September 17, 2013

Podcasts

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Promoting Sexual Health Among Youth: October 2-3, 2013

(9:07) October 2-3, 2013, the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance (VSDVAA) is offering a conference called Promoting Sexual Health Among Youth: Tools for Preventing Sexual Violence and Healing from Trauma in Richmond, Virginia. In this podcast, Liz Cascone (VSDVAA), Allison Bellevance (Planned Parenthood Keystone), and Steve Brown (Klingberg Family Centers) join together to discuss the value of sexual health promotion in sexual violence prevention efforts, the importance of trauma-informed prevention approaches, and what to expect from the conference. Register for the conference here.
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Making your message count: Applying the strategies & tactics of advertising to sexual violence prevention, part 1

(14:50) In this first of a two-part video podcast series, Rebecca Nagel (FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture) and Brad Perry (Create Digital) provide an overview of the content of their August 28, 2013 session at the National Sexual Assault Conference, Making your message count: Applying the strategies and tactics of advertising to sexual violence prevention. In this portion of the video they talk about the importance of a good objective and clear strategy, using examples from FORCE's work to illustrate the concepts.
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Making your message count: Applying the strategies & tactics of advertising to sexual violence prevention, part 2

(14:07) In this second of a two-part video podcast series, Rebecca Nagel (FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture) and Brad Perry (Create Digital) provide an overview of the content of their August 28, 2013 session at the National Sexual Assault Conference, Making your message count: Applying the strategies and tactics of advertising to sexual violence prevention. In this portion of the video they talk about the importance of creative concepting and following through on the execution of campaigns, using examples from FORCE's work to illustrate the concepts.
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Planning for prevention: What's the logic behind my program?

Guest blog by Alexis Marbach, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Strategic planning for prevention seems like such a luxury. Can you imagine stepping back from implementing a program, researching emerging trends in program delivery, and participating in an agency wide conversation around the efficacy of a given program? In an era of reduced funding (and subsequently reduced levels of staffing), comprehensive planning can fall by the wayside as we strive to give and do more with less. But what happens when we forge ahead without the thoughtful and sometimes complicated planning process? We run the risk of implementing a strategy that fails to meet the needs of our audience (culturally, developmentally) and fails to achieve our intended outcomes. As prevention specialists, we must plan for our programming to know...

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