1. ILST Part II Tools of the Trade

2. Tools of the Trade Foundations to your ability to lead Communications
Effective Planning
Teaching

3. Tools of the Trade
Communications
Planning
Teaching

4. Game Time

5. What is Communication?
Communication is the exchange of information between people, e.g. by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior

6. What is Good Communication?
Good communication is the exchange of information between people, e.g. by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior in which both parties understand what is being relayed.

7. Game Time

8. Forms of Communication
List some
Which are more effective?
Which are more efficient?
How can you facilitate Good Communications?

9. Tools of the Trade
Communications
Planning
Teaching

10. Planning Second only to communicating
Good planning is an essential skill for every effective leader
Things don’t just happen
Level of planning dictates level of success
What is planning?

11. Planning Planning is really just thinking ahead
Figuring out what needs to happen to make the desired outcome come together smoothly
Who, what, when, where, how?
Presuming
If you don’t plan it, it probably won’t happen

12. Planning Who, what, when, where, how?
Troop Planning Resources help you answer these questions
Troop Meeting Agenda Planning Sheet
Troop Program Features (established templates)
Monthly PLC meetings

13. Planning Videos Troop Meeting Agenda Video Patrol Leader Council Video
Patrol Leader Council Video

14. Tools of the Trade
Communications
Planning
Teaching

15. Teaching EDGE
The four-step EDGE process is a simple method for teaching any skill:
EXPLAIN
DEMONSTRATE
GUIDE
ENABLE

16. Teaching EDGE
Example Exercise

17. Summary Communications, Planning, and Teaching
Core skills leaders can use any time working with a team
Link between them is clear – good planning is foundational to everything, including teaching and communicating.
Effective communication skills enable the leader to share ideas and direct the team’s activities