Making Effective Powerpoint Presentations

Learn effective strategies for making effective presentations from the National Conference of State Legislatures' TIPS FOR MAKING EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS interactive slide show. Slideshows are quick to produce, easy to update and effective to inject visual interest into the presentation. However, slideshows can also spell disaster even for experienced presenters. The key to success is to make certain your slide show is a visual aid and not a visual distraction.

Arizona's Community Data Project Makes Data Accessible

Arizona's Community Data Project-a searchable database containing state and local substance abuse-related data—puts vital information into the hands of communities, practitioners, and policymakers. This "one-stop shopping" website provides easy and immediate access to the data users need to make prevention and policy decisions that are timely, well-informed, and most likely to have a positive impact.

Criteria for Analyzing Assessment Data

This document offers criteria prevention practitioners can use to analyze their assessment data including magnitude, impact, changeability, concentrated occurrence, and consumption/consequence.

Emergency Emergency Department Data Help Louisiana Prioritize Prevention Efforts

Interactive Data Systems

Many states have developed interactive, online tools that provide one-stop shopping that enable users to compare data across multiples communities and counties.

New New Jersey Shores Up Its Data on Older Adults and Substance Abuse

Prevention in Alaska: Seeing the Whole Picture

L. Diane Casto describes the benefits of implementing a comprehensive approach to preventing substance abuse and related behavioral health problems.

Prevention in Massachusetts: Following the Data

Steve Keel describes the process the state followed to identify unintended opioid overdose as its prevention priority.

Prevention in Michigan: Sharing Data Across Systems

Learn how an effort to share data across Michigan’s multiple data systems helped prevention professionals identify priorities and plan and implement programs.

SUMN.ORG: Accessing Data the Minnesota Way!

"Substance Use in MN (SUMN)" is a public data warehouse that provides information on 81 indicators of ATOD consumption and consequences.

U.S. Virgin Islands Partner with CAPT to Strengthen Local Data Collection Efforts

Ongoing training and TA supported USVI's newly-formed prevention coalitions in collecting the data needed to understand and address its most pressing substance abuse problems.

Washington State Family Policy Council: Shaping Policy to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences

Laura Porter, a prevention leader from Washington State, gives a firsthand account of how policy can be shaped to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

"Risk Scales" Help Washington State Prioritize Prevention Funding

Washington's State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) is using data to redesign the way the state distributes substance misuse prevention funding. This approach guides the use of limited resources to serve more than 50 high-need communities across the state.