Success Story4-H Speeches Teach Communication Skills for Success



4-H Speeches Teach Communication Skills for Success

Author: Amanda Sublett

Planning Unit: Marion County CES

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum

Plan of Work: Youth and Adults Overcome Life Situations by Acquiring Life Skills

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Positive youth development researchers theorize that youth who are confident and who have strong communication skills are more likely to make substantial contributions to their family, their community, and society. One way that youth can develop confidence and their communication skills is by completing a speech or demonstration project. In the 2018/2019 program year, approximately Six hundred youth from Taylor County completed a speech and/or demonstration project with seventy advancing to the county level. Of the two youth who advanced to State 4-H Communications Day, they all received a blue ribbon in their age division in the speech contest. Youth improved their public speaking skills and reported that they gained confidence in their ability to speak in front of others.






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