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... RESPONSES TO THE NEW THREATS Teachers and staff are frequently the initial...tings. Armed with this information, teachers will be in a position to discuss ...
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...les. Harry's main niche is schoolteachers. He helps them maximize their retire...hat attracts the attention of other teachers. When Harry's clients are asked, ...
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... might send you an e-mail or someone might send you an e-mail from your Momma's address. You can't be sure. In more sinister scenarios, the person you're corresponding with might not be who they present themselves to be. For example, I'm a balding, overweight, clumsy, grouchy, 55-year-old guy, who never was an athlete. In certain electronic conversations or chat rooms I might appear to be a 21 year-old athlete with six-pack abs, great wit, and a charming personality. I provide this information in the name of full disclosure — you need to know my e-phobias before I give my views on sex education on the Internet. What does all this have to do with sex and education? Several years ago I read a great quote. It stated, "life is a demanding teacher — it gives you the test first and the lesson after." How true! A few weeks ago my wife and I took a little test on the Internet. It involved booking a special vacation package with one of the name-brand discounters on the Internet. To avoid being sued, I won't use their real name. I'll just call them "EX." I hope you guess who they are so that you don't suffer through this same experience. If I use their real name, I'll be sued, but when I spoke with their service people and asked their real names they indicated that they could only give me their code names. This could be our first lesson: Only deal with people who will tell you their real name, give you the number to their own phone ...
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... let's say, no perpetuation plan, test to see how real it is. Is it intellectual hurt or real pain? Then present enough information to make the depth of the problem self-evident. 3. Inject a little drama into the interview. If you're a straight-laced, CPCU, by-the-book kind of person, this will never work for you. Many "professional" people have a compelling need to know the answers to everything. (They see it as a mark of their professionalism.) You needn't wear a dirty trench coat and smoke a stogie like Columbo, but at some point you've got to loosen up and let your prospects figure out for themselves that they have a problem. This is called acting. Many think it's a dirty word; they remember the first grade, when the teacher asked a question, and their hands were up and waving furiously. There was something special about being the first and the brightest back then. But now, having instant answers could be a problem. Anyone close to you; spouse, partner, boss, therapist, minister, could name your flaws in a minute. If they did so, you would probably deny them or get defensive. Your prospect or client will behave the same way. You might not be a good actor. I used to think I was until I joined an improv team: They were fair and I was bad. After a lot of practice, I have risen from bad to poor, and that improvement has made me a lot of money. (Again, it's like golf: Sure, you ...
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... new information and ideas for action in the areas of technology, demographics, social concerns, economics, and legal and political issues - all of which you need in any public relations campaign. Your membership in an organization can also provide you with individual skills, such as leadership, management, parliamentary procedure, and more; and, happily, these skills can be learned and improved upon at no expense to your work environment. Some types of organizations you may look into joining include the following: Service clubs, such as Rotary, Optimists, Lions, Zonta, and Quota Social groups, such as crafters guilds, card clubs, and sports teams Religious groups, such as ministries and support services Political organizations, such as local, state, and national parties Educational groups, such as Parent Teacher Association (PTA), Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), and American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) Professional organizations, such as National Association of Insurance Women, American Business Women, and state agent associations. Should you decide to join an organization as part of your public relations effort, join with a mission. Make your mission the betterment of the group, your community, and yourself. NEWSLETTERS A second option to be explored for enhancing your PR campaign is the use of newsletters. Newsletters educate your clients and contacts, promote your agency's effectiveness, and demonstrate concern for your clients' well-being. They are a proactive method by which you can stay in touch with your customers between renewal dates. Monthly or quarterly publications will keep recipients thinking about you and your agency ...
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... display that image, ' Wood said. Their best hires have been people who have grown up' in the industry, he added. Veteran or Rookie? The question of whether to hire a person with an insurance sales background or hire a rookie and train him always brings a different response. An experienced insurance producer who is willing to move to a new agency may be trouble for the new agency, according to many advisers. He may have several years of experience-all bad. He may be planning to retire. He may have been in the wrong job for many, many years. He will almost always command a higher salary than a newcomer. One agent who has had luck hiring producers over the years points out that previously the partners in his office were a bread man, a teacher, and a mailman. Steve Goodfellow, Ph.D., CPCU advocates hiring a young person - a college grad with sales aptitude - and training him or her in the insurance business. Goodfellow is president of Business Insurance Services in Tallahassee, Fla., and was previously director of management programs for the Florida Association of Insurance Agents. While he was with the Florida association, he conducted a program called Up-Start' in which he recruited and hired 14 college graduates and placed them in sales positions throughout Florida. About Tests Many agents are skeptical about using personality or psychological profile tests when hiring. They prefer to go by a gut reaction. But there are persuasive arguments for using them as part of the hiring process. The interview process is really a kind of theater, ' says Greenberg. ...
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... sawdust under your feet enhanced your experience. In the language of your youth, it was "cool." Today you realize it was, in contemporary terms, the ultimate multisensory experience. Your heart was beating so fast! You're in the bleachers when you hear, "Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, look to the center ring and focus your eyes to the top of the tent. On the high wire the greatest with no net "Your mouth was wide open; your eyes were even wider. You don't remember breathing. She made it. No net! It was the most exciting thing you'd ever seen. You'll never forget it. This was the greatest show on earth, and she was the greatest performer. You loved your parents. Your mom was a teacher. Dad was a carpenter. You knew what they did. It was boring! You'd watched your friends' parents the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. They were doctors, lawyers, and Indian chiefs. They were boring. You vowed that day to join the circus. This is what would make your heart beat fast. You never wanted to be boring. You shared your dream of a life under the big tent with your parents they laughed. You knew your life would be spent soaring, not boring! Fast forward to today. Today. On the way to work you passed the circus. They were raising the tent. You flashed back to yesterday. Now you're at your office only to realize that you've settled in. Worse than not joining the circus ...
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... online learning provider, to create an e-learning environment that's very similar to RIMS' online educational program. They divide the classroom' into three main sections that lead students through their daily activities: announcements, calendar, and tasks. Claire Reiss, director of the Grants and Research Program at the Public Entity Research Institute, recently completed the online course for CPCU 8-Accounting and Finance, possibly one of the most difficult CPCU courses. As a working mother of two, Reiss appreciated that the course helped prepare her for the exam in a way that fit her schedule. Instead of sacrificing one night per week for a classroom course, Reiss studied online whenever and as often as she liked from her home. The best part of the course for Reiss was having someone to turn to with questions: The teacher was very helpful and responsive. She provided thoughtful responses to our answers to assigned questions, quizzes, and the practice final. She also provided lecture notes that highlighted the main points of each assignment and gave us some advice about how to focus our efforts. Overall, Reiss enjoyed the course and says it adequately prepared her for the national exam, which she passed. THE FUTURE OF ONLINE EDUCATION Claire Reiss and I had similar experiences and outcomes in our online learning adventures. Both RIMS and CPCU provided ways to study on our own time and at our own pace; yet we both noticed that the interactivity of the programs was virtually nonexistent. The format has potential for discussion among students, but lacks the urgency and leadership of a traditional classroom environment that promotes expression of ideas. Creating the ...
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.... We learn from our parents, our teachers, and our churches. Many of us were i...