The Value Chain of a large scale Scouting/Guiding eventThe Academy 2014, 7.11.2014Viljami Hätönen, Guides and Scouts of Finland

Originally by Pauli Saloranta & Lotte MalkakorpiEducational Committee, GSF

Days in a Scout camp (calculations from Finland)

•National Jamboree about 90 000 days every six years (1-2 project leaders)

•2012 Disctrict Camps about 135 000 days every about six years (8 project leaders)

•2009 Local unit camps about 134 000 days every year (about 1000 camp leaders)

• Plus the preparation for the camps!•Compared to the ”bread and butter” weekly activities: 35 weeks x 1 hour x 40 000 Scouts/Guides : 18 hours (of wakeup time in camps ;) ≈ 80 000 days per year (905 local unit leaders)

•Conclusion: Camps are intensive and quality Scouting/Guiding!•Roverway 36 000 days (1 project leader)•Satahanka – International Sea Scout camp 9 000 days every 5 year (1 project leader)

The Scout Effect?

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experi-ence

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

Youth present at the project

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Scout Effect?

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Strategic

goals

Activities

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Scout Effect?

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Strategic

goals

Partici-pant

experi-ence

Done during the project 24/7

plus before &

after

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Strategic goals

The Scout Effect?

Activities

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Their own view

Strategic

goals

Activities

Former projects

Back-ground

Weather,

chance, friends

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Their own view

Strategic

goals

Activities

MO/NSO

Strategy

Former projects

Back-ground

Weather,

chance, friends

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Their own view

Strategic

goals

Activities

MO/NSO

Strategy

Former projects

Scout Educa-

tion

Back-ground

Weather,

chance, friends

The Scout Effect?

Partici-pant

experi-ence

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

The project outlines

Their own view

Strategic

goals

Steering group

Activities

MO/NSO

Strategy

Former projects

Back-ground

Weather,

chance, friends

The Scout Effect?

Scout Educa-

tion

The project outlines

Their own view

Strategic

goals

Steering group

MO/NSO

Strategy

Former projects

Back-ground

Weather,

chance, friends

The Scout Effect?

The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

Activi-ties

Partici-pant

experi-ence

Scout Educa-

tion

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The Adult

LeaderProject leaders

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The Scout Effect?

Back-ground

Partici-pant

experi-ence

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The Scout Effect?

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The Scout Effect!

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The Scout Effect!

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Thesis’ of this presentation:•Big projects produce more ”Scoutput” than a full year of weekly Scouting at the local unit

•Big projects enable activities not reachable in the local level• We are already pretty good at organizing projects -> focus

should be on how to make the content superduper• The goals of Scouting are educational, meaning they happen

inside a person. Big project are planned according to outer activities and events.

• Scout education is to be carried out in ALL aspects of a project, not just in the Programme

• Big project is the heaviest tool for making your strategy into action and t o l e a d y o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n!