Today’s guest was Jeff Sparr, Founder of Peace Love, a non-profit foundation whose mission is to help people dealing with the challenges of mental illness. From depression and anxiety to obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD), Peace Love helps those afflicted by some form of mental illness to create peace of mind through art and storytelling. “I’ve […]
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Today’s guest was Nan Quinlan, a professional training and coaching consultant and contractor. In other words, Nan helps people find and get the jobs they aspire to. Nan also helps companies find and keep the best employees in their companies. Furthermore, Nan trains people to maximize their BRANDS to find and keep the jobs they […]
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Today’s guest, Tino Chow, was arguably one of the most interesting guests who have visited our Life Skills class. Our interest in Tino was created not only his passion for design and entrepreneurship and his appreciation of the exceptional opportunities the United States of America extends to those who live here but also by Tino’s […]
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1. This assignment is an important preparation for our conversation with next week’s guest, Tino Chow. This assignment is similar to what smart, successful people do when they prepare for a job interview or attending a networking opportunity like you will do on December 5th at our Future Forum, i.e being prepared to create an […]
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U.S. Marine. Entrepreneur. Business owner with over 400 employees. Business consultant. New York Yankee fan. Committed networker. Non-Profit Founder and President of the Elisha Project. A servant to those in need. George Ortiz was today’s guest of the Hope Life Skills class. From feeding the needy on Providence’s street each Saturday morning to a future […]
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Today’s class began with a challenge. Students were asked to determine our guest’s job by asking questions which he could only respond with a ‘yes‘ or ‘no‘ answer. Today’s class was a follow up exercise to our reading of the Life Skills textbook, “Questions“. In other words, this class offered students an opportunity to extend […]
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1. Read pages 1 through 28 in the “Questions” book posted on this web site. Just click on the book to read pages 1 through 28. Then, in a well written statement with perfect spelling and grammar and short sentences – the “Questions” book shares a story about the company IDEO. Why does the […]
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Today’s Life Skills class introduced the protocol for future classes as well as listening to the experiences of 5 Hope High School seniors who were part of the Hope Life Skills class during their Junior year at Hope.
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Hope Life Skills students arrived at 7:30am at Trinity Theatre in downtown Providence to step out of their comfort zone to network – meet, listen, and converse – with amazing storytellers from all over the world. From artists and astronauts to entrepreneurs and educators, 32 change agents making profound differences in the world shared their […]
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The conversation of Education today often focuses on the lessons learned inside and outside of school, classroom learning vs experiential learning. The lessons of experiential learning, from experiences like internships and conference and workshop attendance, are proving invaluable to the personal development of students. Consequently, the Hope Life Skills program once again offered paid summer […]
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Today’s guest was Manny Rivas, Hope High 2016 graduate, a 2015 Life Skills graduate, and present Providence College business and marketing major in his sophomore year. Today’s Hope Life Skills host was Laisha Mendez. Manny spoke about his freshman year experience at Providence College. “If I could recommend a few things, I would encourage your […]
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1. Please provide me with constructive feedback on Wednesday’s Future Forum. Please identify one part of the Forum you believe could be improved upon and provide a suggestion on what could be done to improve this part of the Forum. Send your well written statement with perfect spelling, grammar and punctuation in succinct, short sentences […]
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