Tawan Perry

Leading Students Don’t Require Titles (Part I)

Title holders have positions, but leaders often don’t. This leadership keynote presentation shows you how to develop authentic leadership while helping you understand that true leadership isn’t title based. If you want to be inspired to lead others, then this keynote is for you!

In this keynote, you will:

• Learn how to be a positive leader without a formal title 
• Learn some of the biggest mistakes that student leaders make and how to avoid them
• Discover how to get the most out of your peers without compromising your leadership standards

Leading Students Don’t Require Titles (Part II)

Great leaders don’t manage; they inspire! Great leaders have learned how to establish good interpersonal working relationships. In this presentation, you will acquire and explore a set of strategies intended to get you results through your leadership with your peers.

In this interactive presentation, you will:

• Discover ways to develop a campus culture of quality and excellence
• Learn how to actively engage other students on your campus and get them connected
• Discover ways to resolve conflict within your student organization

Perfect for: Student Leadership Conferences, Welcome Week, Break Out Sessions, and Residence Life Training

Its Not The 13^th Grade: Being a Star Student in Community College

Whether you're a recent high school graduate, a first generation college student, or a non-traditional student returning back to school, knowing how to successfully navigate your college environment is a must. Balancing the demands of an academic workload, a job, and other off campus commitments is critical to your college success. During this fun and interactive keynote, you will learn:

• How to utilize and maximize your campus resources
• The 3 highly effective habits of successful community college students
• How to excel academically while balancing your off campus life
• How to properly prepare for your next step
• Why developmental classes are not a setback but a set up for a comeback
  

Perfect for: Community College Orientations, Leadership Conferences, Early College Programs, First Year Experience Programs, and Lyceum Speaker Series

Program Duration/Format: This program is delivered as a campus keynote and/or as a one hour workshop

Show Them How It's Done: Create Student Leaders From Day One!

Train your orientation leaders so they know how to make first year or transfer students feel connected to campus the minute they arrive. It's one of the most important ways to ensure that students have a positive effect at your institution and that it has a positive effect on them. Give your orientation leaders the skills they need to set a welcoming tone for the rest of the school year. In this fun, educational, and interactive program, your orientation leaders will learn:

• Communication skills to develop meaningful connections and reduce conflict
  
• How to facilitate small groups, meetings, and activities with confidence
• Creative ways to connect students to resources on campus
• Mentoring skills that can lead to life long friendships

Perfect for: Orientation Leader Training, Student Leadership Retreats, First Year Experience Programs, and Residence Life Training

Program Duration/Format: This program is delivered as a half or full day workshop

Inspiring Change In Your Greek Organization

Changing the culture of your fraternity or sorority can be a difficult task when organizational norms have been in effect for years, but it's not impossible. Moving your Greek organization in a new, different direction requires forethought, expertise, and careful consideration of the needs of everyone in the organization. During this interactive workshop, you'll learn:

• Why people fear change and how you can help them overcome it
• How to inspire change in a non-confrontational way
• How to smoothly transition leadership within an organization
• How to influence your peers to help you produce positive change

Prefect for: Greek Week Program, Greek Conferences, Leadership Retreats, Student Leadership Conferences

Program Duration/Format: This program is delivered as a 90 minute workshop.

Acting Brand Nu: Making Healthy Choices as a Greek Leader

Socializing and alcohol are often integral parts of the Greek experience, but they don't have to be negative parts of it. This interactive workshop educates Greeks about how to make better lifestyle decisions without compromising the integrity of their organization or their personal values. They will gain powerful life skills to use whenever they see unhealthy or negative behavior amongst their peers, during Greek events and daily life.

Prefect for: Greek Week, Student Leadership Conferences, Bystander Intervention Programs, Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Programs, Midterm/Finals Programming

Networking Your Net Worth

When it comes to transitioning from college to career, you may not be as prepared as you think! Learn how to properly interview, network, follow-up, negotiate the workplace, and what employers don’t always tell you. This fun and interactive presentation will provide students with invaluable information to assist them in transitioning from college to career. Warning: You will learn secrets that you will not find anywhere else!

Prefect for: Career Services Programs, Transition Programs, Student Conferences, First Year Experience Programs, and Summer Workshops

Becoming C.E.O. of Y-O-U

In life we all encounter difficult circumstances and during these times, it’s easy to make excuses and blame others. At the end of the day, its up to you. No matter the challenge, we still have a choice! This interactive, motivational program will help you become more successful by helping you understand that we all are a product of our choices.

In this interactive program, you will:

• Learn the three universal truths surrounding life and how to use them to better your situation 
• Learn how to acknowledge setbacks and transform them into opportunities
• Learn how to develop a positive mindset regardless of your circumstance

Prefect for: Any Event!

Maximizing Potential and Reducing Stress 

Stress is inevitable in college and stress can negatively affect your academic performance, relationships, and health. The simple truth is, most students don’t know how to successfully deal with stress, and most stress management methods provide little or no lasting relief.

In this interactive program, you will learn:

• How to remain calm no matter what’s happening in your world
• How to manage the big three: Challenge, Choice, and Change
• How to use stressful situations in order to maximize your performance
• Classic time management techniques that will restore balance in your life

Perfect for:  Student Leadership Conferences ,Student Athlete Activities, Final/Midterms Week, and Welcome Week

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