At the beginning of both sessions, Dr. Linkenbach asked everyone, "Are we busy or are we effective?" Are we changing our communities or are we transforming them?
He talked about prevention as an act of leadership and presented seven core actions of positive leadership:
Be positive
Be present
Be perceptive
Be purposeful
Be perfected (learn from mistakes and share what was learned)
Be proactive
Be passionate.
Dr. Linkenbach is well-known for the Most of Us campaigns using the Positive Community Norms Model. A message that these campaigns promote is: most kids make healthy choices but exceptions do exist.
He also spoke about bringing together spirit, science, and action when communities work to reduce youth substance abuse. Together, they create synergy that can lead to community transformation.
He provided several examples of "spirit" and shared the following negative ad:Though they are not videos for substance abuse prevention, he shared the following with us to provide examples of spirit:
Where is Matt? (as an example that good already exists in all of our communities)
Substance abuse prevention ads using positive social norms may be viewed on the Most of Us website.
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