Author: Amy Brown

Parliamentary Procedure Training for NCS Delegations

As a credentialed Registered Parliamentarian, I would like to offer free services to councils when it comes to parliamentary procedure training and what to expect during a National Council Session (NCS). For the past few National Council Sessions,…

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Governance Challenges on the Local Level

If you’ve followed my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been a big advocate for healthy governance within Girl Scouting for quite a while now, and I’ve attempted to take action to shore up what I see as deficiencies…

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“The Democratic Process: THE Solution to What’s Troubling the Girl Scout Movement” White Paper

The following is a white paper originally published on the Girl Scout With a Cause blog.  Please share this white paper with your council’s leadership, board members, council and National Delegates, and whoever else you think should read it.  A PDF is also available for download and distribution.

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Built-in Civics Education

This is a follow-up to my governance post from February and also a commentary on the webcast GSUSA hosted recently about civics education and how we are missing an opportunity to educate ourselves through our organization’s governance and democratic process. However, it’s been wiped away in many places.

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What Happened to the Democratic Process in Girl Scouting?

We are republishing this post with permission and the original can be found here.  Amy Brown is the author of the blog Girl Scout With a Cause. Last June, I wrote a post called Death Spiral which discussed…

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