How to Conduct a Fun and Interesting 4-H Meeting or Workshop

What better way to promote 4-H in your area than to have a fun and interesting meeting.

Things You'll Need

• Craft Supplies
• Address Books
• Day Planner Calendars

Instructions

1. Plan your meeting, materials and activities several weeks in advance.

2. Use guest speakers to get a special message across to your members. Check with the local college about student speakers or activities such as a workshop on the environment. Some colleges or universities may have a small traveling display to go along with your topic.

3. Talk to parents about volunteering to host a special meeting or workshop on a project. This is a good way to introduce a new project to your club.

4. Use visual aids, hands-on activities or crafts when possible at your meeting.

5. Set up early at the meeting site if you are having a special activity.

6. Begin with the correct meeting procedure - the reading of the minutes, the pledge ...

7. Save time at the end of the meeting for a question-and-answer session, especially if you have a guest speaker.

8. Remind members of any upcoming activities, forms or entries due.

Tips & Warnings

• A club meeting is also a fun way to work on projects to enter in the county fair.

• Stay within the allotted time so parents won't have to sit and wait to pick up their children.