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When and Where
Plan when and where you will
give your demonstration. Plan the
time and place most convenient
for the people you want to reach.
Ask these people to help you plan.
They will know when they will
have free time. They will also know
about a suitable place for the number
of people you expect to attend.
You may need to review with
them the requirements fQr a meeting
place.
Select a place ­
* Large enough to hold the
audience.
" Where everyone can see thc
demonstration and can hear
what you say.
" Suited to the demonstration.
For instance, a plowing
demonstration should be
held in a field.
Publicity
Advertise the demonstration
ahead of time to reach the people
you want to attend. In your plan
of work, you indicated who these
people would be. Will posters tell
them about the demonstration?
Do you have leaders in the village
who will notify others? Call on
key people in the village well in
advrice, to be sure they remember
cie time and place of the
demonstration.
Study Your Subject
To conduct a successful demonstration,
study your subject. Be
skilled in the practice you plan to
demonstrate. Know more about
your subject than you tell your
audience. They will ask questions.
Convince them that you are
thoroughly familiar with the
method you are teaching.
Select the Right Demonstration
A demonstration should:
* Teach a sound practice.
* Have wide application,
e Be timely - Show how to
treat seeds for disease just
before planting season and
how to prepare beans when
they are available in the
garden.
* Be one that you do with
available equipment. Don't
demonstrate how to can
fruits when people have no
cans or jars. Consider a drying
demonstration instead.
Don't demonstrate the use
of a sprayer if the farmer
can't nf t one.
Outline Steps
Make an outline. List each
step you will take when you give
your demonstration. Each step
should be an act you will perform.
For example, to wash dishes
some steps would be:
1. Arrange equipment and
dishes.
2. Put wash water in pan.
3. Add soap to water,
To dust a chicken to get rid of
lice, some steps would be:
1. Hold tha bird on a firm
object such as a table,
2. Put a pinch of dusting powder
on its head, neck, breast,
tail, thighs, and under its
wings.
3. Work powder in well.
List Key Points
The steps you list are the framework
of your demonstration. But
they are not enough to make it a
success. Use key points to support
every step. Key points are
the facts that are brought out in
each step. These facts will make
each step easier for your audien
to understand or will eliminate
hazards as they try to practice
what you are demonstrating. Li
this information in your outline
under a column called Key Poin
Here are two examples:
MAKING CEREAL
Step Key Points
Add cereal Water must I
to water. boiling, stir
continuousl,
TRANSPLANTING A
TOMATO PLANT
Step Key Points
Put earth Press firmly,
around plant. half way up
stem.
Both steps and key points shOL
be written in simple, concise
terms. For example, in transplar,
ing, it is better to write "press
firmly" and "half way up stem".
which you can read quickly, thai
the full comment you will make.
This comment might be "While
you hold the plant upright in yo
left hand, put the earth around I
plant with your right hand. Whe
you have put enough earth arour
the plant to reach half way up tht
stem, press the earth down firni
with your hand."
Assemble Equipment and
Material
After you have outlined your
demonstration - step by step
with all the key points - younext
job is to assemble everythin
you will use. Select equipment
that is familiar to the people whO
will attend. For example, if you
plan to show village women howl
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