Our Trainings
- Presentation Development and Design
- Slide Deck Tech - and Handouts, Too: Tips and Tricks for Creating Compelling Slides and Handouts
- DIY Data Visualization
- Make the Magic Happen in a Meeting: Meeting Facilitation Skills
- NEW! Conflict to Connection: Create the Conditions for Healthy Disagreement
- What Makes Them Stay? Help Write the Playbook for Prevention Workforce Retention -specialty training for Certified Prevention Specialists
- Cannabis: New Conversations for Changing Times Responding to a Changing Landscape with Prevention Strategies -specialty training for Certified Prevention Specialists
1. Presentation Development and Design
Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and avoid information overload?
We use presentations as one of the primary mechanisms to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us.
In this virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have. Special emphasis will be placed on audience analysis - in helping presenters determine the unique needs of each audience and developing material that will speak to those unique needs.
Learning Objectives
After the session, participants will be able to:
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
3 hours
Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and avoid information overload?
We use presentations as one of the primary mechanisms to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us.
In this virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have. Special emphasis will be placed on audience analysis - in helping presenters determine the unique needs of each audience and developing material that will speak to those unique needs.
Learning Objectives
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Apply a four step process to create brain-friendly presentations
- List the most common presenter mistakes and understand how to prevent them
- Use tools and techniques that enhance learning
- Increase audience engagement and participation
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
3 hours
2. Slide Deck Tech - and Handouts, Too: Tips and Tricks for Creating Compelling Slides and Handouts
Tips and tricks on how to create compelling slide decks and handouts for your meetings and presentations. Participants will learn how to design slide decks and handouts that are memorable and effective.
Learning Objectives
After this session participants will be able to:
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
2 hours
Tips and tricks on how to create compelling slide decks and handouts for your meetings and presentations. Participants will learn how to design slide decks and handouts that are memorable and effective.
Learning Objectives
After this session participants will be able to:
- Select content that is memorable, motivational, and aligns with your audience
- Ditch the “slideument” in favor of visual aids that enhance your information without losing or dividing attention
- Edit content to reduce information-overload and emphasize key ideas
- Create polished slides and print materials with thoughtful use of color palettes, fonts, and images
- Design data visualizations with a focus on audience engagement and understanding
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
2 hours
3. DIY Data Visualization
Communicate your data in a way that catches people’s attention and is easily understood.
Learn about the Five Cs of Data: Chart Choice, Color, Context, Clutter, and Composition. Participants of this virtual training will gain skills to present data in a manner that best resonates with their audiences.
Learning Objectives
After this session participants will be able to:
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
2 hours
Communicate your data in a way that catches people’s attention and is easily understood.
Learn about the Five Cs of Data: Chart Choice, Color, Context, Clutter, and Composition. Participants of this virtual training will gain skills to present data in a manner that best resonates with their audiences.
Learning Objectives
After this session participants will be able to:
- Choose the most effective chart for their data
- Use color for emphasis and action
- Use data in context for maximum (and realistic) impact
- Reduce clutter so data insights can be easily understood
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
2 hours
4. Make the Magic Happen in a Meeting: Meeting Facilitation Skills
Meetings, do we need them? How do we make them meaningful?
We use meetings to coordinate work, to create buy-in, bring partners together and facilitate community change. However, most of us facilitate meetings without training on how to organize and run them effectively. How do we get people to the table, and once there get (and keep) them engaged? How can we make the most of our time together and ensure everyone feels their time was honored and well-spent?
In this workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and facilitate effective meetings.
Learning Objectives
After the session, participants will be able to:
Focus Audience
Substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals nonprofit and public sector professionals, and others tasked with facilitating meetings
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
3 hours
Meetings, do we need them? How do we make them meaningful?
We use meetings to coordinate work, to create buy-in, bring partners together and facilitate community change. However, most of us facilitate meetings without training on how to organize and run them effectively. How do we get people to the table, and once there get (and keep) them engaged? How can we make the most of our time together and ensure everyone feels their time was honored and well-spent?
In this workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and facilitate effective meetings.
Learning Objectives
After the session, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the cost and value of meetings
- Develop an attendance strategy, create a strong agenda, select an effective format, define roles, and manage logistics
- Prevent uh-ohs in advance and avoid meeting disasters
- Encourage meaningful participation and collaboration
- Conduct effective post-meeting follow up and foster ongoing engagement
Focus Audience
Substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals nonprofit and public sector professionals, and others tasked with facilitating meetings
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
3 hours
5. Conflict to Connection: Create the Conditions for Healthy Disagreement
Conflict is ever-present in our professional and personal lives. Our knee-jerk reaction is to avoid it at all costs. However, healthy disagreement is in fact essential in our work. How can we encourage different viewpoints and use conflict as an opportunity for growth?
In this 90 minute peer sharing session, a series of guided questions will be used to gain a deeper understanding of our collective relationship with conflict, discuss ways to reframe it and strategies to embrace it.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the benefits of conflict and how to use it as a force for good
- Create the conditions for healthy disagreement among groups
- List potential causes of difficult conflict situations
- Apply a five step process to resolving conflict
- Take this content back to their work teams
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; and public health professionals
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
90 minutes
6. What Makes Them Stay? Help Write the Playbook for Prevention Workforce Retention
In this peer sharing session, a series of guided questions will be used to facilitate a discussion about how to increase retention of substance misuse prevention specialists with the goal of developing strategies to attract and keep a diverse, vibrant, strong and experienced workforce. This session is appropriate for the continuum of prevention professionals, ranging from new staff to seasoned supervisors. The discussion is designed to uncover the needs of new employees in the field and strategies employed by experienced (and successful) supervisors - with the goal of supporting all in the substance misuse prevention workforce.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
Focus Audience
The continuum of substance use prevention professionals, ranging from new staff to seasoned supervisors.
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
90 minutes
In this peer sharing session, a series of guided questions will be used to facilitate a discussion about how to increase retention of substance misuse prevention specialists with the goal of developing strategies to attract and keep a diverse, vibrant, strong and experienced workforce. This session is appropriate for the continuum of prevention professionals, ranging from new staff to seasoned supervisors. The discussion is designed to uncover the needs of new employees in the field and strategies employed by experienced (and successful) supervisors - with the goal of supporting all in the substance misuse prevention workforce.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Describe needs, values, and common concerns of prevention specialists in today’s workforce
- Identify strategies to attract, support, and encourage high-performing employees and teams
- Add recruitment and retention strategies to your toolbox that align with your organization’s current structure, culture, and constraints
Focus Audience
The continuum of substance use prevention professionals, ranging from new staff to seasoned supervisors.
Number of Participants
Unlimited, no recording
Length of Training
90 minutes
7. Cannabis: New Conversations for Changing Times
Responding to a Changing Landscape with Prevention Strategies
During this training preventionists will be called to shift their approach in response to the changing cannabis policy and industry landscape. Cannabis marketing trends have moved far beyond selling a “high” to promoting a lifestyle. The times have changed, and so must our conversations in the community.
In this session, we’ll highlight prevention strategies applicable to a variety of state regulatory frameworks (personalized for your states) and build confidence and skills for more effective conversations about cannabis.
Learning Objectives
After the session participants will be able to:
- Describe the current cannabis landscape and industry marketing trends.
- Identify prevention strategies for a variety of cannabis regulatory frameworks.
- Formulate messages that resonate with a range of audiences.
- Formulate content from available tools and resources for the prevention field.
Focus Audience
Nonprofit and public sector professionals; substance use prevention, treatment and recovery professionals; behavioral health professionals; public health professionals and others tasked with delivering presentations
Number of Participants
Unlimited, can be recorded
Length of Training
2 - 3 hours
Interested in something else? Let's discuss a custom training to meet your needs.
Want to talk with organizations who've worked with us? References available on request.
Want to talk with organizations who've worked with us? References available on request.