Featured Trainings
The Region IV PHTC offers free competency-based trainings for public health professionals throughout the region and nation.
Public Health Online: Writing for and Reaching the Right Audience
Communicating public health information to broad audiences can be challenging, especially when translating complex concepts into clear, accessible messages. This webinar is designed to help professionals strengthen their communication strategies across multiple channels, including newsletters and social media. This session will also offer tools to improve the clarity, engagement, and impact of communication efforts amongst public health professionals.
Supporting Teams through Uncertainty, Change and Morale Challenges
This session will expose participants to concepts that promote flexibility and adaptability while experiencing uncertainty or disruption in the workplace. Participants will learn strategies to support self and others. This session will be interactive and will encourage participants to stretch towards positive framed goals for collective work. Focused strategies for boosting staff morale will be integrated throughout.
Practical Approaches to Mental Health in Crisis and Disaster Response
Natural disasters and large-scale crises don’t just disrupt systems. They reshape how individuals, communities, and organizations experience safety, connection, and meaning. This training explores how behavioral health professionals, educators, and leaders can respond with intention by integrating self-care, trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and systems thinking into their practice.
Cultivating an Intentional Culture of Joy at Work
This session focuses on how individuals, leaders and teams can intentionally cultivate an environment that creates joy at work. Together, we will explore how to recognize and celebrate the culture that already exists, identify small daily actions that strengthen trust and connection, and build simple practices that make work feel more meaningful. Participants will leave with practical strategies they can use to intentionally shape a culture where people feel valued, supported, and energized to serve their communities.
Audience-Centered Public Health Series
Audience-Centered Public Health is a 2-part webinar series designed to introduce an audience-centered approach to public health practice in four foundational pillars.
Learners may choose to register for all webinars in the series or for individual sessions.
The Story Behind the Numbers 2.0: Reframing Data Through Narrative for Public Health Impact
Many public health professionals are fluent in data. Unfortunately, data alone doesn’t always shift behavior or build community trust. This 90-minute interactive session explores how narrative construction can humanize statistics, strengthen community engagement, and improve decision-making in broader public health efforts. Participants will learn how to ethically integrate lived experience into public health messaging, apply structured storytelling frameworks, and connect narrative strategy to measurable outcomes.
Starting Strong: Building a Foundation for Useful Evaluation
Have you heard people talk about “evaluation” and “using data”, but not know where to start? Or is “evaluation” a dirty word for your team? Does it trigger flashbacks to pages of data cobbled together right before a deadline? This webinar will introduce you to evaluation tools and frameworks that can be used by any member of a program team. By presenting a range of evaluation approaches that can be adapted to fit your situation, Emory Centers for Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement staff will show you ways to apply these practical frameworks and tools.
Bridging the AI Gap: From Pilot Projects to Sustainable AI Governance in Public Health
Uncover the paradox facing public health today: more than 75% of agencies are experimenting with AI tools, yet 85% still lack the governance policies needed to use them responsibly. This session will discuss findings from a landmark survey of 25+ state and local health departments, exploring the critical gap between AI enthusiasm and responsible implementation. Learn how to navigate concerns around data privacy, algorithmic bias, and public trust while harnessing AI’s transformative efficiency. Walk away with a practical readiness checklist to move your organization from experimentation to sustainable AI adoption.
Appreciative Inquiry: Using a Positive Approach to Build Capacity
This course introduces Appreciative Inquiry, a strengths-based, positive, cooperative approach to building capacity. It is an introductory-level course in designing programs and projects using a positive lens, emphasizing that every person and community has inherent strengths, capabilities, and potential, rather than focusing primarily on their needs, problems, or deficits.
Understanding the Uniform: A Campfire Chat on Connecting Military Culture with Public Health
Join us for a Campfire chat focused on understanding the National Guard community and its public health needs. This presentation examines the intersection of National Guard culture and public health, emphasizing the vital role of service members in community health initiatives and emergency response. We will discuss the impact of military training on public health preparedness, the importance of Integrated Primary Prevention, and collaboration with public health agencies during crises. Attendees will gain insights into the cultural values of the National Guard and their implications for enhancing public health outcomes at all levels.
On the Road Across the Lifespan
Join us for an insightful webinar focused on transportation safety across all stages of life. From the earliest years to aging adults, ensuring safety on the road is a shared responsibility that evolves with age and experience. This session will highlight key aspects of transportation safety, providing valuable information and practical strategies for everyone involved in travel, whether as passengers or drivers.
Grant Me Strength: Budgeting Basics for Public Health Warriors
Budgeting doesn’t have to be intimidating—it’s a core skill for every public health professional navigating grant-funded programs. This session breaks down the essentials of budgeting and reframes financial management as a strategic tool for program success. Through practical examples and a touch of humor, participants will learn how to build budgets that support sustainability, align with program goals, and tell a compelling story of impact.
