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

Advisor@GTCVenturing.org

“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 president@GTCVenturing.orgCouncil VOA Advisor advisor@GTCVenturing.org

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