Imagine you\u2019re a parent in a family with no Scouting experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You see a flier for the local pack, inviting anyone who\u2019s interested to visit their next pack meeting on Monday night. Fun \u2014 and snacks! \u2014 are on the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you show up, everyone is in uniform. You see lots of adults in tan shirts, assuming most are paid professionals. You think, \u201cwow, there\u2019s a lot of staff here tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone knows exactly what to say and the right way to raise two fingers aloft in what you later learn is called \u201cthe Cub Scout sign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting looks fun, but you can\u2019t help but feel a little overwhelmed by it all. That\u2019s when someone hands you a registration form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashley Steigerwald spends a lot of time thinking about moments like these.\u00a0She is an expert on recruiting families into Scouting with a low-stress formula that works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more about this at Bryan’s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imagine you\u2019re a parent in a family with no Scouting experience. You see a flier for the local pack, inviting anyone who\u2019s interested to visit their next pack meeting on Monday night. Fun \u2014 and snacks! \u2014 are on the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-membership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/talakto.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}