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ORANGE COUNTY AND GSOC RESOURCES GETTING STARTED WITH GOGOLD HOW TO CHOOSE AN ISSUE THE GOLD AWARD PROCESS IN ORANGE COUNTY |
Going Gold In GSOC
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Get Started with GoGold
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A Gold Interviewer's Tutorial Series on GoGold 2.0
In order to view Gogold and the GSUSA Gold Award proposal, you are required to create an account. My purpose in creating these tutorials is to give both scouts and adult volunteers the ability to view the process without having to do that. I also provide some guidance and tips.
Tutorials in this series include
Discover - Figuring out what you want to do
Tutorial # 1 Steps 1 & 2 1. Choose an Issue (8 step process) 2. Investigate (3 step process)
Connect Creating your Proposal
Tutorial # 2 Steps 3 & 4 3. Get Help (2 step process) 4. Create a plan (21 step process)
Coming Soon!
Tutorial # 3 Verify and Submit to Council 5.Present your plan (9 step process)
Take Action Your Final Report & Publicity
Tutorial #4 Steps 6 & 7 6. Take Action (19 step process) 7. Educate and Inspire
Tutorial # 1 GoGold Steps 1 & 2
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Tutorial # 1 GoGold Steps 3 & 4
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How to Choose an Issue
How will you TAKE ACTION ?
Use your values and skills to identify a community issue you care about as well as the root cause.
Need inspiration ? Ask yourself the following questions.
Then see how other girls took action
If you had 100 volunteers –
where would you send them ? Sharleen-Issue - decline in STEM as kids age 
What makes you indignant or outraged and you want to see it changed ?
Isabella Missing & murdered Indigenous Women Mikayla_Issue - Environmental Pollution Cassie - Child marriage laws 
Who do you want to help?
Who do you know? What are your resources? Kaitlyn - Issue - Sensory overload for students with autism Jordan - Issue - job seeking skills for adults with autism 
What has happened to you that changed your life and you would like to pass it on?
Fiona - Issue - dating violence Sabrina - celiac disease 
What would you tell your younger self? Kayla - Issue - injuries at band camp
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What makes you cry or feel choked up when you hear about it ?
What tugs at your heart? Liza - lack of access to school for kids in the Philippines 
What do you see in your community that you wish someone would fix?
Colette _Issue - college binge drinking 
What are your strengths ?
How could they be used to make the world a better place? Aleece - lack of historical tours in Spanish 
Is there something you have more knowledge or experience with than most people ?
How could you expand on that to educate people & advocate for change ? Madeline - Issue - lack of exposure to careers for low income youth 
Alexandra - Issue - lack of understanding of foster care experience
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Still stuck ?
Volunteer in your community or for an agency that supports something you care about. Start to observe ongoing issues that need to be resolved.
A good way to start is to ask what kind of things they need more people power to solve - not supplies they need, funds, things they need replaced, built or refurbished. They may need these things, but those would fall under the category of community service projects, short term solutions.
A good way to start is to ask what kind of things they need more people power to solve - not supplies they need, funds, things they need replaced, built or refurbished. They may need these things, but those would fall under the category of community service projects, short term solutions.
The Gold Award Process in Orange County
FINISH PREREQUISITES
Finish senior or ambassador level journey Including Take Action Project (if you did Silver Award, if you didn't - you will need two senior or Ambassador level journeys)
CHOOSE TROOP/GROUP ADVISOR |
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This is a trained Girl Scout Aadult volunteer. Their role is to mentor you, to review your written proposal., and help you prepare for the interview and support during your proejct completion. Choose someone outside of your immediate family.
CREATE GoGold ONLINE ACCOUNT
CHOOSE ISSUE |
RESEARCH |
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Explore/research solutions to your issue.
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PLAN YOUR TIMELINE for interview, project completion and wrapping up your project. by looking a the schedule of interview dates – plan ahead & give yourself plenty of extra time just in case.
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There are about 8 specific dates for Gold Award approval interviews each year. Interviews are scheduled between 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at GSCOC. No registration or RSVP is required; girls are assigned an appointment time on receipt of their Project Proposal through Gogold.
Notification of appointment times are sent to girls after their Project Proposal is received by the application deadline.. |
GET TRAINED
Attend Gold training at GSOC
Required for girl & troop/advisor. GSOC calendar.
Required for girl & troop/advisor. GSOC calendar.
CHOOSE PROJECT ADVISOR
A subject expert or someone from an agency. Should be outside of scouts or your family.
FORM TEAM of people you will lead including peers (outside of your troop)
Filling Out your Proposal
GET FEEDBACK
Attend a GSOC Gold Award Project Proposal Meetings (Informal) with GSOC interviewers. Make revisions based on their feedback, if necessary. It is not required, but I highly recommend that you attend one of these meetings. It can be a key to getting your project approved sooner !! It is an opportunity to present your plan to members of the Girl Scout Gold Award Support Team (The people who do the Gold approval interviews) in an informal setting. The meetings are designed for girls who have an idea of what they would like to do for their Gold. You don't have a plan before attending, but it helps. The team will help you to evaluate your project to see whether you are ready for your interview, whether your plan is Gold Award caliber and if it’s not quite there yet, to give feedback to help you figure out how to get it there. You can attend more than once if you learn that your idea isn't on the right track.
MAKE REVISIONS based on feedback
FINALIZE GOGOLD PROPOSAL .
GET IT REVIEWED & Verified
Allow time for them to review it. You cannot submit to GSOC until they both verify it.
Send application to troop/group advisor. Make revisions based on their feedback, if necessary.
Allow time for them to review it. You cannot submit to GSOC until they both verify it.
Send application to troop/group advisor. Make revisions based on their feedback, if necessary.
SUBMIT YOR PROPOSAL
The date you submit will determine the interview date. Usually about 3 weeks after proposal deadline.
PREPARE
Prepare for the interview - I bet that your secret wish is to be able to text your interview. Sorry !! You have to talk to real people - face to face. Practice telling people about your plan. Don't be shy - tell everyone you know. Have your Group/troop advisor ask you questions as if they were doing the interview.PRACTICE interviewing skills with adults.
The Interview - What to expect
On the interview date, arrive prepared to "pitch" your project to a member of the committee. They will be interested in knowing how you chose the project, why it is important, how you will make a sustainable difference. They will be looking for passion and enthusiasm for your project. They don't have a set list of questions, it will depend upon who is doing your interview, but here are a few they might ask:
The Interview - What to expect
On the interview date, arrive prepared to "pitch" your project to a member of the committee. They will be interested in knowing how you chose the project, why it is important, how you will make a sustainable difference. They will be looking for passion and enthusiasm for your project. They don't have a set list of questions, it will depend upon who is doing your interview, but here are a few they might ask:
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What did you do for your Silver?
What was the best part of the Journey you took? What was your Take Action Project? Why does this issue interest you? How will your work affect the community you are serving? |
Who/what agency has promised to take this on and sustain it after you are done?
Who is your team? How will you lead them? How much is it going to cost? How will you earn the money needed? How are you going to measure your success? |
INTERVIEW
Interview Outcomes
HOW will I know if my project is approved?
At your interview, your interviewer will give you one of three designations Approved - (Green light) - - Have fun & get started. Pending - (Yellow light) - Almost, but not quite, need more info, usually done by email and adding any additions back into your original application, second interview not required. listen to their suggestions & communicate with interviewer by email to get final approval. They want you to be green. Returned for further Development - (Red Light) - The Project Proposal doesn't meet National Guidelines. COMPLETE YOUR PROJECT |
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COMPLETE YOUR FINAL REPORT
Complete steps 6 & 7 in Gogold. Submit to GSOC. Let your Gold Award Liason know
NATIONAL GOLD AWARD GIRL SCOUT
- Did you do an exceptional project ? If you can say yes !! consider applying.