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College to Career speakers engage their audience with energy and passion, yet deliver their in-depth program for completing college in four years and being employable upon graduation with genuineness and credibility. The speakers leave each attendee feeling they’ve had a one-on-one experience. Because they personalize their programs, College to Career’s speakers are suitable for both large and small audiences. They have delivered workshops, panel discussions and presentations locally as well as on a national level. Their programs are interactive and fun resulting in an engaging and comfortable learning experience.

Each category of person attending a College to Career program leaves with a tangible success plan. College to Career’s expertise in career exploration and decision-making teaches a student audience how to “make decisions with direction”. It’s “parent coaching” expertise teaches a parent audience a “coaching model” to support their students through college in four years. Its college campus expertise teaches a faculty/staff audience the “best practices approach” for engaging both students and their parents, resulting in an ideal three-party partnership that maximizes the “whole” college, student, and parent relationship.

Terese Corey Blanck, M.Ed.
Terese Corey Blanck is the founder of College to Career, Inc. company whose publications and seminars help college (and college-bound) students pursue purposeful, satisfying careers after college. As a businesswoman, educator and speaker, Terese is also an expert on teaching parents to assume the healthy role of “coach” to guide their students from college to career. She is the co-author of two companion books: The College to Career Road Map: A Four-Year Guide to Finding Your Path (for college students) and The College to Career Road Map: A Four-Year Guide to Coaching Your Student (for parents of college students), both released in October 2006 by Atwood Publishing of Madison, Wisconsin. Terese has more than a decade of experience placing college students and recent graduates into internships and entry-level jobs and she has interviewed and hired more than 1,000 candidates over the last two decades, learning firsthand how critical it is to make career decisions with direction. She’s shared her expertise with an assortment of media outlets, including The New York Times, Monster.com, and College Bound magazine.

Peter Vogt, M.S.
Peter Vogt, a consultant for College to Career, Inc., is a career counselor, author, and presenter who since 1999 has served as “The MonsterTRAK Career Coach” for MonsterTRAK, the college student/recent graduate community of leading global career web site Monster.com. In that role, he writes weekly career advice articles and answers dozens of questions each month on the “Career Planning for College Students” message board—tasks that have enabled him to offer career guidance to more than 6,000 students and grads from across the United States and around the world. Peter is also author of the book Career Wisdom for College Students: Insights You Won’t Get in Class, on the Internet, or from Your Parents, published in April 2007 by New York City-based Facts On File. He’s written more than 300 career articles for MonsterTRAK and Monster as well as other media outlets like CollegeJournal.com and CareerJournal.com (both produced by The Wall Street Journal). He’s also been interviewed as a career expert by The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, Time magazine, and the best-selling book Monster Careers.

Judith Anderson, M.A., a partner in College to Career, Inc., has spent 12 years working at both large public and small private college campuses in various roles in admissions, orientation and first-year programs, student leadership development, mentor programs, career services, residence life, and alumni relations. Her experience is uniquely broad-based and provides parents and students with insightful guidance. Judy guided the University of Minnesota Alumni Association’s Mentor Connection program for five years, which places 1500 students with career mentors annually. She personally mentored and supervised over 150 orientation and student alumni leaders and was an instructor for a personal leadership course. She co-authored two teaching handbooks for all faculty instructing first-year students and freshman seminars at The University of Minnesota. Most recently, she has served as a higher education consultant working both on campus and in the private sector. As a partner with College to Career, Inc. Judy brings her campus experience and knowledge to parents and students to help maximize the college investment.

Areas Of Expertise:

College to Career
Parenting High School and College Students
College Faculty and Staff
College Graduation Employment

Top 3 reasons to have College to Career as your next speaker:

Terese, Peter and Judy:
 

Authored the College to Career Road Map books outlining the essentials of how to: graduate in four years with strong employability and in a career area one is passionate about leading to a future of satisfaction and success!

Provide expertise and a dynamic presentation delivery style for teaching parents to become “parent coaches” resulting in a more intentional parent-student dynamic and dispelling the “helicopter parent” myth so parents can dig in and “coach” their student to success with less stress!

Have a rare combination of academic and corporate experience providing the credibility and expertise necessary to teach college students, their parents and college staff the critical experiences necessary to succeed in life during and after college. They pick up where college leaves off!

Fee:
 

Prices include two speakers:

Keynote/General Session: $3500  (includes one breakout session)

Breakout Session: $2,500  (90 minutes)

High School Assembly:  $3,000  (includes 2 one hour additional breakout sessions in a single day)

Additional Evening Breakout Session with Parents and Community:  $1,000

Full Day Schedule:  $4500  (6 hours)

Half Day:  $3,000  (3 hours)

FREE Fireside Chats after programs: (speakers will stay one additional hour to answer questions after a keynote or assembly session)

College To Career's Most Requested Programs:

Keynotes:

The College to Career Road Map—If you’re a college (or college-bound) student, how do you tackle the seemingly monumental, overwhelming task of finding a career that will make you happy after graduation? Think GPS—Gauge of Personal Satisfaction. In this highly interactive presentation—based on our book The College to Career Road Map (Atwood Publishing, 2006)—we give participants a real, tangible tool (one they’ll actually use!) to determine which career path(s) might fit them best with respect to their innate talents, their passions, and what matters most to them.

Career Wisdom for College Students—What are the most critical career-related issues that college (and college-bound) students need to understand—the big-picture lessons they don’t learn in class, on the Internet, or from their parents? In this highly interactive presentation—based on the co-presenter’s book Career Wisdom for College Students (Facts On File, 2007)—we spell them all out one by one, using stories and activities to make our points both fun and memorable.

Making Decisions with Direction— Creating and implementing a sensible yet exciting plan for college and future career success is a daunting task…. at best.  What should you include in your plan?  How do you prioritize in a way that won’t simply paralyze you?

We will help make your journey from high school to college to work more focused, intentional and purposeful so that you find a rewarding, fulfilling career to fit your unique passions and innate talents – and to meet your definition of success.

Workshops: (available as add-on programs that you can offer for specific subgroups of students)

Fireside Chat—Hanging out informally with students, before or after our keynote presentation(s), to answer SPECIFIC questions they might have (“fireside” optional!)

 Presentations for Parents of High School and College Students

Keynotes:

Emerging Adulthood: Understanding Your Changing Student—If you’re the parent of a college (or college-bound) student, you know deep down that your relationship with your emerging-adult son or daughter is destined to change in the months and years ahead. Actually, it’s already changing. In this informative presentation, we help you make sense of it all by discussing and describing the new developmental theory/model of emerging adulthood.

Parent Coaching for Student Success—You have an innate desire to help your college (or college-bound) student find happiness, both at college and in his/her career and life pursuits after graduation. In this informative presentation, we describe a Parent Coaching Model that college parents can use to help their students explore their many career options, decide on an initial path, and proceed successfully down that path.

Workshops: (available as add-on programs that you can offer for specific subgroups of parents)

Fireside Chat—Hanging out informally with parents, before or after our keynote presentation(s), to answer SPECIFIC questions they might have (“fireside” optional!)

Presentations for College Faculty and Staff

Keynote:

Capitalize on Parent Involvement to Support Your Emerging Adult Students—Do students seem different?  Are parents at your institution a topic of conversation?  Two possible trends you may be experiencing first hand are student’s who are more likely to be considered “emerging adults” and parents who are very involved in their student’s college experience.  How can your institution respond to both trends in a positive manner and help parents transition into a healthy role and their student transition into adulthood?

Testimonials:

“Terese and Peter offered a fun and engaging hour for our students. I do not doubt that this presentation was relevant and made an impact on the audience. In fact, I was amazed by the large number of students who stayed after to ask questions and continue the conversation. It is clear that Terese and Peter are passionate about their work and genuinely want to help others find their life passions.” Sara Sampolinski, Director, Bailey Residence Hall, University of Minnesota

“After their talk was over (which was at about 8:00 p.m., mind you), Peter and Terese hung around chatting with several students who had stayed to ask very individualized questions—the kind that just can’t be addressed during a group session. So while their session and their presentation skills both speak for themselves, I’d also like to commend them—and recommend them—for their obvious passion for helping college students, be it in group settings or one on one. Too often, speakers who come to campus show up, ‘do their time,’ and leave. It was refreshing to see Peter and Terese take the exact opposite approach.” Pamela Braun, M.A., former Director of Career Services, Concordia University St. Paul

“Judy and Terese have put together something that is well researched and is also based on practical experience working with new college graduates, corporations, and nonprofits. Terese and Judy were receptive to addressing parents as parents of St. Olaf College students—including becoming familiar with St. Olaf’s mission, values and, to some extent, our campus culture. … The parents in attendance responded well to having a presentation that was specifically directed to them as parents of college students. … I recommend Judy and Terese with confidence—their time with our parents was well worth the investment.” Rosalyn Eaton-Neeb, Ph.D., Associate Dean for First-Year Students, St. Olaf College

“Having Terese, Peter, and Judy come to the Maple Grove (MN) Starbucks to share with members of our community their passion to see students succeed professionally and personally was wonderful. I was so encouraged and uplifted by their passion and devotion toward helping young people through what we all know are confusing times, not only having to choose what school to go to but also what to study and in essence what to “be” when you grow up. Fortunately we were able to provide the perfect environment for Terese, Peter, and Judy to have their “Fireside Chat” with the attendees one on one and to offer them great advice and precise feedback.” Caroline Shin, Assistant Manager, Maple Grove (MN) Starbucks Store #2318 

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