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Real
World Student Success Seminar
Overview
& Purpose:
- Would
you like to eliminate student apathy among your student
leaders?
- Would
you like to motivate and inspire your student leaders
so they can lead others?
- Would
you like to see your students lead, learn, and live
more responsibly on and off campus?
Well, student leaders are not
born!
Contrary
to popular opinion, leaders are not born, they’re
trained and developed. Even the country’s top student
leaders weren’t always great leaders. Instead, these
students made the journey from college student to “student
leader” by making the most of their talents, learning
and applying new skills, and developing their leadership
abilities.
Through
this training process, they learned new ways to influence,
motivate, and build relationships. They conquered problems
and setbacks that would have stifled most.
And through experience and leadership development,
they learned how to create and inspire powerful teams.
Empower
your student leaders!
The
Real World Student Leadership Success Seminar
is designed to empower student leaders to make a difference.
This program is full of real world examples,
practical methods, and proven strategies.
Every one of the seven sessions
is packed with ideas and tips that will help your student
leaders produce immediate results on your campus, as
well as in the classroom. So whether your students are
experienced leaders looking for new ways to motivate
others or novices wanting to enhance their leadership
role – this powerful seminar program is one you don’t
want your student staff to miss.
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Just
pick the session(s) that’s right
for your team:
Session
1: Making
Your Vision Come Alive
Session
2: Getting
Others to Give it Their All!
Session
3: Solving
Problems Like a Leader
Session 4: Developing
a Winning Attitude
Session 5: Becoming
the Complete Team Player
Session
6: Connecting
with Your Peers
Session 7:
Acing College…Guaranteed
Session
1:
Making Your Vision Come
Alive
Focus:
Your Purpose - Facilitators: Dan Oltersdorf and/or
Professor Joe Martin
As
a student leader, you may already know what to do and
how to lead…but you will eventually flounder if you’re
either doing the right things for the wrong reasons
or the wrong things for the right reasons. We’re talking
about purpose…your road map to success…and the “why”
behind effective leadership. In this session, you will
learn how to:
- Find
your purpose for leading.
- Define
your team’s purpose.
- Get
everyone on your team moving in the same direction.
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Session
2: Getting
Others to Give it Their All!
Focus:
Your Motivational Skills -
Facilitators: Dan Oltersdorf and/or Professor Joe
Martin
Your
success as a student leader is measured by your ability
to lead people where they need to go. But in order to
take your team to the “promise land,” you must first
get them to want to go. You will learn some powerful
strategies that will help you inspire, motivate, and
become an authentic role model for those you lead. In
this session, you will learn how to:
- Lead
by example instead of excuses.
- Get
your team excited about following you.
- Get
your team to accept responsibility for their actions.
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Session
3: Solving
Problems Like a Leader
Focus:
Your Problem Solving Skills - Facilitators:
Dan Oltersdorf and/or Professor Joe Martin
One
of your most difficult roles as a student leader probably
isn’t the job itself…it’s that of a problem solver.
As you develop as a leader, you’ll be presented with
more and more opportunities to either prove yourself
or expose your weaknesses. This session will help you
logically sort through the complexities of problems
and develop win-win solutions. You will learn how to:
- View
problems as opportunities instead of obstacles.
- Help
your team/students solve their own problems.
- Keep
your composure when you’re facing a crisis.
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Session
4: Developing
a Winning Attitude
Focus:
Your Personal Attitude
- Facilitators:
Dan Oltersdorf and/or Professor Joe Martin
Your
attitude about yourself will determine your attitude
about others. And your attitude about others will determine
your attitude about your organization. How you communicate
with yourself on a consistent basis will determine your
effectiveness as a leader. In this session, you will
learn how to:
- Take
control of you mental and emotional attitude.
- Create
enthusiasm in your organization that’s contagious.
- Use
your attitude to build loyalty and trust.
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Session
5: Becoming
the Complete Team Player
Focus:
Your Team Building Skills - Facilitator:
Dan Oltersdorf
When
it comes to leadership, there’s no such thing as a self-made
success. The moment you think you can do it alone is
the moment you’ll be doing it alone. There’s no “I”
in the word “TEAM,” and the speed of the leader will
determine the rate of the pack. You need others and
they need you. In this session, you will learn how to:
- Put
the team’s needs before your own.
- Share
the spotlight with others so all of you will shine.
- Become
your team’s biggest cheerleader as well as their favorite
coach.
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Session
6:
Connecting with Your Peers
Focus:
Your Communication Skills
- Facilitators:
Dan Oltersdorf and/or Professor Joe Martin
Eighty-seven
(87%) percent of all success in any organization is
directly related to people skills. Even if you’re the
hardest working and most gifted person on your team,
no one will follow you unless they first trust and like
you. Even if you’re not a “people person,” you can still
be an effective leader. In this session, you will learn
how to:
- Get
others to give you what you need to succeed.
- Build
credibility and mutual respect with your team.
- Get
along with almost anybody any time.
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Session
7:
Acing College…Guaranteed
Focus:
Your Grades - Facilitators: Dan Oltersdorf
and/or Professor Joe Martin
College
success is not about your IQ, it’s about your I WILL!
Even if you succeed as a student leader on your
campus, if you fail in the classroom, it’s all a mute
point. Based
on his book “Tricks of the Grade,” you will learn the
strategies that helped Professor Joe Martin graduate
at the top of his class and get voted “Student of the
Year” in spite of low standardized test scores.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Position
yourself for better grades on the first day of class.
- Make
better grades by actually studying less.
- Get
“inside” information from your professors that will
guarantee you top grades.
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Seminar
Facilitators:
 Dan
Oltersdorf is an author, trainer, and student
development consultant.
He is co-author of "Inspiration for ResidentAssistants,"
and "Inspiration for Student Leaders,"
as well as numerous articles on student development
programming and residence life. He is also the founder
and president of ResidentAssistant.com, the largest
residence life informational web site on the Internet.
Dan's work has been featured in the Chronicle of Higher
Education, Higher Education Business Magazine, MATRIX
Magazine, USA Today, and SteamTunnels Magazine. In 2002,
Student Leader Magazine recognized ResidentAssistant.com
as one of the top three student websites in the nation.
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 Joe
Martin is a professor, author, speaker, and
educational consultant. He is the author of the top-selling
book Tricks of the Grade and the founder
and president of RealWorld University (www.RWUniversity.com),
the largest student success center on the Internet.
As
a speaker, he was voted
Campus Speaker of the Year by the Association for Programming
Campus Activities (APCA), and is being touted as
“America’s Top
Motivational Professor!”
Graduating
at the top of his university class at age 20, he has
successfully co-owned and operated a clothing store
and a special events agency. He also held a position
as communications director for the Florida Governor’s
Office. At the age of 24, he became the youngest professor
ever hired to teach at a university in the state of
Florida.
He
has appeared on numerous television and radio talk shows,
and he has been featured in several newspapers including
USA Today, the Miami Herald, and the Atlanta Constitution.
He’s also the host of a regional television student
talk called “Student Reality,” – a show designed to
provide students with real world answers to real world
problems. Joe
currently teaches business communication and public
relations at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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Five
more good reasons why you will
want your student leaders to attend this seminar…
1.
The speakers are among the most reputable…period.
Dan Oltersdorf created (as a student) the largest
resource center for resident assistants on the Internet.
He’s considered to be an expert on student development
programming and residence life issues. Joe Martin was voted 1999 Campus Speaker of the Year by the
Association for Programming College Activities (APCA)
and is touted by students as “America’s Top Motivational
Professor.” They
both have proven track records of professional success,
expertise, and effectiveness.
2.
Joe and Dan produce results! There’s a lot
of information out there that could take your student
leaders years to gather on their own and learn. In a
fast paced day and a half, we’ll produce the results
that will help your students become the best they can
be.
3.
Practicality
and application is emphasized. Your students
will leave the seminar with specifics they can apply
immediately. The seminar is designed to help them see
results on their first day back to school.
4.
The program is guaranteed. The program is
risk free. If your students return to their organization
and apply the strategies learned at the seminar (any
session) and are not absolutely delighted with the results,
write us right away. We’ll issue your school a refund. In addition, we will make a $250 donation to your college’s
foundation fund if we fail to satisfy.
That’s our guarantee, and it’s unprecedented
in leadership development!
5.
The best program at the best price. This
program is a great value for any school on a limited
budget. We challenge you to find better presenters with
better program material at a better cost with a better
guarantee.
Bonus
Reason: Thousand
of Students and Staff members can’t be wrong:
"Your
presentation was well received and will help our membership
development. Thanks for being a part of our workshop."
-- Dale O'Daniel, President of Chipola Community
College, and Florida Association of Community Colleges.
"I
can't begin to tell you the kind of impact you had
on our students at the N.O.D.A. Leadership Conference.
Your program on finding your purpose personally inspired
me. . . all I can say is that you were incredible!"
-- Gary Pierson, Director of Student Activities,
Adams State College
"This
is by far the best presentation I've heard at a leadership
retreat. It was deeply interesting, entertaining,
as well as informative."
-- Rebecca, Student, Seminole Community College
"I've learned a lot about myself, my life, and
my direction in life. I loved the program, and you're
a wonderful speaker. Thank you."
-- Leslie, Student, Colorado State University
"Thank you so much for opening my eyes so that
I can live my life for myself -- no one else! I'm
sure you gave us all here the loving kick in the butt
we needed."
-- Karen, Student, Polk Community College
"Excellent presentation! This was my wake-up
call. There is a purpose for my life, and now I have
the determination to achieve it. Thank you!"
-- Dorian, Student, Florida Southern College
"Very energetic program...you have helped me
to let my light shine by serving others."
-- Towanda, Student, St. Petersburg Jr. College
"For anyone who is uncertain in life or is in
need of direction, your program will set them straight
if they listen not only with their ears, but also
with
their hearts."
-- Joseph, Student, Port St. Richey, Florida
"This
program was both motivating and inspiring. Since I'm
struggling with direction, your presentation on "purpose"
really applied to my life."
-- Megan, Student, Colorado State University
"This is something that I can carry with me for
the rest of my life. It has changed me!"
-- Dawn, Student, University of Wyoming
"The
point I'm at in my life right now has been very difficult.
Your presentation gave me ideas and methods on what
I need to do take control of my life and make it the
life I want. Thanks!"
-- Bridget, Student, University of Utah
"Your
workshop and keynote speech were nothing less than
outstanding...I've never seen our students stay so
engaged for so long for one speaker."
-- Bruce Cooke, Director of Student Activities,
Daytona Beach Community College
I
just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your presentation
today. I hope the students use your ideas, as I believe
you were right on target with your message. I will
share your ideas with students in our counseling center.
I hope our paths cross again.
-- Tom Shapter, Counselor, Florida Southern
College
Satisfaction
is Guaranteed or Your Money Back…Period!
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If
you are interested in finding out how you can bring
this seminar to your campus for your student leaders
(in part or in its entirety),
please complete the online information request form
and click submit.
Someone will be in contact with you to discuss
cost, options available, and dates of availability.
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