Scout units always need to be looking to grow. Recruiting is a long, arduous process, and it can be expensive and time consuming. You want to try every way you can to add kids to your unit. You should keep doing all of those things, passing out flyers, doing press releases, school talks, putting up … Read more
Your Recruiting Checklist This Tuesday is August 1st. Great recruiting campaigns are made and broken with what you do in early August. What you do right now will determine whether you’ve got a full room come at your joining night in September, or whether you’re going to be lonely, wondering what went wrong. To help … Read more
I’ve been to a lot of Eagle Ceremonies. Probably hundreds. It’s customary for dignitaries to write letters to Eagle Scouts. Eagles get letters of congratulations from current and former US Presidents. They get them from members of Congress, governors, mayors, and state legislators. Mike Rowe’s Eagle Scout Letter is quite popular. But for the most part, they’re pretty … Read more
Here’s a story that’s not going to make the front page of the paper. It’s not going to lead the evening news. But it says everything about what Scouting produces – character. The Treasure Valley Camp Staff went above and beyond the call of duty to help a young Scout. Troop 159 from Brookfield was attending … Read more
So, right now most packs are thinking about Day Camp, or Resident Camp, or the Fourth of July Parade. They may be doing one of the things listed in our Summer Recruiting Guide. But most of them are thinking that fall recruiting is a long ways away. But the days until school’s get back in … Read more
Phone Scammers So this isn’t specifically about nonprofits, or volunteerism – but if you’re reading this, you’re probably involved with one of those. One of the things I want to provide for my readers are things to make their lives better. This will make your life better. It will free up your time so … Read more
Why You Feel Guilty Asking One of the biggest roadblocks to people recruiting volunteers, or raising money is guilt. People are naturally feel guilty asking for things. We’re trained that asking for thing makes us look weak. It also makes us feel vulnerable. We hate hearing the word no. Nobody really likes being told no. … Read more
Creating Attractive Infographics for Free The great thing about social media is that anybody can get on it to spread their message. The bad thing about social media is that anybody can get on it to spread their message. With millions of people sharing billions of things, how do you stand out? How do you … Read more
When working with volunteers, thanks is the only payment we can really give them. And there are only so many official awards that can be handed out. Then, once a volunteer has been given all of those, what other ways of thanking leaders are there? This was a question that would come up more often … Read more
What Can I Do to Increase Facebook Page Likes? These quick tips will help you increase Facebook page likes in a hurry. If you’re looking to increase the size of your group, Facebook likes are essentially currency. It’s how you build the network for your group to recruit people and raise money. Many schools no longer … Read more