National Collegiate 4-H Conference Workshops

Workshops

Workshop Proposals Were Due: October 30th, 2007

Workshop Session Themes

Session 1: Discovering our Differences: Diving into Self Development
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Learn to make member's distinct talents work more effectively towards a common goal through introspection and a higher understanding of personal motives.

Session 2: Learning from our Pasts, Planning for our Futures
Time 1 hour 30 minutes

How can our pasts help us to get where we are going in the future? Get a jump start incorporating your valuable leadership experiences into a strategic organization of post-college life.

Session 3:Going Green: Great Growth Potential
Time: 50 minutes

Join into focused discussions on how to transform your club into a more efficient and organized system of dynamic leadership.

Set 1: Discovery our Differences: Diving into Self Development

(1hr 30min)

101: High vs. Low Context

Presenter: Jenn Christ
Description: What kind of groups do you interact with? You will learn how each of these types of groups interact and how you can effectively interact in both types of group.

102: The Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory

Presenter: Martha Denny
Description: Gain the ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cultural differences in conflict style in order to effectively manage and resolve disagreements and conflict.

103: True Colors
Presenter: CSU Career Center
Description: What color personality are you? Learn what motivates you, how you work best, and what kind of people you get along with and why all of these special factors make you a better leader!

104: Current Issues: How do they effect Collegiate 4-H?
Presenter: Cory Gardner
Description: This workshop will help you understand key issues on your campus, and use it to your advantage as a Collegiate 4-H member.

105: Making Human Nature and Personality Differences Work for You
Presenter: Jack Schlatter
Description: Learn how to use everyone's special talents and unique abilities to more effectively complete a project or manage a team.

106: Agricultural Speech Topic
Presenter: Artie Elmquist
Description: It will be related to agriculture and how it impacts everyone's lives and is part of a national speech competition.

107: Robotics
Presenter: CREES
Description: Come see some of the new robotic technology and learn how it is used by Extension Agents.

108: GPS
Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State
Description: Learn how GPS can be used in a number of different applications from tracking a hiking trail to planting straight rows of corn

109: Royal Leadership

Presenter: Darren Danke, UW River Falls Collegiate 4-H member
Description: We are all leaders, however, we need to evaluate what kind of leader we are in our own organization. Evaluate your leadership skills and determine what makes a leader great and how to encourage others.

110: Facing the Challenge

Presenter: Kelli Jo Woodson, Jessi Cloyd, Melissa Scheer, Mizzou Collegiate 4-H members
Description: As we expand our programs to include youth and adults of all ages and abilities, it is important that we are receptive to those who may have special needs. Experience the challenges faced by individuals with physical disabilities, and discuss how to adapt their current programs to be more inclusive.

Set 2: Learning from our Pasts, Planning for our Futures

(1hr 30min.)

201: Marketing your 4-H Experience: Grad School, Careers, and Scholarships
Presenter: Byron Garret, National 4-H Program Leader, National 4-H Headquarters
Description: Learn to effectively target goals and market yourself based on all of the useful tools your 4-H experience has equipped you with. This will be a very helpful workshop for those who will be graduating soon. It will equip you for graduate school and scholarship applications as well as practical applications within careers.

202: How do I Plan an Event? From Leadership Training to Regional Conferences
Presenter: Melissa Oliver, 4-H Program Coordinator, Colorado State
Description: Learn how to plan out an effective and useful conference or training session. From learning how to contact organizations, managing yourself and others during time crunches, and day saving disaster blasters from the best planner in the west!

203: Shane's Dance–o–Rama
Presenter: Shane Sheridan, CSU Collegiate 4-H
Description: From beginners to advanced - Learn how to dance the country waltz, swing, and the cha – cha from one of the best dancers that Colorado has to offer!

204: Advocating 4-H: More than Cows and Cooking

Presenter: Jeff Goodwin, Director, 4-H & Youth Development Programs, Colorado State
Description: Learn how to promote 4-H by breaking the stereotypes and encouraging involvement. This workshop will teach you strategies and programs that let your community know 4-H is one of the most diverse youth development programs a child can become involved in.

205: Roundtable Discussion
Presenters: National Collegiate 4-H Organization's National Action Board
Description: Discussion and orientation of the strategic plan and national opportunities within the Collegiate 4-H organization.

206: Mobile Tech Lab
Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State
Description: Learn how to use a mobile technology lab to teach and train others. This is a really cool project to learn about.

207: Continuing to Serve… How can you Deal?

Presenter: Kristin Barnhart, Teach for America, Collegiate 4-H Alumni
Description: Have you thought about continuing to serve after college? This workshop will provide information on service-based career options and how to deal with the stress that comes with having any type of career.

Set 3: Going Green: Great Growth Potential

(50 min)

301: Your Own Collegiate 4-H Website
Presenter: Jessica Falkenthal, National Collegiate 4-H Web Chair, IU Collegiate 4-H member
Description: Learn the important steps, from start up through designing and formats, in developing your own promotional website for your club. A great workshop for anyone that is starting up a club or wanting to change their current website.

302: Supporting and Teaching Local 4-H Clubs; Giving Back What You Got Out!
Presenter: Victoria Scott, CSU Collegiate 4-H member
Description: What are you best at? This workshop helps you develop strategies in teaching local youth key elements that you have learned from all of your personal experience in 4-H.

303: Utilizing Your Extension Offices- What do They Have That We Can Use?
Presenter: Jeff Goodwin Director, 4-H & Youth Development Programs, Colorado State
Description: Get a grasp of the kinds of resources and materials that are at your fingertips, for free. They have a large amount of information and resources that can be very useful for Collegiate 4-H projects.

304: Financial Planning
Presenter: Mountain Plains Farm Credit
Description: Get tips and ideas for starting your own agricultural operation or projecting different aspects of a business in the future, from the ground up!

305: Getting 4-H Science and Technology Into the Community (SET)

Presenter: Esther Worker, ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) 4-H and Youth Program Manager
Description: Learn about a new program that 4-H is implementing into its repertoire. The new science and technology project is very interesting and will help you expand you teaching abilities.

306: Youth- Adult Training

Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State
Description: Learn how to effectively train others about youth-adult partnerships and how these can be fostered to create stronger youth leaders in the future.

307: College 101: A program for YOUR incoming freshmen.

Presenter: Brian Raison, 4-H Extension Educator, Ohio State
Description: College 101 is a new award-winning program that helps high school seniors make a more successful transition to their first year of college. Workshop participants will learn how they can use it as a service project in your state.

308: What can YOU do with OMK?

Presenter: Christy Clary, Collegiate 4-H at the Ohio State University member
Description: Operation Military Kids needs YOU! Come find out how you can become involved with OMK.

309: Strengthening Memberships through New Partnerships

Presenter: Alisa Woideck & Kevin Kersey, Florida Southern Collegiate 4-H members
Description: Learn ways to start club chapters at your university or build up existing clubs through innovative partnerships and sharing ideas.

310: The Ease of Video

Presenter: Amy Banister, Gayle Buellesfeld, & Alea Sharp, Oklahoma State University Collegiate 4-H members
Description: Learn to understand video technology and make that technology easily assessable to 4-H'ers.



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Get a jump start incorporating your valuable leadership experiences into a strategic organization of post-college life. Session 3:Going Green: Great Growth Potential Time: 50 minutes Join into focused discussions on how to transform your club into a more efficient and organized system of dynamic leadership. Set 1: Discovery our Differences: Diving into Self Development (1hr 30min) 101: High vs. Low Context Presenter: Jenn Christ Description: What kind of groups do you interact with? You will learn how each of these types of groups interact and how you can effectively interact in both types of group. 102: The Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory Presenter: Martha Denny Description: Gain the ability to recognize and appropriately respond to cultural differences in conflict style in order to effectively manage and resolve disagreements and conflict. 103: True Colors Presenter: CSU Career Center Description: What color personality are you? Learn what motivates you, how you work best, and what kind of people you get along with and why all of these special factors make you a better leader! 104: Current Issues: How do they effect Collegiate 4-H? Presenter: Cory Gardner Description: This workshop will help you understand key issues on your campus, and use it to your advantage as a Collegiate 4-H member. 105: Making Human Nature and Personality Differences Work for You Presenter: Jack Schlatter Description: Learn how to use everyone's special talents and unique abilities to more effectively complete a project or manage a team. 106: Agricultural Speech Topic Presenter: Artie Elmquist Description: It will be related to agriculture and how it impacts everyone's lives and is part of a national speech competition. 107: Robotics Presenter: CREES Description: Come see some of the new robotic technology and learn how it is used by Extension Agents. 108: GPS Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State Description: Learn how GPS can be used in a number of different applications from tracking a hiking trail to planting straight rows of corn 109: Royal Leadership Presenter: Darren Danke, UW River Falls Collegiate 4-H member Description: We are all leaders, however, we need to evaluate what kind of leader we are in our own organization. Evaluate your leadership skills and determine what makes a leader great and how to encourage others. 110: Facing the Challenge Presenter: Kelli Jo Woodson, Jessi Cloyd, Melissa Scheer, Mizzou Collegiate 4-H members Description: As we expand our programs to include youth and adults of all ages and abilities, it is important that we are receptive to those who may have special needs. Experience the challenges faced by individuals with physical disabilities, and discuss how to adapt their current programs to be more inclusive. Set 2: Learning from our Pasts, Planning for our Futures (1hr 30min.) 201: Marketing your 4-H Experience: Grad School, Careers, and Scholarships Presenter: Byron Garret, National 4-H Program Leader, National 4-H Headquarters Description: Learn to effectively target goals and market yourself based on all of the useful tools your 4-H experience has equipped you with. This will be a very helpful workshop for those who will be graduating soon. It will equip you for graduate school and scholarship applications as well as practical applications within careers. 202: How do I Plan an Event? From Leadership Training to Regional Conferences Presenter: Melissa Oliver, 4-H Program Coordinator, Colorado State Description: Learn how to plan out an effective and useful conference or training session. From learning how to contact organizations, managing yourself and others during time crunches, and day saving disaster blasters from the best planner in the west! 203: Shane's Dance–o–Rama Presenter: Shane Sheridan, CSU Collegiate 4-H Description: From beginners to advanced - Learn how to dance the country waltz, swing, and the cha – cha from one of the best dancers that Colorado has to offer! 204: Advocating 4-H: More than Cows and Cooking Presenter: Jeff Goodwin, Director, 4-H & Youth Development Programs, Colorado State Description: Learn how to promote 4-H by breaking the stereotypes and encouraging involvement. This workshop will teach you strategies and programs that let your community know 4-H is one of the most diverse youth development programs a child can become involved in. 205: Roundtable Discussion Presenters: National Collegiate 4-H Organization's National Action Board Description: Discussion and orientation of the strategic plan and national opportunities within the Collegiate 4-H organization. 206: Mobile Tech Lab Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State Description: Learn how to use a mobile technology lab to teach and train others. This is a really cool project to learn about. 207: Continuing to Serve… How can you Deal? Presenter: Kristin Barnhart, Teach for America, Collegiate 4-H Alumni Description: Have you thought about continuing to serve after college? This workshop will provide information on service-based career options and how to deal with the stress that comes with having any type of career. Set 3: Going Green: Great Growth Potential (50 min) 301: Your Own Collegiate 4-H Website Presenter: Jessica Falkenthal, National Collegiate 4-H Web Chair, IU Collegiate 4-H member Description: Learn the important steps, from start up through designing and formats, in developing your own promotional website for your club. A great workshop for anyone that is starting up a club or wanting to change their current website. 302: Supporting and Teaching Local 4-H Clubs; Giving Back What You Got Out! Presenter: Victoria Scott, CSU Collegiate 4-H member Description: What are you best at? This workshop helps you develop strategies in teaching local youth key elements that you have learned from all of your personal experience in 4-H. 303: Utilizing Your Extension Offices- What do They Have That We Can Use? Presenter: Jeff Goodwin Director, 4-H & Youth Development Programs, Colorado State Description: Get a grasp of the kinds of resources and materials that are at your fingertips, for free. They have a large amount of information and resources that can be very useful for Collegiate 4-H projects. 304: Financial Planning Presenter: Mountain Plains Farm Credit Description: Get tips and ideas for starting your own agricultural operation or projecting different aspects of a business in the future, from the ground up! 305: Getting 4-H Science and Technology Into the Community (SET) Presenter: Esther Worker, ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) 4-H and Youth Program Manager Description: Learn about a new program that 4-H is implementing into its repertoire. The new science and technology project is very interesting and will help you expand you teaching abilities. 306: Youth- Adult Training Presenter: Dale Leidheiser, Extension Specialist, Colorado State Description: Learn how to effectively train others about youth-adult partnerships and how these can be fostered to create stronger youth leaders in the future. 307: College 101: A program for YOUR incoming freshmen. Presenter: Brian Raison, 4-H Extension Educator, Ohio State Description: College 101 is a new award-winning program that helps high school seniors make a more successful transition to their first year of college. Workshop participants will learn how they can use it as a service project in your state. 308: What can YOU do with OMK? Presenter: Christy Clary, Collegiate 4-H at the Ohio State University member Description: Operation Military Kids needs YOU! Come find out how you can become involved with OMK. 309: Strengthening Memberships through New Partnerships Presenter: Alisa Woideck & Kevin Kersey, Florida Southern Collegiate 4-H members Description: Learn ways to start club chapters at your university or build up existing clubs through innovative partnerships and sharing ideas. 310: The Ease of Video Presenter: Amy Banister, Gayle Buellesfeld, & Alea Sharp, Oklahoma State University Collegiate 4-H members Description: Learn to understand video technology and make that technology easily assessable to 4-H'ers.
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