Success Story4-H Offers Photography Workshop at 2023 4-H Ignite Conference



4-H Offers Photography Workshop at 2023 4-H Ignite Conference

Author: Lawrence Caudle

Planning Unit: KSU Administration

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

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 Photography, which was led by a community volunteer. This workshop exposed the workshop participants to different mobile photography techniques dealing with lighting, exposure, and picture quality. The workshop had 42 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: 54% of the workshop participants agreed that the workshop leader was knowledgeable about the subject matter; 45% and 18% of the workshop participants stated that the workshop was either very organized or extremely organized respectively; 63% of the participants agreed that they wanted to learn more about photography; and 54% 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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