Dave Closson

Prevention Leaders w/ Dave Closson

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Prevention work is hard. The Prevention Leaders Podcast makes it a little less lonely. Host Dave Closson, a combat veteran, coalition builder, and prevention strategist, brings you real conversations with the people shaping the field. Each episode delivers practical tools, honest perspectives, and the kind of leadership development most prevention professionals never get. If you're doing this work, this podcast was built for you.

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Strategic Planning: The power is in the process [#4] 16.03.2020 10:06

In today's episode, I share 5 questions to guide your strategic planning process and introduce the DEA's newest publication, Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students.

Motivational Interviewing For Campus Police [#3] 09.02.2020 33:32

For today’s episode, I wanted to talk about Motivational Interviewing for Campus Police. Ryan Snow and I recently spoke on this very same topic at the NASPA Strategies conference and folks wanted more and more info about how they can get their campus police officers involved. So I thought I’d break down the basics of campus police using motivational interviewing on patrol. Motivational Interviewin...

An Interview with Ryan Snow, Police Officer and Certified Drug Recognition Expert Instructor [#2] 02.01.2020 21:15

For today’s episode, I went back to my archives and dusted off a conversation I had with Officer Ryan Snow. We chat about his work on a campus and community coalition, being involved in data collection and analysis, strategies for engaging law enforcement in your prevention efforts and how he uses motivational interviewing on patrol. First a bit about Ryan - Ryan serves fulltime as a police office...

Introduction to the Prevention Leaders Podcast [#1] 30.12.2019 22:21

In this episode, I want to share what this podcast is all about and some fun things to look forward to. I’ve had so much fun with the Mid-America PTTC podcast, I wanted to launch my own personal podcast. Through the PTTC podcast, we have seen the power and impact of stories. There are a ton of great people doing amazing prevention work – through sharing, connecting, and unpacking that great work w...