stevejb68
2008-02-04 14:26:22 UTC
I would like to conduct an experiment, and I am going to need your
help to do it. As most of you know, February 8th is the 98th
anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. I would like your help to
celebrate it in a unique way.
Currently, there are a few thousand videos on Youtube that feature
Scouts or are about Scouting. Most of these videos never receive more
then a couple hundred views, if they even get that many. Only a few
have ever hit the 10.000 views mark. I do not think a Scouting video
has ever made it to the daily top five pages.
There are millions of Boy Scouts in the USA, and tens of thousands of
adult leaders and professionals. Add the Scouts and leaders from
around the world and we have a staggering membership. Even if we get a
small percentage of the Scouts and leaders with internet access to
participate in this I think we could make this work.
So here is my idea. Let's make a "Youtube Scouting Video Day" on
February 8th. Let's try to get as many Scouts, adult leaders, friends,
and family members to watch Boy Scout videos as we are able. Let's see
if we can get a video or two to appear on the Youtube front pages and
really help to promote Scouting to the internet masses, or at least
the Youtube viewers.
To make this the most effective I think we need to concentrate our
efforts on just a few videos, but I encourage you to watch as many as
your time table allows. Here are the videos I would suggest we watch:
In The Scout Zone Video (2:24)
at
The BSA Commercial featuring Jim Lovell (0:30)
at
A Cub Scout Commercial featuring Steve Young (0:30)
at
and finally, the "What Parents Say About Scouting" (5:52)
at
This would amount to approximately ten minutes of your time if you
watched all four videos, ten minutes to help promote Boy Scouting and
Cub Scouting on a popular internet site. Would you be willing to spend
ten minutes trying to bring Scouting videos to the light of day for
one day?
So, I ask that you spread the word about "Youtube Scouting Video Day".
Copy this message and send it to other Scouts and leaders. Let's see
if we can't get these videos highlighted to the internet masses and
promote Scouting on February 8th.
help to do it. As most of you know, February 8th is the 98th
anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. I would like your help to
celebrate it in a unique way.
Currently, there are a few thousand videos on Youtube that feature
Scouts or are about Scouting. Most of these videos never receive more
then a couple hundred views, if they even get that many. Only a few
have ever hit the 10.000 views mark. I do not think a Scouting video
has ever made it to the daily top five pages.
There are millions of Boy Scouts in the USA, and tens of thousands of
adult leaders and professionals. Add the Scouts and leaders from
around the world and we have a staggering membership. Even if we get a
small percentage of the Scouts and leaders with internet access to
participate in this I think we could make this work.
So here is my idea. Let's make a "Youtube Scouting Video Day" on
February 8th. Let's try to get as many Scouts, adult leaders, friends,
and family members to watch Boy Scout videos as we are able. Let's see
if we can get a video or two to appear on the Youtube front pages and
really help to promote Scouting to the internet masses, or at least
the Youtube viewers.
To make this the most effective I think we need to concentrate our
efforts on just a few videos, but I encourage you to watch as many as
your time table allows. Here are the videos I would suggest we watch:
In The Scout Zone Video (2:24)
at
The BSA Commercial featuring Jim Lovell (0:30)
at
A Cub Scout Commercial featuring Steve Young (0:30)
at
and finally, the "What Parents Say About Scouting" (5:52)
at
This would amount to approximately ten minutes of your time if you
watched all four videos, ten minutes to help promote Boy Scouting and
Cub Scouting on a popular internet site. Would you be willing to spend
ten minutes trying to bring Scouting videos to the light of day for
one day?
So, I ask that you spread the word about "Youtube Scouting Video Day".
Copy this message and send it to other Scouts and leaders. Let's see
if we can't get these videos highlighted to the internet masses and
promote Scouting on February 8th.