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Mental Health First Aid Summit Breakouts C

MHFA14 - Let This 'Old Dog' Teach You New Tricks - Enhancing Your Presentation Skills

Sunday, April 26, 2026
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM MDT
Location: Bluebird 2A
NASW CCB NBCC
Presentation Description: Let a veteran instructor of Mental Health First Aid provide you with tools and tricks to make your course a dynamic one. If you want to make your presentation more effective, fun, and memorable, this session is for you.
Learn how to:
• Use an icebreaker to your advantage.
• Incorporate self-care throughout your instruction.
• Use the slide deck effectively.
• “Engage” participants.
• Use stories to enhance your topics.
• Effectively use scenarios and videos.
• Deal with “difficult” participants.
• Incorporate humor.
• Improve your evaluations.

Come join me for an informative and entertaining session!

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore effective presentation strategies that can lead to refined presentation skills and improved participant evaluations.
  • Individuals will learn how to illicit more engagement from their MHFA participants through demonstrations on how to effectively use questioning, stories, video and scenario discussions.
  • Analyze potential problem areas in their presentation and formulate a plan to implement strategies that will improve these problem areas.
Disclosure(s):
Patricia G. Clark, BA Psychology; MA Guidance and Counseling; MA Educational Leadership: No financial relationships to disclose
Rhonda Nelson, LCPC: No financial relationships to disclose