Dr. Jean Norris

Dr. Jean Norris

Location: 55 e. jackson blvd., suite 950, chicago, il 60604

About me

27 year veteran of the education industry working in both proprietary and non-profit higher education.  I have served primarily in the roles of marketing and admissions administration as well as a faculty member and academic dean.  My passion is training and employee development by providing innovative content and delivery that reinforces compliance and meets the demands of today's student consumer.  Our admissions training program, EnrollMatch is the FIRST and ONLY admissions training program to receive a legal seal of approval for meeting all national and regional accrediting agency admissions related standards.  To learn more please visit www.enrollmatch.com

Interests

training, admissions best practices, compliance, guidance counseling, sales

Skills

developer of enrollmatch - the ethical enrollment process; author; speaker; trainer; personal coach

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It certainly helps to be flexible and to have the influence of other generational styles in your day-to-day life. The trick is knowing how to connect with another style and adapting our approach. Be sure to thank your kids for helping with your hands-on business training! :)
It's interesting to learn about our learning style, isn't it? Maureen, how do you think knowing this about yourself will help you both at work and in your personal relationships?
Great observation James. The idea is to be creative with your messages so to connect with the people who are still making their way through the buying cycle. If you can continue to build rapport through your messages, the person is more likely to return the call when they are ready to do so. Thank you for your post.
Education is definitely an investment in the future, so how can you build value with your students to help them to understand the investment they will be making?
It sounds like you have a great relationship with your employers and that you have some great materials. How do you address questions about local needs without materials?
There's certainly a balance and sometimes it can be a challenge to balance the outbound and inbound calls. I'll throw this one out to the forum. How do all of you handle the scheduling of inbound and outbound calls?
That's a good approach James. Do you ever have more than one phone interruption while with a student? How do you handle multiple interruptions?
That's a great plan Joseph. Some people have a trigger to help them to remember to check themselves. How do you remember to check before the call?
Many times the direct approach does work best. At other times you may encounter a student who might not really understand their communication style, or they think they communicate best one way only to find that another works better. Trying different approaches as you suggest is a great way to determine the best for that particular student. You can also try using a mixed approach and match the styles of the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic students. Thank you for your post Kim.
It sounds like building trust is a big part of your communication process. Other providing the information that they ask, how can you build trust with your students?

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