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Summer Owens2022-07-01 05:19:362022-10-28 23:53:32Three Crucial Tips for College Students in New Student Orientation ProgramsCOLLEGE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
How does a first-generation college student and teen mother become a leader in many campus organizations, graduate magna cum laude, and earn the title of Ms. University at her university?
As a highly requested college motivational speaker, I share my personal story and success strategies with college students to help them become more resilient leaders of organizations and their own lives. Through my programs, I introduce students to an effective framework and mindset for overcoming any challenge. Students learn how to stay committed and motivated and not quit when life happens.
As a former student leader and creator and professor of a life skills course that I was requested to create using my own story, your students will remember and use what I teach them. Whether for a keynote, workshop, or series, bring me in for lasting impact for your: New Student Orientation/First Year Experience, Leadership Development, Fraternity/Sorority Life, Honors, Womens, Black History Month Programs or any situation with students who you want to see succeed in spite of their challenges.
SUMMER’S COLLEGE PROGRAMS, KEYNOTES, AND WORKSHOPS
The Resiliency Resolution: How to Hang in There When You Want to Let Go
Let’s face it, life is hard for many people.
Especially right now.
Students face challenges of all types, from personal to academic, private or pandemic, and everything in between. Some challenges are inherited and some are created, but dealing with the stress and anxiety and overcoming the obstacles may seem impossible. Too often this causes many students to give up or not fulfill their potential.
Summer Owens has a system to overcome even the greatest obstacles.
This program helps students examine their situations and recognize the power they have over their challenges and choices. Through her personal story and practical strategies audience members can apply immediately, Summer demonstrates the power of a mindset that can turn giving up into standing out with world-class resilience.
Audience members will…
- Understand the relationship between resilience and grit to handle adversity and leverage their challenges
- Identify the conscious/subconscious obstacles to their success
- Feel empowered to overcome these obstacles through strategy and mindset
- Learn how to create a S.O. What! Mindset to achieve more in spite of their challenges
- Explore how to create a personal resilience strategy to deal with past, current, and future trauma and stress
The Unlikely Leader: From Imposter to Impactful
Do you find yourself in a leadership position, yet feel like maybe you’re an imposter? Leading, but not sure where you’re going or what you’re doing? Or maybe you want to be in leadership but don’t feel worthy.
It’s hard to lead when others doubt you or when you maybe doubt yourself. You might be new to leadership or nervous that everyone will realize you don’t have all the answers. You might feel unprepared or not fit the role of an ideal student leader.
From this thought-provoking presentation, participants will examine their doubts, their abilities, and their motivation for leadership and learn how to turn judgment and self-doubt into positive catalysts for impactful, inclusive leadership. Students will identify how their unique challenges and experiences can help them build confidence in themselves, gain the confidence of their members, have meaningful impact, and stand out as a leader on campus and for life.
Audience members will…
- Evaluate their self-doubt and gain tips to change their perspective on their abilities
- Explore how to leverage their positions for personal, academic, organizational, and life-long impact
- Gain practical strategies to increase their confidence in their leadership and ability to impact their chapters and communities.
- Develop practical ways to demonstrate servant leadership, confidence, and authority
The New Student Blueprint for Success: Design Your College Journey for a Strong Finish No Matter How You Start
Maybe you’ve defied the odds and made it to college.
Maybe you’re the first in your family to do it.
Some say, it’s not how you start but how you finish.
What’s rarely said, though, is how you start can determine IF you finish. Starting something new for some is fun and exciting. For others it may be frightening and intimidating. But for all it is new and unknown. Some of the biggest barriers to success students face involve bringing old habits into a new environment, not understanding how established ideas might inhibit success, or simply not knowing what steps to take to stand out and make the most of their college experience.
In this program, Summer helps students focus on beginning their college career with the end in mind. She shares the key actions students should take when they start college or a new school year to exceed even their own expectations for college completion and success in careers and in life.
Audience members will…
- Assess their past behavior to determine the actions to start, stop, and continue in order to succeed in college
- Be motivated to get involved in and leverage student leadership and engagement for personal, academic, and career success
- Understand how to leverage resources to help them achieve their goals
- Develop practical ways to maximize their potential and the opportunities of their college experience for completion and lifelong connection and impact
Ladies Who Lead: Guiding with Grit, Grace and Guts
Women face unique challenges, especially in leadership.
From self-doubt to feeling unheard or disrespected to feeling the need to do it all or please everyone, leadership can feel lonely or overwhelming.
As a female leader and former student leader, Summer Owens encourages, educates, and empowers female students with easy to implement strategies to effectively lead and stay inspired even when life and leading gets hard.
This program designed for sororities and women’s programs helps female students better understand themselves, their abilities, their desires, and their opportunities and advantages to overcome their challenges and become better, more resilient leaders.
Audience members will…
- Learn how to be more resilient leaders on campus and in life.
- Leave with a greater understanding of how they can handle adversity.
- Understand how they can leverage their challenges for their benefit.
- Identify the obstacles to their success and feel empowered to overcome them
Fear, Failure, and Rejection: Turning Setbacks into Success
What would you do if fear was not factor? If you hadn’t felt the pain of failure or rejection?
One thing all people have in common is that in some point in our lives we will experience fear, failure, and rejection. So it’s normal and natural, but it is also painful and can be stifling holding you back from trying or going after what you really want in life.
However, the most successful people in life have likely experienced the most fear. They have failed a lot because they’ve tried a lot, and they have undoubtedly experienced rejection on levels most people can’t handle. So what if you could become someone who welcomes fear, failure, and rejection because you know on the other side of it is success?
In this program, students will evaluate their life experiences and limiting beliefs and develop strategies to overcome them.
Learning Outcomes
Audience members will…
- Examine the root causes of their fear, failure, or rejection
- Identify the limits fear, failure or rejection may have had on their success or aspirations
- Learn strategies to turn the negative experiences and emotions they experienced into what they need to succeed
- Gain actionable tips to overcome fear, failure, and rejection
- Feel more confident about addressing what has held them back from going after their goals
The S.O. What! Success Series
Through a series of at least three workshops, Summer goes deep with students through real talk on life and how to be successful regardless of their challenges or circumstances. Focusing on both academic achievement and personal development, Summer breaks down the S.O. What! Success System to help students Overcome their Obstacles, Eliminate their Excuses, and Calculate their Choices.
In this program, students will engage in reflective and interactive workshops to explore who they really are and what influences their choices as well as the effects of their decisions. Students will create S.O. What! Success Plans outlining their goals and identifying the path to get what they really want in life and how to remain resilient along the way.
Audience members will…
- Learn more about themselves and their motivations for success.
- Examine their attitudes and behaviors for alignment with their goals.
- Gain a greater appreciation for their opportunities and advantages.
- Connect with and learn more about fellow members to create stronger organizations.
- Get motivated to eliminate the excuses to success in their lives.
BECOME A S.O. WHAT! STUDENT AMBASSADOR
If you think you embody the S.O. What!, no-excuses attitude, you could become a S.O. What! Student Ambassador. Engage and activate your peers by promoting the S.O What! message and help your fellow students achieve S.O. What! success. Plus, as a S.O. What! Student Ambassador, you get lots of unique prizes and opportunities and have access to exclusive experiences!
Want more information?
Complete the contact form and include, “I want to be a S.O. What! Ambassador” in the comments. Then we’ll get right back to you!
First-Gen?
Use this powerful and unique curriculum to enhance your first-gen programs. Students will examine my journey and plan their own to go from first-gen to fantastic careers and fulfilling lives.
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