For most families, it can be a difficult thing to narrow the list of colleges to apply to. But long before that decision is made, it is imperative to spend a great deal of time thinking about: how your student is wired (their personality, strengths, weaknesses, and risk tolerance) what the student [read more] …
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Raising the Bar for Public Speaking Skills
Raising the Bar for Public Speaking Skills By Jeannette Webb We talked earlier about the Communications Club I established for my young children – a group of like-minded friends who loved each other’s kids and were invested in each other’s success. It was very warm and supportive. And safe. That was fine in the younger [read more] …
Learning to Speak in Public
Learning to Speak in Public By Jeannette Webb When I started the educational adventure with my children, I felt that one of the most important things to teach them was communication skills. Whether they were going to be college professors, engineers, medical doctors, or missionaries (or any other career I could think of) they needed [read more] …
Do You Know How to Interview? Pt. 2
Do You Know How to Interview? Part 2 By Jeannette Webb Last time we looked at how to help younger children learn communication skills that will, in time, help them be better interviewers. Now we turn our focus to students at the cusp of college interviews. Know Thyself Before ever walking into the interview, you [read more] …
The Well Trained Introvert
At 10 years of age, I found myself in a very uncomfortable situation. But, nowhere near as uncomfortable as my mom. I was the legacy of three generations of award-winning 4-Hers, and my mom had proudly driven me to my very first County 4-H Speech Contest. She was expecting blue ribbons. Instead, she found her [read more] …