y Joyce Schwarz, author THE VISION BOARD, Collins Design, Harper Collins Publishing.
Joyce Schwarz served as the keynote speaker, Pepperdine MBA Program, fall, 2008
This fall, it was my honor to get booked to give presentations at the new student orientations for the prestigious Pepperdine Graziano MBA program in Malibu, California.
During my presentation to the two different groups of students I mentioned the power of creating a vision board as one of the ways to get harness that 'extra degree' of momentum to carry you from orientation through the first 100 days of your first term.
What's a vision board & why for orientation? A vision board is a visual map that represents your vision for success. It's ideal to include Vision Board creation and info about visioning in your college orientation programs because so much of what the students are facing are left brain challenges.
Visioning and Vision Boards Sharpen Right Brain Skills
Even before they hit campus prospective students are concerned about left brain issues such as times, dates, schedules, finances and other issues that involve their analytical capabilities. Yet, scientists and business leaders are proving that the key to success in this changing economy is flexibiilty and the ability to combine both left and right brain skills.
"Vision Boards are being used for training and economic development by such major organizations as the U.N., VISTA and even the World Bank, because they serve as guides to creating new paths to resolve old social and life issues," explains The Vision Board author Schwarz.
Visioning/Vision Boards Great for Revamping Orientation to meet 21st Century Challenges:
"Vision boards come in all sizes and shapes-- you no longer have to just create them with paper and glue and poster boards. There are amazing digital versions including software that can be customized for students and faculty to use as screensavers on their laptops and even port to their mobiles", Schwarz explains.
Schwarz Knows Education
Known as a media futurist and respected for launching more than 75 venture funded firms, Schwarz is also an educator at heart. Her background includes 7 years as an executive staff member at the University of San Francisco and extensive experience as a senior consultant rolling out college extension and weekend programs for such major educational institutions as USC, Cal State Dominguez Hills, University of Denver, Learning Tree and USF. She also serves on the board of directors for a CEC (Career Eduction Corporation) division which includes more than 75 two year schools and trade programs such as Cordon Bleu.
Share the Vision:
Join the vanguard of colleges using Vision Boards and Visioning for Orientations: The Vision Board author Joyce Schwarz available for limited number of college orientation keynote speeches!
Join the Vanguard of colleges and educational sites already using vision boards for orientation. Call Joyce Schwarz today @ 310-822-3119 or scroll down to read the info from Harper Collins Academic Division.
Educational sites are already using vision boards for orientation include: Monroe Community College, Hartford Community College, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Pima Community College, Windward Community College (Hawaii), and many others.
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(see below) click on photo to see former California Governor Gray Davis who was an assemblyman at the time and Joyce worked with him to intro the bill that extended the message to find the MISSING KIDS ON THE MILK CARTON. For more info email 
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Left singer/performer Delores Burgess and her husband greet author Joyce Schwarz, THE VISION BOARD to make their donation to charity and get their own preview copies of 
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