Grow Your Group Show
The Grow Your Group Show helps Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Rotary Clubs, Churches, Lions Clubs and other nonprofit organizations recruit new members, raise more money, run better programs, and have more fun doing it.
Your host is Mike Cooney, who has 30 years in successful nonprofit organizations. Our guests are passionate, and they really know what they’re talking about. Subscribe today, or find out more at mikecooney.net/growyourgroup
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 14
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2018
Ep. 13 – Sandy Payne talks About Helping Scouts with Autism
Today’s episode features the return of my good friend Sandy Payne. You may remember her from Episode 1, where she did a great overview on working with Scouts with Special Needs. Sandy’s an expert on …
00:28:05 |
Fri 23 Feb 2018
Ep. 12 – Ken Lee on Scouting Religious Emblems
I had my good friend, Ken Lee, on the show to talk about Scouting Religious Emblems programs. Ken comes from a great scouting family going back three generations on camp staff at June Norcross Webste…
00:14:46 |
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Ep. 11 – The Bumpy Trail to Eagle Scout
The Trail to Eagle isn’t always the smoothest ride. Episode 11 covers the stories of a few of the Eagle Scouts I’ve had the honor of working with. Related Content 7 Life Skills You Learn from Backpac…
00:13:23 |
Thu 02 Nov 2017
Ep. 10 – She Started a Kazakhstan Cub Scout Pack
Suzanna El Mogazi was a Girl Scout as a youth and signed her son up for Pack 424 in Katy, Texas as a Tiger as soon as he was old enough. The pack needed a second Tiger leader badly so she stepped up.…
00:35:13 |
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Episode 9 – Round Two Cub Scout Recruiting
If at first you don’t succeed, and you don’t get as many kids as you should at your first recruiting night, then it’s time for Round Two Cub Scout recruiting. In this solo episode, I go over how you …
00:17:40 |
Fri 15 Sep 2017
Ep. 8 – Cub Scout Recruiting with Matt Ghirarda – Part Two
Here’s the conclusion of my interview with Matt Ghirarda. We talked a bit more about messaging to potential scout families, time commitments, recruiting adults, your recruiting night checklist, and a…
00:20:53 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
Ep. 7 – Cub Scout Recruiting with Matt Ghirarda – Part One
Matt Ghirarda from the Nashua Valley Council joined me, and we had a great talk about Cub Scout Recruiting. In part one of our conversation, we talked about why recruiting is important, how councils …
00:31:03 |
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Ep. 6 Scout Authors Justin and Irina Trzaskos
In this episode, I had my old friends Justin and Irina Trzaskos on the show to talk about their series of books, “Tales from a Magical Forest“, their work with the Coventry Arts Guild, and Irina’s ar…
00:18:00 |
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Ep. 5 – Volunteer Recruiting Basics
Episode 5 covers the basics of volunteer recruiting. Have you been standing at the front of the room asking for help at every meeting, to no avail? Then you owe it to yourself to take the 13 minutes …
00:12:40 |
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Ep. 4 – Ten Reasons to Join Cub Scouts
With summer camp coming to an end; I go over my top 10 reasons for you to join Cub Scouts with your son. From great activities to family bonding and character building, this September is a great time…
00:17:49 |
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Ep. 3 – Fundraising and Recruiting with Dave Parry
I had a great conversation with my old friend Dave Parry about his career in Scouting, about fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and most importantly, how all the resources and volunteers we need to …
00:26:46 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Ep. 2 Using Facebook Marketing to Grow Your Pack, Troop or Club
These days, about a third the world’s population is on Facebook. That number increased by 17% in 2016 alone. 5 new people sign up for Facebook every second of every day. You need to be able to learn …
00:18:21 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Episode 1 – Scouting With Special Needs
Episode 1 – Scouting with Special Needs Sandy and I had a great discussion about helping scouts with Autism and a wide variety of other special needs. Sandy went over the resources available to help…
00:27:14 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
Ep. 0 – Introduction to the Grow Your Group Show
An Introduction A short introduction to give you an idea of what the Grow Your Group Show will be all about. I give a (very) brief autobiography and go over the aims and methods of the show, and rela…
00:11:28 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
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