Success Story4-H Offers Entrepreneurship Workshop at 2023 4-H Ignite Conference
4-H Offers Entrepreneurship Workshop at 2023 4-H Ignite Conference
Author: Lawrence Caudle
Planning Unit: KSU Administration
Major Program: Economic Development and Workforce Preparation – 4-H Youth Development
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Kentucky State University’s 4-H Youth Development program held the 2023 4-H Ignite Conference on April 21st. The conference drew in 100 middle school youth participants, 40 volunteers, 10 chaperones, and 10 extension staff members. During the conference, the participants got the opportunity to participate in 3 of the 6 available workshops of their choosing. One of the workshops offered was a workshop based on Entrepreneurship, which was led by one of Extension’s Community Resource Development team members. This workshop exposed the workshop participants to what it means to be an entrepreneur, what skills a successful entrepreneur has, and what obstacles entrepreneurs face. The workshop had 49 middle school youth participants to choose this particular workshop. At the end of the workshop, there was a post-workshop survey given to each student, and the results included: 89% of the workshop participants agreed that the workshop leader was knowledgeable about the subject matter; 16% and 84% of the workshop participants stated that the workshop was either very organized or extremely organized respectively; 84% of the participants agreed that they wanted to learn more about entrepreneurship.; and 100% of the workshop participants agreed that this workshop should be included in future 4-H Ignite Conferences. This workshop was a major success, and the 4-H team will consider keeping this workshop within the 4-H Ignite Conference rotation.
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