Get something and Give Something: Career Game Supports SC|CS 2016
…eciated and goes directly to School Counselors. Give $1, $5, or $500 today and help a school counselor get to the annual ASCA conference….
Top 5 in 2015: The Counseling Geek’s top posts in 2015
…d and share this tool. It also goes well paired with Jeremy Goldman and my ASCA 2014 presentation – Branding and Marketing Your School Counseling Program. https://www.thecounselinggeek.com/2014/11/free-printable-communication-marketing-planning-guide-school-counselors.html Three of my personal favorites. 7 Tips for Managing Your School Counseling Appointments The tool – ScheduleOnce – is a life saver to me. I use it every single day and my parents…
Public Speaking Tips for School Counselors: Tools for Totally Awesome School Counselor Presentations
…to the next level. This post is designed to accompany a presentation from ASCA 2015 in Phoenix presented by Paul Smith, Stephanie Smith and I. Click the button below to head to the post containing the slides. Aesthetics are important – don’t deliver ugly presentations. One of the biggest things I get asked about regarding presentations is “how did you design the background and make the presentation easy to understand?” My first tip for developing…
School Counseling in the Cloud – Keeping Safe with Drive, Box, and Dropbox
…ts and great comprehensive school counseling programs revolving around the ASCA National Model. I often write about these great tech tools and interesting ways to use technology in our day-to-day school counseling, but I want to take this post and share another side of the story. One of my favorite sayings when helping people troubleshoot their tech is “Technology is great except when it doesn’t work”. The great (and repetitious) Spiderman line of…
Taking back your time: Flipping your counseling sessions with Screencast-O-Matic
…t al.) for writing up a great article that can be found in the most recent ASCA School Counselor Magazine for getting me to sit down and write this post that has been stewing for a bit of time. Be sure to check out their blogs: SCOPE and School Counselor Space. I find great joy in taking back bits of time to put towards student contacts One of the best things about technology, other than the fact that it constantly is changing and growing, is how…
The Counseling Geek Speaks
…ery first parent e-newsletter this afternoon! Thanks for the great talk at ASCA 2014 and the resources and courage to hit “Send Now” on MailChimp!” Prior and Upcoming Speaking Engagements Albuquerque Public Schools – Full Day Lecture – “Efficient (yet caring) School Counseling and Marketing 101: Tapping Into Underused Tools and Techniques to Support Your School Counseling Programs” California Association of School Counselors Northern CA Conference…
Supporting Fellow Bloggers – Why I Click Banners
…e gathering and personally donating to scholarship support for things like ASCA. Because of this – I have added some Amazon Affiliate ads to a few areas of the site. These ads are based on referrals. You click on one to go to Amazon and my code gets tied to any purchase you make while there and I get a small percentage of that purchase for referring the business – usually about 3-5% and your price is no different than if you found the item by sear…
The 2014 Geeklie Awards
…of the #SCCHAT twitter community, has presented on all things tech at many ASCA conferences, and has been a personal inspiration and friend. Erin champions technology for the spectrum of folks that work with and in school counseling – from graduate students to counselor educators. She also runs SCOPE, a free website to help counselors gain tech skills and learn about new tools and has written a book on 101 Solutions for School Counselors and Leade…
#ASCA14 – Social Media TagBoard
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School Counselor Shopping List: June – July
…bsolute best for travel. My wife and I packed for a month in Europe after #ASCA13 in two medium sized hiking backpacks. I was skeptical at first, but the compression sacks save space and actually help keep your clothes wrinkle free. I doubt they will last for a super long time with repeat use, but they are still going strong after 20+ uses. That is a pretty good investment. Do yourself a favor and get some of these before #ASCA14! You won’t regret…
Awards and Honors
