowboy Cooking. Here's a plan for building a cowboy fire box . Admittedly not for leave no trace camping or backpacking the fire box is intended for serious grub!
Mike Malone asks; ... we've been informed that, for safety reasons, Scouts are now not allowed to be on any handmade structure more than 3-4 feet off the ground. Is that the current rule? I checked the Guide to Safe Scouting and found two statements that may be applicable: An approved climbing helmet must be worn…
Pioneering Made Easy has a great collection of pioneering knowledge with down-loadable plans; worth a look!
Eagle ambush, patrol ages Scoutmaster Podcast 51 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Scoutmaster Podcast Music Amazon.com Widgets
This looks like fun! I don't know why you'd have to sand the outside though.
Interview with Kevin Callan, the Happy Camper! Scoutmaster Podcast 50 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Links on Podcast 50 The Happy Camper website Kevin's canoe adventure videos on youTube The Happy Camper…
The Clymb offers outdoor equipment at some pretty good discounts. The site has been around for a little more than a year and has discount name-brand equipment in special sale events that last for 3 days or so. Currently they are offering selected Victronox Swiss Army Knives and Kelty camping gear.
The first edition of the new Scoutmaster Newsletter went out recently! Subscribers receive the newsletter by email once a month featuring a digest of what's been on the blog and podcast and information and resources connected to a monthly theme. Subscibe to the Scoutmaster Newsletter Email: For Email Marketing you can trust
Kevin Callan tells a great story about a canoe hat: I didn't give it much thought at first when my paddling buddy began handing over his sleeping pad, rain jacket and canoe pack to his nephew. I just considered it a nice gesture; after all, we had finished our trip – 27 days paddling Quetico park…
BSA Patrol Method Filmstrip Video Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Scoutmaster Podcast 49 Links on Podcast 49 Patrol Method Filmstrip Video Scoutmaster gift guides Classic Books Scouting Books Gear Subscribe on iTunes…
Like a lot of people I was standing in the winter cold on the 20th of December at 2:45AM staring up at the moon. For the first time in 372 years, the earth briefly shadowed the moon in a total lunar eclipse.
Taking direction from Youth Leadership, Scouts with Challenges Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Scoutmaster Podcast 48 Links on Podcast 48 Scouting for Youth with Disabilities Manual PDF file (from the BSA) Autism…
From Scouting Magazine's 'What Would You Do?' One of our Boy Scouts has Asperger's syndrome. He does well learning Scouting concepts by reading, but he has struggled with camp-outs and activities that are not highly structured. What can we do as a troop to help him succeed?
Here's an excerpt from Ask Andy's December 10th column . Hi Andy: My question has to do with BSA national policies and why so many troops seem to stray... For example, my son recently "failed" his Scoutmaster conference for First Class...
Here's another survey of chuck boxes from the web. There's lots of interesting ideas and designs out there. Troop 416's chuckbox plans available here Image gallery of this chuckbox available here Trailer mounted chuck box see more images here Camping-Boxes.com offers a number of ready-made chuck boxes.
Scoutmastership, Email Question, The Scouting Movement Scoutmaster Podcast 47 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Links on Podcast 47 Scoutmaster gift guides Classic Books Scouting Books Gear Subscribe on iTunes Scoutmaster Podcast Music…
Here's more holiday shopping ideas for your favorite Scout leader. These classic books are all old friends to me. I have read and re-read them over the years. That these volumes remain in print is a testimony to their relevance.
It is a movement, because it moves forward. As soon as it stops moving, it becomes an Organisation, and is no longer Scouting. -Baden Powell There is sometimes troubled relationship between the creative, visionary force behind great ideas and the formal framework that facilitates their application.
Here's my lists of books and gear for gift giving this holiday season.
Leading scouts in the out doors is an exciting challenge and a serious responsibility. It is difficult yet vitally important to read about incidents like the one below. If the account below is accurate the adults involved compromised the Sweet 16 of BSA Safety with tragic results.
The Scouting Process, The Scout shirt Scoutmaster Podcast 46 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Music in Podcast 46 First Call - U.S.
Here's some holiday shopping ideas for your favorite Scout leader: Self Inflating Air Mattress Sleeping atop a self inflating air mattress on the ground is surprisingly comfortable. Ingeniously constructed of open-celled foam sealed in an envelope of sturdy nylon cloth with an air valve that, when opened, draws air into the foam.
Here's some holiday shopping ideas for your favorite Scout leader: Working The Patrol Method Authors Rob Faris,Ted Knight and Harry Wimbrough have written an indepensible book for understanding, implimenting and maintaining Scouting's centrally important concept, the patrol, in the 21st century.
Boards of Review Scoutmaster podcast 45 Links for Podcast 45 How to support Scouting Blogs and Podcasts Board of Review Training PDF version Ask Andy has a great true/false quiz Board of Review IQ Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes).
When we found the spear point and the potsherd under a sheltering wall of rock the dig began. Down below the soil of a millennium we found the fire-blackened circle of stones, the charcoal and fragments of bones. Someone sat here centuries ago warming themselves against the cold.
A handful of Scouters are blogging and podcasting regularly. Many others have tried and discovered that it requires more work than they first thought. (Hands up everyone who ever started a blog). The vast majority of us are readers and listeners rather than publishers.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) is an important writer in the German language and Western culture. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, philosophy, and science and continue to be an inspiration. His wide-ranging thinking lends itself well to defining the twelve points of the Scout Law: Trustworthy Trust yourself, then…
What does 'fun' mean? Email questions. Scoutmaster Podcast 44 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Music in Podcast 44 First Call - U.S.
An adventure is merely a bit of bad planning, brought to light by the test of a trial . Roald Amundsen polar explorer Camping when the weather is clear and sunny = great camping. Camping when the weather is 'interesting' = adventure. Associated posts at Scoutmaster Blog: Ten Tips for Camping in the Rain
Leadership tenure email question Scoutmaster Podcast 43 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Music in Podcast 43 First Call - U.S.
Visit Bryan Spellman's Blog The Scoutmaster and read about when it works; You think you know when it works but you really don't. It seems to be going right, and everything starts to fall in line just like training and you are positive it is working.
Contribution Syndrome, Hazing Scoutmaster Podcast 42 Feel free to send your Publish questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Subscribe on iTunes Music in Podcast 42 First Call - U.S.
Reverence, Email answers Scoutmaster Podcast 41 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes). Use the email link above left or the comments feature of the blog. Links in Podcast 41 Working the Patrol Method (my review with links to purchase the book) Good Turn iPhone App Mike…
I mentioned that we conduct an annual group gear purchase from Campmor on podcast 39. We started doing this at least ten years ago. Before this we would give a Scout a list of gear he needed and he would come back with whatever he and his parents could find.
David Axson, author of the The Management Mythbuster , asserts that successful leaders ask great questions. I am big fan of Scoutmasters asking questions and not doing a lot of talking. The problem is I talk way too much. I am conscious of this as I natter away and watch the interest and engagement in my…
Journey to Excellence is the 2011 unit performance recognition program. This survey is based on the Troop evaluation part of the program. The criteria for Packs and Crews are different so this survey is for Troop leaders only. The new program rates Troops as bronze, silver or gold using a point system based on thirteen…
Interview with the authors of Working the Patrol Method This podcast lasts 56 minutes (!) - I didn't want to break up the interview. I think it will be worth your time. Scoutmaster Podcast 40 Feel free to send your questions and comments (you can rate the podcast on iTunes).
It's about time! Working the Patrol Method a Scout leader's guide to youth leaderhip training is the best work on the patrol method since 'Green Bar' Bill Hillcourt's Handbook for Patrol Leaders last published in 1965 or Baden Powell's Aids to Scoutmastership originally published in 1920.
I may be mistaken but I am pretty sure this filmstrip was shown at the Scoutmaster Fundamentals course I took 26 years ago. However dated the format it is has some very pertinent advice. Do you remember filmstrips ? There was a special projector and the sound came from a record player or cassette tape.
I try to open every Scoutmaster Podcast with a joke, or a funny story. After all a Scout is cheerful; right? Some of these jokes (actually a very few) I came up with on my own. Others come from a time honored tradition in the comedic process – I steal them.
