by Shawn Wright | Recruiting, Staff
This past weekend the staff of Wood Badge course S9-113 got together as a group for the first time. We met at the Scout Hut in Mentone, Alabama during the morning before a group headed to Camp Comer to recruit Cub Scout leaders attending the OA Pow-Wow. The staff...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
Today is a special day. Six months from today will be the first day of Wood Badge S9-113. This morning in six months, the participants gathered together, met each other for the first time and got to know the men and women in their patrol. They were a little nervous...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
As a youth, I never had the opportunity to attend a National Scout Jamboree. I remember distinctly all the patches and memorabilia from scouts who attended the 1973 Jamboree. I was a new scout and the stories from participants and the stories in Boy’s Life made...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
I have become a fan of Mark Miller’s blog Great Leaders Serve. Mark teamed up with Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager to write Great Leaders Grow: Become a Leader for Life. A great book that I recommend to everyone. You will know the name Ken Blanchard as...
by Shawn Wright | Recruiting
There are two ways that a Wood Badge course is hosted. It is either two three-day weekends or one six-day event. In the Greater Alabama Council we generally follow the two weekend course model. The nice thing is that we change it up to accommodate different schedules....
