County Presentation Day
Colusa County Presentation Day!
Date/Time: February 8, 2020, Registration starts at 8:30am
Location: Princeton High School
(473 State Street, Princeton, CA)
This event is open to all 4-H'ers 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 and 1 Adult evaluator per 5 members (or fraction of) is required by each club participating. This event is sponsored by the Colusa County 4-H Council.
Registration link: Sign up here!
If you are interested in helping us at County Presentation Day, we have a few areas we still need help in:
- Evaluator – Help evaluate the youth’s presentations and give constructive critiques (training is provided).
- Room Coordinator – Keep all the presenters organized and introduce each presenter (training is provided, can be a youth senior member)
- Registration – Help with registering presenters as they arrive (assistance and training provided).
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 458-0570. Hope to see you there!
Need help choosing what kind of presentation to do?
Here is a helpful table from the Presentation Manual to help you decide!
CA 4-H Presentation Manual: http://4h.ucanr.edu/files/2193.pdf
|
Presentation Type |
Posters and Slides |
Visual Aids |
Length |
Number of Presenters |
Questions |
Note Cards |
Attire |
References |
|
Demonstration |
Minimum 4 |
Yes |
3-15 min |
1 to 3 |
Yes |
No |
Any |
Yes |
|
Illustrated Talk |
Minimum 3 |
Yes (not required) |
3-15 min |
1 to 3 |
Yes |
No |
Any |
Yes |
|
Science or Engineering Presentation |
Minimum 5 |
Yes (not required) |
3-15 min |
1 to 3 |
Yes |
No |
Any |
Yes |
|
Educational Display Talk |
1 |
Yes (not required) |
3-15 min total; 3-5 talking |
1 to 2 |
Yes |
No |
No costumes |
Yes |
|
Informative Prepared Speech |
None allowed |
None |
2-5 min; Maximum 10 min |
1 |
Yes |
One 5”x7” card |
No costumes |
Yes |
|
Persuasive Prepared Speech |
Allowed; optional |
Yes (not required) |
3-8 min; Maximum 15 min |
1 |
Yes |
One 5”x7” card |
No costumes |
Yes |
|
Impromptu Speech (age restricted to intermediates and seniors at State 4-H Presentation Day) |
None allowed |
None |
2-5 min |
1 |
No |
One 5”x7” card |
No costumes |
Yes |
|
Interpretive Reading |
None allowed |
None (only reading material) |
Maximum 10 min; reading portion similar to length of introduction and discussion combined |
1 |
Yes |
Source material |
No costumes |
Yes (Reading Material) |
|
Share the 4-H Fun Skits |
None required |
Yes (not required) |
Maximum 15 min |
No max; 2 minimum |
No |
No |
Costumes encouraged |
No |
|
Cultural Arts |
None required |
Yes (not required) |
Maximum 15 min |
No maximum |
No |
No |
Costumes encouraged |
No |
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
Results: