by Jeff Ream | Sep 1, 2014 | Featured, school counselor, technology
If you are anything like me, you consume information like you are drinking from a fire hose. The constant influx from social media, network news, and all of our favorite school counseling blogs can quickly become overwhelming. You may have some other similarities to me like trying to keep up with your learning efficiently. Luckily for both of us – there are ways to help streamline our information feeds and I am going to show you some of my favorite and most popular tools.
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
This post will be focusing on how to take your new blog from stock theme and clipart to custom theme and great images. We will also take a look at a few free resources for bloggers and a few more of my favorite WordPress plugins for school counseling blogs.
by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2014 | books, Featured, free
Enter to win a free book!
Between now and 8/22 – be sure to enter to win a free book titled “The Drama Years: Real Girls Talk About Surviving Middle School”. The book will be shipped directly to you. Check back here and your email for updates on the winner! Good luck!
by Jeff Ream | Aug 6, 2014 | ASCA15, Featured, School Counselor Community Scholarship
This year, The Counseling Geek is teaming up The Middle School Counselor (Carol Miller) to up the ante even higher. I believe that through community donations and partnerships with sponsors – we can raise at least 5 full scholarships ($1,750) for the 2015 conference in Phoenix, AZ.
by Jeff Ream | Aug 5, 2014 | Branding, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured
In the last post, The First Steps in the Building A Better School Counseling Blog Series, we looked at some of the needed foundations for moving your free blog to one that allows you more freedom. In this post – we will look at what it looks like to actually pack up and move your old blog (whether on Blogger or WordPress.com). We will take a general overview and then focus on Blogger/WordPress.com.
by Jeff Ream | Jul 28, 2014 | ASCA14, Branding, Featured, tips, tutorial
You have had a school counseling blog for some time now – or perhaps you took the advice of some of the presentations at #ASCA14 and have started down that road recently. Either way, you will reach a point when it is time to expand, grow, and work with more scalability. As a beginner – you too could use these tips, but it will most likely take some investment on your part (both time and money).
by Jeff Ream | Jul 21, 2014 | Featured
With my site redesign and some new features – I am playing around with some light monetization ideas for the blog. This typically mean advertising through one way or another. While I am not a fan of ads on websites or blogs – I also am a realist and understand it sometimes takes some funds to maintain a nice website. Currently, I am investing (not spending!) about $100 on website hosting, domain name services, and a few other aesthetic/template tools that I need to keep TCG fresh. I elected to move to this newer platform and WordPress from Blogger (a free platform) to take advantage of the higher customizability and scalability of the site tools.
by Jeff Ream | Jul 16, 2014 | Back to School, Branding, Featured, shopping
Jeremy Goldman of PHSfit asked for a male version of Andrea Burston’s Wear to Work series – well Jeremy…here ya go. I guess getting voted best dressed at school qualifies me to write this article, but take from it what you will!
by Jeff Ream | Jul 11, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA14, counseling, Featured
Do you feel lonely, tired, or lost after attending the ASCA 2014 conference in Orlando? If so – you are not alone. This phenomenon is called Post-ASCA Depression Syndrome (or PADS) and there is a cure.
by Jeff Ream | Jul 8, 2014 | #scchat, award, Featured, Geeklie Awards
Each summer, I will be presenting a Geeklie Award to an esteemed blogging colleague who has shown dedication, innovation, and leadership in the world of educational blogging. I will also present a Geek of the Year award to the person I feel has had the largest impact in the past 12 months on the development and guidance of our digital PLC’s goal to further our technological prowess.
