Learn the Secret of Appreciative Advising to Promote Student Success.

Appreciative Advising (AA) is one of the most powerful educational trends to sweep across college campuses in decades.First proposed by Jennifer Bloom a little over a decade ago, this advisement policy has been employed by colleges across the Southeast with revolutionary results. Based upon the organizational development theory of Appreciative Inquiry and Positive Psychology literature, Appreciative Advising provides a flexible framework for you to optimize student success. In this webinar expert speaker Jennifer Bloom will discuss how to retain students, one student at a time and partner together in an intentional collaborative effort, whether you are an administrator, staff, or faculty, to optimize student learning experiences and help them achieve their potential. Appreciative Advising gives you, as educators and paraprofessionals, the tools to do just that. The outcomes of High-Impact advising are not limited just to students. As advisors you will impact lives of students but also learn from advisees. During this webinar, you'll learn the six phases of Appreciative Advising - Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don't Settle. You will also gain specific ideas for optimizing your interactions with students on how to carry out each of the six phases. 

• Understand the theoretical infrastructure behind Appreciative Advising, including a brief overview of Appreciative Inquiry
• Understand the relationship between Appreciative Advising and various functions of the institution including Career Services, Financial Aid and Professional Development
• Understand and apply the six phases of Appreciative Advising: Disarm, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver, and Don't Settle
• Learn how to ask positive, open-ended questions that will help professionals and faculty build rapport with students
• Learn how to use verbal and non-verbal immediacy behaviors that can put students at ease
• Learn how to energize and enthuse students
• Understand the specific and important behaviors that advisors should engage in at every stage of the AA process
• Learn about specific exercises and activities to help students formulate a vision of their future and develop concrete career goals
• Get advice on co-creating an action plan
• Explore potential adaptations of the model in participants' individual working environment

Who Should Attend:

• Academic advisors and advising administrators
• Student success center leaders and personnel
• Student affairs professionals - including career services, orientation, housing, student conduct, etc.
• Faculty advisors
• HR Professionals