Spicing Up Your 4-H Volunteer Involvement4-H Youth Development Skills CaféFebruary 29, 2012

4-H Volunteer Development

0 “Fast Food” style vs. “Gourmet” style0Exploring the 4-H Volunteer Development Café

0 Creating Productive Club Meetings0 Volunteer Vision0 Everyone Ready®0 North Central Region Volunteer e-Forum0 4-H Leader Home Study Course0 VolunteerIN 4-H Toolkit for Success0 Indiana 4-H Adult Congress0 4-H 101 Online

Creating Productive Club

MeetingsJill Andrew-Richards, Erika BonnettArea I Rotary Training

Productive 4-H Club Meetings

Why are they important?4-H Meeting StructureWhat makes up a good club meeting?Program Planning & 4-H Club MeetingsHow to Keep Older Youth InvolvedThinking outside the BoxTrouble Shooting Club Problems4-H Club ChecklistReview of a Successful 4-H Club

4-H Club Checklists

0Available at: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/volunteer/index.cfm0 4-H Club Checklist0 4-H Club Meeting Checklist0 Review of a Successful 4-H Club

0Used by 4-H Volunteers and Club Officers to help assess success of 4-H Clubs and Club Meetings

Volunteer VisionKelly Scher, Stephanie Femrite

Volunteer Vision

0Monthly Newsletter Template0Maintain contact0Share resources0Linked in the monthly Campus County Connection:

http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/ext_ed/ccc/index.cfm

Everyone Ready®Stephanie Femrite

Everyone Ready®

0Sponsored by the National 4-H Council & Monsanto0Developed by Energize, Inc.0Free to 4-H & Extension Staff0Self-paced0On-line modules, resources

0 Handouts 0 Presentations 0 Discussion Board0 Additional reading suggestions0 Available at:

0http://nextgeneration.4-h.org/volunteerism/

Everyone Ready®

Topics Include0New Approaches to Volunteer Recruitment0Orienting & Welcoming Volunteers for Success0Pro Bono Service: Get Ready for Highly-Skilled

Volunteers0Learn to Do More with More: Fearless Fundraising

for Volunteer Program Support0Building the Foundation for Volunteer Involvement

Volunteer Research Knowledge & Competency

“What skills or competencies will volunteers need in order to effectively deliver 4-H programs and projects in the next decade?”

0 Available at: http://nextgeneration.4-h.org/volunteerism/vrkc/0 Lesson Plans

0 Activities0 Additional Resources

0 Power Point0 Evaluation

North Central Region Volunteer e-Forum

Tony Carrell, Kelly Scher

2011 NCR 4-H Volunteer Development

0 New e-forum format0 Approximately 70 sites each session in 12 states0 Total of 664 participants reported0 57% with <10 yrs. experience; only 32% had previously

attended face-to-face Forum0 96% said the e-Forum was an effective delivery method0 Teen Brain, 4-H Quality Matters, Keeping Your Cool, Risk

Management, Get Connected, 4-H Science, Community Service

0 http://4h.uwex.edu/ncrvd/NCRVF2011.cfm

4-H Leader Home Study CourseTony Carrell

New 4-H Volunteer Resource

0Resource for new volunteers0Basic background of 4-H and youth development0Helps define volunteer leader’s role0http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/volunteer/index.cfm

VolunteerIN 4-H Toolkit for

SuccessKathleen Bohde

VolunteerIN 4-H Toolkit for Success

0Essential Element 0 Generosity0 Independence0 Mastery 0 Belonging

0Developed by 4-H Volunteer State Committee0 IP video and hands-on site training0Lesson plan, PowerPoint, fact sheet for each session

Examples

0Belonging0 Value of Volunteers0 4-H Jeopardy0 4-H Cultural Awareness

0Mastery0 Goal Setting0 Mock Judging0 Skill-a-thon

0 Independence0 Engaging Older Members0 Time Management0 Skill to live on your own

0Generosity0 Planning a Service Project0 Service-Learning0 Deciding What to Give

Indiana 4-H Adult Congress

Kathleen Bohde

4-H Congress Lesson Plans

0Mission Mandates0 2011 4-H Healthy Living0 2010 4-H Community Service0 2009 4-H Science

02008 Leadership02007 Focus on Communication

0https://www.four-h.purdue.edu/volunteer/index.cfm

Healthy Living

0Recognizing My Stress!0 Progressive Relaxation Activity

4-H 101 OnlineSteve McKinley

4-H 101 Online

0Based on materials prepared for 4-H Military Partnership

0Audience: organizers of military 4-H Clubs, 4-H Extension staff

0Nationwide project funded by US Navy0Original materials are being converted by Purdue

University to online modules0Available at: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/4-H 101/

4-H 101 Online

Each Module will include: 0Lesson Plan0PowerPoint0Additional Resources0Quiz

0At completion of 16 modules, participant will receive certificate of completion

0Supervisor will be notified of completion

Effectively Managing and Developing Adult 4-H VolunteersIBAT: Approved, 2012

IBAT Proposal Includes:

0Face-to-face, one day staff development0 How to effectively work with volunteers0 Delivered to team of Educators from each Area0 Team then replicates training in Area/District meetings

0Develop online volunteer resources0 New 4-H Volunteer Orientation0 Opportunities for volunteer to interact and share

resources

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