Telling your farm to school story – rough agenda

1. Telling Your Farm to School Story – Rough Agenda
[Print: Pages of Prevention Speaks Story Telling Guide, 2 x Press Releases,
Press release best practices (?), Bingo Ice Breaker Card. Bring – Note cards]
[Prepare: PPT with points listed above. Bring note cards]
Set Up
 Computer, Projector, Audio, PPT, link to MI library video
 Bingo Sheets ready to go
 Social Media Station (@, #, Facebook)
 Press Release Station
 Resource Share Fair Table
 Story Arc instruction sheet from Prevention Speaks, note cards,
10:30-10:40 - Bingo Ice Breaker Introduction (ppt intro slide open)
10:40-11:55 - Communications Intro PPT, Power of Story and Story Video (MI
library story). Get people to voice successes they have had with communications
and storytelling. (make ppt slide with intro, load video, make sure audio works,
lead in to introducing next activity)
10:55-11:25 - Building Your Story Narrative – Partner Exercise
Use/Print: Prevention Speaks Storytelling Toolkit: Pages 12 & 13.
Do the exercise listed here. In pairs, each person thinks about their ‘story’ writes
down notes to remind them how to tell their story on a note card (5 min). Person
one tells story to listener (3 min). Listener gives feedback (3 min). Person two tells
story to listener (3 min). Listener gives feedback (3 min). Each person then
incorporates feedback and suggestions from “Make the story better” (5 min) and re-
tells their story [no feedback] (6 min). [print pages from story telling guide, bring
notecards, make ppt slides with instructions]
11:25-11:40 - Resource Wandering (social media, Press Release, resource share
fair, networking)
Set up VH and CS computer to Facebook and Twitter for demos?
 Press Release: 2014 NFSN F2S Month General Press release template, MA
F2S Week Press Release, Handout with best practices for press release.
People can gather here to talk about press releases
 Social Media (#, @, Facebook, Twitter): Practice using hashtag on GL F2S
Facebook page or on your personal device. Demonstrate hashtag lookup for
Great Lakes Great Apple Crunch. Set this up on projector? Or have a small
computer station?
 Resource share fair table
 People walk around and network

2. 11:40-11:45 – Wrap Up, Evals, Remind people to head to lunch by noon