• Encourage newsletters editors and advisers to think about the changing audience defined as the "I.T.
• Gneration" (Information Technology Generation - primarily youth between the ages of 13 and 19).
• Effectively organizing newsletters.
• Recognize the new style of articles for an "I.T. Generation" newsletter.
• Explore core layout concepts to apply to an "I.T. Generation" newsletter.
• Encourage newsletter editors and advisers to "break the rules" of traditional newsletter teachings to capture the interest of the "I.T. Generation."
• Emphasize the importance of constant evaluation and change in an "I.T. Generation" newsletter.

• Understand the importance of recruiting and training a staff.
• Learn how to develop a style guide.
• Choosing topics and types of articles
• Emphasize the importance of planning for each issue and the entire year.

• Overhead projector and screen
• Overhead slides of examples

The room should be set up in normal classroom fashion. The overhead projector and screen should be at the front of the room so that all participants can see it.

• the cell name
• the session name
• your name
• your hometown, lodge name, and council name

Organizing "I.T." is a session about organizing newsletters for the Information Technology generation. This session will discuss recruiting and training a staff, developing a style guide, choosing topics and types of articles, and planning for individual issues and the year.

The session will begin with an ice breaker to have the participants better understand the importance of organizing a newsletter.

The first part of Organizing "I.T." will deal with recruiting and training a staff, developing a style guide, and choosing topics and types of articles. Recruiting a quality staff is very important to the success of a newsletter. Equally as important is training the members of the newsletter staff. Ideas will be shared regarding recruitment and training of staff. The importance of developing a style guide to be used during the production of a newsletter will be stressed. This discussion will focus on the topics of punctuation, capitalization, and consistency. The discussion will shift to choosing topics and types of articles.

The second part of this session will cover specific ways to organize a newsletter. The discussion will begin with developing deadlines for the year. The focus will then move towards developing timelines for each issue. Finally, assigning various responsibilities will be covered. Writing articles, picture/graphics collection, editing functions, and layout will need to be assigned to members of the newsletter staff.

The session will conclude with an emphasis on evaluation. There will also be an emphasis on the need to keep the entire newsletter process organized.