Connecting Through Conversation
We believe what you say and how you say it matter.
Leveraging over forty years of combined experience, Erika and Tiffany are on a mission to empower every educator to transform student behavior and build a culture of connection in their school communities.
We inspire and equip educators with immediately applicable moves to build connected relationships for learning, avoid power struggles, and apply communication as a universal support for students, colleagues, and caregivers.
Course Launch
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Course Launch ☆
Limited Time Only
Are you looking for effective ways to transform student behavior? We’re excited to offer a new and exclusive online course designed to help educators manage and navigate student behavior with confidence. Learn immediately applicable and practical strategies to de-escalate situations, avoid power struggles, improve communication, strengthen relationships and build a culture of connection in your school communities.
Do you talk to kids at school?
If so, this book is for you.
Buy book on Amazon or Kindle, or contact us for bulk orders.
Whether we talk to big kids or little kids, we all have one thing that connects us. We all love children.
“At the very heart of education is connection.”
Building a culture of connection requires strong communication skills. This book will give educators these skills, along with tools, strategies, and templates to create a culture of connection in schools.
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Become a Connected Communicator Now
As a member, you gain access to a wealth of resources and exclusive content tailored to your interests.
Let’s Work Together
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All educators care about kids, they just don’t always have the knowledge and skills to effectively show it. Engaging in a fully customizable Book Study will give educators the tools they need to create a culture of connection.
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IN PERSON, REMOTE, OR HYBRID
Personalized coaching and consulting will help leaders build staff capacity and gain the tools needed to navigate challenging behaviors with students, staff, and caregivers with increased confidence and effectiveness.
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NATIONAL AVAILABILITY
With a fast-paced and humorous approach, speaking engagements are designed and tailored for every educator - and everyone who talks with students is an educator.
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NATIONAL AVAILABILITY
Support your team in learning how to transform student behavior through engaging content, model demonstrations, and back-pocket strategies.
Keep your cool when the heat is on! So much of our job success depends on the strength of our communication. This course will increase our communication skill set and help navigate the tricky conversations that are guaranteed to come our way. Together, we will explore practical strategies to ensure you remain calm when things get heated, and help others catch that calm from you as you work towards resolution. We will apply communication strategies to de-escalate and diffuse potentially explosive situations, as well as discuss ways to avoid escalation in the first place. Additionally, we share a number of practical and immediately applicable strategies to build and repair connection in these increasingly divisive times. Learn strategies and tools today that you can use tomorrow!
3-Part Webinar Series
In Collaboration with Cosa
When the Heat is On: Communicating Through Conflict
Enter into difficult conversations with increased skill and confidence
Learn practical ways to remain calm when things get heated - and help others catch your calm
Explore tools to defuse potentially explosive situations, and how to avoid escalation in the first place
Leave with immediately applicable strategies to build and repair connection in these increasingly divisive times

"What you say and how you say it matter."
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