Virtual Meeting Approach

Old School Scouting Still Works

Those old scouting techniques still work in the virtual world.  You just need to try them out and adjust as needed.

Plan out your virtual meetings just like you would an in-person meeting

Don’t forget:

Assign scouts and adult leaders to Run-On, Skit or Joke duty.  See how it plays out.  As long as it’s scout appropriate, it should be great!

Themed Meetings

Virtual Meetings and In-Person Meetings can be enhanced with themes.  Why not a Pirate Meeting or Star Wars Meetings?  Dress the part, play the roles and ham it up!

Animation

You are online and have online resources and tech at your fingertips.  Don’t be afraid to use them.

Consider using:

Live or Prerecorded Demos

Skill Demonstrations are just fun, especially when it is from someone you know.  We have demoed all sort things on virtual meetings.  These have included:

The advantage of prerecording is that you get everything just right and share it over and over if needed.  That said, there is something special about being LIVE.  Scouts can interact and ask questions, which makes them part of the demo.  Things can also go wrong, like you goof up something, or have tech issues, or the weather turns on you and that’s just fine.  Just go with it, it makes it so much more real than having everyone watch a video.