It's very likely that your current hunter education courses and even your hunter and angler training programs are designed for "traditional" hunters and anglers. That isn't necessarily the best approach for teaching new, adult hunters and anglers, especially those who are interested in the locavore movement. This lesson lays out some fairly easy and unobtrusive strategies for making your program more locavore friendly without alienating your traditional audience.
Locavore Friendly Exercises
This exercise examines the "typical" hunter/angler education curriculum and asks the participant to modify those programs to make them more acceptable to new adult hunters and locavores.
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Whose perspectives should I consider when deciding on topics?
While you could decide on the most important topics to include based on your program's goals and objectives, always consider your prospective students' perspectives first. Select topics from your participants' points of view. What's in it for them?
PowerPoint for Locavore Friendly - Locavore.Guide
It's very likely that your current hunter education courses and even your hunter and angler training programs are designed for "traditional" hunters and anglers. That isn't necessarily the best approach for teaching new, adult hunters and anglers, especially those who are interested in the locavore movement. This lesson lays out some fairly easy and unobtrusive strategies for making your program more locavore friendly without alienating your traditional audience.
Learn to Hunt for Food Curriculum
Learn to Hunt for Food is a successful Wisconsin program for novice adult hunters. Participants experience moral, ethical, sustainable hunting and have the opportunity to try it out themselves. Participants gain a broad understanding of hunting and conservation and will gain increased confidence in their knowledge of and skills needed to participate in hunting.
Marketing to Millennials
There’s a lot of talk in the marketing world about the complexity of effectively engaging the millennial generation. And there’s no question why marketers want to make a good impression. The young adults of today came of age just as ecommerce, cellphones, social media and instant messaging were becoming pervasive technologies, which molded them into the communicators and consumers they are now. The challenge lies in delivering relevant messaging in a vast sea of content. This guide will illustrate how brands can identify the diverse subsets of millennials and start gaining their loyalty now with relevant images.
Enhancing Instruction to Connect with Diverse Audiences
Dallas L. Holmes EdD, USU Extension's presentation adapted from an article by Lisa A. Guion and David C. Diehl, Florida State University Cooperative Extension, 2010. This presentation lists the differences in learning style between several races.
Nature of Americans Study
Profound changes are occurring in the American public’s connections to nature, the outdoors, and wildlife. Participation in traditional nature-based recreation is stagnant or declining, Americans are spending more time indoors, and they are using electronic media more than ever before. At the same time, there is growing evidence that human health and well-being depend on beneficial contact with nature. To better understand and foster Americans’ relationship with nature, Dr. Stephen Kellert and DJ Case & Associates conducted an unprecedented study of nearly 12,000 adults, children and parents across the United States in 2015-16.