Accessing TTAC’s Trainings
- Review training opportunities below. Click on the training
titles to get more detailed information.
- Submit a request for training information - via email,
web form, or phone.
- TTAC staff will respond promptly to your request, within
2-3 business days.
- TTAC staff will discuss your training requests with you
in more detail to determine the best way to meet your needs.
- Based on this communication, TTAC will work with you to
establish an appropriate training plan.
Trainings
Communities
of Excellence Plus
A Community of Excellence is a community in which
no tobacco use is the norm. Communities of Excellence Plus
(CX Plus) is a comprehensive three phase program
designed to maximize the strength of resources available within
a state by focusing on the local level. CX Plus provides local
tobacco control advocates with the tools, techniques, and
support to:
- Articulate the components of a local level comprehensive
tobacco control program
- Discuss the basics of effective programming at the local
level
- Describe the necessary elements of a comprehensive tobacco
control approach
- Assess their local tobacco control efforts in relation
to a Community of Excellence
- Develop an action plan to strengthen local tobacco control
efforts.
To complete a request for training information click here.
Fundamentals
of Evaluation Onsite Training
This two-day in-person version of the Fundamentals of
Evaluation training is designed to teach participants
how to plan a program evaluation through the use of visual
aids, group discussion, examples, and practice. To request
information about this training click here.
Fundamentals
of Evaluation Web-based Training
As a 12-week distance learning program, the web-based training
provides basic information and applied activities to gain
the skills needed to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan.
Participants learn about the importance of program evaluation,
what to expect from their evaluation efforts, what is involved
in an evaluation, and how to develop an evaluation plan. Click
here to request information about
participating in this web-based training program.
Sustainability
Workshop
This training lays out strategies by which coalitions and
organizations can position themselves to be sustainable for
the long haul. The workshop prepares participants address
the core of sustainability—developing a winning combination
of strategy, planning, leadership, and fundraising—and
will show them how to get where they want to be. TTAC also
offers shorter stand-alone workshops on individual elements
of the training including strategic planning, fundraising,
and writing a winning proposal. To request more information
about holding a Sustainability Workshop, click here.
Tobacco
101 Version 2
The updated and revised Tobacco 101 curriculum is provided
in a two-day workshop designed to educate professionals new
to tobacco control on the fundamentals of tobacco and tobacco
prevention and control. The workshop will help participants
be able to communicate persuasive arguments for tobacco control,
understand the elements of comprehensive programming, locate
resources and data, and identify and implement effective interventions.
Click here to request more information
about conducting a Tobacco 101 training.
Costs
TTAC is committed to improving tobacco control capacity by
providing affordable technical assistance and training opportunities.
The cost associated with the services will depend on the scope
of the work necessary to meet your individual needs.
Training Information Request
Form
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