It is Girl Scout Cookie Season once again in North Carolina. It’s the time of year when my daughters go bonkers selling cookies, along with thousands of other girls across the state. What is important about the program isn’t just the cookies- although those are tasty too- is so many of the lessons that the…
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It’s Girl Scout Cookie season! It’s the 102nd anniversary of the Girl Scouts, and as I’ve been helping to sell these delicious baked treats, I’ve also thought about the lessons the girls learn every year while selling their cookies. It’s more than just being able to earn badges… selling Girl Scout cookies actually teaches valuable…
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Let’s face it, most leaders really do NOT like the new Journey program. And unless you do some thinking, and planning, and make a point of turning it into an extreme hands-on exercise, the girls do NOT like them either. I’ve heard them compared to school, class, and homework. And they are BORING. Well,…
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Many new leaders and cookie managers are overwhelmed by the Girl Scout Cookie Program. It seems like a lot of work for not a lot of reward. It seems crazy, and not worth doing on first glance. After all, what’s the point of selling a lot of cookies. There are other, better ways to raise…
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Since I’ve been leading Girl Scout Troops for over 10 years now, I thought I’d share some of the accumulated knowledge I’ve gained with other people. So You Want to Sell Girl Scout Cookies Painless Journeys Meeting Ideas Bronze, Silver, and Gold Songs I’m going to add information as I get a chance to type…
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~by Haley Lynn Gray~ How many times have you just done something because it was faster to do it than to rely on someone else? How many times, because you could do it better, or you didn’t feel like communicating with someone else or dealing with them? Would you believe me that good teams are…
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A non-trivial percentage of my time is spent giving back to the community, through volunteer work, and through fundraising. I noted in my profile that I currently lead three Girl Scout Troops, and also that I lead a cub scout den. I think that giving back to the community is a great thing to do,…
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My daughters once again outdid themselves selling cookies this year. The total number of cookies sold by the two of them (including gluten free cookies, which didn’t count towards their official totals) was 7195. One of them sold 6115, and her official total was 4750. The other one sold “only” 1080 boxes. They both reached…
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I spend a considerable amount of my time leading three Girl Scout Troops. One of the biggest gifts that the program gives girls is the opportunity to lead, in ways that other organizations simply don’t. Since there are fundamental differences in the ways in which girls and boys interact with the world, I think…
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I am a troop leader to 3 troops. My biggest contribution for all three is to be the cookie Mom to all three troops. This year, I had 48 girls selling a combined 22000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. But that isn’t the strangest thing I’ve done with my MBA. The strangest thing I’ve done…
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