Prestonian Lecture, "Scouting & Freemasonry: two parallel organisations?"

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Prestonian Lecture, "Scouting & Freemasonry: two parallel organisations?"

W Bro. Tony Harvey examines the current and potential future relationship between Scouting & Freemasonry.

By W Bro. Tony Harvey, PJGD

Date and time

Starts on Tue, 6 Oct 2020 11:00 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The Prestonian Lectureship is the oldest Masonic lectureship in the world and the only one sponsored by the United Grand Lodge of England.

In his 2012 Prestonian Lecture, Bro. Harvey identifies the considerable parallels between Scouting & Freemasonry, two membership organisations that share the same values. He explains how Scouting successfully navigated a change process to modernise the organisation without changing or compromising its core purpose or values and suggests how Freemasonry can learn lessons from Scouting’s experiences.

He proposes local as well as national collaboration between the two organisations to create mutual benefit.

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W Bro. Tony Harvey has held active roles in the membership, mentoring, secretarial, learning & development, charity and communication areas of Freemasonry.

Tony conceived, and between 2015 and 2020 was the main author of, the Members’ Pathway (see https://b.ugle.org.uk/membership). In June 2019, UGLE’s Pro Grand Master described the Pathway as a “game changer.” In February 2020, one of Freemasonry’s most respected social media influencers called it “one of the greatest innovations to Freemasonry in the last 100 years”. Lodges that have used the Members' Pathway report new optimism about the future, a growth in members and improved retention.

Tony has held a number of Masonic lectureships, including the Prestonian Lecture in 2012 with, “Scouting and Freemasonry: two parallel organisations?”, and has delivered talks in every Province in England & Wales, in a number of UGLE's overseas Districts and in Lodges in other jurisdictions around the world.

Tony's talks and articles combine historical analysis with an understanding of organisational development to promote a forward-thinking approach to Freemasonry, based on the evolution of our Lodge practices while retaining our fundamental meaning and purpose.

Tony is a grand officer in the Craft, Royal Arch and Mark and in two other Orders within English Freemasonry. He is currently the Provincial Membership Officer in Nottinghamshire and the Head of Learning & Development in West Kent. 

Professionally, he is a coach, speaker and consultant specialising in leadership, change and organisational development. His published books and articles focus on his own model of personal and organisational change, the Success Cycle.

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