We are so excited to share that applications for Lead Roles at our upcoming Take the Lead events are now live! This is your chance to step into a leadership position, shine in front of our community, and help make Take the Lead truly girl-led.
Why Take the Lead is a Leadership Experience
As a Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador Girl Scout in a Lead Role, you’ll do more than participate. You’ll practice real-world leadership skills in front of hundreds of guests and community leaders. Lead roles can help you:
- Gain confidence in public speaking as you introduce honorees and speak on stage.
- Strengthen your teamwork and planning skills by working alongside other Girl Scouts to ensure the event runs smoothly.
- Learn how to represent Girl Scouts in a professional setting with business and community leaders.
- Inspire others by sharing your story and demonstrating how Girl Scouts create change.
About Lead Roles
We will have the same positions available as last year, like Emcee and Presenter, plus a couple of new and exciting roles! See our current available roles and their descriptions below.
- Coordinator (Grades 11-12) - This role is to help guide younger Girl Scouts in their supporting roles, lead rehearsals, and work closely with staff to make Take the Lead a success. This will include helping teach color guard, working with the chorus lead to organize the chorus members, and helping to encourage our Girl Scouts to network with the attendees.
- Co-Chair (Grades 11-12) - Our Co-Chairs, will help plan and facilitate training, represent the Girl Experience at committee meetings, and support the event team on the big day. Our co-chairs will bring the Girl Scout energy to the events planning and help to bring the event to life!
- Presenter (Grades 9-12) - This role will interview a Take the Lead honoree. Presenters will be paired with an honoree and will shadow a day in her life. After shadowing, Presenters will write a speech that will tell a story to the audience about how deserving this woman is for the Take the Lead Award. GSEP will provide an excused absence letter for your school.
- Emcee (Grades 9-12) - Our Emcees will narrate the program and energize the audience. The emcees will be on stage during the whole program to help transition from speaker to speaker and keep the energy up throughout the program!
- Campership Lead (Grades 6-12) - This role will share camp stories with the audience and lead a live auction to help send more Girl Scouts to camp! Our Campership Lead will be on stage throughout the program and will be invited to the podium to speak on personal experience at camp and why the attendees should donate to the campership fund to bring more Girl Scouts to camp!
- Chorus Lead (Grades 6-8) - This role will lead the chorus and get everyone’s voices warmed up, ready to shine. Our Chorus Leads will help select the song that will be used to pump up the crowd before the paddle raise of the event, teach the chorus members the song, and lead them on stage for two songs.
Here’s how the process will work:
- Step 1: Register now for a Lead Role interview in your area on gsEvents. Not sure which event you should apply for? Shoot us an email at memberservices@gsep.org.
- Step 2: After registration closes, you’ll receive a SignUpGenius form where you can sign up for an interview time. Confirmation will go out the day of your selected interview with a Zoom link.
- Step 3: Interviews begin in October, and role selections will be finalized just before the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Step 4: All selected Lead Girl Scouts are required to attend both:
- Lead Role Training on December 7th at Laughing Waters
- TTL Rehearsal (Dates to Be Determined)
- Step 5: Attend the event!
This is an incredible opportunity to showcase your leadership skills, represent Girl Scouts at one of our biggest events, and inspire others with your voice and presence.
We can’t wait to see you shine at Take the Lead!
