We are certified to teach in all 50 states

What We Do

The TIPS (Training for Intervention ProcedureS) program is designed to teach servers, sellers and consumers of alcohol to prevent intoxication, drunk driving and underage drinking. Nine versions of the program address concerns specific to different groups. The programs currently available include: On Premise, Off Premise, Social Functions, Concessions, Casinos, University, Seniors, Parents and Workplace. All sessions are taught by certified TIPS trainers, using video and printed materials to facilitate discussion of the course content.

Each course consists of three primary sections: Information, Skills Training and Practice/Rehearsal. The information in each program focuses on the specific concerns and issues for that program. For example, the TIPS for On Premise program addresses needs specific to bars or restaurants. The TIPS for the University program tailors the information to the needs of students and college groups.

At the end of each program, the trainer administers a multiple-choice exam which is sent to Health Communications, Inc. for grading and record-keeping. Students who pass the exam receive a certification card, denoting the program they were trained in, which is valid for three years.

Following is a brief outline of the topics covered in each of the TIPS programs.

Information

The Information Section uses a video presentation followed by discussion to cover basic information about alcohol, its effects on people and effective intervention strategies. Some of the topics include:

BENEFITS OF TIPS

TIPS is a practical, common sense approach to preventing irresponsible alcohol service and consumption. TIPS training helps people who are drinking from hurting themselves, injuring others or damaging property.

Following are just some of the benefits of using TIPS:

Corporate Client Benefits

• Provide your components with the best alcohol training program and support services in the industry.
• Lock in material costs at the lowest available pricing.
• Choose from eight versions of the program to best meet your property's specific needs.
• Track training and compliance with customized reports provided by Health Communications, Inc.
• Take advantage of the support services not offered by any other program: state law information, on-call Master Trainers, internet services, referral databases for insurance companies and trainers.
• Receive assistance in creating and implementing a training roll-out plan to ensure full coverage of your staff.
• Facilitate employee communication and teamwork by using a face-to-face training program that recognizes servers as the experts and draws on their experiences to generate solutions.
• Establish centralized ordering and billing to track and control your training investment.
• Conduct closed train-the-trainer workshops for your staff only to concentrate on company-specific issues.
• Sleep easier at night knowing your staff and establishment are protected by the recognized leader in alcohol server training.
• Standardize training used by all your components to ensure that everyone is using a program you are comfortable with and confident will protect you.

• Promote the responsible use of alcohol.
• Use TIPS training as a "reasonable efforts" defense in liquor liability lawsuits.
• Meet all state requirements for server training programs. TIPS is the only program approved in all states that regulate server training.
• Present evidence of training as a mitigating factor for fines or license suspensions due to ABC violations.
• Implement a proven effective method of reducing drunk driving and underage drinking.
• Receive unequaled support services from the TIPS staff, dedicated to meeting training needs.
• Offer TIPS training in Spanish and testing in several languages.
• Generate goodwill in your community for being part of the solution to alcohol-related problems.

JOSHUA SYSTEMS NOW TEACHES THE UNIVERSITY COURSE

This program develops a student's "people skills" and gives specific information for detecting when a friend or classmate has had too much to drink.

There are three components to the TIPS curriculum: information about how alcohol affects the body and the legal liabilities associated with the consumption of alcohol; skills training to recognize signs of intoxication and prevent alcohol misuse; and a practice session to build confidence for using these skills. Through this approach, TIPS for the University provides a means for students to create a responsible social environment, thereby minimizing alcohol abuse, drunk driving and alcohol-related liability.

TIPS for the University has been successful in helping to prevent alcohol-related incidents on over 300 campuses

Use TIPS to gain an advantage

TIPS helps you gain an edge over your competition. With this training, you will:

• Reduce business expenses
• Earn discounts on your liability insurance rates
• Prevent Liquor Law violations and fines
• Enable servers to help their guests enjoy alcohol more responsibly
• Customize this program to meet your establishment's needs and policies
• Satisfy more guests

TIPS OFFERS SOLUTIONS

TIPS is an alcohol intervention program that builds on the skills and expertise of your servers. Through our server session, with its lively interactive format, your staff will learn a practical, common sense approach to serving alcohol responsibly in any setting.

This approach will: Reduce your liquor liability exposure, improve your guest service, and enhance your business.

TIPS offers you many venue-specific programs to tailor your training. Choose from On Premise, Off Premise, Concessions, University programs and more.

By combining our program with your expertise, you will be able to show your servers how to: Recognize signs of intoxication, Prevent alcohol sales to minors, Intervene with patrons who are already intoxicated.

Why TIPS is your best choice

We don't waste your time with quick fixes or vague theories. TIPS addresses the situations you encounter every day, customized to your state's requirements and targeted to your needs. Your business is too important to rely on anything but a top quality program. TIPS is this program because:

• In 14 years, no one who is TIPS certified has been successfully sued in a liquor liability lawsuit.
• Our comprehensive database provides the most complete verification of training for establishments, courts and insurance companies.
• Independent university research has proven TIPS effective at preventing intoxication.
• It complies with requirements in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and 22 foreign countries.
• More than 550,000 people have chosen TIPS over the past 14 years. 

True False     2. You're likely to sleep better if you have a couple of drinks before going to bed.

True False     3. It's a good sign when people learn to handle alcohol better than they could when they first started to drink.

True False     4.Women react to alcohol differently than men, and generally can expect greater impairment from the same quantity of alcohol.

True False     5. If you are underage, it is legal for you to consume alcohol if your parents are present.

True False     6. Young people can't become alcoholics because they haven't been drinking long enough.

True False     7. A person can die from drinking too much alcohol at one sitting.

True False     8. In a bad car accident, the more alcohol you've consumed, the less likely you are to be seriously injured.

True False     9. If you had a biological parent who was an alcoholic, chances are you won't become an alcoholic yourself because the gene is likely to skip your generation.

True False     10.There is less alcohol in "lite" beer than in regular beer.

1. TRUE 2. FALSE 3. FALSE 4. TRUE 5. FALSE  6. FALSE 7. TRUE  8. FALSE 9. FALSE 10. FALSE

How did you do?  If you got even ONE wrong, you need us.

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Drunk Driving Can Be Stopped

Designated drivers have probably saved nearly 50,000 lives and spared many more thousands of people from suffering injury from drunk driving. Over nine out of 10 Americans who attend social events where alcohol is served would like to see designated drivers used. And the proportion of people using or being a designated driver has increased dramatically over time.  Each year over 73,000,000 Americans either serve as a designated driver or are driven home by one. A designated driver is simply a person who agrees to abstain from alcohol and be responsible for driving others home. The others are free to drink or not as they choose.Many establishments provide free non-alcoholic beverages to designated drivers.

A Great Idea

A designated driver helps friends and family

• avoid embarrassment
• keep their drivers licenses
• avoid fines
• stay out of jail
• prevent senseless injury and death
  Advantages to the designated driver concept:

• The non-drinker has a legitimate and respected role at a social function where alcohol is served. There is no stigma to abstaining because the designated driver is considered an important member of the group. Being a designated driver can also help legitimize a personal choice not to drink.
• The designated driver approach prevents driving under any level of impairment because that person consumes no alcohol. It doesn't require a driver or passenger to determine if a person is too impaired to drive.
• The server or host can offer a positive alternative to drunk driving by encouraging a group to designate a driver.
• The designated driver concept is easy to understand, simple to implement, costs nothing, and is effective.

Tips for designated drivers:

• Plan ahead whenever you are going to socialize with alcohol beverages
• Decide ahead of time who will not drink any alcohol before or during the party or event
• Consider taking turns being the designated driver (Look after your friends and family and they can look after you)
• Larger groups should have more than one designated driver

Help

In addition to being or using a designated driver, you can save lives by taking car keys from intoxicated people to prevent them from being drunk drivers.

Here are some helpful hints on how to get the keys from a drunk person about to drive:

• Be calm. Joke about it. Make light of it.
• Make it clear that you're doing the drunk person a favor.
• Locate their keys while they're preoccupied and take them away. They will probably think they've lost them and will be forced to accept another mode of transportation.
• If it is a close friend, try to use a soft, calm approach. Suggest to them privately that they've had too much to drink and it would be better if someone else drove them home or if they took a cab or other transportation.
• If it's a good friend, spouse, or loved one, tell them that if they insist on driving, you are not going with them. Tell them that you will ride with someone else, take public transportation, or walk.
• If it's someone you don't know well, speak to their friends and have them make an attempt to persuade them to hand over the keys.
• If possible, avoid embarrassing the person or being confrontational.

Report Drunk Drivers

If you see a driver doing these things, report the car along with its description and location, to the police or sheriff. The driver may be ill or intoxicated and shouldn't be on the road. Signs of drunk driving may include:

• weaving
• driving with windows rolled down in cold weather
• passing dangerously
• straddling the center line
• making wide turns
• driving slowly
• tailgating
• forgetting to turn on headlights

You really can make a difference!

Although thousands of lives are saved each year by both designated drivers and those who don't let friends or others drive drunk, many more are needlessly lost. Each such death is a tragedy affecting many others who are left suffering and grieving. Be a designated driver . . . be a hero.

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