Making Clubs Better
Welcome
to Making Clubs Better (click for welcome presentation)!
The "Making Clubs Better" 4-H Club Management Guide online
training is the first of its kind for 4-H volunteers in Minnesota.
We appreciate your support of the 4-H program and the desire to
help.
4-H members dream, plan, set goals and look forward to the future.
This material will be useful as you develop positive youth development
experiences for club members.
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If you are experiencing difficulty with the welcome movie
(above) or any of the online lessons (below) please scroll to
the bottom of this page for troubleshooting assistance. |
Lesson 1: Making Clubs Better
This Lesson will give a general overview for
understanding the overall organization of 4-H youth group
clubs and the strategies for making those groups more effective.
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Lesson 2: Eight Keys of High-Quality Youth Development
This lesson will help you gain knowledge of
providing basic quality experiences for the youth in your
club. |
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Lesson 3: “Making Clubs Better”
Survey
The Club Design Team developed a tool for you
to assess your club as it relates to the Eight Keys of Quality
Youth Development. |
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Lesson 4: Essential Club Elements
Essential
Club Elements help ensure quality experiences for youth. As
part of every 4-H club experience, the Center for 4-H Youth
Development has developed a list of what essential things a
club needs for a quality experience. |
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Lesson 5: New Club Charter Application Process
This Lesson describes the activities necessary
for a new Club to proceed through the chartering process |
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Lesson 6: 4-H Club Structure
In
Minnesota 4-H, there are four types of 4-H clubs. Each club
has similar characteristics and ones that are unique to the
club type. |
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Lesson 7: 4-H Club Meetings and Program Planning
Planning is an important element in a club’s
success. Ideas are shared in this lesson that will help you
plan effectjve club meetings and programs. |
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Lesson 8: Volunteering with 4-H
As
a volunteer, you are very important to the 4-H Program. Learn
more about your role as a Leader in this lesson and what your
Position Description entails. |
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Lesson 9: Understanding Members
4-Hers
come in all shapes and sizes. To understand them a little better,
this lesson briefly covers ages and stages of youth development. |
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Club Management Guide
This online resorce provides support
and documentation |
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Completion Certificate
After completing the above lessons, you are encouraged
to fill out the completion certfiicate online, print it out,
sign it yourself, and have your Regional Extension Educators
sign this certificate as documentation. |
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If you are experiencing difficulty, please review the information
below for possible assistance. If problems remain, please contact
your local 4-H staff or Todd Mehrkens at the Center for 4-H and
Community Youth Development - toddmehr@umn.edu
or 800-444-4238
The lesson is showing on my screen, but nothing is happening
- what should I do?
In order to play the first "slide" of each lesson, as
well as the following slides, you'll need to click on the "forward"
arrow, found ner the bottom of the screen.
Should I be hearing something when the online lesson is
playing?
All of the Lessons include a multimedia "movie" (including
sound) which presents the information for the Lesson, so you need
to have your speakers ready to play the spoken narration of the
movie.
What if the online presentation is too small to easily
view?
You can resize (or maximize) the browser window to make the presentation
image larger.
The lesson is playing, but it's jerky and stops occasionally?
Although the online presentations are optimized as much as possible,
web users on dial-up connections may experience these difficulties.
The best advice is to hit the Pause button on the playback toolbar
(near the bottom of the presentation screen) and let the entire
presentation download (get a cup of coffee), then hit the Play button
and watch the presentation without interruption.
What software was used to create and deliver these movies?
The "movies" used in this course are produced
using Adobe Presenter. While this technology was chosen
for it's relative problem free operations, problems can occur.
What is Macromedia Adobe Presenter?
Adobe Presenter enables individuals to create PowerPoint presentations
with audio and synchronized animations that can be shared over the
Internet through standard web browsers in the Macromedia Flash format.
What are the requirements to view an Adobe Presenter presentation?
Content plays back on the Mac or Windows platform
in any standard web browser with Macromedia Flash 6 or later installed.
Does Adobe Presenter work on a Macintosh?
Any Macintosh with Macromedia Flash Player 6 or later installed
in a browser can be used for viewing these presentations.
What are the System Requirements for Adobe Presenter?
- Windows (98se, ME, XP, NT 4.0, 2000)
- Internet Explorer 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
- Netscape Navigator 4, 6.2, 7.1
- AOL 8
- Compuserve 7 (2000 & XP only)
- Mozilla 1.2
- Opera 7
- Macintosh (9.2, OS X 10.1 or later)
- Safari 1.1, 1.2
- Netscape 6.2, 7.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2
- CompuServe 7 (OS 10.1 or later)
- Mozilla 1.2
- Additional Requirements
- Macromedia Flash Player 5 or higher
- Macromedia Flash Player 6.0.65 or higher
for embedded video
What happens when I submit my online Learning Reflections
- where do they go?
At this point in time, Learning Reflections submitted online simply
go into a database of answers that is reviewed by faculty to gauge
the effectiveness of this online training. Specific answers are
not identified to a specific learner. It is important to note that
because of this, it is not possible for you to retrieve your answers.
Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to type out your answers
in a Word Processor and then copy your response to the online form.
Or, vice-versa, you can use your computer's clipboard to copy the
text from your typed answer and paste it into a document for later
reference. |
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