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Friday Morning Edition
April 17, 2015

I read online that there are nine different conclaves happening across the country this weekend.  In a few hours I'll be pushing off to my the SR-7B Cardinal Conclave which be the largest in the country this year. What is the magic sauce?  I thought I'd share a little in today's issue.
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There are some obvious advantages in this section that are not things you could duplicate.  The section is compact with 1/2 dozen lodges covering the central to eastern parts of the state.  Most of the lodges are in councils that are very strong with great Scouting traditions.  Plus you have a monster 1000+ member lodge to stuff the numbers (love you Occoneechee!).   So what can others duplicate without these natural advantages?

 

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One thing is registration.  In my home lodge that attends the Dixie Fellowship our registration was due by the first weekend in January and had to be submitted to the lodge.  In SR-7B you could register up until a week ago and it's all done online as an individual.  Using a slick online portal you can register and preorder memorabilia all while wearing your pajamas at your laptop.  I didn't register until March and was able to get most of the items I wanted.  Each lodge gets updates on this central registration process makes plans from there.

 

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Another thing that the Cardinal Conclave does right is promotion.  Not only do they kill it on Facebook and social media but each individual lodge is promoting the event year round.  I remember going to a lodge winter banquet in November and there were placards at each table that were professionally printed promoting that April's event.  So six months out it was already being promoted and that's just one anecdote but they use many more strategies.

 

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So I shared these tips today not to boast but because I believe in the idea that sharing new ways of doing things makes everyone better.  If your conclave is getting stale or only has 200-300 attending start thinking about next year and asking questions to make things better.
 
Have a great weekend,
 


Jason Spangler
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