Attend a training workshop. A full team should accompany the county agent to the workshop. If a partial team attends, the members may become frustrated and the program's potential will be limited by the training of the people present. If an Extension agent does not attend, there will be no bond of common knowledge between the agent and his or her team. If your county does not have a full team, join with another county to produce a complete, cooperative team.
Workshops are a fun and exciting tool for delivering youth development and conservation messages.
Even instructors trained by other national organizations have benefited from the 4-H Field and Stream training and, in turn, added to the richness of this program. Develop a county or multicounty plan. This process will start with the training session. Identify which disciplines the young people want to participate in, set time lines to meet requirements for the state events, etc. The excitement and confidence built at the workshop may fade if too much time elapses from training to implementation.