The Scouting Stuff Podcast

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Episode 14 - The Jungle Book (Review)/Good Turn Week Apr 27, 2016

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There's a new Jungle Book movie out; we give our impressions (both spoiler-free and spoilerific). It's also Good Turn Week; we talk a bit about that.

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We're in the middle of Good Turn Week, “an initiative spearhea

Episode 13 - Badges (Mostly) Don’t Equal Progression Apr 13, 2016

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We take another look at the idea of badge earning and how it relates to a youth's progression through the Scouting program.

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Ken and Colin revisit the topic of badges as a means of evaluating a Scout's progressing through the program...and for the most part find themselves in agreement with the new instructions issued by Scouts Canada concerning disassociating badges from personal progression (which, previously, w

Episode 12 - Catching Up With Brian Mar 30, 2016

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Brian rejoins SSYSK, and we catch up with him about Pinewood Derby, a certain zombie movie, and badges.

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We were finally able to get Brian back on the show, so we took the opportunity to catch up with him about a few topics that have been discussed in recent episodes. A lot of the discussion focused on Pinewood Derby, and the similarities and differences between how Scouts Canada and Boy Scouts of America give youth the opportunity to build and race wooden vehicles.

But, we also took the time to discuss badg

Episode 11 - Beaver Buggies, Kub Kars, and Scout Trucks Mar 15, 2016

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Scouts Canada offers different forms of racing vehicles to different sections of its program, from simple Beaver Buggies to massive Scout Trucks.

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Ken, Colin, and Ted discuss Kub Kars — Scouts Canada's equivalent of Pinewood Derby — and the variants of it that exist for other s

Episode 10 - What About Those Other Badges? Mar 02, 2016

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Sometimes, Scouts are awarded badges that aren't merit badges, and don't go on the uniform. What happens if you don't fulfill the criteria for one of those?

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Ken, Colin, and Ted discuss those other badges, the ones that get handed out to Scouts (and Cubs, and Beavers) that don't get put on the uniform. These badges aren't merit badges, but rather serve to commemorate different events that the Scouts have participated in (e.g. archery lessons, camps, or even fundraising activities like bott

Episode 9 - Badge Trading at Scouting Events Feb 17, 2016

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You'll meet a lot of people at a Jamboree or a Scout Camp. Why not trade them for a memento?

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Ken and Colin talk about one of the time-honoured traditions of Scout Camps and international events (such as Jamborees): badge trading. And not just badge trading, but necker trading, and even uniform trading. Trading another Scout for a memento of your meeting, such as a badge o

Episode 8 - Leader Communication Feb 03, 2016

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Effectively leading a Scout group, at any age level, means having good communication between the leaders.

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Firstly, we'd like to give a shout-out to whomever nominated Scouting Stuff for inclusion on Podbean's list of Featured Podcasts under the Government & Organizations category. That is a curated list, and for a podcast to appear thereupon, the listeners of that podcast must nominate it for consideration. So, whoever did t

Episode 6 - Member Retention Dec 17, 2015

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How do you retain members of your Scout group? And how do you retain leaders, for that matter?

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One of the big challenges facing any Scout group is that of retaining members. What are some of the reasons that Scouts (and Cubs, and Beavers, and leaders too) will drift away from Scouting, and how can Scout groups — at all levels, from national down to the individual leaders — respond to this and keep Scouts Scouts?

(Hint: There isn't an easy fix.)

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Episode 5 - Coping with Program Changes Dec 02, 2015

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National Scouting bodies periodically overhaul their programs and methods. How do Scout groups, and individual Scouters, respond to this?

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How many times have we, as participants and as leaders, been faced with a change in the program (e.g. uniforms, badges, program content)?
What is the cost of a program change?
Most recent example: Candian Path (Scouts Canada)

What it is: Canadian Path website
Program Quality Standards (the measuring tool to see if you are doing it right): http://www.scou

Episode 4 - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (Review) Nov 18, 2015

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Is it just a bad B-movie? Or is there something in it that actually reflects Scouting in some way?

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As was alluded to in Episode 3, some of us were able to go and see Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, a movie that pits — yes — Boy Scouts (it is set in the United States, after all) against zombies. We had initially expected that the movie would be little more than an appropriation of the Scouting label...but it turns out that there's actually more to it than that. If you can look past the not-family-friendly content and the zombie-killing premise, you can see in the three Boy Scout characters in the movie a lot of the same dynamics that are present in many Scout groups.

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There's a new Jungle Book movie out; we give our impressions (both spoiler-free and spoilerific). It's also Good Turn Week; we talk a bit about that.

Podcast Topics

We take another look at the idea of badge earning and how it relates to a youth's progression through the Scouting program.

Podcast Topics

Brian rejoins SSYSK, and we catch up with him about Pinewood Derby, a certain zombie movie, and badges.

Podcast Topics

Scouts Canada offers different forms of racing vehicles to different sections of its program, from simple Beaver Buggies to massive Scout Trucks.

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Sometimes, Scouts are awarded badges that aren't merit badges, and don't go on the uniform. What happens if you don't fulfill the criteria for one of those?

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You'll meet a lot of people at a Jamboree or a Scout Camp. Why not trade them for a memento?

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Effectively leading a Scout group, at any age level, means having good communication between the leaders.

Shout-Outs

How do you retain members of your Scout group? And how do you retain leaders, for that matter?

Podcast Topic

National Scouting bodies periodically overhaul their programs and methods. How do Scout groups, and individual Scouters, respond to this?

Podcast Topic

Is it just a bad B-movie? Or is there something in it that actually reflects Scouting in some way?

Podcast Topic

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