Welcome!
Masterful MFP Demo Presentations
Tenaya Lodge, October 9, 2014
Presenters: Sue MosbacherMichael Pizza
Participant Polling Place• MFP FAQs Loop vs. Deadtime• Door prize BINGO• MFPs?• MGs?• Combos?• Presenters?
Parking Lot and Gimme List
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan • Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Plan: Know Where You’re Going
• New Course Proposal
1. Proposed title2. Presenter(s)3. Short description4. Objectives5. Preferred date(s)
*Board approved/references/costs/“recipes”5
Plan: Location, Location, Location
• Site logistics impact delivery method• Go to the people when possible• Noise levels
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Plan: Fill the Room
Marketing • Exciting class title• Accurate class description• Social Media: local, statewide MG• Website: local, statewide MG• Local partners• Store-front flyers / Site calendar• Newspapers, newsletters, radio, local TV
– Plenty of advance notice
• UCCE cross program promotions
Apples 4 WaysCitrus Squeeze – Oranges, Limes,
Lemons, Kumquats GrapefruitColorful PicklesFun Fruits & Vegetables to PicklePick a Peck of Perky PicklesPreserving Fish & GameSalsa Dancing TomatoesTangy & Sweet Accompaniments
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan• Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Prep: Basket of Tricks
• Props and PassArounds• More than just objects• Even more important…
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Prep: Basket of Tricks, con’t
• Persona pull out1. Tone2. Mentor3. Connections4. DO Take it personally5. ETU
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Prep: Expect the Unexpected• Power loss• Sick presenter• Snow day
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Prep: Teamwork
Different kinds of teamwork:1. One teach, one trainee (mentoring)2. Parallel teaching3. Station teaching
*Recommendation re “leads”
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Prep: Delivering the Goods
Class materials ≠ Copy of PowerPoint slides• NCHFP compliance; current
– Search for “Reviewed 2014”
• Focus on the process– Recipes are teaching tools
• Tastings?– Environmental Health
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Prep: Delivering the Goods
• Demonstration Variety1. Dry demos
2. Video demo slides
3. Live video demo
4. Real thing ;-)
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan• Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Practice: Expect the Unexpected
• Talkers• My grandmother does this ….• I know more than you
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Practice: Makes Perfect!
• Record yourself– Timing, timing and timing
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Practice: Share the Load
• Team demos– Split: talk / demo
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Practice: Plug it In
• A/V logistics• “No hablo Windows”• Extensions, tapes, and curtains
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan• Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Present: Keep Them Focused!
• Teachable moments from the get-go• Looping MFP safety questions• Focus ‘em BINGO • Active learning
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Present: Standard Housekeeping
• Standard opening checklist– Online or cheat-sheet
• MFP mission: science based – USDA / National Center for Home Food
Preservation
• Goals / Schedule / Questions
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Present: Share the Love!
• “I love pressure canning!”– “It shows!”
• MFPs make a difference– Saving lives, one jar at a time …
• Personal– Our stories are your stories!– Share uses for preserved food
• Audience Participation
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Present: CFU
• Topic transitions
• Last demo: role reversal
• “Do the math”
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Present: Variable Delivery
• PP is not…• Storytell your errors!• Tips • Stretch• Humor• Horror stories
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Present: Endorsements
• MGs/MFPS: public entities; can’t give unfair advantage– “This is an example of XXXX, not an endorsement”– Find what fits your needs and budget
• Know your local stores and what they sell• Give internet search tips, not recommendations
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Present: Science-based
It’s our job.
If the process is not there, we don’t teach it.
NCHFP overrides MFP training manuals.
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan• Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Post: Next Steps
• Try something new!– Fill blue painter tape labels– “Ask a Master Food Preserver”– Picture of first batch of XXXX– Fair entry– Share success / challenges on FB– Send in recipes that use their preserved food
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Post: So long, farewell, ….
• Standard closing checklist– Online or cheat-sheet
• MFP contact info• Resources• Donations / sales• Upcoming classes• Recruitment• Thank you’s
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Post: How did it go?
• Evaluations bribery reward
• SignOUTS
• Lead contacts
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Today’s Agenda
• Plan• Prep• Practice• Present• Post
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Parking Lot and Gimme List
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Resources and References
So Easy to PreserveCooperative Extension, The University of Georgiahttp://setp.uga.edu
National Center for Home Food Preservationhttp://nchfp.uga.edu
University of California, UC Food Safetyhttp://ucfoodsafety.ucdavis.edu
Master Gardener Handbook, UC Cooperative Extensionhttp://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3382
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Thank You! Any Questions?
UCCE Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County are here to
answer your questions!
Michael [email protected]
Master Food Preserver Hotline:Phone: 530-621-5506
Email: [email protected]
