Scouting is not an Organization.

It is a movement, because it moves forward. As soon as it stops moving, it becomes an Organisation, and is no longer Scouting. – Baden-Powell Organizations serve the Scouting movement, but they are not Scouting itself. There’s a tense relationship between the creative, visionary force behind great ideas like Scouting and the formal organizational framework that facilitates their application. Movements have an emotional heart. Movements require leaders energized by an idea, a vision....

June 2, 2015 · 3 min

B.P.'s Blog - Scouting Decentralization

During his lifetime Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scouting movement, wrote many books and articles directed to Scouters. Each Sunday I’ll publish a selection from his writings in the hope that you’ll draw inspiration and understanding from his timeless ideas. OUR principle of Scouting decentralization is the accepted method for the administration of the Boy Scout Movement. Scoutmasters are given a free hand in the management and training of their Troops under the general supervision of the representative of Headquarters, viz....

December 7, 2014 · 2 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Eight

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 We’re Home From Kandersteg! Here’s Day Eight in Bern, our final installment!

August 20, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Seven

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 trip to Kandersteg (there are seven videos in all)

August 19, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Five & Six

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 trip (there are seven videos in all) Kandersteg International Scout Center (KISC) is an international Scout center in Kandersteg, Switzerland. The center provides lodges, chalets and campsites covering 17 hectares of land. It is open to Scouts year round, as well as to non-Scouts for most of the year....

August 16, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Four

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 trip to Kandersteg, Switzerland (there are seven videos in all).

August 12, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Three

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 trip to Kandersteg, Switzerland (there are seven videos in all).

August 12, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day Two

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 trip to Kandersteg, Switzerland (there are seven videos in all).

August 11, 2014 · 1 min

Kandersteg Dispatches - Day One

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 & 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 Here’s our 2014 Kandersteg trip (there are seven videos in all).

August 9, 2014 · 1 min