bnelon44 17 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 OK, time to share your best ideas. The BSA has put up a Best Practices Portal It is in http://www.myscouting.org See the left side after logging in Link to post Share on other sites
Alabama Scouter 14 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I wonder about this. "Best Practice" is a term that has entered industry, and now government agencies are making someones "best practice" everyone else's requirement. I wonder if someones "best practice" for their troop might not be the best idea for the next troop. With everyone on this forum in complete agreement about everything related to Boy Scouting, perhaps it won't be the problem I imagine!! Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 I entered two last night, although I don't think the best one wound up being accepted by the picky screening program. Link to post Share on other sites
Oak Tree 15 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 When I hear "best practice", I actually think "possible good idea". This seems like a reasonably good idea to me - after all, that's part of what I use this forum for, looking for some best practices. At least, that's what I thought when I started using this forum :-) Actually, I get some good ideas, but the sharing of best practices is a bit less than I'd hoped, primarily because anyone who posts an idea has to be prepared to hear all the reasons why it really isn't such a great idea. So maybe a moderated list will be even better. We'll see. I don't know if people will submit a lot, but it seems worth a try. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 After submitting my second idea about fifty times, I finally got the COMPUTER PROGRAM to deign to accept it. Too picky about unimportant details, and not much guidance on how to correct the "flaws." Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 BN, GREAT IDEA. A few comments. 1) It needs a "user friendly" search mechanism. One of the challenges with the old discussion board on myscouting.org was that folks couldn't find the topic they were looking for, so they were 2 or more groups discussing the exact same topic b/c they couldn't find the original thread. 2) Something needs to be done about response time as SP sent in the same thread multiple times, and it shows. BUT she didn't get a response and kept hitting enter. Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 You mean it TOOK the report several times? I didn't see that, either! I finally got one acknowledgment which I supposed meant that the report had finally been accepted, once. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle92 110 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 SP, YEP it took it a bunch of times in 2 areas. Link to post Share on other sites
bnelon44 17 Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share Posted July 2, 2011 SeattlePioneer I see your entry repeated a bunch of times up there. Someone will have to clean it up Link to post Share on other sites
SeattlePioneer 144 Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 In the Cub Scouts, we do our best. Sometimes it leaves something to be desired.... Link to post Share on other sites
Basementdweller 608 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Best practices for who.....the Rich White scouts from the suburbs. It is easy to dictate best practices when you donate bunches of money and gear and have the SE's ear........ Link to post Share on other sites
skeptic 1036 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Too early to tell; but has possibilities if National takes note and perhaps picks up on the best of things presented. Link to post Share on other sites
Engineer61 19 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Gaaaaccckkkk! Best Practices? Really? What? ISO9000 meats Boy Scouts. What's next 6-sigma? The problem with best practices, is that they are ALWAYS moving. By the time you have them defined, they've migrated about 50 ways. I can't tell you have many times I have to go through the drill of defining and documenting "best practices" in the last 15 years and the end is always the same...you end up with a document that describes and outdated process. We affectionately refer to this and other Process Manager gook as "False Economies". Link to post Share on other sites
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