Communicating with Purpose: Effective Strategies in Mental Health
Date: December 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST
Purposeful communication is essential for advancing behavioral health work, whether you’re engaging funders, agency leaders, peers, or communities. This session offers practical strategies to help you craft messages that resonate, build trust, and inspire action. You’ll learn how to identify what matters most to your audience, make your message compelling, and refine your approach for maximum impact.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify three communication strategies and know when to use them.
- Understand your audience and shape messages around what matters to them.
- Access free communications tools that make your work easier to explain and easier to support.
Attendees should be working in HHS Regions 9 or 10 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, MP, FM, GU, MH, PW, AK, ID, OR, or WA)
Presenters:
Christina Clayton, LICSW, SUDP, Pacific West Hub Co-Director
Payton Messersmith, BA, Pacific West Hub Communications Lead
Hub(s):
Pacific West Hub
Event format: Virtual
Target audience(s):
Systems Leaders and Administrators|People Responsible for Leading Implementation Efforts|Organizations Providing Training and Technical Assistance|Individual Clinicians and Staff
Duration (hours): 1
Experience(s):
Beginner|Intermediate
Language(s): English