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BUILDING YOUR LLD 2012 NATIONAL ORDER OF THE ARROW CONFERENCE
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SESSION # 109
SESSION LENGTH: 50 Minutes LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Become familiar with the New LLD website.
Recognize the value of the LLD program and how
it relates to the Journey to Excellence program.
Understand the planning process for a year-round LLD program and Lodge Annual Plan.
Become comfortable with OA training resources.
Learn basic training tips and techniques.
REQUIRED MATERIALS: Computer with internet access and remote presentation clicker
Projector and screen/blank wall
Power Point presentation file
TRAINER PREPARATION
It is important that the trainer be not only knowledgeable about the LLD resources and website
available online, but also has knowledge of LLD programs and best practices that are utilized by
other lodges, as well as an understanding of how the lodge Journey to Excellence program and
annual planning process are involved with a year-round LLD. Educating oneself is essential; the more
comprehensive knowledge the instructor can gain through research, the better understanding he/she
will have in answering questions from Arrowmen.
This session is intended for both youth and adult Arrowmen who work in a lodge leadership capacity.
The ideal trainer will be a person who has previously held a significant position of leadership, such as
a Lodge or Section Chief, or a Chapter, Lodge or Section Adviser, and has had some success in that
role. A well-prepared trainer will come up with his own examples and anecdotes, based upon the
intended audience, to illustrate the concepts described here.
When setting up your training area for this session, be sure to give yourself enough room for the
projector so that you can display an adequate sized picture. Because you are using a projector, a
room with a large amount of light may hinder the quality of the projection, so be sure to take that
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into account in choosing your training area. Place the laptop so that the screen is facing away from
the audience so that it does not distract the participants.
It is important to have an internet connection during this session so you can show the participants
how to find the resources you are discussing and so they can get a sense of how the new website
works. If it is not possible to maintain quality internet connection (or you do not have access to
internet), include additional screenshots of the LLD website and resources areas within your
PowerPoint presentation.
TRAINER TIP: When using your PowerPoint presentation, don’t let it control your presentation.
You want to be out in front controlling your audience’s attention; the PowerPoint should be
an enhancement, not a distraction. Using a remote presentation clicker will allow you to
seamlessly advance through slides without looking back at the computer or projector. This
is where it helps to familiarize yourself with the slides in the PowerPoint presentation so
you know what to expect with each click of the button.
If you are training this session without the use of PowerPoint, you can use the template slides at the
end of this syllabus to create flip chart pages instead.
SESSION NARRATIVE
INTRODUCTION: 5-7 MINUTES
Hello everyone, my name is [NAME] and I would like to welcome you to “Building Your Lodge
Leadership Development.” For the next 50 minutes, I will lead you through a discussion pertaining to
the Lodge Leadership Development program, as well as the lodge annual planning process of the
Order of the Arrow. The success of this session depends on your involvement, so please don’t be
afraid to add input and ask questions along the way. Our learning objectives for this session are as
follows:
Advance PPT Slide “Learning Objectives”
Become familiar with the New LLD website.
Recognize the value of the LLD program and how it relates to the Journey to Excellence
program.
Understand the planning process for a year-round LLD program and Lodge Annual Plan.
Become comfortable with OA training resources.
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Learn basic training tips and techniques.
As we learn about the new LLD program, it is important that we come to the table with an open
mind. A lot of us are fond of “the way things have always been done,” but the only thing constant is
change, and the methods here are tried and tested. In fact, you may find that many of these
concepts can be incorporated into your own approach without sacrificing your unique style of
leadership.
Lodge Leadership Development is an important part of the lodge’s program and is even one of the
objectives for the Order of the Arrow’s lodge Journey to Excellence program. Without an effective
LLD program within your lodge program, you are at a disadvantage in the effective development of
leaders of character.
The goal of this session is to provide you with knowledge on all the tools available to you to assist
you and your lodge in planning and implementing an effective LLD program, as well as
understanding the planning process for a lodge annual plan. This session will concentrate on going
through the specific steps involved in utilizing all of your available resources.
TRAINER TIP: Because you will be asking for participant input for a discussion at the end of
this session, it is good to include an informal introduction of the participants and ask them
to tell you who they are, what lodge they are from, the size of their lodge, if they have
experience with the LLD program, and if their lodge currently uses any form of lodge
leadership development.
Advance PPT Slide “Training Opportunities”
If you have gone through the Order of the Arrow’s National Leadership Seminar (NLS) or National
Lodge Adviser Training Seminar (NLATS), you will likely already have an in-depth understanding of
lodge program and the proper use of leadership styles which will put you at an advantage when
planning and implementing your lodge’s LLD program. If you have not gone through these courses, I
highly recommend and encourage you to go through the program. The courses are offered several
times each year in each of the regions. If you would like more information about the program you
can talk with me at the end of this session.
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Walk Through of the New LLD Website: 3-5 MINUTES
Has anyone here navigated through the LLD website recently, or even in the past year or two? If you
have, you will have noticed that quite a bit has changed. In the last several years there have been a
few different website updates.
Advance PPT Slide “Old LLD Website”
The navigation of the old website gave you three options to choose from.
Advance PPT Slide “Design Your LLD Event”
Design Your LLD Event – This was designed for lodge officers and the LLD coordinator to use to plan
the annual LLD event. It asked questions that evaluated the needs of your lodge, and the course
sessions it recommended would be tailored to fit your answers.
Advance PPT Slide “Course Resources”
Course Resources – Here you could browse through all of the materials available for an LLD,
including session outlines, planning guides, handouts, games, etc.
Advance PPT Slide “Planning Support”
Planning Support – This included everything you needed to run an LLD event, which included
nametags, guides, patch order forms, religious service outlines, OA publications, you name it.
Advance PPT Slide “2011 LLD Website”
Then in 2011 a re-write of all of the LLD sessions was performed that were especially targeted to the
challenges today’s lodges faced. After the LLD re-write committee gathered enough feedback from
lodges about the new sessions and user interface, a new website was launched in 2012.
Advance PPT Slide “New LLD Website”
The biggest change you might see is that there is no longer a planning program interface to help
determine which classes are most suited to your lodge’s needs. If you had used this program on the
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old website before, you would know that it asked dozens of questions about your lodges program
and administration and then recommended courses for your lodge to use. This program was re-
evaluated and it was determined that its overall effectiveness and accuracy in recommending courses
was not to the standards that lodges required. Instead, a new interface has been created from the
recommendation of lodge leadership throughout the country that is more informative and organic.
As you can see, the new home page for the website lists out eight categories of sessions to choose
from, these include:
Camping and Conservation
Ceremonies
Council Support
Inductions and Membership
Leadership Development
Lodge and Chapter Management
Lodge Program, and
Troop and Pack Support
Each of these categories has a list of multiple sessions that include syllabi, handouts, PowerPoints,
and Video clips. You can also search for individual sessions using the search bar on the home page.
Advance PPT Slide “Category – Inductions and Membership”
When you click on a category, you will be taken to a page that lists out the sessions available with
brief descriptions, as well as a tally to the left of the link that shows how many times that specific
session has been downloaded by others.
Advance PPT Slide “Session – New Member Orientation”
When you click on one of the Session links, for instance the “New Member Orientation” session, you
will be directed to that specific session’s webpage. Here you can read the “Learning Objectives” for
that particular session. To the right of the page are links to the downloadable files for the session.
This particular session has a PDF file of the syllabus, a PowerPoint, and a PDF and Word file of the
session handout. The bottom of the page also includes the date that this session was uploaded and
last updated.
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TRAINER TIP: If you have internet connection, go to the website and search around some of
the training sessions. Ask the participants if there are any sessions they would like to look
at in particular and take them through the process of downloading the files from the
website.
Lodge Leadership Development and the Journey to Excellence Program: 5-7 MINUTES
Next you might be asking, “How are we supposed to determine what classes we should teach to our
lodge members?” The answer is simple, look at your lodge’s completed Journey to Excellence
worksheet.
Advance PPT Slide “Journey to Excellence”
If your lodge hasn’t filled one out yet, then take a look at the requirements and see where you
believe your lodge stands. The new Order of the Arrow Journey to Excellence program is used to
benchmark a lodge’s progress in continued growth with its program, membership, and service
throughout the year. If you notice, the broad areas in the Journey to Excellence program for lodges
include: Finance, Membership, Program, Council Service, and Leadership and Governance. The
categories on the new LLD website were designed to closely align with these Journey to Excellence
program categories.
The areas on your Journey to Excellence worksheet that your lodge did not qualify for or are
benchmarked at a bronze level, will likely be the areas you will want to focus on for the courses on
the LLD website. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t focus on the areas that you are doing well on,
it just means that you should look into ways to improve upon the areas that are below national
standards.
This is where the process for a year-round LLD program comes into play.
Advance PPT Slide “Year-Round LLD”
What do you guys think is meant by a year-round LLD program? Or if your lodge already has a
year-round LLD program in place, what do you do?
TRAINER TIP: Ask the participants for their ideas. Collect 5-7 responses and thank them for
their contributions. If you have a whiteboard or a flip chart, write some of these ideas
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down for use later in this session; otherwise, write some of them down on a sheet of paper
for later reference.
One of the most important keys to providing a successful year-round training program is creating a
plan. What is it that we need to know to be able to plan a year-round program?
Advance PPT Slide “What We Need To Know”
TRAINER TIP: Ask the participants for their ideas. Collect 5-7 responses and thank them for
their contributions.
I think we have covered most of what we need to know. Let us make sure we haven’t missed
anything.
Advance PPT Slide “What We Need To Know – 5 W’s”
The people we are providing the training for (Who)
The purpose of the training (What)
The location of the training (Where)
The time of the training (When)
The expected outcome of the training (Why)
The most important of these are the Who and the What. Determining who it is you want to train
and what it is you want to teach them. The benchmarks for requirement 16 of the Journey to
Excellence worksheet asks you to conduct at least one LLD during the year to a specific percentage of
eligible members. But what constitutes eligible members to attend your LLD?
Advance PPT Slide “Who”
It is the lodge that determines which Arrowmen constitutes “eligible members to attend LLD.” It may
be all of the newly elected lodge and chapter officers and their advisers, or another option could be
to invite the newly elected officers and their advisers and Arrowmen who may be future officers and
advisers.
Requirement 16 also asks you to use “qualified instructors with current materials.” A qualified
instructor may be an Arrowman who has lead an initiative previously. For example, the instructor for
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the camping promotions sessions may be a prior vice-chief of camping promotions or camping
promotions adviser. A qualified instructor may also include a lodge adviser, lodge chief, lodge staff
adviser or a section, region, or national leader. You may even invite an Arrowman from another lodge
to serve as a qualified instructor. I encourage you to look at the LLD syllabus when in doubt. Each
syllabus provides some guidance on the skills and knowledge the qualified instructor needs to have
to lead the session.
Next is the “What.”
Advance PPT Slide “What”
What is it that you are going to be teaching these participants? By utilizing the Journey to Excellence
worksheet, you can determine what your lodge’s weaknesses are, and from there you can establish
why it is your lodge is weak in those areas.
Establishing a Year-Round Program: 5-7 MINUTES
One aspect we didn’t cover was the How. How do we establish a year-round LLD program for our
lodge?
Advance PPT Slide “Year-Round LLD Program”
One of the most important keys to providing a successful year-round training program is creating a
plan. With the start of creating this plan you can actually accomplish two things. As stated
previously, conducting an LLD program throughout the year satisfies requirement 16 of the Journey
to Excellence program, but another program that coincides with the planning of the LLD is
requirement number 11, your lodge’s annual plan.
Advance PPT Slide “Strategic Plans”
One note to emphasize is that lodges do not have strategic plans, they have annual plans. This
serves several purposes: first, lodges are an intricate part of the council and serve to provide support
of council programs and the council strategic plan. Lodges creating their own strategic plan conflicts
with this support. Lodges also have a transition of old and new officers each year, and with this
transition comes new ideas. If a strategic plan were in place, these new officers who did not
previously come up with the plan, would be stuck with the decisions made by others in the past and
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the possibility of new ideas and goals through the annual planning process would hindered. Yet, this
does not mean you should not plan possible goals for a year or two ahead in the future.
Advance PPT Slide “Lodge Annual Plan”
There is one thing that all lodges with successful programs have in common, they are proactive
versus reactive; they think things through and they have a plan. They don’t just see an area in the
lodge where they are weak and wait for a problem to arise, they make plans and preparations to
prevent a problem from occurring and improve upon the weakness. Requirement 11 of the JTE
program asks that a lodge maintain an active planning process that guides the lodge program and
supports the council strategic plan.
Advance PPT Slide “Lodge Annual Plan – Requirement 11”
This can be accomplished through specific planning meetings to develop a lodge program or, can
more successfully be done through a planning event that includes the participation of key youth and
adults within the lodge.
This event, commonly used as an officer’s retreat, is normally held before the beginning of the new
terms of office for incoming lodge officers. This way, both the outgoing youth and incoming youth
officers will have an opportunity for input in the planning process of the lodge. It is up to the lodge
to determine who to involve in this process; some lodges will have only lodge officers and their
advisers in attendance, while others may include key chapter officers or prospective officers, and their
advisers.
Advance PPT Slide “Officer’s Retreat”
This retreat is normally run by both the outgoing lodge chief and incoming lodge chief and can serve
a few different purposes. It involves key members in the lodge with the lodge’s annual planning, as
well as the opportunity to benchmark their lodge’s strengths and weaknesses using the JTE
worksheet. By using the council’s strategic plan and program calendar, the lodge can plan their
events and program around the council in support of council functions. It allows an opportunity for
incoming lodge/chapter officers to be trained and mentored by their outgoing counterparts and
advisers. In fact, having this event can fulfill requirement 16 of the lodge JTE program if some of the
Leadership Development and Lodge and Chapter Management training sessions are utilized from the
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LLD website to train your new officers and advisers. This event also gives the key lodge leadership
the opportunity to plan out the rest of their annual LLD program.
Now the question is what are the steps to organizing our Lodge Annual Plan? Fortunately for us the
Order of the Arrow was formed and created as an extension of the Boy Scout program. What this
means is that the framework of Scouting unit program features should fit in well as a model for
Order of the Arrow program.
Advance PPT Slide “Troop Program Features”
The BSA’s “Troop Program Features” publication has a great planning guide for creating an annual
plan. All you need to do is just change the language around to fit in with the Order of the Arrow.
Pages 5-12 of Volume I include a model for the planning process. If you look on page 5, it shows
five basic steps in the annual planning process.
Advance PPT Slide “Annual Planning Process”
Step 1 is to do your homework; this transfers over quite universally. This includes gathering council
and community dates for events that might cause a decrease in attendance or participation for lodge
events. The council calendar and strategic plan would be great resources to get a hold of, as well as
well as the national strategic plan of the Order of the Arrow. Gathering other resources like the
publications available on the national website and reviewing your lodge’s standing rules. Remember
that lodges do not have bylaws, only councils and Scouting units have bylaws; lodges create their
own standing rules.
Step 2 asks to get patrol input. In our case, this would be to get chapter input. This could mean
presenting the lodge’s calendar of events from the previous year at an LEC meeting and asking your
chapter chiefs if they have any suggestions for changes to the calendar from last year.
Step 3 is to conduct the annual troop program planning process. This would be conducting the
officer’s retreat event. This is where you would review your resources obtained in step 1, review the
Journey to Excellence program for your lodge, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of your lodge
program and administration, discuss program implementation and planning processes, and set the
dates for your lodge calendar.
Step 4 has you obtain support from your troop committee, which in our case would be to present
what plans and ideas came out of the officer’s retreat with the Lodge Executive Committee to be
reviewed and voted upon. To fulfill requirement 11 of the Journey to Excellence program for lodges,
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you should arrange for a meeting with your Scout Executive as well to review and approve your
Lodge Annual Plan.
And lastly step 5, distribution of information. At this point all of the key lodge and chapter members
should be aware of the program plan, but this information may not be available to others in the
lodge or council. Publishing the lodge calendar on the council and lodge websites is a starting point
to making this information readily available for all. Continually publicizing lodge events and goals
throughout the year through newsletters, emails, and social media outlets will ensure that your events
and programs are promoted.
Advance PPT Slide “Year-Round LLD – Where, When, & Why”
TRAINER TIP: If some good ideas for year-round LLD programs were given by participants
earlier in this session, and they aren’t mentioned in this syllabus, feel free to share them or
have the participant who mentioned the idea expand on that variation of a year-round LLD
program.
Earlier, we had talked about what we need to know in order to plan a year-round LLD program, but I
left off three questions that still need to be answered: where are we supposed to hold the trainings,
when is a good time to have the trainings, and why are we holding the training; meaning, what
exactly do we expect and hope to accomplish?
Training is most effective when it coincides with normal events and functions already put on by the
lodge. Integrating training as part of your annual program is the best way to do this, not only can
people expect some form of leadership development or knowledge-based training whenever they
attend certain lodge functions, but they also come to appreciate training as a normal occurrence.
Some ideas may include holding trainings before or during an LEC meeting, or during a lodge
fellowship event. You could even request specific training classes to be held at your section conclave.
You may consider holding some of the Leadership Development and Lodge and Chapter
Management LLD courses during your Officer’s Retreat to train the incoming officers, or you could
hold a separate officers training during the year at an LEC or other event.
During your annual planning process, you may find that your lodge is weak at providing unit
elections for units. One possibility would be to use some of the unit election training materials
available on the national OA website and have a training session held at an LEC a month before your
lodge begins its unit visitation season. You could hold the training for just the membership vice
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chiefs and those on the committee specifically, or you could make the training available to everyone.
Your lodge may decide its wants to focus on building up your ceremonies teams. You could offer
trainings during the year that help your members understand what is involved in the Ordeal
ceremony, or what you can do to improve your performance.
You are not required to only use the training resources on the LLD website. If you find training
sessions elsewhere that fit into helping your lodge grow, then feel free to use them. Just remember
your resources are limitless. If you can’t find a specific training session you need, just send an email
to your Section Chief and ask if he could find a particular training syllabus that you are looking for
with the contacts and resources that he has it his disposal.
Does anyone have any brief questions thus far regarding the Year-Round LLD program or the Lodge
Annual Plan?
TRAINER TIP: Depending on how much time you have left, you should be able to answer a
few questions from the audience. Remember to repeat the question asked back to the
audience so that everyone can hear the question and answer. If a question seems like it
will take too long to answer, give them a brief answer and tell them that you can go more
in-depth after the training session is over if they have additional questions.
Advance PPT Slide “Blank Slide with NOAC Logo”
Activity – Choosing LLD Sessions: 10-15 MINUTES
Next we are going to be doing an activity that well help you to better understand how to choose the
classes that are best for your LLD program, as well as when good opportunities might be to train and
who your audience should be for the sessions. This activity will also give you the opportunity to
brainstorm ways to improve upon weak areas in your lodge. You will be split up into two groups and
will be portraying two different lodges. Each lodge has different programs and areas in which they
are strong and weak. It will be your job to determine what classes in the LLD program would be best
for these lodges to use throughout the year, as well as determine what the lodge can do to
strengthen its weaknesses. You will be given a list of sessions currently available on the new LLD
website as well as a copy of the lodge’s filled out Journey to Excellence worksheet. A few useful facts
about the lodge you will be portraying, including approximate size of the lodge and events held
throughout the year, will be provided to help you make more educated decisions.
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TRAINER TIP: When splitting the groups up, you can either cut the room in half, or you can
have everyone stand and count them off by twos. If you have few people and some extra
time, you can have your small group run through both lodge scenarios and come up with
ideas.
You will have 10 minutes to determine which sessions to choose. At the end you will choose one
person from your group to give a brief description about how your lodge is doing and what your
group’s plan of attack will be. This may include what events you will hold the trainings at, or if you
will hold a new event or activity to train your intended audience. Be sure to include what your
intentions are for choosing specific classes; what do you expect to get out of it? Think of the Who,
What, Where, When, and Why of the planning process for a year-round LLD program.
Advance PPT Slide “Building Your LLD Countdown”
TRAINER TIP: If you are strapped for time, or you believe 10 minutes is too much time for
your group to finish this, you can skip slides down by minutes. For instance, if you would
like 6 minutes, just hit the next slide button until the timer is at 06:00 minutes and then
click it one more time to start the timer. Once the timer reaches 00:00, advance to the next
slide. At the end of the 10 minutes choose which group will go first and have them give
their presentation. Be sure to have them stand up and speak loudly for everyone to hear.
Advance PPT Slide “Who, What, Where, When, and Why”
Training Tips: 3-5 MINUTES
TRAINER TIP: If you are running short on time, you can cut this section short and just pass
out a handout of training tips to help with running the LLD sessions for their lodges.
We’ve just heard of a few types of strengths and weaknesses that some lodges may be dealing with
today, and we discussed some possible solutions to help resolve or, at the very least, build up those
weaknesses. Now before we wrap up this session, I am going to give you some pointers on how you
can improve any training presentation that you may give. So, be sure to write some of these down.
[At this point, pass out the session handout to the participants.]
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Advance PPT Slide “Training Tips”
Involve Your Participants – The average adult in the United States can speak at a rate of 125-150
words per minute and most people can comprehend four to six times that amount of information.
To close the listening gap, engage your audience with discussion, activities, or written assignments to
keep their attention.
The Rule of TELL THEM – Tell them three times. TELL THEM what you are going to tell them, TELL
THEM, and TELL THEM what you told them. In other words, start with an introduction including the
goals for the presentation, provide the content information, and summarize the presentation. This
process will reinforce the message for the audience.
Be Flexible – If you move through your prepared material and realize that you are losing part of your
audience, be prepared to shift gears. Take a quick check of your audience by a show of hands or
thumbs up or thumbs down on how things are going. Asking, “Do you understand?”, or “Does that
make sense?” isn’t engaging enough a question; ask them something that requires them to do some
work or some thinking.
Control Your Audience, Not Your Computer – Remember to face your audience and make eye
contact. Do not hide behind a computer or other audio visual device.
Present with Enthusiasm – When making a presentation, speak clearly and loudly enough that a
person in the back of the room can hear you. Project a positive, enthusiastic voice so the
participants will hear your passion for the topic.
Dress for Success – When making a presentation, always dress for the audience. How you appear will
have an impact on how the audience will respond to your presentation.
Make it Fun – By tying in contests, props, prizes, games, and activities, you can generate interest and
reinforce learning at the same time.
Advance PPT Slide “Training Tips continued”
Focus on the Content, Not the Graphics – The purpose of the presentation is to communicate ideas
and information, not to dazzle people with fancy graphics. When the session is over, you want your
audience marching out discussing the ideas you set forth, not talking about the neat graphics or
special effects.
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Use Appropriate Humor – The right amount of humor can go a long way to build rapport with your
audience and keep your audience interested and attentive. Do not push your luck. Rehearsing your
presentation in front of a live audience is the best way to test the acceptability of your humor.
Have a Backup Plan – What happens if your projector dies, your computer crashes, or if the audio
visual materials do not show up? Have a Plan B and practice the Plan B in case you need to use it.
Taking Questions from the Audience – When taking questions from the audience, repeat the question
before answering it so everyone can have the benefit of both the question and the answer.
Practice, Practice, Practice! – Rehearse your presentation at home or where you can be at ease, in
front of mirror, or in front of a friendly audience. Consider videotaping your presentation and
analyze your voice and body language.
Use Body Language – Standing, walking, or moving about with appropriate hand gestures and facial
expressions is preferred to sitting down or just reading from a prepared speech.
The Eyes Have It – Make sincere eye contact with different members of the audience. Use the three-
second rule. It will allow you to connect with individuals and can build rapport with the audience.
Effective eye contact can make everyone in the audience feel involved.
Conclusion: 3-5 MINUTES
Advance PPT Slide “Learning Objectives”
In review, when we began the Building Your Lodge Leadership Development session we hoped to
accomplish five learning objectives. They were:
Become familiar with the New LLD website.
Recognize the value of the LLD program and how it relates to the Journey to Excellence
program.
Understand the planning process for a year-round LLD program and Lodge Annual Plan.
Become comfortable with OA training resources.
Learn basic training tips and techniques.
Through our discussions, I believe that we have met these learning objectives.
Remember the Lodge Leadership Development program and the Journey to Excellence program is
focused on continuous improvement and progress rather than reaching some minimum requirements.
The program is designed to encourage lodges to improve their program and set annual attainable
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goals. The process does not stop once the goal is obtained; rather it enables lodges to identify areas
for improvement.
In closing, there are many events and trainings that are organized by the Order of the Arrow, some
good and some not so good. As leaders who plan these functions, we must always keep in mind
that the Order of the Arrow is an integral part of the Boy Scouts of America. Therefore, every
function that the Order supports or plans should have a defined purpose that complements the Boy
Scout program.
Think back to the best OA events that you have ever experienced. That feeling is what you should
keep in mind whenever you are responsible for planning an event or any part of one. The greatest
gift you can give the Order, and the best way to build the fire of cheerfulness in your brothers, is to
help them experience that feeling just like you did. With the tools you learn here, I hope you’ll be
more prepared in the future to answer the call of service that is sure to come your way, and that you
are more able to tackle the challenges and stresses of leadership.
Please take home with you the information gathered today to further improve your lodges. Lastly, I
will leave you with a quote that I use and have followed throughout my Scouting journey.
Advance PPT Slide “Vision and Action”
“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare. But action with vision is
making a difference.”
If you have any more questions I’m available to answer them. Thank you for your attention and
good luck in your Order of the Arrow endeavors.
TRAINER TIP: Be sure to pass out the training evaluation forms and that you give the
participants enough time to fill them out. Make your email address available, or some
other way for the participants to get ahold of you if they have any questions.
APPENDIX: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q1: The new LLD website no longer has a user interface to help me choose classes to use
with my lodge’s LLD program, how am I supposed to determine what classes we need
now?
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A1: By having your lodge fill out the new Journey to Excellence form, you can utilize the
information given from your answers to help decide which areas your lodge should focus
on for improvement. For instance, if your lodge received silver and gold benchmarks on
most of the areas on the JTE worksheet, but received bronze levels in the council service
area, it may be a good idea to choose classes focused on council support. By
determining what your lodge’s strengths and weaknesses are, you can better decide what
classes you should focus on presenting with your LLD program.
Q2: How does the Journey to Excellence program relate to my lodges annual plan and LLD?
A2: The new Order of the Arrow Journey to Excellence program is used to benchmark a
lodge’s progress in continued growth with its program, membership, and service
throughout the year. A lodge can utilize the JTE worksheet to help determine where the
lodge’s strengths and weaknesses are in these areas. This can then guide lodges in
determining goals for improvement within the lodge, as well as in deciding which classes
to choose from with the LLD program to help further strengthen the lodges progress with
its goals.
Q3: Do lodges use strategic plans?
A3: The lodge is an intricate part of the council and supports the council’s strategic plan.
Lodges follow a year by year planning process with the transition of new officers each
year. The creation of a strategic plan by a lodge conflicts with the lodges purpose to
support its council’s program and strategic plan, as well as takes away the opportunity for
new lodge officers to create their own unique goals in the lodge’s annual planning
process.
Q4: Do lodges have bylaws?
A4: Bylaws are meant for use with BSA councils and Scouting units. Each lodge should
develop and formally approve a written set of lodge rules to govern its operations. These
rules should be reviewed annually and should cover topics like insignia, officers and
advisers, officer election and replacement, meetings, activities, and dues. For more
information about lodge rules, refer to page 20 of the “Guide for Officers and Advisers”.
Q5: Is our lodge required to only use the classes available on the LLD website to fulfill
requirement 16 of the JTE worksheet?
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A5: The new LLD website has many courses to choose from, but may not have all the courses
a lodge needs for its program. There are other resources available online to find courses
like the national Order of the Arrow website and training site, your region/section
website, even asking surrounding lodges or your section for additional training syllabi to
use for your lodge. Refer to the “Source Material & Resources” appendix at the end of
this syllabus for links to these sites.
Q6: Who wrote this syllabus?
A6: This syllabus was written by Ben DeRemer of Wauna La-Mon’tay lodge in Oregon. He
can be contacted via email at benderemer@yahoo.com.
APPENDIX: RECOMMENDED FLIPCHARTS/SLIDES
The following is a recommended list of flip chart pages that can be used for visual presentation.
Year-Round LLD Program
Building Your LLD
“UNITED We Leave a
Legacy”
Your Name
Learning Objectives
Become familiar with the New LLD website.
Recognize the value of the LLD program and how it relates to the Journey to Excellence program.
Understand the planning process for a year-round LLD program and Lodge Annual Plan.
Become comfortable with OA training resources.
Learn basic training tips and techniques.
Page
1 Page
2 Page
3
Who & What
What We Need To Know
What We Need To Know
The people we are providing
the training for (Who)
The purpose of the training (What)
The location of the training (Where)
The time of the training (When)
The expected outcome of the training (Why)
Page
4 Page
5 Page
6
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Lodge Annual Plan
JTE Requirement #11
Lodge Planning Maintain an active planning process that guides the lodge program and supports the council strategic plan.
What We Need To
Know Lodges have annual plans, not strategic plans.
Proactive versus Reactive
Page
7 Page
8 Page
9
Where, When, & Why
Officer’s Retreat
Purposes of the Officer’s Retreat: Plan the Lodge’s Annual Plan
and calendar
Benchmark the strengths and weaknesses of the lodge
Train new lodge/chapter officers
Support the council program and strategic plan
Plan the year-round LLD program
Annual Planning Process
1. Do your homework
2. Get chapter input
3. Conduct an officer's retreat
4. Obtain lodge/council committee support
5. Distribute information
Page
10 Page
11 Page
12
“Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare. But action with vision is making a difference.”
- Ben DeRemer
Training Tips
Involve Your Participants
The Rule of TELL THEM
Be Flexible
Control Your Audience, Not Your Computer
Present with Enthusiasm
Dress for Success
Make it Fun
Training Tips Continued
Focus on the Content, Not the Graphics
Use Appropriate Humor Have a Backup Plan Taking Questions from the
Audience Practice, Practice,
Practice! Use Body Language The Eyes Have It
Page
13
Page
14
Page
15
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APPENDIX: SOURCE MATERIAL & RESOURCES
Lodge Leadership Development Website
http://lld.oa-bsa.org/2012/
National OA Training Central Website
http://training.oa-bsa.org/
Official National Order of the Arrow Website
http://www.oa-bsa.org/
Unit, Chapter, and Lodge Support Resources
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/ucl.htm
2005 Lodge Leadership Development Planning Guide
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/pubs/LLD-Planning-Guide.pdf
2008 – 2012 Order of the Arrow Strategic Plan
http://www.oa-bsa.org/programs/splan/
2012 Chapter Operations Guide
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/pubs/cog-2012.pdf
2012 Conclave Training Initiative Classes
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/cti/#session10
2012 Field Operations Guide
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/pubs/FOG-2012.pdf
2012 Guide for Officers and Advisers
http://www.oa-bsa.org/resources/pubs/GOA-2012.pdf
2012 Lodge Journey to Excellence Program
http://www.oa-bsa.org/annc/g11/jte/
2012 NOAC Training Sessions
http://training.oa-bsa.org/?action=browse&dir=National%20OA%20Conference/2012/
SESSION HANDOUT
2012 NATIONAL ORDER OF THE ARROW CONFERENCE
Purpose of an Officer’s Retreat
Plan the Lodge’s Annual Plan and calendar
Benchmark the strengths/weaknesses of the lodge
Train new lodge/chapter officers
Support the council program and strategic plan
Plan the year-round LLD program
Steps in the Lodge Annual Planning Process
1. Do your homework and collect resources (note: lodges don’t have bylaws, they have
standing rules)
2. Ask for input from your chapters
3. Conduct the annual lodge program planning process
4. Obtain support from your Lodge and Council Executive Committees
5. Distribute and promote your Lodge Annual Plan and annual calendar
The lodge is an intricate part of the council and supports the council’s strategic plan. Lodges
follow a year by year planning process with the transition of new officers each year. The
creation of a strategic plan by a lodge conflicts with the lodge’s purpose to support its
council’s program and strategic plan, as well as takes away the opportunity for new lodge
officers to create their own unique goals in the lodge’s annual planning process.
What We Need to Know
The people we are providing the training for Who
The purpose of the training What
The location of the training Where
The time of the training When
The expected outcome of the training Why
Training Tips
Involve Your Participants
The Rule of TELL THEM
Be Flexible
Control Your Audience, Not Your Computer
Present with Enthusiasm
Dress for Success
Make it Fun
Focus on the Content, Not the Graphics
Use Appropriate Humor
Have a Backup Plan
Taking Questions from the Audience
Practice, Practice, Practice!
Use Body Language
The Eyes Have It
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Order of the Arrow Boy Scouts of America
Currently Available LLD Sessions
Camping and Conservation
• Bringing "Where to go Camping" Guides into the
21st Century
• How do we get them to Camp
• How to Run a Lodge Conservation Project
• Role of OA and Lodge Program in Camp
Ceremonies
• Building a Dance Team
• Ceremonies: The Big Picture
• Coaching a Ceremonies Team
• Conducting Public Ceremonies
• Effective Ceremony Performance
• Evaluating Ceremonies
• Understanding the Brotherhood Ceremony
• Understanding the Ordeal Ceremony
• Understanding the Pre-Ordeal Ceremony
• Understanding the Vigil Ceremony
Council Support
• Commissioner Arrowmen
• Council Service Projects
• Meet the Man
• Supporting the Council
Inductions and Membership
• Conducting Elections in Units Sponsored by the LDS
Church
• Elangomats: The Servant Leaders of the Order
• Extended Elangomats: A Membership Retention Key
• Induction principles and sequence
• It's More than a Sash
• New Member Orientation
• Ordeal Management
• Reflecting on your Ordeal
Leadership Development
• ABC's of Decision Making
• Adults Working With Youth
• Building a Team
• Coaching a Team: A Bear Bryant Case Study
• Conflict Resolution
• Goal Setting and Time Management
• Leaders: Born or Made?
• Learning from the Past: Does History Repeat Itself?
• Setting Goals and Putting Them into Action
• Speaking and Listening Effectively
• The Keys to Delegation
• Using Resources
Lodge and Chapter Management
• Becoming an Officer or Adviser
• Chapter Management
• Developing an Annual Plan
• How Advisers Help Chapters Operate More
Smoothly
• Nuts and Bolts: Lodge Policies and Procedures
• Running Fun, Productive Chapter Meetings
• Team Key 3
• The Chain of Command
Lodge Program
• Changing Tradition: Keeping it Fresh
• Effective Use of Technology
• Service Grant Tips
Troop and Pack Support
• Outdoor Adventure for Boys in Blue
• Reaching Out: How to Effectively use the OA Troop
Rep
• Webelos to Scout Transition
Scouting’s Journey to Excellence 2012 OA Lodge Performance Recognition Program
Council name: Davy Jones Council Council number: 908 Headquarters city/state: Bermuda Triangle Lodge name: Flying Dutchman Lodge Region: Southern Section: 7C To qualify for recognition lodges must renew their 2012 charter on time with appropriate fees and be in compliance with the current editions of the OA Handbook, Guide for Officers and Advisers, Field Operations Guide, Guide to Inductions, and ceremony books.
Item Nbr
Objective Bronze Level Silver Level Gold Level Bronze Points
Silver Points
Gold Points
Finance Total Points: 400
1 Fiscal Management: Develop and successfully execute a lodge annual budget.
Complete and follow an annual budget approved by the lodge executive
committee
Close the year with a positive operating
balance (i.e., operate in the black)
Close with an operating balance at least as great as your
budget projection
75 100 200
2 Contribution to council: Contribute cash, materials or both to the council.
Contribute an average of $2.00 per
lodge member
Contribute the equivalent of $3.50 per lodge member
Contribute the equivalent of $5.00 per lodge member
75 100 200
Membership Total Points: 600
3 Membership Impact: Experience positive growth in membership over the previous year [REQUIRED]
Grow membership by at least 1
Grow membership by at least 1%
Grow membership by at least 3% 75 100 200
4 Ordeal completion: Complete induction of elected Ordeal candidates
Complete induction of at least 60% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase
Complete induction of at least 75% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase over 60%
Complete induction of at least 90% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase over 75%
25 50 100
5 Brotherhood conversion: Convert eligible Ordeal members to Brotherhood [REQUIRED]
Convert at least 30% or 5% increase over
prior year
Convert at least 40% or 3% increase over
30%
Convert at least 50% or 3% increase over
40% 25 50 100
6 Membership retention: Improve retention rate of lodge members.
Achieve 50% or a 4% increase over prior
year
Achieve 60% or a 4% increase over 50%
Achieve 70% or a 5% increase over 60% 75 100 200
Program Total Points: 600
7 Unit elections: Conduct unit elections in council troops and teams desiring them.
Complete elections for at least 90% of requesting units
Complete elections for at least 95% of requesting units
Complete elections for 100% of
requesting units 75 100 200
8 Section and national event attendance: Attend section and national events.
Set and achieve a lodge attendance goal at scheduled section & national
events
Exceed the lodge attendance goal by
10%
Exceed the lodge attendance goal by
20% 25 50 100
9 Lodge communications: Maintain active communications within the lodge.
Have and follow a written lodge
communication plan
Publish a lodge newsletter or update your lodge web site
at least quarterly
Contribute to the council newsletter or
web site 25 50 100
10 Lodge event participation: Improve lodge membership participation at full lodge events.
Average at least 10% of lodge membership
at all lodge events
Average at least 20% of lodge membership
at all lodge events
Average at least 30% of lodge membership
at all lodge events 25 50 100
11
Lodge planning: Maintain an active planning process that guides the lodge program and supports the council strategic plan.
Have a written annual plan approved by the
Scout Executive
Conduct an annual review and update of
your plan in conjunction with a
review of the Council Strategic Plan
Have an annual meeting with the
Scout Executive to review your updated
plan
25 50 100
Council Service Total Points: 800
12
Council service projects: Complete Scout Executive approved service project(s) on Council property and in the community.
Complete project(s) equal to at least 2
hours of service per lodge member
Complete project(s) equal to at least 2.5 hours of service per
lodge member
Complete project(s) equal to at least 3
hours of service per lodge member
75 100 200
13 Council camping support: Conduct camp promotion contacts to council troops and teams
Complete contacts to at least 75% of units
or 3% increase
Complete contacts to at least 80% of units or 3% increase over
75%
Complete contacts to at least 85% of units or 3% increase over
80%
75 100 200
14 Council program support: Provide OA member staff support for council and district program events.
Support 2 council or district events
Support 3 council or district events
Support 5 council or district events 75 100 200
15 Council designated support: Complete Scout Executive designated program support projects
Complete one project Complete two projects
Complete three projects 75 100 200
Leadership and Governance Total Points: 200
16
Lodge and chapter leadership: Conduct at least one LLD during the year with qualified instructors using current material
Achieve at least 75% of eligible members
trained or 3% increase
Achieve at least 80% of eligible members trained or 3% over
75%
Achieve at least 85% of eligible members trained or 3% over
80%
25 50 100
17 Annual report: Submit a written annual report of accomplishments to the council executive board
Written report submitted
Written report submitted and verbal
report given to the executive board
Verbal report given by the lodge chief 25 50 100
Total achieved
Grand Total
Scoring the lodge’s performance • To qualify for Silver or Gold points within an individual criterion, the lodge must have completed the lower level criterion (e.g.,
to qualify for Silver Level in item number 1, the lodge must have completed the Bronze Level in that item) • To determine the lodge’s overall performance level, the council will use the above matrix to determine the points earned in
each of the 17 individual criteria, circle the criteria completed, add the scores in each column to determine the points earned at each award level, then add the three column scores to obtain the Grand Total points earned.
• Overall award levels are determined as follows using the Grand Total points earned: - Bronze = at least 800 Grand Total points plus have completed at least bronze performance in 10 criteria, two of which must be objectives #3 and #5. - Silver - at least 1100 Grand Total points plus have completed bronze performance, including items #3 and #5, in at least 12 criteria - Gold = at least 1400 Grand Total points plus have completed bronze performance, including items #3 and #5, in at least 15 criteria Note: In cases where an individual criterion states for example “Achieve 60% retention or a 4% increase over 50” the award level can only be achieved in reference to the previous year’s performance in that area. In this example, if the lodge achieved 50% retention in the previous year, achieving 54% would be required to qualify them in this area in the current year. If they then achieved 54% in the current year, they would have to achieve at least 58% in the next year to qualify.
The Flying Dutchman lodge is going strong with more than 1,200 active members. They have the best website in the region, and are constantly promoting their events via email, newsletters, and through social media applications like Facebook. They hold three spring ordeals and one fall ordeal, as well as holding brotherhood ceremonies at the ordeals as well. Each of the lodge events are budgeted so that they break even without any residual monies going back into the lodge’s account with the council.
Scouting’s Journey to Excellence 2012 OA Lodge Performance Recognition Program
Council name: United Legacy Council Council number: 123 Headquarters city/state: Delaware River Lodge name: Lenni Lenape Lodge Region: Northeast Section: 1 To qualify for recognition lodges must renew their 2012 charter on time with appropriate fees and be in compliance with the current editions of the OA Handbook, Guide for Officers and Advisers, Field Operations Guide, Guide to Inductions, and ceremony books.
Item Nbr
Objective Bronze Level Silver Level Gold Level Bronze Points
Silver Points
Gold Points
Finance Total Points: 400
1 Fiscal Management: Develop and successfully execute a lodge annual budget.
Complete and follow an annual budget approved by the lodge executive
committee
Close the year with a positive operating
balance (i.e., operate in the black)
Close with an operating balance at least as great as your
budget projection 75 100 200
2 Contribution to council: Contribute cash, materials or both to the council.
Contribute an average of $2.00 per
lodge member
Contribute the equivalent of $3.50 per lodge member
Contribute the equivalent of $5.00 per lodge member
75 100 200
Membership Total Points: 600
3 Membership Impact: Experience positive growth in membership over the previous year [REQUIRED]
Grow membership by at least 1
Grow membership by at least 1%
Grow membership by at least 3% 75 100 200
4 Ordeal completion: Complete induction of elected Ordeal candidates
Complete induction of at least 60% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase
Complete induction of at least 75% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase over 60%
Complete induction of at least 90% of
Ordeal candidates or 5% increase over 75%
25 50 100
5 Brotherhood conversion: Convert eligible Ordeal members to Brotherhood [REQUIRED]
Convert at least 30% or 5% increase over
prior year
Convert at least 40% or 3% increase over
30%
Convert at least 50% or 3% increase over
40% 25 50 100
6 Membership retention: Improve retention rate of lodge members.
Achieve 50% or a 4% increase over prior
year
Achieve 60% or a 4% increase over 50%
Achieve 70% or a 5% increase over 60% 75 100 200
Program Total Points: 600
7 Unit elections: Conduct unit elections in council troops and teams desiring them.
Complete elections for at least 90% of requesting units
Complete elections for at least 95% of requesting units
Complete elections for 100% of
requesting units 75 100 200
8 Section and national event attendance: Attend section and national events.
Set and achieve a lodge attendance goal at scheduled section & national
events
Exceed the lodge attendance goal by
10%
Exceed the lodge attendance goal by
20% 25 50 100
9 Lodge communications: Maintain active communications within the lodge.
Have and follow a written lodge
communication plan
Publish a lodge newsletter or update your lodge web site
at least quarterly
Contribute to the council newsletter or
web site 25 50 100
10 Lodge event participation: Improve lodge membership participation at full lodge events.
Average at least 10% of lodge membership
at all lodge events
Average at least 20% of lodge membership
at all lodge events
Average at least 30% of lodge membership
at all lodge events 25 50 100
11
Lodge planning: Maintain an active planning process that guides the lodge program and supports the council strategic plan.
Have a written annual plan approved by the
Scout Executive
Conduct an annual review and update of
your plan in conjunction with a
review of the Council Strategic Plan
Have an annual meeting with the
Scout Executive to review your updated
plan
25 50 100
Council Service Total Points: 800
12
Council service projects: Complete Scout Executive approved service project(s) on Council property and in the community.
Complete project(s) equal to at least 2
hours of service per lodge member
Complete project(s) equal to at least 2.5 hours of service per
lodge member
Complete project(s) equal to at least 3
hours of service per lodge member
75 100 200
13 Council camping support: Conduct camp promotion contacts to council troops and teams
Complete contacts to at least 75% of units
or 3% increase
Complete contacts to at least 80% of units or 3% increase over
75%
Complete contacts to at least 85% of units or 3% increase over
80%
75 100 200
14 Council program support: Provide OA member staff support for council and district program events.
Support 2 council or district events
Support 3 council or district events
Support 5 council or district events 75 100 200
15 Council designated support: Complete Scout Executive designated program support projects
Complete one project Complete two projects
Complete three projects 75 100 200
Leadership and Governance Total Points: 200
16
Lodge and chapter leadership: Conduct at least one LLD during the year with qualified instructors using current material
Achieve at least 75% of eligible members
trained or 3% increase
Achieve at least 80% of eligible members trained or 3% over
75%
Achieve at least 85% of eligible members trained or 3% over
80% 25 50 100
17 Annual report: Submit a written annual report of accomplishments to the council executive board
Written report submitted
Written report submitted and verbal
report given to the executive board
Verbal report given by the lodge chief 25 50 100
Total achieved
Grand Total
Scoring the lodge’s performance • To qualify for Silver or Gold points within an individual criterion, the lodge must have completed the lower level criterion (e.g.,
to qualify for Silver Level in item number 1, the lodge must have completed the Bronze Level in that item) • To determine the lodge’s overall performance level, the council will use the above matrix to determine the points earned in
each of the 17 individual criteria, circle the criteria completed, add the scores in each column to determine the points earned at each award level, then add the three column scores to obtain the Grand Total points earned.
• Overall award levels are determined as follows using the Grand Total points earned: - Bronze = at least 800 Grand Total points plus have completed at least bronze performance in 10 criteria, two of which must be objectives #3 and #5. - Silver - at least 1100 Grand Total points plus have completed bronze performance, including items #3 and #5, in at least 12 criteria - Gold = at least 1400 Grand Total points plus have completed bronze performance, including items #3 and #5, in at least 15 criteria Note: In cases where an individual criterion states for example “Achieve 60% retention or a 4% increase over 50” the award level can only be achieved in reference to the previous year’s performance in that area. In this example, if the lodge achieved 50% retention in the previous year, achieving 54% would be required to qualify them in this area in the current year. If they then achieved 54% in the current year, they would have to achieve at least 58% in the next year to qualify.
The Lenni Lenape lodge is roughly 300 members in size. Right after the new lodge officers are elected, the LEC approves an annual budget from a template of the previous year. Each year they plan to create a new budget that is more specific, but they never seem to find the time to get together and make one. The officers in the lodge feel that the easiest way to promote their events is just through word of mouth, and that spending the time to make newsletters or a website is a waste of time.
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