Educational Presentation

5. The following awards will be given to outstanding presentations: Judge’s Choice, Iowa State Fair Selection, Outstanding Junior Communicator, Outstanding Intermediate Communicator, Outstanding Senior Communicator, Best Use of Visuals, Best Verbal Delivery, Best Stage Presence, Best Audience Involvement.

Educational Presentation

Purpose: An opportunity for 4-H’ers to personally demonstrate their communications skills by presenting knowledge, information or a process to gain a desired response from an audience. The topic selected by the 4-H’er should be an outgrowth of his/

her 4-H experience.

1. Age for participation – Clover Buds and 4-H youth in grades 4-12 are encouraged to participate. However, to be selected for the Iowa State Fair, youth must have completed 5th grade through 12th grade (or that equivalent). 2. A 4-H’er may participate in only one educational presentation per year at the Iowa State Fair. 3. Educational presentations may be given by one or more 4-H’ers. Teams consisting of youth of mixed grades will be entered in the division of the member in the highest grade level. (i.e. A team with a 5th grader and an 8th grader must be entered in the Intermediate division.) 4. The topic of the presentation should determine its length, but Intermediate/Senior divisions must not exceed 20 minutes. Junior/Clover Buds presentations must not exceed 15 minutes. 5. Presentations utilizing PowerPoint or slides must bring the full presentation on a memory stick each time you perform. Do not rely on internet access for your document, or use web links within your presentation. Keep in mind that there are many software versions. You may wish to bring your own laptop with a VGA or USB output to ensure it views as you desire. When presenting at the county fair, please make your background design mainly white because it shows up much better outside. Dark backgrounds cannot be seen.

Share the Fun

Purpose: Provide an opportunity for 4-H’ers to perform before an audience purely for the sake of enjoyment. Provide 4-H’ers an opportunity to share their skills and talent and to have fun and fellowship with members from their community. Provide a program that will help broaden the image of 4-H, keeping current members enrolled and inviting new ones to “take a look”. 1. Age for participation – Clover Buds and 4-H youth in grades 4–12 are encouraged to participate. However, to be selected for the Iowa State Fair, youth must have completed 5th grade through 12th grade (or that equivalent) and not have graduated from high school prior to 2021. He/she must be an active member of an Extension sponsored youth group in the current year. If the Share-the-Fun act involves a whole club, the following criteria must be applied to determine if the club can be entered in the Share the Fun contest at the Iowa State Fair. At least 80 percent of the performing group must have completed 5th through 12th grade in 2021.

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