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Coronado Area CouncilFall Round Up KickoffAugust 2, 2012

2012 Fall Round Up Kickoff

Tonight’s Agenda• Welcome• 2012 Fall Round Up - Badge of Honor

Recruitment Campaign• BeAScout.org• Scouting Champions• Popcorn Membership Incentive• Questions• Conclusion of the Council-wide Broadcast

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Welcome

Kevin Gwinner

Coronado Area Council Vice-President,

Growth and Marketing

Scout parent and former Webelos Leader

Ross Munt

Coronado Area Council,

Assistant Scout Executive

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Materials

Unit Commitments

Boy Talks and School Presentations

Recruitment Night Details

Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Venturing

Additional Recruitment Ideas

Council-wide Application Due Date

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Materials• Yard Signs; 2 per unit• Posters; 4 per unit• Flyers• New Family Welcome Envelopes – one for each new

family• Unit Information Handout – one for each new family;

will be mailed to unit leader– Online submission shuts down at midnight tonight– Paper submissions due by 5:00 pm tomorrow at Council Service

Center

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Unit Information handout

2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Unit Commitments• 100% unit participation• Join Scouting Week August 27-31• Complete Unit Commitment form and submit to

District Executive

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Boy Talks and School Presentations• District Executives / District Round Up Chairs will be

coordinating presentation schedule• Volunteers are always welcome to assist with

presentations• 3 types of presentations

– All Boy Assembly– Small Group / Classroom– Lunchtume

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Recruitment Night Details –

Join Scouting Week August 27-31

Cub Scout– Round Up Coordinators Checklist– Sample Round Up Agenda– Sample Room Layout– ‘A Boy’s Eyes’

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Recruitment Night Details –

Join Scouting Week August 27-31

Boy Scout– Open House Agenda– Sample Email Invitation– Scoutmaster invitation letter– Invitation follow up phone call

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Recruitment Night Details –

Join Scouting Week August 27-31

Venturing– In School Recruiting– Crew Vice president of Administration– Crew Open House– Invitation Letter

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Additional Recruitment Ideas

Cub Scouts• Visit Chartered Organization• Wear Uniform to School / Work Day• Eat Lunch with your Scout son in uniform• Scout business cards• Call all new first grade families• Display case at school• Story / Ad in local newspaper

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Additional Recruitment Ideas

Boy Scouts• Visit Chartered Organization• Scout Business Cards• PTA/PTO Visit• Service Project at school• Display Case• After-school day promotional activity

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

Additional Recruitment Ideas

Venturing• Chartered Organization Visit• Venturing Business cards• Personal invitations to career interest survey

respondents• Be involved in a back to school activity as a crew• Presentation at local church youth group

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2012 Fall Round Up – Badge of Honor Campaign

All new Scout and Leader applications submitted to your District Executive by 9/28/2012

Applications submitted by 9/28 will be entered into the membership system prior to your unit’s rechartering start date.

Applications that are received after 9/28 may have a chance of not being entered and therefore the unit will need to enter the new member during the recharter process.

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BeAScout.org

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BeAScout.org

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BeAScout.org

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Scouting Champion Challenge

The Challenge:

Have all current Scouts promote the adventure, fun and excitement of Scouting to their non-Scout friends and win some awesome prizes.

Prizes include Summer Resident Camp Fees, Scout Shop Gift Certificates, and iPads

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Scouting Champion Challenge

The Competition:

Age appropriate publicity and marketing activities for Scouts of ALL ages leading up to the recruitment of new Scouts.

Scouts submit the Champion Challenge form to the Council Service Center before 5:00 pm on September 28th to be eligible for the prizes.

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Popcorn Bonus

1% Bonus Commission for Membership Growth

Increase your unit’s total membership by 10% or 5 Scouts, whichever is lower, based on your unit’s October 31, 2011 and October 31, 2012 membership totals.

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Helpful Links

• www.scouting.org/marketing

• http://scouting.org/scoutsource/Membership/Youth_Recruitment/Events.aspx

• http://scouting.org/filestore/membership/pdf/RecruitingIdeas.pdf

• http://www.coronadoscout.org/join

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Questions & Wrap Up

Thank you for participating in our Council Wide Fall Round Up Kickoff.

Your district team will now take over the presentation.

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