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December 21, 2007
Call out for 4-H Teens, Recent 4-H Alumni, Volunteers, and Staff: Creating the Future. Together. Online.
Hello everyone!
I'm Cindy and I'm absolutely thrilled to be working with the ACCESS 4-H team. Nearly four years ago I had the chance to work with the 4-HUSA.org WebCrew alongside Jess, and it's definitely great to be back in the 4-H web network. It's my hope that this endeavor will completely revitalize 4-H - not only in webspace, but in the real world as well!
Part of the ACCESS 4-H vision is an online presence that not only includes but actually invites all members of the 4-H community to communicate, collaborate, and celebrate this wonderful program. Our first step in creating that space will involve you - all of you reading this blog right now.
Please share this exciting national opportunity with your 4-H teens, college-age 4-H alumni, volunteers, and staff! The ACCESS 4-H focus groups will provide key guidance for the creation of a new 4-H online environment that provides information, interaction and instruction to all audiences of the 4-H community.
ACCESS 4-H is looking for visionaries to help explore and design the online community that 4-H has been asking for, one that tells the world our stories and our impact while connecting the 4-H community nationwide in ways we've never explored. You are the experts. Having been involved day-to-day with 4-H, you have the insight, wisdom and knowledge to design a whole new way of connecting.
Responsibilities:
We will gather for a short series of telephone and online collaborations (between January 7-18) resulting in a brand new 4-H online community. Following the 2 weeks of focus groups, focus group participants will be offered the chance to be among the first to test and try out the new ACCESS 4-H.
Eligibility/Criteria/Application:
All we need is 1-2 paragraphs explaining your 4-H background and your interest in bringing 4-H up to speed with what you need online. We'll also need your contact information (name, age, home state/county, phone number, email address).
Submit your application to us at access4h@4-h.org by December 30. Please get your applications in soon - we'll be accepting participants on a first-come first-serve basis, with preference given to applications received before December 30.
Posted in category Announcements at 5:31 PM
Comments
I HAVE BEEN IN 4-H, FOR 11 YEARS. 4-H IS A GOOD PROGRAM. AFTER AGE 19 THOUGH, I FEEL BOYS AND GIRL'S SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO COMPLECT. THEIR SHOULD BE 4-HER'S FROM DIFFERENT STATES CHOSEN, TO GO INTO VARIOUS PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT THIER EXPERENCE IN 4-H, THEIR IS SO MUCH I CAN SAY ABOUT 4-H, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME HERE. ONE THING, I THINK, KID'S AS LITTLE AS 4 SHOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN , COME UP WITH A NAME LIKE PRE SCHOOL 4-H.
Posted by: brabdon stegall at December 27, 2007 5:02 PM
I am Rylee Eyllson and i have been 4-H for 6 yrs.
i have been involed in all most every part of 4-H in some way. But my biggest part is in performaning arts. I am a kid that is outgoing and is quick on my feet. I have been geeting into geo spacial things and citizenship with 4-H.
I think we do need a way to cumunicate throught the web with just 4-H members. With stuff like facebook you could just have 4-H related things with just 4-H people. and a record keeping online you can keep things up to date with yourself and up with todays technology.
Posted by: Rylee Ellyson at December 28, 2007 2:28 PM
This all seems to be a great idea. But the timing was way off. I did receive this information about noon on the 21st of Dec. I had taken off early for the holidays and would not return until Jan 2 to be able to access my work e-mail. So many of those that I know would have been interested were not able to get any information on this to send in before the Dec. 30 deadline. Will this still be open for enrollment??
Posted by: cindy at January 4, 2008 10:28 AM
I have an online group for my 4H club which operates as a forum and website. I am very interesting in this new concept.
Posted by: Mary Bane at January 4, 2008 5:28 PM