In a previous post, I talked about retaining Girl Members. I have a feeling I will get asked this in my interview. Yesterday, I asked girls who were and are girl scouts to tell me why they stayed and girl scouts or why they left. I asked roughly 20-30 middle school girls if they would join girl scouts. These are the answers I got:
1) Not Cool
2) Have to wear a uniform
3) Boring (from someone who never was a part of girl scouts)
4) Lack of community in a troop
5) Busy schedule
6) Troop leaders don't want to lead any more
7) Too much work
Here are my ideas to target this. I realize that many girls drop out of girl scouts in middle school. A refrain I kept hearing is uncool. I think we should do a campaign highlighting how cool girl scouts is. I have my own individual ideas, but I think it is important for our volunteers to take ownership of this campaign. Hence, I will meet with the area administrators to talk about this. Start out asking why do girls leave and how can we prevent them from leaving. I also would bring to them the flexible ways of being a girl scout. I know people has busy schedules, but there are various ways of participating in girl scouts. I also would talk about trickling down reflection to the girl members. If troop leaders help the girls see the bigger picture, then maybe they would stay in the organization.
My individual ideas are to:
1) Middle school campaign
2) Being a girl scout is cool
3) Girls either walk around in their uniform or make annoucements to their class about joining
4) Have a troop membership campaign where girls invite other girls to join
5) Have girls create a video about why girl scouts is cool, or write in why it is cool
6) Have girls post on facebook that they are proud to be a girl scout
1) Not Cool
2) Have to wear a uniform
3) Boring (from someone who never was a part of girl scouts)
4) Lack of community in a troop
5) Busy schedule
6) Troop leaders don't want to lead any more
7) Too much work
Here are my ideas to target this. I realize that many girls drop out of girl scouts in middle school. A refrain I kept hearing is uncool. I think we should do a campaign highlighting how cool girl scouts is. I have my own individual ideas, but I think it is important for our volunteers to take ownership of this campaign. Hence, I will meet with the area administrators to talk about this. Start out asking why do girls leave and how can we prevent them from leaving. I also would bring to them the flexible ways of being a girl scout. I know people has busy schedules, but there are various ways of participating in girl scouts. I also would talk about trickling down reflection to the girl members. If troop leaders help the girls see the bigger picture, then maybe they would stay in the organization.
My individual ideas are to:
1) Middle school campaign
2) Being a girl scout is cool
3) Girls either walk around in their uniform or make annoucements to their class about joining
4) Have a troop membership campaign where girls invite other girls to join
5) Have girls create a video about why girl scouts is cool, or write in why it is cool
6) Have girls post on facebook that they are proud to be a girl scout
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