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DifferenceMakers, Ltd.

The Toolbox Essential Leadership Training Video Series

Available from DifferenceMakers and Herff Jones
Each title includes a DVD video and a CD-ROM with printable supporting materials

Created by The "Original" Mike Smith

These are essential leadership skills training workshops packaged as single-class presentations with handouts and teaching aids that can be used as teacher training tools, adult volunteer leader training, or as classroom experiences for student leaders. If you're looking to take your program to the "next level" of involvement, these presentations are a must!

BE A BULLY-BLOCKER!

Effective FUNdraising
Taught by Lyn Fiscus.
Product 10-4873

NEW!
LEARN HOW TO PLAN, EXECUTE, AND PROCESS fundraising activities to maximize their co-curricular compoents by providing an opportunity for many people to be involved in something significant. This class discusses the essential elements of an effective fundraising compaign and prvides a WEALTH of creative fundraising ideas. Based on the book, The Bucks $tart Here: Fundraising for Student Activities, by Lyn Fiscus and Earl Reum.

Effective FUNdraising
© 2009 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 38-minute DVD video that includes printable support/resource materials on the disc.

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Effective FUNdraising

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This program is also available from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

BE A BULLY-BLOCKER!

FearLess Schools
Taught by Albert Gonzales & Mike Smith.
Product 10-4872

BE A BULLY-BLOCKER! This program helps student leaders and school administrators identify bullies and bullying behavior on their campus, and provides a better undertanding of the issues associated with bullying. It defines the differences between normal peer conflict and bullying, and offers tools and strategies for leaders to raise awareness of these issues as they begin to create a fear-less school! Includes sample school anti-bullying policies and a bonus "Message to Parents" video segment with Mike Smith and Albert Gonzales.

FearLess Schools
© 2007 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 48-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support/resource materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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FearLess Schools

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This program is also available from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

BUILD BETTER SPIRIT RALLIES!

Capture The Spirit!
Taught by Stu Shaffer. Product 10-4871

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET YOUR STUDENT BODY INVOLVED at your pep rallies, spirit assemblies, class or homecoming competitions? Stu Shaffer offers an in-depth look at the planning process and considerations for activity selection that will take your program to the next level. Capture the Spirit! reviews many of the games, races, and involvement activities that Stu has collected, invented, and modified to ensure the success of your event. No activities curriculum is complete without this valuable training tool.

Capture The Spirit!
© 2004 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 42-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Capture the Spirit!

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

MASTER GROUP PROCESSES!

Leadership Processes
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4870

NEED A PROVEN WAY TO HELP YOUR MEMBERS GET ACTIVE and stay active in your organization? This program is designed to help any leader master the proven processes which ensure group success. You will be exposed to the dynamics of team interaction with a model for motivation and the tolls for ensuring that individuals enroll in your group's activities. Learn how Mike teaches meeting skills, brainstorming, and developing vision/mission statements.

Leadership Processes
© 2004 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 55-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Leadership Processes

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

MAXIMIZE THE ALL-SCHOOL ASSEMBLY!

Assemblies: Helping Them Win
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4786

THE LARGE GROUP EXPERIENCE JUST GOT EASIER. This program is designed for administrators, staff and students responsible for large group meetings. It has applications for pep rallies, all-school assemblies, class meetings, awards assemblies, booster club meetings and parent nights. Tour a school with Mike and learn how to use each venue. Find out how to maximize the large group experience for everyone who attends.

Assemblies: Helping Them Win
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 32-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Assemblies: Helping Them Win

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

CHANGE PUBLICITY INTO MARKETING!

Make Magnificent Posters That Work!
(Communication: The Vitality of an Organization)
Taught by Gene Nye & Mike Smith.
Product 10-4791

POSTERS, BANNERS AND SIGNS CAN ALL BE IMPOVED INTO MARKETING PIECES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. Good mass communication pieces make all the difference for helping others get involved. Each should contain: an "Attention Grabber," a "Message Sustainer," a "Why Should I Care," the "Message," and the "Involver." This video seminar is devoted to improving your large format media, and is a must for every club and organization - both student and adult - at your school.

Make Magnificent Posters that Work!
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 38-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Make Magnificent Posters That Work

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

IMPROVE YOUR LEADERSHOPS!

Leadershops: Planning Your Workshop
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4787

EXPAND YOUR POSITIVE INFLUENCE DEEPER IN YOUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING THE TRAINING YOUR LEADERS NEED. Everything you need to handle the logistics of a workshop - checklists for the facilities, handouts, budgets, curriculum and presenter recruiting, as well as step-by-step planning procedures.

A "must-see" for anyone thinking about hosting a major or minor workshop.

Leadershops: Planning Your Workshop
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 32-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Leadershops: Planning Your Workshop

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

MANAGE YOUR LEADERSHIP LIFE!

Calendaring (featuring the DifferenceMaker Calendar/Planner)
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4788

MAKING A CALENDAR A TOOL FOR SELF-FULFILLMENT AND SELF-ENRICHMENT. The busy people of any school - students, teachers, staff and administration - can use this class devoted to the "art" of scheduling and the use of the DifferenceMaker Calendar/Planner as a vehicle for taking charge both personally and professionally. From long-range planning and daily execution processes to the intricacies of leading others as you build yourself.

Calendaring
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 34-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Calendaring

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

INVOLVE THE UNINVOLVED!

Building Them "In:" Inclusion Strategies
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4789

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND PROVEN STRATEGIES THAT HELP YOUR LEADERS LEAD OTHERS TO THE BENEFITS OF INVOLVEMENT. It's one thing to want to help other, less involved people reap the benefits of being involved, but it is altogether different to actually make it happen. Whether your membership is a working faculty or staff, a parent association, a club or organization, you can help them develop the power of esprit through your personal commitment.

Building Them In: Inclusion Strategies
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 25-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Building Them In: Inclusion Strategies

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

PRACTICE POWERFUL "PEOPLE" SKILLS!

Communication: One on One
Taught by Mike Smith. Product 10-4790

THE SIMPLEST OF PEOPLE SKILLS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. A basic communication class on personal skills - listening, delegating, and working with people.

The workshop includes exercises and handouts to help you help others learn these vital people skills.

Communication: One on One
© 2003 DifferenceMakers, Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Program includes 1 33-minute DVD video and 1 CD-ROM (support materials)

Price: $42.00 plus S/H
Order all 10 titles for $336.00 plus S/H (save 20%)

For more information and to order, call 800.658.6082.

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Communication: One on One

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This program is also available from NASSP and from your local Herff Jones scholastic representative. Find your local Herff Jones scholastic representative.

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