GENERATIONS

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GENERATIONS
Presented By Brad Nesheim Brian Stuver
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What is a Generation?

• A group of people born in the same time frame
  with common cultures and attitudes.

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Zits Comic Strip
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Generations in Scouting

• BSA is 100 years old
• Think about the last 30 years.
• How is it the same?
• How is it different?

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How Are The Generations Different?
They Have Different Outlooks Core Values

• Work Ethic
• Moral Values
• Religious Beliefs
• Racial and Social Tolerance

• Political Beliefs
• Use of New Technology
• Music Preferences
• Respect They Show Others

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Who Are They?

• Greatest Generation Born - 1928-1945
• Between 67 and 83
• Baby Boomers Born - 1946-1964
• Between 48 and 66
• Generation X Born - 1965-1980
• Between 32 and 47
• Millennial Generation Born - 1981-2000
• Between 12 and 31
• New Generation Born after 2000
• Younger than 12

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Greatest Generation 1928-1945

• The Great Depression
• Roosevelts New Deal
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• World War II
• GI Bill
• Radio and Telephone
• Korean War

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Baby Boomers 1946-1964

• Cold War
• Race Riots, Civil Rights
• Vietnam
• Woodstock
• Space Travel
• Assassinations
• Credit Cards
• Record Albums
• Television

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Generation X 1965-1980

• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Watergate
• Desert Storm
• Latchkey kids
• Divorce
• AIDS
• CDs
• Video Games
• Energy crisis

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Millennials 1981-2000

• Oklahoma City bombing
• Columbine
• Princess Dis death
• 9-11
• The Challenger Disaster
• Social Networking
• iPods MP3
• Internet

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What Are Their Values? What is Their
Mindset?What is Important to Them?
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Characteristics of Generations

• Pick a spokesperson
• Discuss these generational characteristics.
• What do you agree/disagree with?
• Why is this information important to us in
  scouting?
• Does this relate to the diversity and
  inclusiveness discussions?
• How does communication and conflict management
  skills influenced by this?
• How can you use this information in your ticket?

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New Generation?
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Generation Z? 2001- Today

• Post 9/11 world
• Afgan/Iraqi Wars
• Mass Shootings
• Great Recession
• Continuously
  Connected
• Facebook, Twitter,
• iPhone, iPads

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Generation Z? 2001- Today

• High technology skills
• Highly creative and collaborative
• Lack traditional communication skills
• Multi-taskers
• Instant gratification
• Short attention span
• Higher social
  tolerance

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The Generation Gap

• Scouting never has been more diverse
• Volunteers and youth are very different
• The challenge is to bridge the gap to create a
  cohesive team to address the specific needs of
  the unit

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Patrol Activity

• Handbook Page 86
• Beaver Fox Situation One
• Bobwhite Bear Situation Two
• Buffalo Antelope Situation Three
• Eagles Owl Situation Four

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• If a fisherman baits his hook with the kind of
  food that he likes himself, he will not catch
  many, certainly not the shy, game kind of fish.
  He therefore uses as bait the kind of food that
  the fish like.
• -Robert Baden-Powell

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Greatest Generation

• Capture their wisdom and experience
• Make them mentors
• Recognize and applaud their achievements
• Help them adapt to and embrace new technologies
• Provide flexible ways for them to be involved in
  scouting

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Baby Boomers

• Offer them opportunities for leadership
• Motivate them on their terms
• Respect their experience
• Give them recognition
• Make them mentors

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Generation X

• Challenge them
• Give them structure and direction and let them go
  for it
• Vary their experiences
• Support their lifestyles and let them work on
  their own schedule
• Give them respect, feedback and recognition

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Millennials/Generation Z

• Recognize their technological orientation and
  knowledge
• Give them meaningful assignments and provide a
  variety of experiences
• Foster collaborative processes or efforts
• Be specific about expectations and give feedback
  constantly
• Make it fun

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Value Each Other

• Its not us against them
• Communicate!!
• Use the form of communication best suited to the
  generation you need to reach

• Email
• Website
• Texting
• Social Media

• US Mail
• Landline
• Cell Phone

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Making it Work

• Generations are willing to learn from and work
  with each other
• Find a shared vision and work to make it happen

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Adult Led, Youth Run

• Training boy leaders to run their Troop is the
  Scoutmasters most important job.
• - Robert S.S. Baden-Powell

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Scouting Spanning the Generations