4-H Dog Project – Brainstorm

4-H Dog Project Brainstorming Meeting

Monday, September 28 at 6:30PM

UW EC Barron County Campus Commons

Meeting Goal: Gather ideas and recruit support to build a sustainable, engaging, and welcoming 4-H Dog Project program for the coming year.

Length: 90 minutes

Pre-meeting Considerations

  • What worked well in the past years?
  • What should we definitely keep?
  • What might we change?
  • If you’re new, what are you looking for?

Welcome & Purpose (10 minutes)

  1. Opening
  • Welcome everyone
  • Brief history of the dog project
  • Why a restart is needed
  • Review meeting goals:
  • Identify opportunities and challenges
  • Shape the upcoming project year/structure
  • Generate recruitment ideas
  • Identify volunteers and leadership support
  1. Introductions
  2. Future Visioning (20 minutes)
  • What should the ideal 4-H Dog Project look like in 3 years?
  • What experiences would make youth excited to participate?
  • What would make families want to stay involved year after year?
  1. Build the upcoming year/structure (20 minutes)
  • Club VS Committee
  • Calendar
  • Support/Volunteers
  1. Recruitment (Volunteers and Youth) (10-15 minutes)
  • Who
  • How
  • When
  1. Priorities and Next Steps (10 minutes)