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/extreme-violence-and-children-parenting-advice.html https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/kids-worried-about-war.html https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/talking-to-children-about-war.pdf https://www.schoolcrisiscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Guidelines-Talking-to-Kids-About-Attacks-Two-Sided-Onesheet-Format.pdf https://www.nctsn.org/resources/coping-after-mass-violence    Fake News Activity from Girl Scouts: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/leadership/life-skills/kids-and-fake-news-critical-thinking-skills.html Support Uvalde: https://www.girlscouts-swtx.org/en/our-council/girl-scout-strong-for-uvalde.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I am speed talking through 10 ideas for activities you can do at your back-to-school season troop meetings. I didn't mean to speed talk, but here we are. Don't listen to this one on 2x speed. I say this for your own safety. LOL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes, we need a reminder about why we want to do this in the first place, and why this work matters. Today I'm reflecting on 6 years of this podcast and 112+ years of creating meaningful, safe spaces for girls. 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!  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 later? And any suggestions to help girls choose a crest OTHER than the unicorn. So in this episode I'm giving you my full opinion & experience about troop crests... and a little bit of history, too.   Here's the article I referenced in this episode: https://gshistory.com/2019/12/04/a-brief-history-of-girl-scout-troop-crests/    Want to submit a question? Join the facebook group at facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast or send it to me via e-mail at girlscoutpodcast@gmail.com      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!  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 episode in the Ask Me Anything series - All About Bridging! :)    Want to submit a question? Join the facebook group at facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast or send it to me via e-mail at girlscoutpodcast@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/extreme-violence-and-children-parenting-advice.html https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/happy-and-healthy/happy/kids-worried-about-war.html https://www.nctsn.org/sites/default/files/resources/fact-sheet/talking-to-children-about-war.pdf https://www.schoolcrisiscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Guidelines-Talking-to-Kids-About-Attacks-Two-Sided-Onesheet-Format.pdf https://www.nctsn.org/resources/coping-after-mass-violence    Fake News Activity from Girl Scouts: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/raising-girls/leadership/life-skills/kids-and-fake-news-critical-thinking-skills.html Support Uvalde: https://www.girlscouts-swtx.org/en/our-council/girl-scout-strong-for-uvalde.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 all of it, too. Because with Sarah, you never get just two cents... you get $1.20.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 are introducing SEVEN popular money earning ideas that might work for your troop to help your girls still do great things, regardless of whether they hit their cookie goals. As always, the number one thing is to make sure you go through the proper approval process for your council and to always put the safety of your girls first. Don't forget to check out the Troop Leader T-Shirt club to get a t-shirt inspired by the Troop Leader Experience delivered straight to your door each month at troopleadertees.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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://girlscoutpodcast.com/wtd-2020-is-world-thinking-day-cultural-appropriation-why-are-so-many-council-events-canceled-this-year https://girlscoutpodcast.com/girl-scouts-phraseology-world-thinking-day https://girlscoutpodcast.com/2020-gsusa-updates-2021-world-thinking-day-global-action-themes-revealed   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 volunteers around the world to talk to! Let me know what you think.   PS: Happy cookie season for most of us! If you're looking for awesome, affordable troop leader inspired tees, check out my brand new site, troopleadertees.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, my guest is Susan Day. Susan is an art therapist practitioner and a published author living in East Gippsland, Victoria. Susan hosts her own podcast, facilitates creative art sessions, and has over six mindful art therapy books published. Susan is enthralled with the power of art and the written word to change people’s lives. Connect with Susan: Website: https://mindfulartstherapy.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulartstherapy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulartstherapy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connect with Talia Bombola/Talia's resources: Www.therapywithtalia.com and www.taliabombola.com @taliabombola on IG and tiktok https://centerforadolescentstudies.com/how-to-validate-teens-even-when-you-dont-agree/ https://imperfectfamilies.com/50-ways-to-say-good-job-without-saying-good-job/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 different topics as individual podcast segments so you could easily access the different ideas and process them.  If you want to check out the whole workshop in its entirety, you can watch the replay either in the Facebook group or on Youtube, here: facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast https://youtu.be/YnQuk07WeiA   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's WAGGGS special, we are going to MADAGASCAR. Say WHAT? Sometimes I can't believe how beautiful this global sisterhood is that I am so grateful to be a part of and that technology allows us to so easily connect with each other and to learn about each other's stories and experiences. Like, you guys, in 2018 I was like... let's start a podcast for Girl Scout volunteers... and flash forward 3 1/2 years later and I got to meet a Girl Guide volunteer in Madagascar. Pinch me! When can we do the Troop Leader Experience World Tour live in person? I'm ready!   PS: Happy cookie season for most of us! If you're looking for awesome, affordable troop leader inspired tees, check out my brand new site, troopleadertees.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Girl Scouting and Boy Scouting are VERY different in the US, but in the Netherlands... it's all one organization! This week's WAGGGS special is with Anne, who is sharing all about her experiences both as a girl growing up in the co-ed program as well as her volunteer role with a unit that is all girls. Plus, she says her organization's promise in Dutch, so... you're going to want to tune in just for that alone. SO COOL.    PS: Happy cookie season for most of us! If you're looking for awesome, affordable troop leader inspired tees, check out my brand new site, troopleadertees.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Jamiel & me for a Cookie Basics workshop! This was originally available in the Facebook group, which you can join at www.facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast We're planning to actually go live in the Facebook group for the Creative Cookie Selling workshop, which y'all told us was BY FAR the workshop/training you are most interested in. *Audio only will be available on the podcast as well, anywhere you like listening to podcasts.* Remember: This is not an official training and we are not representing GSUSA or any council. This advice is all our own based on our own knowledge and experience. This does NOT replace the mandatory or required training from your council. And, as we discuss throughout, many details are council specific, so MAKE SURE to take your council specific training! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are continuing our international adventures learning about Guiding and Girl Scouting around the world. Today's episode takes us to Canada. They are one of the physically closest organizations to the US, and they're also culturally one of the closest organizations to GSUSA. Join us while we explore the differences and similarities!   PS: Happy cookie season for most of us! If you're looking for awesome, affordable troop leader inspired tees, check out my brand new site, troopleadertees.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the next month or so, we are going to travel all around the world to explore Guiding and Girl Scouting internationally! For the very first World Thinking Day special, we are chatting with Stephanie in the UK. She's a big fan of the Brownie level of the international Guiding movement and she's sharing about the experience of Guiding and Brownies in the UK in addition to her love of Brownie history and tradition around the world.   PS: Happy cookie season for most of us! If you're looking for awesome, affordable troop leader inspired tees, check out my brand new site, troopleadertees.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I've always been curious about USAGSO... if you are, too, then this episode will be super interesting for you! We're catching up with Amy Kennedy on the other side of the world as she shares her experience with Girl Scouts while living internationally.    If you're an expat interested in learning more about USAGSO, here's some contact info Amy gave us!  Contact Amy directly - akennedy@usagso.org - she's happy to talk to anyone about the Virtual Troop or USAGSO in general. If people want to get in touch with the organization they can email overseascustomercare@girlscouts.org  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are covering a topic that can be overwhelming and a bit sensitive: creating and developing safe spaces for girls. This is a huge responsibility and one of the most important things we do as troop leaders... so we called in an expert for today's episode. This week's guest is Aime Hutton, LGBTQ2S+ Youth Mentor. Love what she has to say? She's doing a book study with young teens starting in February. You can e-mail Aime for more information at aime@inchbyinchempowerment.com. Part of the proceeds will be going to a local charity that supports lgbtq2s+ youth. The book that we will be reading is written by Aime's friend Irma. Here is the Amazon link for the book: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1987982363?psc=1&smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Girls are taught from the time they are literally babies not to trust themselves and they lose the ability to listen to their intuition. This is reinforced throughout childhood and adolescence, and even adulthood, and it gets more and more difficult to relearn in adulthood. Eventually, it seems like many of us have a definitive experience in adulthood that pushes us back to the importance of listening to our intuition and relearning how to tap back into that. One of the things that is so special about Girl Scouts is that we can help counteract society's bad teachings and help girls build self awareness and practice trusting themselves and listening to their intuition. This carries into their teenage and adult years to help them make better decisions for themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are talking about wellness - health, nutrition, exercise/activity, anxiety, and more!   Today's episode is featuring special guest, Shannon Dentice, Master Certified Health Coach E&E Health Coaching, LLC eehealthcoaching@gmail.com www.eehealthcoaching.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EE-Health-Coaching-100574998703324 Find me on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-dentice-875257205/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I am interviewing Jen Kidwell, who specializes in developing resources and curriculum around storytelling and anti-racism for youth in grades K-12. We are talking about all things storytelling, developing curriculum, and leading anti-racism discussions with youth as white women in today's podcast. You can learn more about Jen's anti-racism discussion resources or download them (always free!) here: https://www.jenkidwell.com/youth-group-resources/antiracism-resources-for-youth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You guys told me you love the interview episodes the most (don't worry, I'm not offended, I love them the most too!). But the reality is, it's hard to have enough troop leader specific interviews to have an episode each week. Plus... sometimes you all send me some questions that are really hard! So I'm trying something new. I'm bringing in some experts from different fields to give us some insight, tips, and strategies to most effectively build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place! This is the first such episode... with courage and confidence coach, Jaclyn Gallo. I loved meeting her and I loved what she had to say - I hope you do too! --------- Can't get enough Jaclyn? Website: www.jaclyngallo.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaclyn__gallo Facebook: www.facebook.com/jaclyngallospeaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're doing a little exercise I LOVE to use in all aspects of my life. Full disclosure: I've never done this about leading a troop before so this is the first time I've ever done this in this context, too. But regardless, it's a fun activity you can do on your own, with your co-leader(s), or even with your girls! You could do this with your service unit, or with your team if you're staff, or I mean in really any aspect of your life, too... Once you do it, I want to hear from you! What does a 5 star troop experience look like in your mind? What about 10 stars? That's just plum crazy! ;)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You guys know me well enough at this point to know my social justice warrior conversations are never going to go away, right? I stumbled upon a great article this week (linked below) about celebrating holidays in the classroom, and I found myself reflecting a LOT about biases and power dynamics and cultural assumptions in my own troop leadership experience... And since it's HANUKKAH, and officially December, I thought this would be the perfect time of year to tackle a hard conversation on this podcast... which is all about Christmas and Girl Scouts. I don't personally feel like any of the things I share in conversations like this should be divisive, but... I have found that sometimes it can be really triggering for people. I have to question if maybe there are ways I could do better when I explore topics like this one. If you have thoughts, opinions, feelings, whether they are supportive (thanks so much for this, you've really made me think, keep it coming!) or critical (here's some advice, you said x and it came across y... these conversations are important, but here's how you could improve...), I want to hear it! And I mean that. girlscoutpodcast@gmail.com   Here are some links for further reading, if this kind of thing interests you:  https://theeducationhub.org.nz/how-to-avoid-a-tokenistic-or-tourism-approach-to-diversity/ https://www.weareteachers.com/christmas-hanukkah-kwanzaa-inclusion/ https://www.naeyc.org/resources/blog/anti-bias-and-holidays   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back again with another interview. Ashley is a newer Daisy troop leader, but she's been involved with Girl Scouts her entire life. She's sharing her insights based on her experience and what Girl Scouts meant to her growing up, years working at camp, and tons of experience working in different departments for council before becoming her daughter's troop leader this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explicit warning is because we touch on a few topics that are not small-kid-friendly, in case you're accustomed to listening to this podcast in the car with young kids. Sheryl R. from the Hearts of Gold podcast is back. Basically we love talking about Girl Scouts all the time and we always have more things we want to talk about together, so... this isn't the last you'll hear from her, either. This week we got together to talk about our previous troops falling apart after years together (destruction by natural causes, you could say) but we are completely dedicated to staying involved with Girl Scouts and leading troops again. So we thought it could be fun to check in with each other regularly about what it's like to start over when you have experience leading a troop, and you're not feeling around in the dark about what leading a troop might look like. Basically, we get to have vision, experience, and tons of resources under our belts. But, as you could expect, this conversation kind of went in all kinds of directions. This is literally two Girl Scout sister-friends hanging out on Zoom, having a ball talking about our favorite subjects.  Want to come on the podcast and hang out with me and talk about Girl Scouts? Or potentially hang out with me and Sheryl? You know we'd love it! E-mail me at girlscoutpodcast@gmail.com or find me in the Facebook group at facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hooray, your favorite kind of episode! We're interviewing Kate S. of Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road council on this week's episode. Kate grew up as a Girl Guide in New Zealand, and then got involved with her daughter in Girl Scouts of the USA. Now she's a troop leader for Cadettes as well as a leader for the trailblazers group in her council.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm a little late this week, but I'm still here! This one took a little bit of research and organization, plus I have some family stuff going on, and life just kind of happened. Anyway, Founder's Day is coming up this weekend on October 31. Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts in the USA, was born on October 31, 1860. In honor of her birthday, this week, we are talking about Juliette Low!   I've mentioned a few times that I'm going to be giving away troop tees to one lucky leader who listens to the podcast! You can get on the waitlist so you are the first to know when the giveaway opens here: https://subscribepage.com/s5c5n7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay so last week we talked about excursions... next let's talk about the opposite end of the travel progression spectrum: extended trips! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A few weeks ago we talked about digital marketing, and you all told me you really wanted to hear more about how to run Facebook/Meta ads. I brought in an expert for this one ;) Connect with Helena: https://www.chicago42.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chicago42digital/ https://www.facebook.com/Chicago42Digital/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is single handedly the question I get asked most often, so I wanted to just break down the most important steps I think all new troop leaders should do. This is a great resources for newer troop leaders to make sure you are closing the gaps and for brand new troop leaders now and in the future. Don't forget to join the Facebook group at facebook.com/girlscoutpodcast - or, if you're not on Facebook, e-mail me directly and get on my e-mail list at girlscoutpodcast@gmail.com    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about progression all the time, and one of the earliest steps when it comes to traveling and outdoors adventures is EXCURSIONS. That's today's topic on GSP Phraseology! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week's episode sparked this idea, so I wanted to jump on it. Along the same lines of planning your Girl Scout year in advance, it also helps to have an idea of what's happening when. So for newer troop leaders, this one's especially for you! Since this episode is PACKED with info, I also thought you would benefit from seeing this written out. So here is the blog version (which actually, admittedly, has a bit more info included!):  https://buildinggirlsofcourage.com/2021/10/09/girl-scout-seasons/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices