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Tips and Tricks for Designing Engaging Virtual Meetings

Overview:

For a meeting to truly be effective in a virtual format, you can’t just do things the same way you do when you are in person. Not only do you have to compete with the potential distractions of email and other work but the methods you use to keep people engaged are different. If done correctly, virtual meetings can allow for more p​eople to ask questions, increase engagement between attendees, and even provide access to audiences that might not otherwise be able to participate. If virtual meetings a part of your job, come learn how to design and run them in ways that will help you effectively communicate your message, facilitate interaction, and keep your audience engaged.

Presenter:

Tracy Mehan

Director of Research Translation and Communication

Center for Injury Research and Policy

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

 

Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate in Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit.

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Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH).

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Training Instructions:

To complete this training, you will need to:

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1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar

2. View Powerpoint Slides

3. Complete the Evaluation

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Improving Your Injury and Violence Prevention Practice: How the Core Competencies Can Work for You

This is Webinar #1 in a six-part series entitled “Improving your Injury and Violence Prevention Practice with the Core Competencies.” The series is presented by the Southeastern and Southwestern Injury Prevention Network and the Safe States Alliance.

 

In this webinar series, experienced professionals in the field discuss how they use the Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) to develop and advance their own skills, as well as those of staff they manage. The Core Competencies can provide a roadmap for gaining or strengthening the essential knowledge, skills and behaviors needed to grow professionally; develop, implement and evaluate IVP programs and policies; and strengthen the field and practice of IVP.

 

Webinar #1 provides the rational for this series, highlighting the ways the competencies can help participants in their work. Webinars #2-6 address Core Competencies for IVP #1-7, and core competencies #8-9 are addressed throughout each presentation.

 

This webinar series is relevant to those with a variety of experiences and/or years of service, including:

– Professionals working in IVP and/or other areas of public health

– Individuals anywhere along the spectrum of professional development –those new to public health and/or IVP, and those who have been working for several years and want to further develop their competencies.

 

Learning Objectives

After participating in this webinar, participants will:

– Gain an understanding of how the core competencies can help you to develop professionally and improve your IVP work

– Learn about and be able to explain the common competencies used in unintentional and intentional injury prevention

– Understand how the competencies cross-link injury and violence prevention to the broader practice of public health and the delivery of essential public health services in any program area or setting

– Understand the relevance of core competencies within the context of the history of injury and violence prevention through the stories of experienced professionals

– Understand the organization, purpose and key content of each session in this webinar series
Presenters

Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Director of the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX

Tom Songer, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Mary Ann Contreras, Violence and Injury Prevention Manager, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX

Kristen Lindemer, Program Coordinator, Safe States Alliance, Atlanta, GA

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH).