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Announcements
The quick, dashboard-front way to tell everyone something.
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Banners on the dashboard, scheduled with start and end dates
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Members dismiss them once read; leaders reorder and archive
In Scoutbook Plus: announcements aren't a dashboard feature.
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Email & SMS broadcasts
Send to exactly who needs it, now or later.
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Compose and send to chosen audiences, or schedule for later
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Reach opted-in members by SMS via a carrier email-to-text gateway
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Delivery reports, per-recipient status, and full send history
In Scoutbook Plus: email only — no SMS.
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Audiences & saved groups
Define who once, reuse it forever.
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Static broadcast groups, or dynamic filter-based groups that update themselves
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Preview the exact audience before you send
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Reach patrols, leaders, ranks, or trained adults without rebuilding a list
In Scoutbook Plus: no saved or filter-based audience segments (you can message a den/patrol, but not custom groups).
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Weekly newsletter
A troop newsletter that mostly builds itself.
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Active announcements and upcoming events flow in automatically
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Build it collaboratively; publishing captures an immutable snapshot
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An archive of every published issue, for leaders
In Scoutbook Plus: no newsletter builder.
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Youth-safe across every channel
Two-deep youth protection, carried beyond one-to-one messages.
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A parent is automatically copied on messages to a scout — across broadcasts and SMS, not just individual emails
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Unsubscribe and per-type email preferences with a master opt-out
In Scoutbook Plus: selecting a youth copies a parent too.
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Notifications & templates
In-app alerts, and troop-tuned transactional email.
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An in-app notification bell: read, mark-all-read, and per-user preferences
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A logged record of out-of-system contacts with follow-up tracking
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Edit selected transactional email templates per troop — preview, test-send, reset
In Scoutbook Plus: transactional emails aren't troop-customizable.
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Share the trip, just with your troop
Every campout ends with a few hundred photos across a dozen phones. TroopPlanner gathers them in one place and keeps your Scouts safe while you share them.
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Location data removed automatically. Every uploaded photo is re-processed before it's stored, which strips the GPS coordinates and other hidden details a phone camera embeds.
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Leaders approve what gets shared. Photos from other members wait for a leader's review before anyone else sees them.
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You choose who sees each gallery. Keep a gallery as a draft, share it with the troop, or publish it to the web. A public gallery shows approved photos only, with no names attached.
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Parents stay in control. A parent can remove their child's tag from any photo.
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Tied to the event. Attach a gallery to the campout it came from.