Public Presentations

On April 30th, 20 youth from Suffolk County traveled up to Middletown, NY to participate in District Public Presentations. All youth had to qualify at the Club and County levels to proceed on. As each level progresses the presentation becomes more challenging. In this instance, youth are presenting to a "moving audience" because the event is held at the Gander Mountain Store. Not only do they have the evaluators assessing them, but they have shoppers stopping to listen as well. Eight of our youth qualified to move on to the State level at the New York State Fair in Syracuse.

Leadership in local communities often falls to those individuals who are confident in speaking before a group and who can clearly express their ideas. National studies and reports, on the transition of youth to adulthood, indicated that youth need positive experiences, useful life skills, and to contribute to society. The Public Presentation program is often credited by 4-H alumni as having given them an edge above peers in both college and professional careers.

In doing public presentations, youth choose a topic of their choice, do the research, and put it all together to create a 5-15 minute presentation.  They then present in front of an audience and 2 evaluators who are scoring them based on a list of standards for their introduction, appearance, subject matter, knowledge and overall presentation.

Click here for a 4-H County Presentation Registration Form.