1.   This first assignment is from the geography survey I gave you a couple of weeks ago.   Check the map survey answers I gave you.  Then, check out my brand perception of each country listed on the sheet attached to the map.   Finally,  give me your brand perception of the country of Russia.  Watch the news this week; listen carefully to what is being said about Russia.  Check out your favorite news source for Russia information.  If you don’t have a favorite news source, you should find one.  As students preparing for college and networking with successful people, you need to know what is going on in the world.  Russia is one of the most talked about topics in the news TODAY.   There is no right or wrong answer. I am asking for your opinion, your perception of Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Send your statement about your perception of Russia’s brand with perfect spelling, short sentences and good punctuation to my email address by Thursday morning, January 26th  at 3:45am.  Thank you.

2.  Lois Kelly today spoke about the importance and the benefit of knowing what is important to the person you are speaking with during a conversation about ‘change’. Since we are frequently speaking about change in our class, I am curious about what’s important to you.  Please tell me what is important to you.   As always, send your statement with perfect spelling, short sentences and good punctuation to my email address by Thursday morning, January 26th  at 3:45am.  Thank you.

Lois Kelly’s communication workshop at the Hope Life Skills class on January 20th, 2016.

3.  If you haven’t established a LinkedIn profile of yourself, please set one up this week and then, send a ‘connect’ request to me.   LinkedIn is an important networking tool for getting jobs and getting into the college of your choice.  If you have trouble doing this, ask Sara, Mohamadou, Yael, Imani, or Justin for help.  They have set up profiles successfully and connected with me on LinkedIn. Thank you.  I look forward to adding you to my LinkedIn network.

1.   Today’s guest, Richard Lewis, encouraged all of us to

set up our profile on LinkedIn,

a popular,  employment social networking web site (www.linkedin.com).  LinkedIn is used mainly for professional networking; people looking for jobs and companies looking for credible candidates.

Go to the LinkedIn web site to set up your profile.   Check out Richard Lewis’ profile on LinkedIn.  You can also

check out the LinkedIn profiles of Hope Life Skills graduates Hafzat Akanni, Valentina Gomez, or Manuel Rivas.

Once you’ve finished setting up your profile, connect with me.  You can find my LinkedIn profile by  putting my name, Stephen Cronin, in the inquiry bar at the top of the site.

Once my profile appears, click on the connect button.

This will send a message to me asking if I want to connect with you which I will.   I look forward to connecting with you on linkedin.  Please do this as soon as possible..

1. Last week’s homework asked you to read the first 21 pages in the Telling Your Story textbook.  The purpose of the assignment is to prepare you for your future challenges and opportunities for telling your story.  Job interviews.  College admissions interviews.  Meeting new people in networking opportunities.  Asking for a prom date.   You will encounter storytelling opportunities your entire life.  I’m 67 years old and I’m presented with storytelling opportunities each week.   Imagine you are at a college admissions interview.  Write the first paragraph of the story you will tell to the Admissions Director of a college you really want to go to.   Please send your well written opening paragraph of the story you will tell with good grammar, perfect spelling, short sentences and periods at the end of these short sentences to my email address no later than Thursday morning, January 12 at 3:45am.  Thank you.  I look forward to reading your story. 

2. Starting on page 20 and continuing onto page 21 in the Telling Your Story book, I introduced a very important part of storytelling.  It’s called “the ask“.    Please read these pages again to familiarize yourself with this part of storytelling.   Then, watch the following video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as he interviews Malala Yousafzai.  Malala shares her story of growing up in her Swat Valley neighborhood in northern Pakistan terrorized by a gang called the Taliban.  Listen to her words and observe her body language closely. Malala appears sincere and passionate as she tells her story. She speaks about the day when gang members came aboard her school bus and shot her in the head because she had been encouraging young girls to go to school when the Taliban forbid girls going to school.  Thankfully, Malala lived and continues to share her story and encourage girls to go and work hard in school.  See if you can figure out Malala’s ask as she shares her story with Jon Stewart and his international audience on the Daily Show.    Please state Malala’s ask ‘Malala’s ask’ in ONE well written sentence with good grammar, short sentences and periods at the end of this short sentence to my email address no later than Thursday morning, January 12 at 3:45am.  Thank you.    See you next Friday.  I’m looking forward to it.  We have another young guest, a student and business man from Syracuse University who, I believe, will be very successful and very rich some day soon.  Amazing.

1.   Please share with me, in a well written statement with good grammar, perfect spelling and short sentences, something you reflected upon or thought about during our conversation with Theresa.  Please send your well written reflection to my email address as soon as you can.  Thank you.

2. Please take a look at a preview of one of Theresa’s video productions about Title 9 titled “License to Thrive”. Please send Theresa an email either commenting on this preview of the film OR ask her a question about her company. Please send your comment or question to Theresa as soon as possible. Thank you.