WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE

Important 29%
28%
31%
146
138
150
Somewhat important 13%
19%
26%
68
93
127
Not important at all 4%
13%
8%
21
67
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The contingent’s web presence was fraught with difficulty during this project, caused primarily by
the difficulties of moving TSA’s web presence to a new design and content management system. This
stalled the jamboree website and made it difficult to use. When it became clear that this would not
deliver before the jamboree this team designed an effective word press based solution
(ukcontingent.co.uk). Whilst the site was effective and well‐built it came too late in the project to
engage a large user base effectively. Not having a central place for IST bulletins was challenging and
this was echoed by an IST member;
“…it would have been useful to have just one website that bulletins etc. could be posted to
so that all the information was in one place instead of the dozens of e‐mails with even more
attachments which, when it came to finding you know you had read somewhere, involved
trawling through previous correspondence. A search facility on a web page would have been
much easier.”
Interestingly, there was a difference in what the respondents thought was the best single source of
information which was of benefit to the UK Contingent.
“…the best communication was the bulletins as can refer back to them”
“I was able to get all the information that I needed from the emails that our unit leaders sent
out”
“…I found that the use of social media was very important during the lead up to the
Jamboree as it helped me really get into the spirit of the Jamboree”.
In terms of the survey, the IST stated that they found the bulletins useful or very useful (42.7% /
111). Similarly, there were 75 Unit Leaders who responded in relation to usefulness of the bulletin,
and 48% (36) found the bulletins very useful, and 37% (28) found them useful.
The challenge on event was that there wasn’t a strong wifi connection which was difficult for some
IST members. For Units, the issuing of the dongles was universally well received:
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