Get your students to love your
organization, believe in your message, brag to their friends, and beg you for
more!
Everyone who
works with college students knows that the single most effective way to develop
leadership, motivate your best students - getting them to identify with your
message and connect with your staff - is to take them off-campus for a weekend,
a week, or even a month away. There is simply no better use of your time
and limited resources.
So have you
ever tried running an off-campus program?
I did!
I thought
running an off-campus program would be a breeze - until I had to deal with
travel agents, tour companies, food services, bus companies, tour guides, guest
speakers, recruiting, schedules, teaching, mental health issues, medical
emergencies, weird diets and allergies, budgets, post-program follow-up, and
everything else under the sun! Running my first program was overwhelming,
time consuming, frustrating, baffling - you name it - I was in over my head.
And I was
already an experienced program coordinator!
From 1994
until the end of 2000 I lived in Israel and ran 3-4 week programs for groups of
40-50 college students during their summer and winter breaks. Over those
years I held every position - from staff councilor to program director -
and I learned a lot about working with students, crisis management, and
teaching.
But I had no
idea how much more went into making a great program.
I moved to
Boston at the beginning of 2001 and within a few months I was on a plane to
London with a group of 44 students. Suddenly I had to think about
logistics, flights, food, parents, schedules, drunk kids - all in addition to
what I already knew about education and building relationships. I ran my
first program by trial and error - completely overwhelmed, exhausted, and
stressed - and I would have thrown in the towel had I not figured out a system to
make the process manageable, efficient, and effective.
For the last
7 years I have been perfecting my system - experimenting, innovating, improving
- and now I am ready to share this extremely valuable information with you.
"[Tzvi] draws on a wealth of knowledge and experience, adding his own unique spin which makes even the deepest concepts accessible to everyone." - Joel Mirkin, Boston University
Why am I
doing this?
I want to
share this amazing resource with you because I can't stand to see great people,
with a great message, fail to get their programs off the ground because they
are overwhelmed by all the things they have to do.
Get Out of
Town! is a practical, specific, results-focused program. Get Out of Town!
is not theory - I will not waste your time with fluffy, motivational drivel
about the power of teamwork and working together. I will show you the
things I do, year after year, for every program I run. I have been
running, recruiting, planning, and handling every detail for my own programs
since moving to Boston in early 2001. I have sent hundreds of students on
programs - and every type of program - from short weekends away to month-long
gruel-fests. In one year I managed and recruited 6 programs, 4 of them
done back-to-back that summer, for over 250 students.
I have taken
all my experiences and condensed them into the ultimate seminar so you can use
my methods and achieve the same results with your students.
Get Out of
Town! is a practical, firsthand, realistic, in-depth tool that you can
immediately put into practice for your programs, organization, cause, or
whatever it is that you do to achieve amazing results.
I will show
you insider "secrets" like:
- When to start recruiting so that your
programs fill up and sell out
- When to book your flights to get the
dates you want, at the best price and before everyone else
- 5 things you must do before you can
begin recruiting - what you absolutely must have in place before you can
launch and what can wait until later
- How to manage masses of applications
and stimulate great word-of-mouth
- How to determine what students you will
accept and what students you won't
- How to receive payments on time and
minimize cancellations
- How to manage large group introductions
and orientation
- 10 ways to make your schedule awesome
and engaging
- 10 things you can do to cut costs
without sacrificing your programming
- Tips and tricks to avoid anarchy and
earn praise for a well-organized program (even when you know that behind the
scenes it isn't!)
- How to keep your staff happy
- 9 things your staff must know so your
program will be amazing
- 7 things you can do to make your
program something your students will brag about back on campus
- How to get outside vendors and agencies
to work for you, not against you (including tour guides, tour companies, travel
agencies, food services, sights and attractions, bus companies, hotels, and
more)
- How to stay on top of your program's
finances, manage cash flow, and stay out of trouble
- The most effective ways to achieve your
educational goals
- How to handle mental health issues,
medical issues, program breakdowns, schedule changes, cancellations, and
emergencies
- How to moderate discussion groups and
get your message heard
- How to get student testimonials, rave
reviews, and letters for your donors that will help you with fundraising and
future recruitment
- How to initiate an effective
post-program follow up campaign
- And much, much more!
You can do
what I did, waste years and blow your budget on costly mistakes, experiments,
and bad ideas. Or you can learn from my experience, use my method, and
spend your time focusing on the things that are really important - like
developing leadership, teaching, and building lasting friendships.
I am not
going to mislead you - running great programs is a lot of hard work even when
you use an amazing system like mine - but with it you will be able to plan and
recruit with confidence. You will save time, money, and aggravation.
You will avoid making mistakes that turn students off. And you will make
your programs the most talked about, most in-demand, and most popular programs
on campus.
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