This course is part one (one hour), of a two part webinar that examines communication strategies for prevention. It includes: prevention tools, messaging prevention, strategic storytelling, creating a communications plan, getting your audience’s attention, and a question and answer section.
This course is based on the recorded webinar, Harness the Power of Communication to Promote Your Prevention Message Part-1 created by Kimberly Elliott et al in 2023.
Publication Date
May 2023
Course Material Authors
Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Kimberly Elliott
Kimberly Elliott is the communications director for Education Development Center's U.S. Division. Kim has been involved with all aspects of crafting meaningful and impactful messaging campaigns and is dedicated to helping prevention workforce professionals move our work forward by harnessing the power of words.
Ivy Jones Turner, MPA, CPS
Ivy Jones is is an expert in behavioral and mental health promotion and prevention. Her expertise includes building the capacity of schools and organizations to research, implement, evaluate, and sustain interventions to prevent substance misuse, suicide, youth violence, and bullying, and to promote social-emotional and mental health.
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.
Recommended For
Prevention and addiction professionals at all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Discuss how to craft a strategy.
Identify how to get your audience's attention.
Describe a communications plan.
Availability
This course is available starting Jan 17th, 2024 and expires Jan 16th, 2034
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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.
Material Authors
There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Creator
L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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