Training Resources

Neil Venn

22 May 2021 15:49

Hello I'm planning to ask my Explorers scouts to survey some of our local routes as we run longer sessions on a weekend day. I'd like to also educate them about slowways and will ask for volunteers to train as surveyors. Is there any presentation resources available that I could use for training over Zoom? I appreciate the webinars have been recorded so could play them but I'd rather do something live and more interactive. Thanks Neil

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  Joao Soares

  25 May 2021 13:50

  Hi Neil

  Sounds like a great option to be Exploring with your Scouts...We've not tailored resources just yet, but we're keen to have discussions to see a) how what's in place might be used/interpreted/adapted for your own needs, b) what might be developed to support the kind of involvement you outline, and c) consider how this might support wider involvement e.g. be a handy template and offer inspiration for other Scout/youth groups.

  As you mention, there is webinar guidance on the YouTube channel Slow Ways - YouTube - covering an Intro, website use, surveys - but this may not be best suited to a zoom session. 

  A couple of initial thoughts: we could look to share a set of slides to adapt to your scenario; you could do a live delve into the website (in particular your local routes and places, set up some journeys and Waylists to illustrate); explore what the route planning methodology looks like locally; you could introduce 'route reviews' ('here's one I made earlier'; cover star ratings and verifications, make links with familiar processes...). That may lay some foundations to then look at the online training for surveying for those who wish to?

  Happy to look into this with you - do aspects of this help, and what might be worth exploring further? (And I'll be interested in any suggestions made here by others, too).

  Rob 

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  Neil Venn

  25 May 2021 20:47

  Thanks Rob.
  This does sound like something we could build on. I've got support from other leaders of the Explorer Unit and it looks like we'll be targeting the last weekend in June for the walks and surveys. I'd be very comfortable presenting slides and doing live demos - I've being doing this for years at work. So if you do have branded slides to share that would be great.

  Thanks

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  rob bushby

  27 May 2021 12:55

  Hi Neil, Just gauging timings - is your presentation part of the last weekend in June, or in preparation for that? Might you be interested in liaising to set this up as a pilot, the sort of package that other Scouts groups might use/adapt? (via email probably easier, rob@slowways.org - can signpost any useful resources arising back on here). Thanks

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  Neil Venn

  27 May 2021 15:05

  Hi Rob. The walks and surveys would be the last weekend in June. We'd have to find an evening for the presentation mid-month.

  I'll email and we can discuss further.

  Thanks for your support.

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  rob bushby

  10 August 2021 15:33

  Our discussions let to a template of session guidance, tailored for Explorer Scouts - see here Slow Ways - a network of walking routes connecting Great Britain. 

  Feel free to take a look, use, offer feedback...

  Thanks

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