Communication Top Five:

Why This Issue Matters to You

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What are the top communication skills you need to build support for your programs and raise the profile of your initiative in your community?

This issue of the Communication Coach Online explores five essential communication skills: thinking strategically, crafting PowerPoint presentations, speaking in public, designing print materials, and leveraging available SS/HS resources. Whether you are a seasoned grantee or just starting out, this edition features tips and strategies every project director can use now. Don’t forget: Your communication specialist is also available to help you master the Communication Top Five. Email your communication specialist or call us at 1–800–790–2647 to let us know how we can help.

Mastering the Top Five: It’s Easier Than You Think

No matter where you are in your Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grant cycle—receiving your award, getting your initiative up and running, or generating true system change—communication is key to success. Read more.

Building Success Through Communication:
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES (NY) SS/HS Initiative

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If you ask Wanda McQueen to illustrate her approach to communication, she’d probably draw an unfinished brick structure. "Communication is layers; it’s never just an isolated piece. You have to keep building upon what you’ve done." Read more.

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Our initiative in Pueblo, CO, faced a number of communication challenges, and one was finding a compelling way to tell the story of our initiative to the community. We wanted to highlight the needs of our young people and introduce our initiative as a solution. One of my staff found a Web-based application called Animoto where, even with no experience, she was able to produce a customized video using photos and music... Randy Evetts SS/HS Project Director Pueblo City Schools, CO Read more and comment	Communication Coach Online The Communication Coach Online is a quarterly electronic magazine produced by the Communication & Social Marketing Center offering practical communication training, resources, and best practices to Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grantees nationwide. The Communication & Social Marketing Center supports the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) vision of "a life in the community for everyone." The team is a partnership of ICF Macro, The Gallup Organization, and Kauffman & Associates, Inc. Contact Us	Updates and Links Visit this page for downloadable resources intended to support your communication efforts. More Information
The Ten Minute Marketer If you feel as though marketing your initiative is a time consuming challenge that you just can’t fit into your schedule, The Ten-Minute Marketer can help. Each episode of this quarterly podcast series will offer quick, actionable steps you can take to enhance your communication efforts. Listen Now		Happenings Around the Prevention World The Communication Coach Online is happy to provide a list of announcements and upcoming events of possible interest to your initiative. Click on the event links to learn more. View Announcements

Communication Top Five:

Why This Issue Matters to You

Mastering the Top Five: It’s Easier Than You Think

Building Success Through Communication: Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES (NY) SS/HS Initiative

Communication Coach Online

Updates and Links

The Ten Minute Marketer

Happenings Around the Prevention World

Building Success Through Communication:
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES (NY) SS/HS Initiative