Staff Bio
Nick Vera
User Experience and Education Strategist, Region 2
Classes I Teach
| Event Title | Summary |
|---|---|
| Building Healthy, Resilient Communities in Florida’s Rural Panhandle | This webinar is part of the Rural Health Webinar Series. This presentation will provide an overview of preliminary data from opioid users and library directors across the nation. |
| Cancelled. Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 1 | NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on March 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on March 20th via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break) This class can support 30 participants. If this training reaches capacity, a waitlist will be created for further training opportunities in Spring 2025. Training will be provided by Amanda Sammons at the Medical University of South Carolina. For questions, please email region2@nnlm.com. This session is reserved for participants in the Region 2 states and territories of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Cancelled. Mental Health First Aid Training Opportunity for Region 2 Network - Session 2 | NNLM Region 2 will be hosting a virtual Mental Health First Aid Training class on April 3rd from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST. There are two parts to the virtual training: 2.5 hours of self-led online pre-work required 48 hours prior to the start of the live Zoom session and 5.5 hours of live virtual training on April 3rd via Zoom 8:30 a.m.-2:30p EST (this includes a 30-minute lunch break) This class can support 30 participants. If this training reaches capacity, a waitlist will be created for further training opportunities in Spring 2025. Training will be provided by Amanda Sammons at the Medical University of South Carolina. For questions, please email region2@nnlm.com. This session is reserved for participants in the Region 2 states and territories of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Cancelled. Trauma-Informed and Relational Care for Libraries - Part 1 | This is a two-workshop series to introduce trauma-informed care tools. The first workshop will focus on what is and isn’t trauma-informed through a set of reframes. We will then focus on how to better navigate shifting power dynamics from a lens of liberatory power by examining the trauma-informed reframe: Power Over to Power With. In the second workshop, Nisha will focus on the impact of feelings and needs in your everyday work life, and she will introduce trauma-informed communication strategies based on her Trauma-Informed Communication Framework. |
| Cancelled. Trauma-Informed and Relational Care for Libraries - Part 2 | This is a two-workshop series to introduce trauma-informed care tools. The first workshop will focus on what is and isn’t trauma-informed through a set of reframes. We will then focus on how to better navigate shifting power dynamics from a lens of liberatory power by examining the trauma-informed reframe: Power Over to Power With. In the second workshop, Nisha will focus on the impact of feelings and needs in your everyday work life, and she will introduce trauma-informed communication strategies based on her Trauma-Informed Communication Framework. |
| Communicating Across the Gap: Strategies for Disaster Preparedness and Public Trust | This session introduces practical communication strategies for public-facing professionals involved in disaster preparedness and response. |
| Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection - April 10, 2025 | This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication. This presentation addresses improving health literacy, by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus.gov. |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction | This 90-minute introduction session provides overviews about: What PubMed is and what's in it. Finding the original research that is the basis for a news article. Finding articles by a specific author. Searching for articles on a specific subject. Narrowing search results to a more specific subset Exploring the Advanced Search Builder and Search History. |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction | This 90-minute introduction session provides overviews about: What PubMed is and what's in it. Finding the original research that is the basis for a news article. Finding articles by a specific author. Searching for articles on a specific subject. Narrowing search results to a more specific subset Exploring the Advanced Search Builder and Search History. |
| Informal Weather Education Outreach | This one-hour webinar explores best practices in informal weather education outreach and shares successful examples from the Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida (http://eei.fiu.edu/). |
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