Innovative Programming for Teens and Adults

Lia regular does speaking engagements in schools, communities and corporate settings speaking on a plethora of topics relevant to teens and parents. She recently created and delivered a course encouraging students not to Vape at the request of the Cromwell, CT Board of Education. Lia is available to deliver the programs below or customize programs to met requirements for national and state grants as well as for parent affinity groups in corporate settings. A sampling of the multitude of programming she's created is listed below. 

“Leadership in Learning and Life”

  This program is a 15-20 hour (can be extended) series, which includes the following topics (all can function as stand alone programs):
 o Knowing and leading with values
 o Understanding and enhancing your management style and techniques
 o Communication Leadership- communicating with impact through writing and speaking
 o Personal empowerment including self-advocacy
 o Setting and achieving educational and life goals

• College Level Writing for High School Students
• College Admissions Planning
• Deconstructing the College Essay
• Combating Peer Pressure 
• Organizing and balancing time in high school and beyond
• Adulting: a Crash Course
• C Squared| The Confidence Quotient 
• Friend/ Enemy | Surviving Cliques and Friend Drama
• Reducing Career Anxiety
• What do I want to be: Navigating Career Options
• College Crash Course: How to Survive & Thrive the 1st Semester & Beyond

Advanced Communications courses include:

o Interviewing Skills – how to sell yourself comfortably  

o Creation of resume, cover letter, thank you follow up notes, and other professional written communications

o Interpersonal Communications- communication savvy for the budding professional 

o An exploration of kindness and empathy

o Intercultural Diversity and sensitivity 

o Communication and technology – advantages and implications

o Creating and managing your personal brand including looking the part and networking success 

o Self-confidence and personal empowerment including self-advocacy

Building your personal brand

o Brand Buoyancy: How to Reclaim, Repair & Reimagine your Brand

o Creation of resume, cover letter, thank you follow up notes, and other professional written communications

o Creating and maintaining a presence on LinkedIn 

o Interviewing Skills – how to sell yourself in today’s job market  

o Workplace communications strategies – presentations, pitfalls and pick me ups

• "Acing College Admissions: an Uncommonly Legal Approach" 
• Top Ten Essay Writing Mistakes that will Carry to College
• Everything Parents with Middle School Kids can do NOW to prepare for College Admissions
• How to Stay Sane throughout the College Admissions Process 

 We are experienced in designing for and presenting to a global audience in person, via webinar, video conference, or blended learning experience on a multitude of topics including but not limited to:

• Public Speaking, Workshop Facilitation and Communicating  for Maximum Impact (a hybrid of presentation excellence and both internal and external customer connectivity
• Business Writing/ Writing for Impact 
• Change Management, Leading Change and Change Strategies for Individual Contributors
• Time Management/ Time Hacks/ Productivity 
• Building Resilience/ Coping Skills for Busy Professionals
• Performance Management/ Using the 9 Box
• Interviewing Skills / Behavioral Interviewing 
• Using a six step problem solving methodology for any business problem
• Courses using assessments such as DiSC, LIFO, StrengthQuest etc. 
• Networking Skills and Strategies 
• Consultative Sales training and capability

Weekly Program Themes

Week One: How is this even real? Digesting and Discussing the Socially Distant Life

Parent Companion Topic | Processing the Pandemic: How is this affecting your family?

Week Two: Stress is a Mess! From Hoping to Coping

Parent Companion Topic |  I'm About to Lose my Mind: A Stress Solution
Week Three: From Rut to Routine: A Sanity Plan

Parent Companion Topic |  Reinforcing Routine: How to Achieve Buy-In from your Kid (s) 
Week Four: An Attitude of Gratitude: Wish upon Wellness

Parent Companion Topic |  The Wonder of Wellness: Modeling Gratitude for your Family
Week Five: An Unclear Future: Creating Clarity and Positive Plans

Parent Companion Topic |  How to Plan for the Unknown: Supporting your Teen/Tweens

Objectives:

• Create a forum for students and parents to separately air their concerns, feelings and grief over the current pandemic
• Detail tangible strategies to support students and parents in developing and harnessing existing coping mechanisms to positively contribute to their physical, mental and social-emotional well-being
• Provide succinct and actionable plans to students and parents to increase positive dialogue, lessen gaps in perspective and offer realistic next steps to handling pandemic related issues
• Offer perspective on real issues facing the social, emotional, educational and physical implications of COVID-19 with an emphasis on gratitude, openness to positivity and solution orientation