2. The Neuroscience of Storytelling
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3. The Story To College Moments Method®
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• Refresh
• Build a Bridge
• Choose a Moment
• Tell It Out Loud!
• Write it Out
• Focus Out
• Map It
• Magnet, Pivot,
Glow
• Explore
Perspectives
• Scripts to Stories
• Raise the Stakes
• Reasons to Believe
4. PD Workshops with OppNet + University
Settlements
OppNet: Develop curriculum specific to younger students (8th
graders applying to after school and summer programs)
University Settlements: Develop staff storytelling skills (1)
to inspire younger students and (2) for increased
collaboration and job skills.
5. Professional Development Workshops
In collaboration with University Settlements
Building Community through Storytelling: Teach mentors
to tell their stories to inspire and motivate younger
students in after-school program
Hire Power: Develop staff storytelling skills for expanded
professional opportunities
6. Workshop #1:
Building Community Through Storytelling
!Objective: teach after school leaders to find their personal stories and use
them to motivate, inspire, and build community among their elementary
school students.
7. What were the results?
Safe space
“When we split up into groups we really opened up to each other and we
didn’t hold anything back. Even though we didn’t know each other, we felt
safe sharing our stories.”
Vulnerability
“I learned that despite someone’s appearance, you never know what kind
of struggles they’ve been through.”
Transferable skills
“Thank you for bring us together! This was a very fun learning experience
that I will definitely take back and use with my kids.”
8. Workshop #2: Hire Power
Storytelling and Self-Advocacy
!Objective: teach framework for researching opportunities, crafting SMART
reasons to believe, and incorporating their personal stories to create cohesive
responses to application and interview questions.
10. Story To College Collaborates with Schools + CBOs
• In-school programs + after-school workshops
• Modular, outcomes based curricula, aligned with Common Core
o College Application Essays
o Supplement Essays
o Job Search
o Communication Skills
o Community Building
• Direct service + professional development/curriculum licensing models
For more info:
Carol Barash, PhD, Founder
Jenna Freed, Director of Client Relations
646-503-4861
getstarted@storytocollege.com
13. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
MISSION ANDVISION!
• To create equal opportunity for high-achieving public school students from
low-income families!
• To provide career development, influential networks, summer internships and
access to competitive colleges, through an intensive, six-year investment !
• To reverse the course of unrealized potential and facilitate college graduation
and career success!
Level the playing field for underprivileged, high-potential youth!
14. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
CAREER FLUENCY®!
CAREER
EXPOSURE
Exposure to 30+
career opportunities,
including
internships
PROFESSIONAL
ETIQUETTE
Comprehensive training
in professional etiquette
and skills
Building and
leveraging professional
relationships and social capital
NETWORKS AND
SOCIAL CAPITAL
College access,
transition and
in-college support
COLLEGE ACCESS
AND SUCCESS
CAREER
FLUENCY®
15. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
LIFE OF AN OPPNET FELLOW!
JuniorYear !
High School!
FreshmanYear – !
SeniorYear !
College!
• College goal-setting
• College field trips
• College lists
• Parent meetings
• SAT preparation classes
• Personal statements
SeniorYear!
High School!
College Access
and Success!
Career Exposure!
Professional
Etiquette!
Networks and
Social Capital!
Career Fluency®
Program!
• Exposure to 30+ careers
• Meet 100+ executives in broad
range of sectors
• Attend field trips at companies
• Summer internship
• Extensive professional etiquette
training: resumes, interviewing,
dress, email and phone
etiquette
• How to map your network
• Building a contact database
• How to build and grow a
professional network
• Individual college visits
• On-campus and alumni interviews
• Financial aid preparation
• Completion/submission of college
applications
• College transition series: time and
money management, study habits,
college writing, diversity on campus
• Career workshops – new
topics
• Panel discussions with
executives on internship
success factors
• Field trips to companies
• Summer internship
• Refresher etiquette workshops:
updating and tailoring resume,
advanced email etiquette, writing
to college admissions staff
• Advanced networking concepts:
looking for internships, seeking
information about careers,
securing referrals, connecting
others
• College transition coaching and
support throughout four years
– Staff and peer mentoring
• Individualized guidance for
yearly milestones: choosing
major, study abroad, campus
engagement, credit completion
• Long-term career goal-setting
• Summer series of college-level
career workshops
• Summer internships
• Career transition:Applying for
full-time jobs/graduate school
• Building networks and making
connections on campus
• Giving back to your networks
• Leveraging your networks for
your post-college job search
• Refresher and advanced etiquette
workshops: updating and tailoring
resume, advanced email etiquette
16. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
LONG-TERM METRICS!
!!!
College Access,
Transition and
Success!
Career !
Exposure!
Professional
Etiquette!
Networks and
Social Capital!
85% leverage their Career Fluency® to secure meaningful employment, admission to
graduate school or other valuable!
post-college experience within six months of graduation.!
85%!
Earn degree from
competitive 4-year
college or university in
4 years; 100% in 6
years!
90%!
Boast competitive
resume packed with 4-5
summer internship/
enrichment programs!
100%!
Enter workforce with
professional network and
know how to use it!
90%!
Demonstrate mastery of
full scope of professional
etiquette !
18. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
Communication:"
Speaking"
Active Listening!
Self-Awareness
and Confidence:"
LifeValues"
Strengths!
Empathy,
Relationships
and Community!
Self-Advocacy
and Agency!
Social Capital!
STORYTELLING X CAREER FLUENCY® !
Storytelling!
Career
Fluency®!
19. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
CAREER FLUENCY®- A SNAPSHOT!
• College “Fit”!
• College Interviews!
• Personal
Statements and
Reflective Writing!
• Finding and
Forming
Communities!
• College Networks!
• Self-Advocacy on
Campus!
College Access,
Transition and
Success!
• Goal-Setting for
College and
Careers!
• Career Roadmaps!
• LifeValues!
• Industry-Specific
Workshops!
• Career Panels and
Information
Sessions!
• CareerTransition!
Career !
Exposure!
• Resumes!
• Cover Letters!
• Interviewing!
• MarketingYour
Assets!
• Email Etiquette!
• Phone Etiquette!
• Active Listening!
• Public Speaking !
Professional !
Etiquette!
• Network Maps !
• Networking
Essentials!
• Relationship
Management !
• Contact
Management !
• “Elevator Pitch”!
• Speed Networking !
• Social Media!
• Mentoring
Relationships!
Networks and !
Social Capital!
21. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
VISUALIZING A STORY’S IMPACT!
!
Think about a time when a story you heard from
a student informed how you improved or
changed your programming…!
!
• What emotions were conveyed by your student?!
• Why did that story “stick”?!
• Why did that story ultimately inform your work?!
!
!
22. THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK!
RESUME AS A STORYTELLINGTOOL!
!
Think about your proudest accomplishment,
personal or professional… !
!
• Now tell that story in one sentence.!
• Can you tell the story in less than 10 words?!