Keys to Success Series

Speaking Topics

EDUCATORS

School Leaders as Coaches:
Becoming Champions of Change
The Educational World is Flat:
Coaching Skills and the New Global Competition for Talent
Leadership and Coaching:
Helping Students Be Their Best
Leaders as Coaches:
Working with Emotional and Social Intelligence
Successful Intelligence:
Developing Analytical, Practical and Emotional Skills
Majoring in the Rest of Your Life:
The Top Ten Reasons Students Struggle or Drop Out of College
Promoting Risk-Taking and Personal Accountability:
Preparing Students to be World Class Citizens
Successful Transitions from High School to College:
(or from College to the World of Work)

STUDENTS

Majoring in the Rest of Your Life
What Employers Expect from College Graduates
Write Your Own Success Story:
Planning for the Future
Developing Your Leadership Abilities
Turning an Internship into a Job:
How to Land an Internship and be Successful
From Dreams to Reality:
Making a Successful Transition into the Adult World

GENERAL

Study Skills for Teenagers:
Preparing for Academic Success
Healthy Homework Habits:
Committing to Persevere
Helping Kids Manage Strong Emotions:
Effective Self-Management
Coaching Skills for High School Students
Leadership Skills for Students
Critical and Creative Thinking for Students

Speaking Topics for Parents

ELEMENTARY

Setting Expectations and Holding Your Limits:
Establishing Early Habits of Success
Promoting Respective and Cooperative Behavior
Developing a Love of Reading in Your Children:
Strong Readers are Strong Learners
Healthy Homework Habits:
Helping Kids Develop Perseverance
Help Your Kids Manage Their Emotions:
Tips for Raising Compassionate Children

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Avoiding Adolescence Substance Abuse:
Give Your Child The Tools To Say No
Managing Peer Pressure:
Critical Thinking Skills to Evaluate Good Risks and Bad Risks
Managing Change:
Help Your Student Navigate The Academic and Social Changes in Middle School
Organization Intervention:
Concrete Tools To Help Your Student Get Organized and Stay Focused
Identifying Signs of Trouble with Tweens:
Academic, Emotional, Social Issues
Help Your Child Develop Self Advocacy Skills:
Getting Help IN School and OUT
College and Career Exploration:
Get Your Child Thinking About Secondary Education and Career Options

HIGH SCHOOL

Multiple Intelligences:
Learning and Personality Styles
Gifts and Talents for Teenagers:
Help Your Kids Understand Their Strengths and Weaknesses
College and Career Exploration:
Help Your Child Plan for the Future

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Meet the authors

Carol J. Carter

Carol J. Carter

Carol is the founder of LifeBound, a student success and transition company, which also trains teachers in academic coaching skills .

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Joyce Bishop

Joyce Bishop

Joyce holds a Ph.D. in psychology and has won numerous teaching awards. She is in charge of Developmental Studies at Golden West College in Southern California.

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Sarah Lyman Kravits

Sarah Lyman Kravits

Sarah, mother of three, has served as Program Director for LifeSkills, INC., and has run workshops in student success for over 15 years.

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