by Shawn Wright | Jan 31, 2014 | Behind The Scene, Staff |
Wood Badge is a fantastic course to teach you was to be a better leader in your scouting unit. Did you know that it works just as well at work and for your career? Companies spend thousands of dollars a person sending them to courses across the country to learn the...
by Shawn Wright | Jan 30, 2014 | Behind The Scene, Why I Attended |
Think about the first time you heard about Wood Badge. Did someone ask you to go? Did you notice the mauve scarves and wood beads? I found a flyer in the packet of materials at a BALOO training event. It was enough to get me to ask around about this wood badge course...
by Shawn Wright | Oct 14, 2013 | Behind The Scene, Staff |
Weekend 2 of S9-113 is over. For over half of the staff we will move on to our units, our jobs and the next course, S9-114. The Troop Guides and participants will spend the next 18-months working their tickets. Much more on that to come later. One of the goals of...
by Shawn Wright | Sep 27, 2013 | Behind The Scene, Staff |
Your quarter master and crew would like to shed some light on the woods we have brought to your course. All the woods used at S9-113 are native to the Southeast and were cut in forest in the Huntsville and Albertville areas, with the sole exception of the first...
by Shawn Wright | Sep 19, 2013 | Behind The Scene |
I got back from Wood Badge on Saturday, exhausted, but humming “back to gilwell, happy land…” I had a great time and by the look on everyones faces and the posts on Facebook and our Yahoo Groups pages, we all did. I was looking forward to the...
by Shawn Wright | Sep 10, 2013 | Behind The Scene |
Do you have friends and family who don’t quite understand what this Wood Badge thing is all about? Do they think you are just heading off to play for the weekend? (Shhh, that’s our secret). Have them friend the S9-113 Facebook page and visit...