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 | Sep 1, 2014 | Featured, school counselor, technology
…ith you is what I use and think it is a great resource for all things blog/news. Feedly: The Google Reader Replacement Until about a year ago – I was an avid Google Reader fan. It was simple, clean, and quick. Sadly, Google stopped developing it and most of the Google Reader users flocked to Feedly. Feedly uses the RSS feeds (Rich Site Summary protocol) to pull new posts from each blog that you add to your Feedly account. This tool is web and mobi…
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 | Oct 22, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, geek, professional development, school counselor, social networking, technology, tips
…nformation. Timely Communication: Look at your local news – do they have a newscast at 3:10pm some days and 4:35pm others? No – they have “the 6 o’clock news”. Why? Because people are creatures of habit and are more likely to pay attention when doing so is a regular occurrence. They also don’t usually report on things that happened two weeks ago (unless some new breakthrough took place that day). If you want to talk about something in an email or…
by Jeff Ream | May 17, 2014 | Featured
…the tool is how action oriented it is. You can create categories and then label them as “decision” “action” “info” etc. This lets people reviewing minutes later have a much more streamlined approach to find out what needs to happen. From that, you can also assign specific people to tasks and give them a deadline all within the same line. At the end of the meeting, if you have added all members names and email addresses to the meeting, all you nee…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 11, 2018 | Featured, counseling, Counseling Tech, free, school counselor, technology, tips
…quality graphics for about a hundred dollars a year). There is some great news on pricing because there are also plans available for both education and non-profit settings that provide free and very inexpensive options compared to signing up as an individual (at the $119.40/year rate). How to get the most out of Canva Using Canva is really pretty simple. A lot of drag and drop plus great templates to start from if you are needing some inspiration…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 23, 2016 | Featured, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…current year) While I don’t buy into College Ratings that much (sorry US News) – I find this book very helpful and so do my students & parents. I feel the Fiske Guide (which they produce each year so I grab a new on every 3-4 years typically) provides a better, non-marketing centric look at schools. I allow parents and students to check out books from my library and this is one that is most frequently off my shelf. Thirteen Reasons Why (Novel/Fi…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 7, 2015 | Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…he globe – to a single person or hundreds of thousands – email carries the news of pending deliveries, job openings, family updates and great inheritances from Nigerian princes. As school counselors – we have so many great ways to use email as a tool. This article will primarily be focused on using email in relation to someone’s school counseling blog – but the ideas here are expandable! Take the idea of an email list for a school based blog writi…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 2, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, geek, learning software, Naviance, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek
…on for my high school will be expanded to the district level. Getting this news was great! Over the next few weeks, I had conversed with the Naviance sales rep and got some updates on questions. I also worked on my grant to help fund the program. This grant will be crucial to getting Naviance onboard at the district level. I have gotten unofficial word that we can find some funds to put it at my site, but without this grant – we may not be able to…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 30, 2013 | 21st century skills, Back to School, calendar, Counseling Tech, dropbox, google docs, Linky Party, school counseling on air, SCOA, technology, tips
…ing On Air (SCOA) series during National School Counseling Week. This free newsletter tool is very feature packed, allows families to sign up to receive the news letters, and I can customize them by grade level to provide the most relevant content to each stakeholder. Another post that I wrote regarding sharing information is called the Keys to Communication. 1. Utilize your connections. Find out who is willing to give or share time with you. See…
