Dr. Jean Norris

Dr. Jean Norris

Location: 55 e. jackson blvd., suite 950, chicago, il 60604

About me

27 year veteran of the education industry working in both proprietary and non-profit higher education.  I have served primarily in the roles of marketing and admissions administration as well as a faculty member and academic dean.  My passion is training and employee development by providing innovative content and delivery that reinforces compliance and meets the demands of today's student consumer.  Our admissions training program, EnrollMatch is the FIRST and ONLY admissions training program to receive a legal seal of approval for meeting all national and regional accrediting agency admissions related standards.  To learn more please visit www.enrollmatch.com

Interests

training, admissions best practices, compliance, guidance counseling, sales

Skills

developer of enrollmatch - the ethical enrollment process; author; speaker; trainer; personal coach

Activity

Our organization conducts admissions assessments around the country and you would be surprised at how many meetings are interrupted by in coming phone calls. I would imagine that your undivided attention during your appointments helps to make the student feel important. Great job! A visual reminder like a check list is also a great suggestion. Thank you for your post.
Using your body language can help to connect when communicating with groups. Ideally, if you can position yourself to have the ability to make eye contact with each individual you will have the most success with effectively communicating with the group. Thanks Maureen!
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Awareness is the first step and it sounds like you see the benefit in listening at a different level. Thanks for posting!
You bring up an interesting point and something that can be a challenge, the other people in your organization. How does your department work with the others to ensure that the tour experience will be positive for your students?
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The thank you and congratulations cards are a nice touch! How do your students typically respond to receiving the correspondences?
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You bring up some very good points. The formula for communication relies upon the sender and the receiver understanding the same message. What you present in your post reminds us that it's actually the sender's responsibility to make sure that the receiver understands the message. Thank you for your post Michelle!
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Great! Let us know how this awareness impacts your listening skills.
Great observation. What do you think you can do when you're in a situation when you're not being listened to? I'm also curious if this awareness helps you to be a better listener.
Ginessa, I can certainly understand how you feel. In an environment with higher scrutiny, we do have to be careful with how we sound on the phone. However, creating a sense of urgency in regards to deadlines can be an effective tool, if done right. Keep us posted with your results. Dr. Jean Norris
It's a great approach for working on your personally developed leads! You're right - taking the time to develop a relationship with an individual, even if they aren't going to attend your school, can help you start relationships with people who will become students. Thank you.

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