Title: Welcome to Our Web Conference Teaching Kids about Cooperatives with the Coops for Community Girl Sco
1Welcome to Our Web Conference!Teaching Kids
about Cooperativeswith the Co-ops for
Community Girl Scout Patch
- October 17, 2007
- 1000am -1100 am (ET)
- Sponsored by Cabot Creamery Cooperative,
- National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative (NRTC), and - National Cooperative Business
Association (NCBA) - Host Adam Schwartz, VP Public Affairs Member
Services, - National Cooperative Business Association
- Speakers Deborah Lowery, National Girl Scout
Coordinator, - Cabot Creamery Cooperative
former Girl Scout Leader - Suzy Kraft, Program Support Manager,
- Girl Scouts of North Central Alabama,
Birmingham, AL
2Web Conference Purposes
- Introduce the Co-ops for Community patch
program - Explain the Girl Scout System and protocols
- Give patch promotion guidelines
- Provide patch promotion
3The Patch Program
Co-ops for Community Girl Scout Patch Activity
Booklet
4Co-ops for Community Program Purposes
- Help kids become more business savvy
- Teach understanding of how cooperatives help
communities - Develop business leadership experience
- Provide exposure to co-op business opportunities
advantages
5Program Activities
- 14 different activities in the program include
- Visiting a co-op or having a rep visit
- Word Search/Crossword Puzzle
- Creating a co-op (on paper or for real)
- Learning about co-op jobs
- Researching info about specific co-ops
- Sharing info about co-ops with others
6Appropriate for What Ages?
- Requirements vary by age
- Brownies (ages 6 9) Do 5 activities
- Juniors (ages 10 12) Do 8 activities
- Cadettes/Seniors (ages 13 18) Do 10
activities.
7Different Levels of Difficulty
- Easy Draw a logo, visit a co-op, match the
co-op product -
- Average Crossword puzzle, Interview a co-op
rep - Challenging Create run a co-op business, hold
a co-op fair
8Why Girl Scouts?
- Troops are everywhere
- GS Laws Promise are similar to
- co-op principles
- GS has an organized patch program
- GS have organized publicity system
9Beyond Girl Scouts
- Middle, High School College students in
business classes - 4-Hers
- Co-op sponsored summer camp kids
- Home school groups
10How to Get a (FREE!) Copy
- Download it --- www.go.coop
11The Patch
- 1.50 each 6.00 shipping per order
- Order from Suzy Kraft, Girl Scouts of North
Central Alabama - by phone, email, or mail
- Order info on page 3 in Patch booklet
12Follow-Up
- GS Take survey (troop gets a free patch for
completing survey) - Troops Send in info about a troop
- co-op (may be featured on Cabot website)
- List Saved of names, email addresses of people
who order booklets patches
13The Girl Scout System
- Official Badges Vs. Patches
Junior Badge
Cadette/Senior Interest Patch
Brownie Try-It
14Try-Its, Badges, andInterest Patches (IPs)
- Girl Scout USA-sponsored only
- Worn on front of GS vest or sash
- Requirements featured in official GS handbooks
- Sold only in GS council stores
15Patches
- Worn on BACK of GS vest or sash only
- Can be created and offered by GS councils, local
businesses or organizations, or by a GS troop - Can be any size or shape
- Can be placed on capes, or other non-GS clothing
items, or on blankets - Can be sold in GS shops who order them, or
through a business or organization - Can be promoted to groups other than GS
16Understanding the GS Organization
- Troop Leader (volunteer)
- Service Area Manager (volunteer)
- Program Director/Manager ( GS Council paid staff)
- CEO (GS Council paid staff)
17GS Contact 1
- Local troop leaders
- -word of mouth to other leaders
- -many are members of web groups for GS
leader idea sharing
18GS Contact 2
- Service Area Managers
- - monthly meetings with leaders
- - send newsletters to leaders
- -know about upcoming GS
programs
19GS Contact 3
- Program Directors (go by many names!)
- -Work at the GS council office
- - Produce a council-wide newsletter
and/or website - -Go to state and regional meetings
- -Attend national training meetings
- -Know about upcoming GS programs
20GS Contact 4
- CEO, Executive Director (may have other names!)
- -Can refer correct council staff member
- - Has state, region, and national contacts
21Incentives for GS to Complete the Patch
- Fits GS initiative for business technology
- education for girls
- Activities for patch also fit requirements
- for some Try-Its, Badges, IPs
- Creating a co-op for the patch could be Bronze,
Silver or Gold project - Could lead to a fundraising project for a troop
22What to Suggest
- offer to sponsor a day long co-op patch workshop
- ask for patch to be featured on council
website/newsletter - offer to buy patches to keep in local GS council
shop - offer end of year party, recognition, etc. for
troops - offer cash prize for best troop co-op created
- offer co-op reps to talk to troop
23Promote to NonGS Groups
- Teachers (ms, hs, college)
- After school program directors
- Home school groups
- State Business Technology Education Specialists
- Leaders of youth groups
- Boys Girls Clubs
- Youth Leadership Programs
- Future Business Leaders of America
(FBLA) - Future Farmers of America (FFA)
- Family and Consumer Science Student
Association (FCCLA) - 4-H
- Summer Camp programs
- College-sponsored youth programs
24Create Your Own Promotion
- Co-op business newsletters facilities
- Co-op sponsored summer camp
- Contest for most creative/successful youth co-op
- Give patches to local GS customers who complete
the program - Notify local press about
- groups who have created their own co-op
- Give a party for GS to promote the patch
25PROMO IDEA IN THE WORKS!
- What Summer Camp designed to teach financial
literacy, economics, cooperation, leadership,
etc. - Who owned operated by Wisconsin Farmers Union
- Funding Grant funded
- Connection Director will use
- Co-ops for Community
- program for the camp!
26 Whats YOUR Best Promotion Idea?? Send it
to Carissa Heckathorn Manager of Marketing
Multimedia National Cooperative Business
Association checkathorn_at_ncba.coop
27The Co-ops for Community Patch was a very
dedicated and involved effort. Many thanks to
- Roberta MacDonald, Senior Vice President of
Marketing, Cabot Creamery - Marie Frolich, Community and Education Project
Manager for Cabot Creamery - Deb Lowery, Girl Scout leader and Cabot Co-op for
Communities Patch coordinator - Ann Hoyt, Professor, University of
Wisconsin-Madison - Senior Girl Scout Megan Novack
- Michigan Cooperative Alliance
- Deb Demetrius, Girl Scout Council of Southwestern
Connecticut
28QUESTIONS??
29Thank you for attending! This webinar was
sponsored byCabot Creamery Cooperative,Nation
al Rural Telecommunications Cooperative,
National Cooperative Business Association