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County Presentation Day

Colusa County Presentation Day

Check back soon for date and location. 

 

This event is open to all 4-H members allowing youth to exhibit their communication and public speaking skills. Members plan and create a presentation with assistance from the California 4-H Presentation Manual. Pre-registration is required.

This event is sponsored by the Colusa County 4-H Council.

 

Please note:  Participation in County Presentation Day or Arbuckle 4-H Presentation Night is required to qualify for the chance to compete at the Regional Presentation Day.  Presentations given at club and project meetings do not qualify for Regional Presentation Day.

 

Registration link: Coming Soon

Presentation Day Checklist & Script for Evaluator/Room Host

Each club is required to have at least 1 volunteer for every 5 members participating in this event.

If you have any questions about County Presentation Day please contact the 4-H Office at 530-458-0570. Hope to see you there!

 

Need help choosing what kind of presentation to do?

Here are links to help you decide!

CA 4-H Presentation Manual: http://4h.ucanr.edu/files/2193.pdf

Ca 4-H Presentation Manual Addendum:  https://ucanr.edu/sites/UC4-H/files/366320.pdf

Presentation Topic Planner 4-H Presentation Topic Planner

Presentation Planning Worksheet Presentation Planning Worksheet

Need more help on what a presentation should look like? Watch the videos below for additional help.

Types of Presentations: (with video links of a “Gold” level presentation at the state level)

  • DEMONSTRATION (1-3 Presenters) Doing or showing how you make something. There is a final product.
  • ILLUSTRATED TALK (1-3 Presenters) Telling how with visuals aids, where you use charts, posters, photos, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_akso3tOJ0

  • SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING PRESENTATION (1-3 Presenters) Focuses on making sense of the world by constructing knowledge or finding a suitable solution to a problem by weighing design choices.
  • EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY TALK (1-2 Presenters) Organized visual presentation of a program or a concept. A display or visual should be designed to convey its message in a limited amount of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SCraPwvGLY

  • INFORMATIVE PREPARED SPEECH (1 Presenter) Speaker will write and deliver their own speech that will inform or educate the audience on a single issue or topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6I-G-PV-pc

  • PERSUASIVE PREPARED SPEECH (1 Presenter) Sway, convince, and influence the audience; politics and religion are not appropriate speech topics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQmoNZ5YwU

  • IMPROMPTU SPEECH - Must be 11 years old or older. (1 Presenter) Developed Speech that the speaker has developed at Presentation Day within a three-minute preparation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYlbDr9_Zpc

  • INTERPRETIVE READING (1 Presenter) Speaker may read any publication written work that is age appropriate and acceptable for use in a public school classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uoml3J5h4

  • SHARE THE 4-H FUN SKITS (2 Presenters minimum;no maximum) Groups perform acts such as skits and other presentations that focus on health, safety, community pride, citizenship, science, engineering, or technology or other 4-H projects.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08PZWoXKkco

  • CULTURAL ARTS (No maximum) Individual participants or groups, projects and clubs, perform a costumed dramatic reading, musical, dance or other such performing art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUvCiBr2MY