Overview
& Purpose:
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Would
you like to eliminate student apathy among your student
leaders?
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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 PeersSession
7:Acing
College…Guaranteed
Session
1:Making Your Vision
Come AliveFocus: Your Purpose
- Facilitators:
Professor Joe Martin and/or Dan Oltersdorf
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
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Facilitators:
Professor Joe Martin and/or Dan Oltersdorf
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 LeaderFocus: Your Problem
Solving Skills - Facilitators:
Professor Joe Martin and/or Dan Oltersdorf
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 AttitudeFocus: Your Personal
Attitude -
Facilitators:
Professor Joe Martin and/or Dan Oltersdorf
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 PlayerFocus: 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 PeersFocus: Your
Communication Skills
- Facilitators:
Professor Joe Martin and/or Dan Oltersdorf
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…GuaranteedFocus: Your Grades
- Facilitator:
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,” Professor
Martin reveals the strategies that helped him 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:
 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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 Dan Oltersdorf
is an author, trainer, and student
development consultant, and residence hall director.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.
Dan is currently a residence hall director at Florida State
University, where he is finishing his master's degree in higher
education. Dan has a passion for equipping students to succeed,
and does this through his speaking, writing and online resources.
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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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