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New Student Orientation/First Year Experience programs can set new students up for success or failure!
The success or failure of new students on campus lies in the hands of your Orientation Leaders! Dave Kelly provides intentional training for your Orientation Leaders. Training that allows them to bond through fun and invigorating exercises that will further develop their leadership skills and enable them to provide more effective representation to new students and their families.
New Student/First Year Experience programs are pivotal in defining the direction new students choose when arriving on campus. Too many times orientation leaders are brought into situations they are not prepared for and they end up giving the wrong information or advice to new students. Dave will show your Orientation Leaders how to help their group of new and transfer students succeed from orientation to graduation.
- Develop your Orientation Leaders’ facilitation skills
- Offer solutions to handle drama, conflict, and bullying
- Bust the biases students bring to leadership roles, helping them to understand diversity in its various forms
- Demonstrate how listening and communication skills turn your Orientation Leaders into mentors
- Provide personal growth through introspection
- Discover and share the importance personal leadership styles, including their impact on interactions and abilities development
Prepare your Orientation Leaders to do the best job they can… by bringing in America’s Student Leadership Trainer(sm) Dave Kelly to train them! Dave loves working with collegiate leaders and he is committed to making your orientation
program a success! Dave will work with you to custom-design the content of your Orientation Leader Success Program(sm) to meet the needs of your campus. Dave’s sessions will:
- Allow Orientation Leaders to bond through fun and invigorating team building exercises
- Further develop leadership skill
- Teach the “Pursuit of Excellence”
- Provide ways to overcome obstacles
- Suggest ways to work with difficult people and discuss effective conflict resolution tips.
“I enjoyed his presentation. Everything was well presented and entertaining. I would love to have him back as a speaker. Great job!”
– Ashley Gobert, Orientation Leader, Spelman College (GA) Orientation Leader Training, 8/12/2010
A PERFECT PROGRAM FOR:
- Student Orientation Volunteers and coordinators
- Campus Activities Departments
PROGRAM DURATION/FORMAT:
Dave always customizes his content to meet your campus or organization needs. This program can be delivered as a:
- ½-Day (up to 3 hours)
- Full-day (up to 6 hours)
- 2-day retreat (up to 6 hours, 2 consecutive days)







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