2012 UoS CED 148 Top Ten Ways to Use the Internet in Scouting

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About This Course

50 minute session

Attend th is c lass to f ind out the top ten ways to use the internet tohelp you manage, communicate with, and promote your Uni t. Emai l

distr ib ut ion l is ts, onl in e calendars, un it websites, soc ial netwo rks,

Mer i t badge resou rces, advancement tracking , geocachin g and o ther

onl ine tools wi l l be covered to br ing you up to sp eed and help you u se

techno logy to make your Scout ing job s eas ier .

My goal is to demonstrate how the internet can be used for promotion

communication

program enhancement

information archiving (repository) and sharing/collaboration

interaction (surveys, etc.)


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Scouting Program Sites

BSA - http://www.scouting.org/ MeritBadge.org - http://meritbadge.org/ Guide to Safe Scouting - http://scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/toc.aspx

Baltimore Area Council - http://www.baltimorebsa.org District sites

Arrowhead - http://www.bacarrowhead.org/

Carroll - http://www.bsacarroll.org/

Chesapeake - http://www.chesapeakedistrict.com/

Dulaney - http://www.dulaneybsa.org/

Four Rivers - http://www.crwflags.com/4rd/

Harford - http://www.harfordscouting.org/

Hopkins - http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=994

National Pike - https://www.nationalpike.org/

Reginald F. Lewis -http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=29988

The Capitol - http://www.thecapitoldistrict.org/ Thurgood Marshall -

http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30064
http://www.scouting.org/http://meritbadge.org/http://scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/toc.aspxhttp://www.baltimorebsa.org/http://www.bacarrowhead.org/http://www.bsacarroll.org/http://www.chesapeakedistrict.com/http://www.dulaneybsa.org/http://www.crwflags.com/4rd/http://www.harfordscouting.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=994https://www.nationalpike.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=29988&orgkey=749http://www.thecapitoldistrict.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30064http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30064http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30064http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=30064http://www.thecapitoldistrict.org/http://www.thecapitoldistrict.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=29988&orgkey=749http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/ViewOrgPageLink.asp?LinkKey=29988&orgkey=749https://www.nationalpike.org/https://www.nationalpike.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=994http://www.baltimorebsa.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=994http://www.harfordscouting.org/http://www.harfordscouting.org/http://www.crwflags.com/4rd/http://www.crwflags.com/4rd/http://www.dulaneybsa.org/http://www.dulaneybsa.org/http://www.chesapeakedistrict.com/http://www.chesapeakedistrict.com/http://www.bsacarroll.org/http://www.bsacarroll.org/http://www.bacarrowhead.org/http://www.bacarrowhead.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/http://www.baltimorebsa.org/http://scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/toc.aspxhttp://scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/toc.aspxhttp://meritbadge.org/http://meritbadge.org/http://www.scouting.org/http://www.scouting.org/


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MeritBadge.Org provides resources for Tiger, Wolf, and Bear CubScouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturersincluding: Nearly 200 worksheets for Merit Badges, Webelos Activity Badges, and Cub Scout Belt Loops and Pins.

Thousands of resource links for nearly 300 ranks, Merit Badges, Scout Awards, and Scouter Awards.

796 main topics and 6,951 pages with 1,596 documents and images.

9,652 volunteers who have made 34,345 updates.

MeritBadge.Org is your online Scouting University providingresources for Scouts and leaders

http://meritbadge.org
http://meritbadge.org/http://meritbadge.org/http://meritbadge.org/http://meritbadge.org/http://meritbadge.org/


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FAST TRACKS is a series of den meeting plans (two den meetings permonth) designed to be used in conjunction with the youth handbooks.By following the prescribed den meeting plans as written, the boys willfulfill the requirements necessary to earn the badge of rank by earlyspring.

http://media.scouting.org/cubscouts/fasttracks

became the New Delivery Method

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspx
http://media.scouting.org/cubscouts/fasttrackshttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/NewDeliveryMethod.aspxhttp://media.scouting.org/cubscouts/fasttrackshttp://media.scouting.org/cubscouts/fasttracks


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Advancement Tracking

ScoutTrack - http://www.scouttrack.com [$45/year]

ScoutManagehttp://www.scoutmanage.com [$44.95/year]

TroopMaster/PackMaster - http://www.troopmaster.com/ [$44.95/year]

eTrailToEagle - https://www.etrailtoeagle.com/ [$19.95/year]
http://www.scouttrack.com/http://www.scoutmanage.com/http://www.troopmaster.com/https://www.etrailtoeagle.com/https://www.etrailtoeagle.com/http://www.troopmaster.com/http://www.scoutmanage.com/http://www.scouttrack.com/


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Communicating Tools

Things have changed


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Communicating Tools

YouTube is the world's most popular online video community,allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos.

YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspireothers across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for originalcontent creators large and small.

Users create a profile page with little to no web building knowledgeneeded.

http://www.youtube.com

Check out >> http://www.scouting.org/youtube
http://www.youtube.com/http://www.scouting.org/youtubehttp://www.scouting.org/youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/


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Communicating Tools

Facebook is thesocial networking service.

Users can add friends and send them messages, and update theirpersonal profiles to notify friends about themselves.

Organizations can set up pagesthat folks can like or subscribe to

http://www.facebook.com

Check out >> http://www.scouting.org/facebook
http://www.facebook.com/http://www.scouting.org/facebookhttp://www.scouting.org/facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/http://www.facebook.com/


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Communicating Tools

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service thatenables its users to send and read messages known as tweets.

Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on theauthor's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers whoare known as followers.

Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by

default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via theTwitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications.

http://www.twitter.com

Check out >> http://www.scouting.org/twitter
http://www.twitter.com/http://www.scouting.org/twitterhttp://www.scouting.org/twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/http://www.twitter.com/


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Communicating Tools

Get a free phone number (and answering machine) for your unit!

Use it to leave event update information.

Use it for recruiting voice mail messages are delivered to you asemail!

http://www.google.com/voice
http://www.google.com/voicehttp://www.google.com/voice


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Communicating Tools

SurveyMonkey enables users to create their own Web-based surveys.

Create unit surveys that get emailed to your users.

You can later view reports and responses. http://www.surveymonkey.com
http://www.surveymonkey.com/http://www.surveymonkey.com/


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Communicating Tools

Yahoo! Groups is a community-driven Internet communication tool, a hybrid

between an electronic mailing list and an Internet forum.

Group messages can be posted and read by e-mail or on the Group homepage,like a web forum.

Members can choose whether to receive individual e-mails or daily digest e-mails, or to read the posts at the web site.

Some Groups are simply announcement lists, to which only the Groupmoderators can post, while others are discussion lists.

As well as providing e-mail relaying and archiving facilities for the many Groupsit hosts, the Yahoo! Groups service provides additional facilities for each Group

web site, such as a homepage, message archive, polls, calendarannouncements, files, photos, database functions, and bookmarks.

http://groups.yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/http://groups.yahoo.com/


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Communicating Tools

Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.

Single-click page creation

Customizable look and feel

Dozens of pre-built templates

Settings for accessing and sharing information

And it's free!

Seamlessly integrates with Google Calendar and Picassa (photo sharing).

http://sites.google.com

http://calendar.google.com
http://sites.google.com/http://calendar.google.com/http://calendar.google.com/http://calendar.google.com/http://sites.google.com/


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Web-based Phone Tree

Send Your Message To Everyone In Seconds!

DialMyCalls lets anyone tap into the power of sending voice or text messagebroadcasts to an entire phone list in seconds.

No hardware or equipment to buy - now you can record & send your messagesout to 2 or 200,000 phone numbers within minutes.

Plans start at $10 for 140 outgoing calls/text messages http://www.dialmycalls.com

Theres also advertiser based Free Phone Tree - http://freephonetree.com/
http://www.dialmycalls.com/http://freephonetree.com/http://freephonetree.com/http://freephonetree.com/http://www.dialmycalls.com/http://www.dialmycalls.com/http://www.dialmycalls.com/


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GEOCACHING

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the worldby adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors andthen share your experiences online.

Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense ofcommunity and support for the environment. Scouts love it!

http://www.geocaching.com/
http://www.geocaching.com/http://www.geocaching.com/http://www.geocaching.com/


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ScoutLander.com Overview

ScoutLander.com is an advanced scout pack / troop / crewmanagement system.

Features

Manage events through shared calendar

Simplify communication with broadcast emails

Create memories through photo albums

Capture and retain lessons learned with searchable knowledgebase

Promote your pack with ScoutLander site hosting

No HTML required

Be online in 10

minutes


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Benefits

Higher parent involvement

Cultivate new leaders

Reduced leader burn out

A website that is always up-to-date


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Manage events through shared calendar

Publish event details

Track RSVP responses to get accurate head counts

Record event fee payments

Attach maps, forms, and flyers

Print attendee roster


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Simplify communication with broadcast emails

Send reminders and event updates to members with a click of a button

Target recipients by den, patrol, or role (ex: Leaders, Parents)

Attach calendar events that link directly to your pack's calendar


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Easily create memories through photo albums

Build photo albums

Share photos with other parents

Search / filter by scout's name

Search / filter by parent's name

Download zipped albums for video slideshows


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Searchable Knowledge Base

Compose or upload how-tos, lessons learned, tips, links, flyers, formsor just about anything you can imagine

Categorize and tag articles for easy searching

Retain your packs collective wisdom for future generations

Every year your pack will lose 4 - 20 years of

experience when your veteran leaders moveon to Boy Scouts.


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Promote your unit with ScoutLander

Host your site for free

Create and customize content to attract new members

Publish your site in the ScoutLander Directory to make it easier to find


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Summary

Totally Free*

Safe and Secure

Up and running in 10 minutes

No HTML programming required


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