Life of E's

Question: My GT colleagues and I have spent the past several years collaborating with classroom teachers who have students receiving GT services clustered in their classrooms.  We have designed, written, and implemented tiered lessons, differentiated menus,units, etc. Paulette Ensign, Jeff Herring, and your information has made us step back and think “Why not us?” We [...]

Tags: differentiated menus, lesson plans, publishing lesson plans, teaching units, tiered lessons

Question: I think tips booklets are on the mind of many people right now. I know that I will be contacting Paulette real soon (maybe today) to take advantage of my phone consultation. I have many questions that I would like to get answered. It would be a shame to not take advantage of the [...]

Tags: booklet consulting, booklet information, producing a booklet

Here’s what I learned about doing a “trade show” (Written as I flew back from Pittsburgh on Saturday night): Well, I just did my very first booth as a vendor at a trade show….and I sure learned a lot. A little background (even though you think you know me):     I am an introvert.  [...]

Tags: Marketing, relationships, trade show, vendor

Question: I was going to wait and speak with you Monday about the following concern.  But, then I thought I should post it as a blog question because it is something that other members may have to deal with at some point.  I will be speaking to a group of teachers on Wednesday.  Many of [...]

Tags: difficult workshop issues, difilcult workshop topics, positive solutions for touchy subjects, solutions for difficult workshop issues, sticky subjects

I have not been a big press release writer, although I’ve been learning more and more about it. This morning, in my Visual Thesaurus Daily Word, they had a link to the article “10 Ways to Improve Your Press Release.”  The author also includes a link to a blog post he wrote on “62 Ways [...]

Tags: press, press release, Visual Thesaurus

I sent this information out as an email this morning (10/20/07) but in case you didn’t see it or want to read it here: Jeff Herring’s has a new teleseminar series, “List Building Gold Secrets” coming up in November.  I am going to take the class (and get the bonuses he offers).  It’s only $97 [...]

Tags: Jeff Herring, list building, lists

Question: Sometimes I get a sickening feeling in my stomach when I see people I formerly worked with because of the stress level I observe through their behaviors.  I know these people are passionate about their responsibility towards children and are good, caring people.  However, now that I am not walking among them daily, I [...]

Tags: Coaching, former educator, observations, serenity

Question: I wrote to Paulette Ensign and asked her how I could get my hands on a single hard copy of one of her tips booklets.  She said that she doesn’t sell single hard copies.  The only way I can get one is by purchasing the manual or home study kit.  I think I heard [...]

Tags: booklet promotion, Paulett Ensign, Paulette Ensign products, tips booklet

Question: I’m currently communicating with a campus and I need some advice. Here is the situation: A campus (5th and 6th grade) would like for me to work with their Migrant students on the topic of bullying. There are approximately 100 students. The plan is for me to work with a group of students for [...]

Tags: fees, presentation charge, presentation fees, speaker charges, speaker fees

Question: I have experienced my first trade show.  Something I found effective which I learned from a friend who also recently had a booth in this kind of setting was to have a quiz.  So, I used her model and asked focused questions on the topic of being the best person you can be.  I [...]

Tags: booth, Marketing, Susan Freidman, trade show booth, vendor