1. ValuingPeople
Goals
 How our Oath and Law guide
valuing others
 How our differences
strengthen us
 Use ROPE Strategies
Activity
 Challenge them to tie Toss
Knot
 Show How
o If done early,
overhand knot
o If done at right time,
figure 8 knot
 Discuss Square Knot
o Have all tie one
 Joining Knot
 Two bends, intertwined,
working together to bring
strength
 Without a side, the loop is
useless
 Tie all ropes together using
Square Knot

2.  symbol of a boy joining his
troop, and all members joined
together as the strongest
possible team
 ropes differ, people do too
 all common abilities,but
differ in ways that improve
team
Why did join Boy Scouts?
 Lead them to shared interests
 most in scouts enjoy the
outdoors
o also devoted to Oath
and Law
o Shared values
provide belonging
and understanding
o Strength in common
values. The glue
 It is hard to learn about
different people
o Imagine if everyone
was just like you
 Stale with no new ideas
o No growth or
improvement

3.  Common values are essential
to teams,but diversity fuels
progress.
Diversity
 Discuss Who Me? Game from
first night
o Similarities?
o Differences?
 Differences are our Diversity
 What about Diversity in other
places?
o School, home,
community, nation
 Possible ones
o Socioeconomic, looks,
health, Education,
religion, traditions,
heritage, ancestry,
friends
 What are experiences you had
where you felt different?
o Discuss Panama
 What are the
consequences/feelings?

4.  We are bound by Oath and
Law regardless of these
differences.
o It also allows us to
contribute to
something special
 Experience differences is
what has always taught us.
o The more we explore,
the more similarities
found
How Can Diversity Strengthen a
Team?
Can Diversity ever be a problem
for a team?
 Brings opportunities and
Challenges
 Teams work best when they
have common values
o Big challenge is how
do we face those who
don’t?
Facing those with different values
 There is much we can
appreciate, value, and respect

5.  How should we treat them?
o What does the Oath
and Law tell us?
 Enrich others lives by
appreciating the fun and
working through the tough
 Scout Law= Valuingothers
 How we respond is an Ethical
decision itself
o Ex: Golden Rule
Diversity as a Strength
 World Crest Logo
 Discussed how diversity is
important in teams,now how
to use it.
 Start in home troops
 Use ROPE
 Reach out, Organize, Practice,
Experience
 Reach out
o Be Inclusive
o Be the one to invite
them to Scouts
o Find people different
than you
 Organize

6. o Be welcoming to new
friends/scouts
o Incorporate your
diversity into the
meeting
o Deliver the promise
of Scouting
 Practice
o Your skills from
NYLT
o Make a Shared
Vision
o Use the EDGE
method
o Never allow anyone
to escape to the
margins
 Experience
o The best teacher
o The more you do, the
better you get
o Do not stop. Failure
breeds success
o You will be a better
friend and leader for
your inclusiveness

7. ROPE
 The thing that ties us
together
 Valuingothers binds us as a
whole and unites us in our
charge
Brainstorm ideas for using these
steps,to make your troop more
fun, interesting, and stronger.
7 Minutes, then share with troop
Group Activity
 Take your rope and tie into a
circle.
 We Represent the World
Scouting Movement
 Baden-Powell’s Vision
 A Brotherhood
 We are different, yet the same
 Our circle shows how we
value each other to form a
circle stronger than any one
person can pull apart

8. Summary
 Oath and Law define our
values
 People are different. Embrace
it
 Use Diversity to glue your
team. Find ways to improve
its value
 Golden Rule
 Challenge all members to be
the ROPE