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August Kickoff 2019

Edited Version: Annual Kickoff Slides These slides are proprietary to Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital.

Our Promise to Girls

Target K-3 Recruitment

Nation’s Capital: Kindergarten recruitment has declined the past 3 years due to numerous factors including a decrease in overall girl Kindergarteners in the Greater Washington Region.

First Year Experience

Nation’s Capital: Almost 80% of first year girls in troops renew. 93% of first year troop leaders renew. ONLY 8% of girls served in alternative programs renew after first year.

Retention on Bridging Years

Parent positive experience driven by:

• Troop leader quality
• Seeing the benefits of Girl Scouting
• Being well-informed and engaged

Parent Experience

Troop leader positive experience driven by:

• Support
• Positive adult relationships
• Manageable time requirements and

responsibilities

Troop Leader Experience

Girl Scout Leadership Experience

Girl Scout Leadership Experience

 Meet regularly.  Earn at least 4 skill-building badges or a least one Higher Award or Leadership Journey  Participate in Product Program  Complete at least one community service or Take Action project  Taking part in at least one outdoor activity  Experience at least one field trip or Girl Scout event  Participate in Girl Scout traditions (e.g uniform, Promise & Law, GS songs, ceremonies)

Annual Troop Checklist

Membership Bell

Largest increase in number

• f girls registered is:

Association 42 With 131 girl increase from the previous year!

Membership Bell

Largest percentage increase in girls registered: Association 10 With a 15.4% increase over last year!

Top in Retention

Retained 90%+ girls and adults: SU 10-17 SU 42-1 SU 54-15

Top in Troop Formation

Top Service Units in new troop formation: SU 34-1 SU 70-15 SU 80-1

Special Recognition

Service Unit Building Association 80!!!

TOP in Team Members

Largest number of different volunteers serving in Team roles: SU 51-2 SU 56-3 SU 70-12

Top in Early Bird Registration

• SU 14-2
• SU 15-3
• SU 34-5
• SU 37-6
• SU 50-6
• SU 50-12
• SU 53-5
• SU 54-15
• SU 56-3
• SU 70-6
• SU 70-17
• SU 80-5

Winners of Spring and Summer Encampments:

Building Strong Service Units

Service Unit Boundaries

A service unit is a group of all troops, Juliettes, adults and girl members that meet within a specific geographic area.

• Public elementary school boundaries

Essentials of the Service Unit

• Recruit volunteers and girls reflective of the

community

• Service Unit Team
• Troop formation
• Troop Committee
• Girls
• Assist troop volunteers in delivery of Girl

Scout Foundational Leadership Experience

• Training and ongoing support/communication
• Coordinate girl program events
• Recognizing girls and adults

Service Unit Team

Building a Team is the responsibility of:

• Service Unit Co-Managers
• Staff Partners:
• Membership Specialists
• Product Program
• Development
• Adult Volunteer Development

Building troops is the responsibility of :

• Troop Organizers (1 per school, house of worship)
• Service Unit Welcome Specialist
• Service Unit Registrar
• Service Unit Money Manager
• Staff Partner:
• Membership Specialist

Recruitment: Troop Formation

Now request Troop Organizer and Welcome Specialist supplies online.

Troop Formation Resources

Providing support in the delivery of girl program:

Retention: Program Delivery

• Service Unit Cookie Manager
• Service Unit Cookie Booth Coordinator
• Service Unit Fall Product Chair
• Event Chairs
• SU Encampment Chair
• High Adventure Facilitators

Providing support in the delivery of girl program (continued):

Retention: Program Delivery

• Staff Partners:
• Product Program
• Adult Volunteer Development
• Camping
• Program Services

Providing training and ongoing support and communication is responsibility of:

• Service Unit Adult Educators
• Service Unit Recognition Chair
• Service Unit Communication (Rally) Chair
• Service Unit Delegates
• Staff Partner
• Adult Volunteer Development

Training & Communication

• Monthly Service Unit Team meetings are

a key to building a strong service unit

• Consider holding “virtual” meetings

RESOURCE TO HELP WITH VIRTUAL TEAM MEETINGS:

• GO TO WEBINAR or conference call upon request
• See Area Manager

SU Team Meetings

• Volunteer Support Processes
• Training
• Communication
• Recognition
• SU Money Management and Budget
• Deliver Foundational Girl Experience
• Product Program
• Events and Activities

Strong Service Units

New! Service Unit Strength Challenge

• Achieve Membership goals – recruit & retain
• Build SU Team
• Train and Support Volunteers and Troops
• Deliver Local Program

Challenge Reward

• $250 deposited into SU account in June 2020
• Bragging rights

Service Unit Strength Challenge

• Recruit Service Unit Team members
• Create Service Unit Goals and Plan to Achieve
• Practice Effective Communication
• Hold Service Team meetings
• Ensure recruitment of those new Daisies at each

school (not one giant recruitment)

Service Unit Call to Action

Support Volunteers

GS Learn

• Create blended learning experiences
• Allow busy volunteers to do more of their

learning online at their own pace

• Have more “just-in-time” training
• Make in-person trainings more interactive
• Make registration easier
• Track volunteers’ training
• Send reports on course completion to SUMs

Learner Experience

Learner Experience

• Troop leaders will now take a series of

courses called a “learning path”, most of which will be online.

• Courses are broken into bite-sized pieces.
• Each piece or “module” taken individually,

and the learner receives credit.

• All in-person classes will also be listed as

“live sessions”.

Learning Path

GS Learn: In-Person Classes

New Troop Leader Training

Combination of online and in-person class

• Basic Leadership and Program Level

content integrated

• Online content focus on information with

knowledge testing

• In-person focus on interactive scenarios

and discussion

• Daisy Basics, Brownie Basics,

Junior Basics, and Skills for Teen Advisors

Course Library

GS Learn: Transition Timeline

Until mid-September

• Everything stays the same

Mid-September

• No more Basic Leadership (exceptions for

blitzes already scheduled) End of September

• End of Program Level classes

October

• GS Learn goes live
• New in-person courses start mid-October

Communication With Rallyhood

SHARE ORGANIZE COMMUNICATE COLLABORATE

Communication with Rallyhood

Assoc Teams Panels & Committees Special Interests Service Units Service Units Service Units

National Conference Session

• Who: Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
• What: A Great Girl Gathering Teen Camporee
• When: Friday, May 15 - Sunday, May 17, 2020
• Where: Girl Scout Camp Aquasco (Prince George’s County, MD)

Invest in Girls

Why is SHARE Important

• Makes Girl Scouting possible for all girls

everywhere

• Supports financial aid, camps, programs, and

volunteer training

• SHARE touches every girl and volunteer in our

Council

• 100% of donations stay in our Council

Crowdfunding

SHARE Your Love of Girl Scouting

To donate through your Service Unit’s crowdfunding page:

• 1. Go to www.bit.ly/GCSHARE on your smart phone
• 2. Search for your Service Unit

a) Use four-digit number, i.e. search for ‘15-01’

• 3. Click:

a) ‘Offer a match’ – maximize your impact b) ‘Offer a challenge’ – inspire others to give c) ‘Give now’ – thank you!

High-Quality Programs

Fall Product Program - 2019

Fall Product Program- 2019

One Login/One System

• For Girls: No change they can still

record their own message.

• For Caregivers: Families enter Girl

Scouts’ nut order card sales directly into the M2OS.

• For Volunteers: Troop volunteers

can enter or edit family orders; NEW reports available.

Fall Product Program 2019

• Customers have option of girl delivered or direct ship
• Customers pay for all online purchases at checkout
• Girl’s business cards allow her to direct customers
• nline for payment!

New Cookie Program Pins

Digital Cookie

Digital Cookie Pilot 3.0 DOC Statistics

2018 2019 Girls Part 9,458 12,902 % in DOC 24.7% 34.6% Troop Part 2,618 2,975 % in DOC 64.1% 74.2% DOC Ship 19,7376 348,515 Total DOC 493,582 767,906 % of Total 10.74% 16.86%

Volunteer Cookie Cupboard Managers

Nation’s Capital is looking for Volunteers willing to host a cookie cupboard! As a Volunteer Cupboard Manager, you would house Girl Scout Cookies in a safe, sanitary, and suitable location to allow troop cookie managers to pick up cookies as needed for additional orders and booth sales. Generally, Cupboards are set up in 2-3 car garages.

NEW Badges, Journeys, Awards

STEM

• Badges
• All Levels: Coding Basics, Game Design,

App Development

• Teen - Space Science, Cybersecurity
• Journeys
• Teen - Think Like a Citizen Scientist

Global Awards Updated

• World Thinking Day
• Global Action awards have been updated.

Requirements in Volunteer Toolkit.

• For each, one award for D, B, J, and

another for C, S, A.

HPE Fall Cyber Challenge

• Juniors can earn

Cybersecurity Badges 1, 2, and 3.

• Cool online game!
• Free patch
• Free swag through Dec 31

while supplies last!

Local Programs on Rallyhood

New Feature: “Special Events”

• Developed with our volunteers
• Empowers girls, volunteers and

supports local programs!

• Create, promote, collect money,

manage refunds, and download reports

• 60+ events posted so far!

Celebrating the 19th Amendment

October 19, 2019:

• Girl Scout Day at

Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

• Women’s Suffrage

Scavenger Hunt

Celebrating the 19th Amendment

Patch Programs Available this fall:

• Women’s

Suffrage Centennial

• Revised Discover

the Nation’s Capital

Gold Award Updates

GSUSA has developed a new, girl-friendly portal for girls Going for the Gold!

• New Proposal
• New Final Report
• New question added: I lead my team by:
• Key difference is not content, but how

proposal and final report questions are presented to girls.

New At All Camps

KNOT-TYING STATIONS

New At All Camps

TOMAHAWK RANGES SLINGSHOT RANGES

12 New Outdoor Badges

Camp Patch Program

• Our camp patch program encourages girls and

adults to explore all of our beautiful camps.

• The main patch helps prepare even the most

seasoned camper for an overnight camp experience.

• Back to the basics – 8 basic Skills

The Completed Patch Program

Individual camp patches still in development phase. We anticipate the entire program will be completed by mid February in plenty of time for spring camping Updates on our progress will be posted

• n the website and the

Outdoor Rally.

Archery Apprentice Program (AAP)

Do you love archery? Are you a girl 15 years or older? Want to enhance your leadership skills? Interested in helping introduce more girls to high adventure? Apply to join our new Archery Apprentice Program

Kayak Training

• Less expensive
• Good for 3 to 5 years

with active use

• Offered more frequently
• Facilitated by our

AMAZING volunteers and staff

High Adventure Facilitators

Are you seeking a new adventure? Join our Adventure Team! Facilitators Needed:

• Challenge Courses at

Crowell and White Rock

• Archery, Kayak,

Canoeing Training Provided.

Wishing you a Great Girl Scout Year!