by Jeff Ream | May 24, 2019 | Featured
…will pay more for it. The winery will then sell the excess off as another label or to another company to bottle it under their label (as TJ’s does). You may say that you actually LIKE the cheaper wine (if you’ve ever been to a blind wine tasting – you know how that usually goes), but from a marketing and branding perspective – if there are a few TJ’s selling a $50 label for $15 – it diminishes not only the demand, but makes you question why we ar…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2012 | counseling, follow up, interview, portfolio, pro-d, professional development, support
…abel developer to integrate the background from my portfolio onto the disc label. I printed address labels with the title of the disc and my contact info to put on the jacket. I am pretty happy with the turn out. 3. Letters of Recommendation: I included the standard three letters in all of the packets so they could reference them if needed or see further evidence that supports my candidacy. 4. My Notepad: I always bring my schnazzy note pad to tak…
by Jeff Ream | May 17, 2014 | Featured
…rged with taking notes or minutes. That is where minutes.io comes in. This free, simple online site allows you to do so easily and create a sharable document that tracks decisions, due dates, and task assignments. Simply open up a new minutes page, enter some basic information like attendees, info about the meeting, and start adding action items. A more detailed or intense meeting with lots of notes from different areas may be better fit for somet…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…we do, considering our jobs – but alas…I am not in charge of the world. So free things are always awesome – especially when they are high quality free things. One of my most used sites I use when building websites, writing posts, and making my blog pop is FreeImages.com (formerly sxc.hu). This website, as it’s name implies, is a huge repository of free stock images. Stock images, for the uninitiated, are the images you see in emails, ads, websites…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured, #scchat, free, school counselor, tips
…ve a tool like Naviance. With Naviance, I simply have it prepare and print labels for any school that a student applied to in the last 10 years. It spits out just under 200 different schools from down the road to France and lets me put them on mailing labels really easily. Now if you don’t have Naviance, like I didn’t the first year I did this, I actually sent out the letter via email. I scoured websites and created lists of admissions and outreac…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 24, 2017 | Featured, counseling, free, teachers
…y want these to be a resource and tool for anyone interested. Grabbed some FREE Pathways to College resources off of The Counseling Geek #scchat Share on X Poster Downloads Senior Year Timeline Poster [ddownload id=”3864″] Downloads: [ddownload_count id=”3864″] Teacher Reminders – Getting Your Seniors to College [ddownload id=”3866″] Downloads: [ddownload_count id=”3866″] Teachers & Counselors: 5 Reasons Students Need YOU To Go To College Poster […
by Jeff Ream | Nov 1, 2015 | activity, classroom tools, Featured, school counselor, tips, tools
…be different. I am okay with that as each group is different as well. Feel free to beg, borrow and steal any portion of the group curriculum (I did) – I hope some of the info here is helpful. Please note – if you are reading this on an RSS feed or via email – you will likely need to head to the website to access the curriculum. I hope you help spread this resource by sharing this page and keep up to date with TCG posts by liking on of my social me…
by Jeff Ream | May 12, 2015 | Featured, free, tools
Download this free community college resource Through a NACAC connection – I came across a great 4 year college advising handbook that I tweaked and made my own. Finishing the third year at my site – I feel like things revolving around academics and 4 year college are running very smooth. Next year I will be focusing on three things: 1- Social Emotional Development/Resiliency with 9th/10th graders, 2- Community College support and advising, and 3…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 8, 2014 | #scchat, Branding, CASC, counseling, Featured, free, Marketing, Presentation, pro-d, professional development, State Associations
…y Goldman and my ASCA Magazine articles and ASCA presentation. Please feel free to share this with colleagues or edit it as you require, but please leave the attribution at the footer. Created for CASC 2014 and NMSCA 2014. [Tweet “I’m getting my marketing on with a FREE PR kit for #schoolcounselors from @CounselingGeek #scchat”] [sociallocker id=1387] Did you attend the CASC Conference? Use these download links: [ddownload id=”927″] Download the M…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 28, 2014 | ASCA14, Branding, Featured, tips, tutorial
…ld posts, and how to get started with your new WordPress install. A teaser for the posts following include my favorite plugins (i.e. super awesome tools!), sprucing up your site with themes – I suggest Elegant Themes (not free…but worth it), and how to find resources (free if possible) for enhancing your content. Share this article with your friends and colleagues and please comment or email me with your success stories and questions!…
