Hi Johnny. I like what you said about tailoring the information to the individuals. This is key! This will help you build rapport with the student because it will show that you are listening to them. Great work.
Dr. Jean Norris
Hello Dr. Norris!
I share expertise by referencing my past experiences in a way that is informative and tailored for each individual. Then I listen. How was the information helpful. What can I then learn from them.
Great point Christie. Listening to each and every student can further develop the tools and resources you use in your communications. When you tailor your approach to each student, you are continuing to build rapport. By sharing your expertise, you are also seen as credible.
Dr. Jean Norris
Sharing expertise comes from listening to each and every students needs.
Sergio, that is a great point. It sounds like you like to tailor your questions and expertise that you share to each student. This helps you build rapport and ultimately create a relationship with each student individually.
Dr. Jean Norris
It is important to understand your student's needs and capabilities. Based on the information they give you, you can make suggestions, as to the choices they have. We are lucky, we have a lot of graduates come back to our school and share their success stories.
Excellent insights, Mike! Taking the time to develop a relationship and get to know your students on a personal level is essential to positively impacting those relationships. And you're right, today's students are incredibly savvy, have a great deal of information at their fingertips, and an abundance of technology at their disposal. And yet, many of them crave the personal attention that is offered when another person takes the time to get to know them and their story. Keep up the excellent work.
Dr. Jean Norris
I think it's wholly important to build a solid rapport with prospective students from the very beginning. By doing so, they will understand that as an ambassador for the school, you have each party's best interests in mind.
I believe that students are incredibly savvy today, and not only appreciate, but value the personal attention they are given.
If you do things right, it is inevitable that both the student will be able to make the most informed decision possible and the school will have a "stronger"/more committed student, if it is mutually agreed that said school is the best fit.
Great awareness, Michael. I'm sure your students appreciate the time and attention you give to discovering their needs, wants and goals. After all, that's what it's all about. It sounds like you think of yourself as a resource for your students to utilize in order to achieve those goals in the future. Keep it up!
Shannon Gormley
Sylvia,
Excellent insights, thank you for sharing. Change can be difficult for many and it's important that students have the opportunity to truly examine how they might fit school into their lives based on the change it will create. It looks like you take this opporutnity to show students how others in similar situations have been able to successfully make the adjustment. Good for you!
Shannon Gormley
Thanks for sharing your insight, Monique. It sounds like you work hard to truly listen to what it is your students hope to accomplish and then share similar student stories to help them feel comfortable with your institution and the idea that they can do this! Keep up the good work.
Shannon Gormley
By finding out what my students needs, wants, and goals in life are. My expertise in our course offerings allows my student use me as a tool to take charge of their future.
Most students don't realize that school means a change in daily lives and daily routines. Because they are the experts in their lives, they have to analyze and choose the proper adjustments to their live. Sharing personal experiences and experiences of others allows a student to find the best way to adjust to changes.
By sharing prior experience and success stories on previous students with them.
By listening intently to their needs and wants and accommodating those without imposing your personal views and wishes.
Guy, I think you have a great perspective here. You are of course sharing your own expertise, but are also putting the owenship on the student. It sounds like you are willing to partner with them through this process. Do I have that right?
Shannon Gormley
I share with them the experiences I have in the industry along with success stories from past students/graduates. I also want them to undertand that they are the ones that ultimately control their destiny and if they apply themselves in a postive manner they will acheive the results they hope for.
That's right! I will ask questions such us What exactly do you want to accomplish? Is this the right time in your life to go back to school? Do you have the support you need? What are you career goals?
Janet, it sounds like you plan to tailor your meeting with prospective students in order to meet their goals and present situation. Do I have that right? I wonder, what questions will you ask in order to figure out what to share with them?
Shannon Gormley
I will help the prospects to convey the information about the school with their present situation and goals.
Thanks for sharing, Malenie. It sounds like you believe in being there for your student every step of the way. Congratulations on finding a career that your passionate about and allows you to do something that makes you feel good!
