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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

How Do You Learn Best?

Describe your learning style. How do you think it matches with what you've learned about generational learning styles?

Improved Communication with the Generations

What tips for improving communication with different generations will be most helpful for you? How so?

Using Creativity for Call Backs

What are some creative ways we can get people intrigued to call us back?

We've Never Met…

How might you use these techniques with a student you haven't met versus an already established relationship?

Increase Your Voicemail Success

What is currently missing in your voicemail messages and what specifically will you add or change to improve your results?

Tools to Overcome Obstacles

What tools could you use to help you address those obstacles?

Your Frequently Used Materials

What materials do you use to provide information to prospective students and what additional information or materials would you like to have to assist your students?

Questions to Elicit Information

What are some of the most helpful questions you've asked during the probing stage of a prospect call?

Your Tips for Making Calls

Have you created your own "10 commandments for making calls"? What are some tips you can share to help others become more effective?

Breaking Bad Habits

What bad habits do you have regarding your outbound calling that you'd like to improve?

Inbound Calls at Your Office

How do you handle inbound calls when you have a student in your office?

Your Phone Personality

Describe your telephone personality.

Improving Your Call Process

What does your inbound call process currently look like? What improvements would you like to make?

Successfully Building Rapport

What skills will you work to develop to successfully build rapport with others?

Reading People

How can you improve your ability to read people better?

Moving Through the Communication Hierarchy

What part of the communication hierarchy challenges you the most? What will you do to improve at that stage?

Your Listening Limitations

In what ways do you limit your listening?

Actions to Improve Listening

What action do you need to take to improve your listening skills?

When You Are Listened To

How do you feel when you have not been listened to?

Communicating with Groups

How do you focus your communication if there is more than one person?