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- Express yourself! : public speaking and presentationsRisdon, Penny (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2000)
- Express Yourself! Public Speaking and PresentationsRisdon, Penny (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2013)This 4-H publication will help you develop a speech or presentation in a step-by-step process.
- Express Yourself! Public Speaking and PresentationsRisdon, Penny; Bonnett, Erika (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2019)This document teaches 4-H'rs to write and make a public speech by recording ideas, organizing ideas, thinking about the audience, composing the speech, and rehearsing the speech.
- Express Yourself! Public Speaking and PresentationsRisdon, Penny (Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2019-01-25)This 4-H publication will help participants develop a speech or presentation in a step-by-step process.
- A text development process to improve the comprehensiblity of educational textRisdon, Penny (Virginia Tech, 1990)Staff of the Cooperative Extension Service develops and distributes educational publications to inform the public of practical applications of research information. However, many of these publications are written in a technical style that makes them difficult for the average 4-H member and adult leader to understand the subject matter presented. The purpose of this study was to investigate a systematic process for improving the understanding or comprehensibility of these educational publications. A model of a publication development process based on learning principles was created. This study investigated the effectiveness of the model with Extension subject-matter specialists developing publications for 4-H youth. Specifically, this study was conducted in three parts: the model of the text-development process was taught to subject-matter specialists; the specialists in turn used the model to develop educational texts for 4-H youth; and finally comprehensibility testing of the text passages produced by the specialists with 4-H youth members and adult leaders was conducted. This study confirmed that the utilization of learning principles within the text-development process can improve the comprehensibility of subject matter information presented in Extension educational publications.