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Patrol-Method
Nov 2005
Michael - One Special Scout
May 2006
Keeping a Scoutmaster's Log
Jun 2006
Scouts and Homesickness
Jun 2006
What We Want to Hear
Aug 2006
Instructional Methods For Scouts - Round Robins
Aug 2006
Instructional Methods for Scouts - Coach and Pupil
Aug 2006
Instructional Methods For Scouts - Circle Up!
Aug 2006
Instructional Methods For Scouts - Preparing
Aug 2006
The Scoutmaster's Son
Aug 2006
Instructional Methods For Scouts - Who Instructs?
Aug 2006
Inter-Patrol Scoutmaster's Challenge
Mar 2007
Tag - You Are It!
Mar 2008
Don't be a Burden
Jun 2008
Don't Control Them - Lead Them
May 2009
Reacting, Rules and Resolutions
Jun 2009
When Youth Leadership Doesn't Lead
Jul 2009
Transition from Adult to Youth Leadership - Introduction
Jul 2009
Starting the Transition from Adult to Youth Leadership
Jul 2009
Transition from Adult to Youth Leadership - What Really Matters
Jul 2009
Transition from Adult to Youth Leadership
Aug 2009
The Patrol System - How it All Began
Jan 2010
Looking Ahead - Program Health
Jan 2011
What Would You Do? - Commanding Respect
Apr 2011
What happens when Scouts take over?
Apr 2011
Behavior and Program
Apr 2011
Model Scout Outing
May 2011
How Does a Patrol Leader’s Council Plan?
Jun 2011
Barking
Jul 2011
Things Overheard at Scout Camp
Oct 2011
The Five to One Rule
Jan 2012
Do your Scouts like Camporees?
Jan 2012
Scouting’s One Essential Feature
Feb 2012
Unqualified, Unskilled, Immature: Perfect!
Mar 2012
Jedi Scoutmaster
Apr 2012
'I Don't Know' is a good answer
Apr 2012
Patrol Names
May 2012
Stop doing rank requirements.
Aug 2012
The Troop Annual Plan
Aug 2012
Scoutmasters from the Scout's Perspective
Sep 2012
10 Ways to Support the Senior Patrol Leader
Oct 2012
Scout Youth Leader Training - Part One
Oct 2012
Scout Youth Leader Training - Part Three
Oct 2012
Scout Youth Leader Training - Part Two
Oct 2012
Troubleshooting the Patrol Method
Oct 2012
Scouting as a Game - Green Bar Bill
Nov 2012
Webelos Bridge Crossing Ceremony
Nov 2012
Troop Leadership Elections
Dec 2012
Scouting With Your Son
Jan 2013
Mistakes Were Made
Jan 2013
The Joy Of It All!
Jan 2013
Promises to Keep
Jan 2013
Troop Policy Manuals
Jan 2013
Patrol Method in Practice - The Character School
Jan 2013
Webelos Troop Visit
Jan 2013
Patrol Method in Practice - Objections
Jan 2013
Patrol Method in Practice - The Adult Role
Feb 2013
The Patrol Leader's Council and Planning
Mar 2013
Jay's Story
Mar 2013
Coaching Scouts to Prepare
Mar 2013
The Thurman Throw
Mar 2013
The Patrol Leader's Real Power and Authority
Mar 2013
23 Leadership Questions
Apr 2013
Train ‘em, Trust ‘em, Let ‘em Lead!
Apr 2013
Adult and Youth Leadership Ratios on Scout Outings
Jun 2013
A Scouter's Summer Camp Schedule
Jun 2013
Troop Program Death Spiral!
Jul 2013
A Visit with Green Bar Bill
Aug 2013
Scout Neckerchiefs and Uniforms
Sep 2013
... the more things remain the same.
Oct 2013
Let Them Live Their Own Lives
Oct 2013
A Scoutmaster's Day At Scout Camp
Oct 2013
Lead by Walking Away
Oct 2013
Taking Direction from Youth Leadership
Oct 2013
Ten Things Adults Do to Frustrate Troop Youth Leadership.
Oct 2013
Webelos Visits to Troop Meetings
Oct 2013
Finding the Advisor's Voice
Oct 2013
Five Patrol Method Fundamentals
Nov 2013
Webelos to Scouts
Nov 2013
How Scouts Listen
Dec 2013
What Do Scouts Decide?
Jan 2014
How to Fix Scout Patrol Problems
Feb 2014
Acting Like a Leader - Be a Leader! Part 3
Mar 2014
Patrol Teamwork Part 5 - Patrol Burglar?
Jul 2014
How do YOU Handle Mistakes?
Aug 2014
Simple Versus Complicated Scouting
Aug 2014
Lessons from Sticks
Aug 2014
From Webelos Den Leader to Scoutmaster
Aug 2014
Trusting Youth Leadership
Aug 2014
JLT or OJT
Aug 2014
Wannabe or Real Leader?
Aug 2014
Why We Have Scoutmasters
Sep 2014
What a Patrol Leader Does When Things Go Wrong.
Sep 2014
B.P.'s Blog - Patrol Reports
Sep 2014
B.P.'s Blog - The Patrol Spirit
Oct 2014
Scouting Jargon
Oct 2014
Observation and Proximity
Oct 2014
3 Rules of Scouting Leadership
Oct 2014
Patrol Outings
Oct 2014
B.P.'s Blog - Patrol System
Oct 2014
The Patrol System
Oct 2014
Training or Experience?
Oct 2014
Fun
Nov 2014
B.P.'s Blog - Importance of the Patrol Leader
Nov 2014
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Two
Nov 2014
Maintain Inefficiency!
Dec 2014
Ten Common Scoutmaster Mistakes
Dec 2014
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Four
Dec 2014
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Six
Jan 2015
Just What Does 'Scoutmaster' Mean?
Feb 2015
10 Point Scout Troop Checkup
Feb 2015
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Eleven
Feb 2015
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Ten
Mar 2015
Cooperation rather than Competition
Mar 2015
Cultivating Scouting
Mar 2015
A Little Misdirection
Mar 2015
Six Commandments
Mar 2015
Training or Developing Youth Leaders
Apr 2015
B.P.'s Blog - Development of the Patrol System
May 2015
Can You See What Scouts See?
Jul 2015
Developing Youth Leaders - Ready, Fire, Aim
Sep 2015
Let Your Scouts Lead
Sep 2015
Building Confidence in Youth Leadership
Sep 2015
Leadership Training
Sep 2015
Obstacles
Sep 2015
Real Responsibility
Sep 2015
The Art of The Unexpected
Sep 2015
Who Makes all the Decisons?
Sep 2015
Bill" - Looking Back at a Great Scoutmaster
Sep 2015
How Not To Know Everything
Sep 2015
The Most Important Vote in Scouting
Oct 2015
Language of Scouting
Oct 2015
Maintaining the Integrity of Youth Leadership
Oct 2015
Training by Action.
Oct 2015
Transition from Adult to Youth Leadership - Asking Questions
Oct 2015
Webelos Den Leader Transition
Nov 2015
The Authority of Youth Leadership.
Dec 2015
Responding to Initiative
Apr 2016
A Troop Revolution
Jun 2016
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter One
Jul 2016
Patrol Teamwork Part 6 - The Patrol Fingerprint
Aug 2016
B-P's Blog - Leadership
May 2017
A New Scoutmaster in the Volcano
May 2017
What is a "Boy-Led Troop"?
Jun 2017
Father and Son Weekend
Jun 2017
Lucky? Not Really.
Jun 2017
Champions of Scouting
Jun 2017
The Patrol Leaders Council - John Thurman
Jun 2017
What is a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster?
Jul 2017
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Eight
Jul 2017
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter FIve
Jul 2017
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Nine
Jul 2017
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Seven
Jul 2017
A New Scoutmaster - Chapter Three
Jul 2017
The Family Scheduler
Jul 2017
Are You Sharing Too Much Information?
Jul 2017
Patrol Method in Practice - Making It Happen
Sep 2017
Rules or Spirit
Sep 2017
The Uncertain Senior Patrol Leader
Oct 2017
Where is it written that troops are boy-led?