Troop Leader Experience: A Podcast about Girl Scouts for Troop Leaders and other Girl Scout Volunteers

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Andrea: "I wouldn't mind an episode about troop funding - the pros and cons of dues, drama-free ways to collect money, no-shows, sh...

I'm taking just a couple of weeks to get caught up while I hit the road to see my brother. If I can, I'll get some podcasts recorded on my trip, but most likely I'll be back Nov 8!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Daniella: "How to deal with overbearing parents"   Here are my thoughts!   Want to submit a question? Join the facebook group at fa...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Daniella: "How to balance your personal life and girl scouts"   Here are my thoughts! . Want to submit a question? Join the faceboo...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Alice: "How to manage a troop that has different levels of engagement among the girls. (Active vs not as active)"   Here are my tho...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question (ASSERTION!) submitted by listener Bethany: "Outdoor progression!" "What’s the value in a service unit? How can it be organized to run well? What are som...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following questions submitted by listeners Crystal and Marcie: "Episode on running and getting leaders to service unit meetings." "What’s the value in a service unit? How c...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Jenn: "How did you approach kapers. Especially for a big troop? We have 20 scouts and it was really hard to get a kaper chart going...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!  Today's episode is about the following question submitted by listener Jenn: "Maybe tips on keeping younger troops engaged and on-task during a meeting? I like to use the quiet sign or call-and-response t...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!    A few of you wanted to know about Troop Camp, progression, and ideas for older girls... and although there are a lot of topics to cover there so we will need to break that up into multiple episodes, Ja...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!  Group member Jenn wants to know the 411 about troop crests (do people say that anymore? I am sure they don't). Are girls stuck with them for the whole duration of Girl Scouts or can they choose new ones...

I recently asked the Facebook group (facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast) - "If you could ask me anything and get my opinion or thoughts about it in an episode, what would it be?" & you guys delivered!  Group member Krissy requested an episode about bridging... and Jamiel and I had already put together some notes for a bridging episode, so I guess we were all on the same page! So here's the first episod...

I know, I know. Another massive delay. But here's some more content with more coming at ya soon! This was such a fun conversation with Barbara, all about her experience coordinating day camp and her Girl Scout volunteer experience as a whole. There's always so much more to talk about and I could talk to you guys all day when we have our interviews! But I hope you love this as much as I did. Learn...

After another occurrence of senseless violence in the USA, everyone is talking about safety at school... including kids. We're all having strong emotional responses from this horrific event... including kids. Should we address this at Girl Scouts? And if so, how can we do it with the kids' best interests at heart?   Resources: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/ext...

This week Jamiel is taking the wheel and Sarah & Jamiel are exploring what the research says about the impact of volunteering as a Girl Scout troop leader... then, because Jamiel's service team are the queens of recruitment, she is sharing some of her tips for recruiting volunteers, including thinking outside the box to find non-traditional volunteers. And as always, you'll get Sarah's $1.20 about...

When I first started chatting with Shaleigha, she told me that it'd be easier to describe what roles she HASN'T held as a Girl Scout volunteer. In today's interview, we focused mostly on her roles as a leader for multiple troops and service unit manager. Because it's almost April, we also had a really interesting discussion about Volunteer Appreciation Month and Volunteer Appreciation in general. ...

It's actually like a karmic joke that we started January with a "BEST COOKIE SEASON EVER" Troop Leader Tee. I know that for many of you, this has NOT been the BEST COOKIE SEASON EVER. But a) it's not too late! we can still salvage the 2022 cookie program as best as we can as a ~ * L e A r N i N g E x P e R i E n C e *~ and b) when in doubt, plan another money earning project. In today's episode we...

By now you've heard her voice on a few of these workshop based episodes, and what you may or may not know is that Jamiel has also been helping out behind the scenes! So, we recorded this interview so you would have a chance to get to know her a little bit and hear about her Girl Scout story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about the history of World Thinking Day and the different ways we celebrate and participate in World Thinking Day with our girls today!    Resources  https://www.wagggs.org/en/resources/world-thinking-day-2022-activity-pack https://www.girlscouts.org/en/members/for-girl-scouts/ways-to-participate/global-girl-scouts/world-thinking-day.html   Previous World Thinking Day Episodes:  https:/...

Today is our final installment (for now?!) in the WAGGGS Special mini series of the Troop Leader Podcast. We're rounding this off with a virtual visit to Malta (can you even find that on a map?). Did you LOVE learning about Girl Scouting and Guiding around the world? Do you want more episodes like this? Because there are, like, a lot of member organizations in WAGGGS and literally MILLIONS of volu...

Jamiel and I did a LIVE workshop on Facebook all about creative cookie selling and it was SO much fun hanging out with some of you in the group! We would definitely love to do more of these, so let us know what topics you want to hear. In the meantime, I wanted to make this available on the podcast as well but it was 90 minutes JAM PACKED with ideas, so I thought it might be easier if we posted di...

Jamiel and I did a LIVE workshop on Facebook all about creative cookie selling and it was SO much fun hanging out with some of you in the group! We would definitely love to do more of these, so let us know what topics you want to hear. In the meantime, I wanted to make this available on the podcast as well but it was 90 minutes JAM PACKED with ideas, so I thought it might be easier if we posted di...

Jamiel and I did a LIVE workshop on Facebook all about creative cookie selling and it was SO much fun hanging out with some of you in the group! We would definitely love to do more of these, so let us know what topics you want to hear. In the meantime, I wanted to make this available on the podcast as well but it was 90 minutes JAM PACKED with ideas, so I thought it might be easier if we posted di...

Jamiel and I did a LIVE workshop on Facebook all about creative cookie selling and it was SO much fun hanging out with some of you in the group! We would definitely love to do more of these, so let us know what topics you want to hear. In the meantime, I wanted to make this available on the podcast as well but it was 90 minutes JAM PACKED with ideas, so I thought it might be easier if we posted di...

Jamiel and I did a LIVE workshop on Facebook all about creative cookie selling and it was SO much fun hanging out with some of you in the group! We would definitely love to do more of these, so let us know what topics you want to hear. In the meantime, I wanted to make this available on the podcast as well but it was 90 minutes JAM PACKED with ideas, so I thought it might be easier if we posted di...