Quote of the Week

“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them”
-Mark Twain

Think about this quote long and hard and you will realize it does not just apply to books but life in general.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616

Generational Diversity in the BSA

Generational Diversity in the BSA
Online Learning Center, BSA

This training course is recommended for Scouting Professionals and Volunteers in the BSA who want to get a broader and deeper appreciation for the diverse range of ages and life experiences throughout our organization. It is not necessarily recomended for young youth leaders.

There are four major segments to the course, these segments are:

• Defining the Four Generations
• Understand the Generations
• Working with the Generations
  
• Generational Issues and Answers

Hopefully this training will help to bridge some of the generation gaps that seem to be appearing in more and more organizations.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616

Weather Smart Training

Hazardous Weather Training

Online Learning Center BSA

This new training of by the OLC of the BSA is designed to give youth and adult leaders the basics to stay safe in hazardous weather conditions. These conditions that are covered allow units from across the country to stay safe no matter what weather occurs. Their are ten modules to this training and it takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

The ten modules are as follows

• Weather Planning and Preparation
• Lightning
• Cold Weather
• Hot Weather
• Hail
• Flash floods
  
• Tornadoes
• Windstorms
• Traditional Weather Signs
• Hurricanes

This training is no where near being comprehensive but gives the leaders a good general direction to take when dealing with various conditions that have harzardous weather patterns associated with that feature.

Yours in Scouting Service
Mark W
Junior Assistant Scoutmaster
Troop 1616