1. JTE: Striving for gold

2. SESSION OBJECTIVES
To understand the reason for the change from Quality Lodge to the Journey to Excellence program.
To give guidance to evaluate your lodge’s current position relative to the new criteria, establishing the starting point of your lodge’s Journey.
To identify some “Best Practices” for developing a path to gold level Journey to Excellence
Identify some traditional problems with achieving previous Quality Lodge Criteria
Identify potential solutions for traditional problems
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3. Quality lodge vs. journey to excellence
Binary type of evaluation
Rarely changing minimum requirements
Not a path to achievement.
Journey to Excellence
A step by step process
Annually changing requirements.
Encourages Lodges to achieve the minimum requirements
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4. General Ideas Key 3 meet to establish starting point
Set goals for each area of JTE
Get chapters on board
Develop a vision for the year
Engage the Scout Executive
Regular Key 3 Meetings through out the year
Quality Lodge Leadership Development Courses
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5. Areas of JTE Finance Membership Program Council Service
Leadership and Governance
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6. Challenging Areas of JTE
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7. Challenging Areas of JTE
Here is what I came up with:
Membership Growth
Brotherhood Conversion
Membership Retention
Event Participation
Lodge Planning Process
Council Service
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8. Membership growth Membership Growth is really made up of two parts:
Retaining Current Arrowmen
Inducting New Members
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9. Inducting New Members Know what you need to know
Determine the Audience
Get someone on the inside
Communicate with those on the inside
Conduct Unit Elections early
Actively Communicate with your units
Utilize the Chapter System
Recognition
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10. Brotherhood conversion
Know what you need to know
Determine the Audience
Get someone on the inside
Communicate with those on the inside
Utilize the Chapter System
Emphasize a Spring Ordeal
Consider Additional Brotherhood opportunities
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11. Membership retention Two Concepts of Brotherhood Retention Theoretical
Practical
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12. Membership Retention- Theory
People will participate if they want to
Membership Marketing Plan
Fun, rewarding and meaningful environment = Great Retention
Induction sequence is vital to the success of the Order
Eliminate hazing in all forms
Meaningful work projects
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13. Membership Retention- Practical
Dues Collection
Re-charter Packets
Utilize Chapters
Membership Tracking Charts
Format that is accessible to most Scouters (MS- excel)
Generated for each unit
List of Scouts and Scouters who:
Are eligible for membership
Have paid current year’s dues
Are Delinquent in dues
Have been elected
Have been “Called Out”
Has completed the Ordeal
Eligible for Brotherhood
Last Event attended
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14. Event Participation Make lodge events fun for all
What is fun for you may not be fun for others
Give new Arrowmen a job at the next event
Don’t forget the role of the adult
Schedule events with minimal conflict
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15. Lodge planning process
Initial Officer Retreat
Day long meeting
To discuss:
Budget
Function Dates
New fun activities
Proposed Lodge Newsletter articles
Potential youth EC members
Training Topics for LLDs and events
Breakout time for each officer and adviser
Lodge Leadership Development
Mid Year Officer Retreat
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16. Lodge planning process
Initial Officer Retreat
Lodge Leadership Development
Weekend long event
Lodge Chief defines his vision for the year
Discuss JTE program
Use JTE as an outline for Goal Setting
Provide the Lodge’s expectation for each JTE program item
Assign each JTE line item to either an officer or EC member
Communicate to each participant that they are to report their progress at each EC meeting
Plan a fun activity away from the LLD venue
Mid Year Officer Retreat
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17. Lodge planning process
Initial Officer Retreat
Lodge Leadership Development
Mid Year Officer Retreat
Review the successes of the lodge thus far
Draft next year’s budget
Create next years event calendar
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18. Service to council Service Corp at Council/District Events
Council and District volunteers would love to have the help
Assign someone on the EC solely responsible for these activitites
Council Summer Camp Promotions
Target Adults
Target Youth
Cub Scout Program
A strong Cub Scout program will build a strong lodge over time
Webelos to Boy Scout transition
Conduct Ceremonies, camp fires, and service projects
Financial Support
This is easy and your council really needs the help
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19. Conclusion Have a plan for the year
Know what it is that you need to know
Get people on the inside to help
Find ways to overcome the OA Marketing Plan
Find ways to make the OA experience positive and fun
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