Develop a stellar marketing plan Tips for safe, effective and fun booth sales Gift of Caring/Operation Gratitude promotion ideas Fun and exciting ways to let friends    and family know "It's Girl Scout Cookie Time!"

This year's event will also feature a new Girl Scout Cookie Program activity, Cookie University. Geared toward Entrepreneurial Junior, Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, Cookie University will offer a series of short, fun and interactive sessions in preparation for the cookie program. Make this year's Cookie Program a hit and come learn about the following to help you meet your goals.

Here is a sneak peak at Cookie University sessions:
(20 min. each, repeated twice. First come, first served. Times subject to change.)

SMART COOKIES
10:15-10:35 a.m. and 12:15-12:35 p.m.
A marketing plan is a great tool you can use to organize your thoughts, identify and grow your customers, and execute a spectacular cookie-selling season. Learn how to create a marketing plan just like the pros. What a great way to build business and leadership skills!

COOKIE FAQ’S
10:45-11:05 a.m. and 1:15-1:35 p.m.
While Girl Scout Cookies are a time-honored American tradition, the public is often unaware of how the cookie program supports Girl Scout programs and activities, how the cookie program is more health-conscious than ever with zero trans fat per serving and a sugar-free option, and how (what began as a local event in Oklahoma in 1917) the cookie program is now the leading business and economic literacy program run by and for girls. Girls will learn tips for answering the most FAQs about the cookie program and will hear from a nutrition expert about trans fats, how to read a nutritional label, and more.

COOKIE BOOTHS & MORE HOW TO
11:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Did you also know that nearly everyone who is asked to buy Girl Scout Cookies does buy and that a high percentage will buy more if asked more than once? Approaching that busy-looking customer about purchasing a box of cookies can be frightening, yet the skills and confidence gained in the process will last a lifetime. Girls will learn unique cookie boothing concepts and other ideas to apply to their personal and troop marketing plan.

COOKIES AND YOUR COMMUNITY
11:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m. and 12:45-1:05 p.m.
The Cookie Program offers Girl Scouts and the public an opportunity to give back to their community. Gift of Caring is an optional service project in which Girl Scout Troops select a nonprofit organization to support through donations of cookies. Customers can purchase cookies to be donated to the nonprofit the troop has selected, including Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit that sends care packages to soldiers stationed overseas. Girls will learn more about this program and how to promote it.