Let’s learn a bit about a particularly hazardous invasive plant to watch out for this summer.

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Scouter John Kemp of the 5th Brant Troop joins Scouter Ken to discuss giant hogweed, an invasive plant that looks a bit like cow parsnip, and which grows near watercourses. Anyone out exploring in the bush should take care to avoid contact with giant hogweed; the sap damages the skin in a way that causes it to develop a severe burn when exposed to sunlight.

John is also part of a group of volunteers who track growths of giant hogweed, and work with municipal authorities to eliminate it, and this episode is all about how to identify giant hogweed, how to report its presence, and how to be safe around it.

Important giant hogweed resources:

• Google Drive folder of information and images
• EDDMapS

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What is the Better Programs Initiative? Let’s find out!

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Scouter Ken is joined by Scouter Alicia, who is one of the representatives of Scouts Canada’s new Better Programs Initiative, a knowledge-sharing forum where Scouters can share (and find) ideas on how to run a top-tier Scouting program.

Visit this episode's page at our website to find QR codes for the initiative and the Scouts Canada Network.

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If you aren’t already planning for how different roles within your group can transition between people, you need to be.

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Scouter Ken is joined by Scouter Corey - the outgoing Group Commissioner for the 59th Edmonton Scout Group - to discuss the importance of planning for how to transition people out of (and into!) roles within a Scout Group.

Transition planning takes many forms. Ideally, the outgoing role holder should mentor the incoming member to make sure that there’s a full handover of knowledge and processes. But this needs to be backstopped by a digital infrastructure that allows for data to be easily moved between people as well; email accounts, documents, cloud storage, etc. all need to be able to move from one person to the next as well.

Services and resources mentioned in the episode:

• Carrd (cheap, landing page-style websites)
• TechSoup Canada or TechSoup US (cheap/free software for nonprofits)
• Quip
• WhatsApp Communities
• Scouter Transition Planning (spreadsheet)

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