Thursday, January 19, 2012

Time to Prepare for Public Presentations


It's PUBLIC PRESENTATION season. If you have not participated in presentations before, please check out our group guide to public presentations: http://chatteringchipmunks.blogspot.com/p/presentation-guidance.htmlAs you think about a topic: CHOOSE A TOPIC THAT INTERESTS YOU!!! If you are part of an animal project and NEED to earn a point or WANT to earn a point to show or compete for animal high point, consider a presentation topics on your species. 4H encourages you to do a presentation on a topic you doing a 4H project in BUT you are not limited to that. So if you are passionate about dromedary camels, go ahead do your presentation on them. If you love to memorize, consider doing a recitation. If you like theater, grab a fellow 4H member and perform a scene. If you like talking and are good under pressure and you have done some 4H presentations before, try impromtu. If you are 13 or OVER and you have given several previous AT the COUNTY LEVEL presentations, you can earn credit by signing-up to be a teen evaluator. You will earn credit for presentations for being an evaluator. You are welcome to do both---be an evaluator and present OR just be an evaluator.  If you are a JR or SR, you can earn presentation credit for a college interview.
Public presentations are a key part of the 4H experience. There are 6 options for public presentations
1) For your FIRST year only, you can opt to give a presentation at the club level
or choose from
2) Level 1: in a room with just you, your family, and the friendly evaluator who will tell you great things
3) Level 2: Nervous presenters room- everyone in the room is nervous and the evaluators are encouraging
4) Level 3: General presentations- you are ready to hear a few suggestions for improvement with mostly positive encouragement
5) Level 4: Competition room: You want the challenge of competing for a spot at the District Presentation Day held in June (general topics)
6) Level 4 Horse: Horse Competition Room: You want the challenge of competing for a spot on the Regional/State Horse Presentations Competition 
--In level 4, members are ready for a higher level of critique and can handle more suggestions for improvement.