Select the Communication Badge below for downloads of the badge program and any supplements associated with it.
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Connection Revolution
For a hundred years, the world has been consumed with mass — manufacturing, advertising and education. We’re at the beginning of a new revolution – the connection revolution. Your chance to change the world has never been greater. Let’s look at the mass and how it is moving to connection . . . and how you can become connected.
Initial Release: 2.24.2012 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Connection Revolution — EP_Connection Revolution
Contact Cards
Sometimes you need to share contact information. Digging through your purse, tote or briefcase for a piece of paper and pen takes time and sometimes your hurriedly written information is unreadable by your recipient or yourself. So, let’s look at different ways to share your contact information effectively.
Initial Release: 2.24.2012 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Contact Cards — EP_Contact Cards
- Supplement: Contact Cards — SUPP_Contact Card
Digital Natives
When you were young, you might not have had a computer, a television or even a radio. Today’s youth were born into technology and it infuses every moment of their lives. Because of this, you may find that you are lost when talking to them or have difficulty connecting with them. They are digital natives. While you may not be comfortable with the technology, you need to be able to understand their world.
Initial Release: 9.30.2010 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Digital Natives — EP_Digtal Natives
Email Basics
Email basics will help you communicate online efficiently and effectively. It will also help with replies on blogs, tweets and more. Because of the numerous versions of email providers, this badge program cannot go into specifics of each one. As you experiment, keep notes so you can recreate what you learn. Soon, you’ll be able to throw those handwritten notes in the trash.
Initial Release: 5.27.2011 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Email Basics — EP_Email Basics
Explore Ebooks
Publishing is moving to the electronic age. More and more books are available electronically. Not only does this save you money, it is more convenient as long as you are comfortable with your electronic devices. Your first step into the world of ebooks is to explore what is out there.
Initial Release: 3.11.2011 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Explore Ebooks — EP_X Ebooks
Graphic Design Basics
Whether you’re creating a newsletter, email or blog, learning the basics of graphic design can help make your work more pleasing to your audience’s eye . . . and more likely to be read. After earning this badge program, you will be able to identify issues and avoid them in your own design.
Initial Release: 7.29.2011 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Graphic Design Basics — EP_Graphic Design Basics
- Supplement: Enrichment Project Style Guide Sample — SUPP_EP_Style Guide
- Supplement: Design Basics — SUPP_Design Basics
- Supplement: Design and Distribution — SUPP_Design Distribution
Newsletter Creation
Thinking of starting a newsletter? Planning your course is often more complicated than actually doing it. Explore the steps to creating your own newsletter before actually doing so. Remember, communicating through printed means is sometimes necessary. Not everyone is hooked to the Web. The more avenues you have to distribute, though, the more likely your information will be received.
Initial Release: 11.26.2010 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Newsletter Creation — EP_Newsletter Creation
Newsletter Design
Design your newsletter to deliver information to your troop or group. Create a newsletter to help with fundraising or to find a sponsor. Perhaps you might even want to make a newsletter you can sell. Explore various designs depending on your reason for creating your newsletter.
Initial Release: 12.3.2010 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Newsletter Design — EP_Newsletter Design
Seuss Stories
We’ll take a page out of one of Dr. Seuss’ many works and create our own stories!
Initial Release: 3.31.2015 / Latest Release: 3.31.2015
- Badge Program: Seuss Stories — EP_Seuss Stories
- Supplement: Seuss World — SUPP_Seuss_World
Start My Blog
The digital world continues to change how we do things. Getting a job used to entail resumes, references and more. Scholarships necessitated proof of what you’ve done. Today, creating a blog is one way to provide proof of your abilities and experiences.
Initial Release: 11.21.2013 / Latest Release: 7.12.2014
- Badge Program: Start My Blog — EP_Start My Blog