Public speaking is an essential life skill that is critical to our workforce today. Start polishing those public speaking skills early by participating in 4-H presentations!
What is a 4-H Presentation?
4-H Presentations are 5-12 minutes long and either is a demonstration or an illustrated talks. This means that you are either demonstrating how to do something or you are talking about a topic of interest and using props to add value to your presentation. There are 32 different categories you can choose from to compete. Youth ages 5-7 (as of January 1 of the current year) are Cloverbuds and do not compete, but are allowed to participate with a presentation of any time length.
How to put together a 4-H Presentation
Check out these videos below which talk about putting together a 4-H presentation and include a sample presentation from a competition!
2026 Competition Details
All details for the 4-H Presentations Competition can be found on the NC 4-H Presentations website.
All participants must register by Friday, May 22nd with the intent that they are putting together a presentation this year and the category that they are wanting to compete with. We can only take two youth per age group (8-10, 11-13, 14-18) and category for the district competition.
If you are the third person in an age group and category, we will work with you to find another category so that you can still participate in the district competition.
2026 4-H Presentations Dates
- Information Session
- Date: Tuesday, April 21st @ 5:00 pm
- Location: Haywood County Extension Office
- County Presentation Day
- Date: Thursday, May 21st
- Location: Haywood County Extension Office
- Registration Deadline for District Presentations Competition is Friday, May 22nd
- District Activity Day (aka the District Presentation Competition)
- Date: Saturday, June 13th
- Location: A-B Tech Community College in Asheville
- State Presentation Competition
- Date: Tuesday, July 21st
- Location: Enloe High School in Raleigh
