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Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with New Google Sites

This tutorial teaches Scouters how to develop a Unit website utilizing New Google Sites. A Scout is a lot of things, as we all know. They’re all 12 Points of the Scout Law and so much more; and if this year is any indication of our enduring Scout Spirit, then I’d say with confidence thatContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with New Google Sites”

Pack-to-Troop Transitions: Final Reporting and Unit Transfers in ScoutBook

It’s finally happened. Those adorable Tigers (or Lions) of yesterday have completed the Cub Scout program and are bursting out of the nest, soaring toward their next big adventure. We usher them out in ceremony and are sometimes so distracted by the to-do lists and the emotions that we forget to wrap up the digitalContinue reading “Pack-to-Troop Transitions: Final Reporting and Unit Transfers in ScoutBook”

Scouting Tech: How to Use Sign-Up Genius and Evite for Unit Events

“It takes REAL planning to organize this kind of CHAOS.” – Mel Odom Ever hear of the 7 P’s? For the sake of Scouting, it’ll have to be the 6 P’s. Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. You could even swap Performance for Participation and have a unit event coordinator’s mantra. There’s nothing worse thanContinue reading “Scouting Tech: How to Use Sign-Up Genius and Evite for Unit Events”

Scouting Tech: Syncing Your ScoutBook and Google Calendars

There’s no denying the convenience of the ScoutBook calendar function, especially when it’s organized by Pack and Den events. It can be frustrating to hold your annual Pack Committee planning meeting, determine your upcoming Year in Scouting, load it all into ScoutBook, share the heck out of your calendar, and still have families out ofContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Syncing Your ScoutBook and Google Calendars”

Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with Classic Google Sites

This tutorial teaches Scouters how to develop a Unit website utilizingClassic Google Sites. Click here to view my tutorial for New Google Sites. According to the BSA’s 2018 Annual Report, there are 2,021,615 registered Scouts (kindergarten-aged thru 17 years old) in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts here in the United States alone. They are membersContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with Classic Google Sites”

Cub Scouts: Pack and Den Recruitment

Cub Scout Recruitment: 4 Steps for Recruiting New Cub Scouts for Your Pack and/or Den With back-to-school officially under our belts, Scouting recruitment and popcorn fundraisers are kicking off or in full swing! You laid the groundwork over the summer months when your Pack Committee met to discuss and plan your upcoming Year in Scouting,Continue reading “Cub Scouts: Pack and Den Recruitment”

Cub Scouts: Rank Tracking Sheets

UPDATED 2/11/22: With elective adventures for all ranks retiring in 2022, the trackers have been updated to reflect those changes. They’ve also been simplified into one Google Sheet for ease of use. Scroll down to the section entitled “Download Simple Rank Tracking Sheets” for the new link. Here we are – the beginning of aContinue reading “Cub Scouts: Rank Tracking Sheets”