When I was a Cub Scout leader, I absolutely loved taking training classes. So when our pack started to look for a Pack Trainer, I jumped at the chance. In a special single-subject episode, in my 9th Scouting podcast I discuss my time as our pack’s Pack Trainer.

**Please note that this is not instruction on how to be a Pack Trainer. This is just how I did it when I held this committee position**

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #9

For my eighth podcast, you get to come along with me to training! We had a lot of great discussions at our district’s recent Webelos and Boy Scout Leader Outdoor Training. I was on staff for this training, and I brought along my new digital recorder.

There was a lot of good information that I think would be useful for all Webelos leaders, especially regarding Webelos-to-Scout transition. So I hope you enjoy some “Sounds from Training”.

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #8

In this special “low-IQ” edition, in my seventh Scouting podcast I discuss:

• Feedback from previous podcasts
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – A 3-mile night-time hike as a Tiger
• Camping tip – Using a torpedo level for your camp stove
• Leader’s tip – Snacks at den meetings
• “Just Say No” – To awards baggies
• Scouting discussion – I really show my 75 IQ with lessons learned from my first den meeting

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #7

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Episode Notes

An example of a Torpedo Level

My blog post on meeting bottlenecks

I came from a pack that loved to get outdoors. In a special single-subject episode, in my sixth Scouting podcast I discuss my time as our pack’s Outdoors Chair.

**Please note that this is not instruction on how to be an Outdoors Chair; this is just how I did it when I held this committee position**

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #6

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Episode Notes

My first Ash Collecting blog post

My second Ash Collecting blog post

Along with all-to brief visit from Homer, in my fifth Scouting podcast I discuss:

• Feedback from previous podcasts
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – Climbing a volcano
• Camping tip – How to pack your car for a Cub campout
• Leader’s tip – Things I always carried in my trunk
• “Just Say No” – To blue uniforms and den numbers for Webelos
• Scouting discussion – Redeeming the short time we have with our Cub Scouts

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #5

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Episode Notes

My Game Backpack Blog Post

My More Patrol Emblem Choices Blog Post

Cub Scouting’s 12 Core Values

Hoping to not be accused of being ”The Jerk”, in my fourth Scouting podcast I discuss:

• Feedback from previous podcasts
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – A special-needs Scout that was once in our pack
• Camping tip – Protecting your tent floor using furniture leg coasters
• Leader’s tip – Tissue paper in fall colors (O.K., there’s more to it than that)
• “Just Say No” – To chairs at pack meetings
• Scouting discussion – Using the denner program throughout the years to teach leadership skills

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #4

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Episode Notes

Denner program info. from Meritbadge.org

Along with a healthy dose of movie trivia, in my third Scouting podcast I discuss:

• My Scouting experience as a youth
• Camping tip – The search for perfect camp coffee
• Leader’s tip – Increasing attendance by being a cheerleader
• “Just Say No” – To lectures
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – A surprise from my son
• Scouting discussion – A couple of cures for burnout

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #3

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Episode Notes

‘Old School’ Camp Coffee Percolator

Coleman Drip Coffee Maker

Coleman Drip Coffee Maker Carrying Case

Coleman Single-burner Stove

Thermos 34 oz. Insulated Coffee Press

GSI Personal Java Press

My blog entry on competing against other activities with Scouting

In the second podcast, you get to hear what you’ve always wanted to hear – Jeff talks sewing!

In this podcast:

• Feedback from my first podcast
• My position in my son’s troop
• Camping tip – Keeping food warm
• Leader’s tip – Using easel presentation paper pads
• “Just Say No” – To pack meeting announcements
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – Sitting around the campfire planning a Webelos campout
• Scouting topic – How I made my Webelos fox patrol flag

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #2

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Episode Notes:

Commissioner Keith’s Blog

Scouting Radio.com

Reverent Scout Radio

Nick’s UK Scouting Blog

My post on more patrol emblem choices

My fox patrol flag

In this inaugural podcast:

• Background about me
• Camping tip – Camp showers
• Leader’s tip – Teaching others how to camp
• Favorite Cub Scout memory – “Capture the Flag”
• Scouting topic – Adult leader mentorship

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The Trainer’s Corner Podcast #1

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Episode Notes:

Scoutmaster Cleary’s blog: True North Scouting