HHS TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION CONFERENCE
This Team Is Rockin’
ETR staff attend and present at many conferences each year. We had an especially grati-
fying experience at the 2014 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference hosted by
the Department of Health & Human Services in June. Our staff facilitated several stand-
ing-room only workshops and roundtables; we had opportunities to meet with many of
our funded partners; and our booth in the Exhibit Hall garnered lots of attention.
We are honored to be a part of the visionary community leading the nation’s impressive
efforts to prevent teen pregnancy and promote adolescent sexual health.
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It was great to feel the energy and excitement at this
conference, and to see the strong presence of ETR staff.
We had ETR people presenting workshops, attending sessions,
talking with colleagues from across the country, and generally
showing up all over the place. Every night, we all got together
to talk about how the day went and what we’d learned.
I was hosting the ETR booth in the Exhibit Hall. Over and over
again, people would walk by and say, “Oh, ETR! We know your
materials. We love them. We know all about you.”
And I’d say, “Do you know we also provide professional
development services? That we do face-to-face trainings on
our evidence-based curricula? Or that we can assist in the
production, dissemination and promotion of new evidence-
based materials—and that we’re actively looking for partners
for these kinds of projects?”
About two-thirds of the people I talked to knew about one
facet of our work—our publications, for example—but not
about the other things we do. I had a lot of lively and positive
conversations with people about the broader range of
solutions we offer. It’s rewarding to engage in the genuine,
heartfelt exchange you get with people doing health
promotion with youth, and it’s satisfying to see more people
learning about the impressive range of services
ETR has to offer.
AngelaWard
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Quarterly Review
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SUMMER 201
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