7 habits of a highly successful Venturing crew
Insights to help Advisors in a youth-led, adult-guided program
Kimberly MyersGreat Trail Council Venturing Officer Association
“The Mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over
their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.”
1. The Advisor follows Good Crew-Sustainability Practices
Appoint your successor
Never ever stop recruiting
Follow the program as designed
2. Appoint an Advisor for Every Officer
Ensures Continuity
Ensures their officer is prepared
Compensates for lack of ability
Shield officer when necessary
3. Empower Your Officers
Set Expectations
Provide for their Training
Crew Bylaws
Let them Lead
4. Encourage Mentoring
Mentoring keeps the experienced youth engaged
New leaders learning from experienced and trained peers
5. Embrace Service
School Service Requirements
Recruiting Tool
6. Adopt a “Meet Less, Do More” Philosophy
Officer Only Meetings
Conference Calls
Activity “committee” meetings
7. Provide Social Opportunities and Plenty of Fun
Troop/Crew Joint Activities
Council Venturing ActivitiesLuau, Camp Manatoc – August 12, 2017 Fall Event, Camp Butler – November 3-4, 2017
Area Venturing EventWorldFest, Seven Ranges – April 28-30, 2017
National Venturing EventVenturingFest, Summit Bechtel Reserve - July 1–6, 2018
Journey to Excellence for Venturing Crews
Steps on the scorecard include standards in A AdventureL LeadershipP Personal GrowthS Service
Bonus step … get to gold
http://www.scouting.org/Home/Awards/JourneyToExcellence.aspxDue to your unit commissioner on December 31 of each year.
Further help: read the Advisor Guidebook and take the training
At your scout shop, scoutstuff.orgor Amazon.com
http://www.scouting.org/Training/Adult.aspxOr online at my.scouting.org
ResourcesGreat Trail Council Venturing Officer Association
Report your Crew President GTCVenturing.org/crewpresidentCouncil Venturing President [email protected] VOA Advisor [email protected]
Great Trail CouncilGTC Venturing Website GTCVenturing.orgGTC Venturing News site GTCVenturing.org/newsFacebook Group facebook.com/groups/GTCVenturingFacebook Page facebook.com/GTCVenturing
Area/Region VenturingArea 4 Webpage Area4.crventuring.orgCentral Region Venturing crventuring.org
National Venturing scouting.org/venturing