For more than two decades Elaine has transformed the lives of half a million students nationwide!

Increase retention and lower liability by creating a safe environment for your students. Elaine’s high-energy, interactive programs empower students to make positive choices and engage in bystander intervention.

Create brighter futures by keeping your students safe and productive!

Elaine offers a variety of programs customized to meet the needs of your student population. Call today to get the conversation going so she can develop the perfect solution for your campus!

SEX AND EXCESS: SURVIVING THE PARTY

Is your campus known as a party school?

Ready to reduce high-risk drinking, sexual assault, drunken hookups, and lower liability?

Increase retention on campus and help your students achieve success in academics and life!

High-risk behaviors at our colleges and universities are a contributing factor to one of the lowest retention and graduation rates of the industrialized nations.

Elaine is one of the few speakers who comprehensively combines the topics of high-risk drinking, sexual health, and sexual assault. Her philosophy – students often combine the three in one night, why not comprehensively combine them in one program?

This highly interactive, fun, and engaging program creates a safe and healthy campus environment by bringing home the relevant message of partying responsibly, respecting one another, and keeping each other safe. Elaine’s inclusive language and non-judgmental demeanor provides an open and safe environment for everyone.

Students leave this program motivated to make positive choices and to look out for one another.

Elaine is a highly engaged listener and communicator. Call her and she will gladly discuss the topics available to best address the needs of your students and customize a program just for you! Together you will find the perfect solution and program for your student population!
Program content is tailored for Catholic universities and other faith-based institutions.

Takeaways for your students:

  • Goals and legacy in life – choices matter
  • Respect for alcohol – options from abstinence to safe alcohol consumption  
  • Understand effects of alcohol on the brain, body, and behavior
  • Life-altering consequences of high-risk drinking
  • Understand relationship of alcohol to sexual assault, consent, and effective communication
  • Definitions of sexual assault, rape, stalking, and dating violence
  • What consent looks and sounds like
  • Connection to sex under the influence and unsafe sex
  • Knowledge of sexually transmitted infections reaching an all-time high
  • Overview of sexually transmitted infections
  • Sexual options from abstinence to the joy of safe sex, 
  • Healthy communication and respect
  • Effects of marijuana, other Illegal drugs, prescription drug abuse
  • Vaping’s negative  health effects
  • Strategies for bystander Intervention 
  • Developing confidence to make positive choices

AN UNHEARD VOICE

Are your students clicking through online sexual assault programs instead of engaging in a critical conversation and follow up for support?

Sexual violence is a devastating issue on campuses today. One in five women and one in 16 men will become a victim of sexual violence during their college career.

Title IX grants every student the right to an education free from sexual assault or harassment.

Elaine addresses the critical issue of sexual violence with passion, sensitivity, and inclusive language. As a survivor, she provides a compelling story and perspective that others may not.

Students develop a deeper understanding of the life-altering effects of sexual violence and gain essential skills to provide emotional support. Many state that Elaine’s stories affected them the most.

Your students will learn to recognize the modes in which perpetrators operate, allowing them to engage in peer mediation to end hurtful behavior. Elaine cultivates the value of integrity and provides effective strategies for bystander intervention.

As a subject matter expert connecting high-risk drinking to sexual assault, Elaine highlights the effects of alcohol – most critically on the brain, diminishing intuition, communication skills, and reading body language. Students learn practical strategies for low-risk drinking. They develop an awareness of the negative impact of victim-blaming, especially when alcohol is involved.

They participate in engaging interactive exercises that facilitate a lighter conversation which dramatically highlights common assumptions and misperceptions of what consent sounds like.

Students develop healthy communication skills as they acquire increased awareness of mutual respect and emotional intimacy.

They leave empowered to engage in bystander intervention.

Many state that they now understand the importance of keeping their radar up at parties.

An Unheard Voice can be presented to mixed or same-gender audiences.

This program is not meant to just check off the Title IX box. It is a program that stimulates critical thinking, a meaningful dialogue, and meets students where they’re at.

Elaine is one of the most sought after sexual assault speakers. Call so she can help your campus provide a safe environment, preserve your reputation, and decrease liability.

Takeaways for your students:

  • Title IX – latest trends on campuses
  • Legal definition of sexual assault and rape
  • Stalking, domestic violence, dating violence
  • Emotional and physical effects
  • Consent, healthy communication – Yes means yes
  • Coercion
  • Incapacitation
  • Personality traits of perpetrators and modes of operation
  • Bystander intervention – effective strategies
  • Date rape drugs
  • Common Assumptions
  • How to talk to one who’s been assaulted
  • How and where to seek help

DISCOVERING THE RESILIENCE WITHIN YOU! A GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH

Building resilience is key to helping students develop the ability to overcome stressful and challenging experiences.

Increasingly, today’s students are lonely. More are experiencing anxiety and depression,  which is leading them to college counseling centers at increasing rates.

Elaine has experienced untimely losses and numerous challenges in her life, yet she is one of the most optimistic people you will meet. 

She developed the tools to pull herself up, recover, and move forward. Through gratitude and positive thinking, she always finds the silver lining, even when times are tough. 

Elaine shares her 10 strategies for resilience, from the power of positive thinking, developing deep social ties, (put down those cell phones!)  to self-care. She promotes goal setting, problem solving, finding purpose, and volunteering.

Your students will learn about the risks of self-medicating with alcohol and marijuana. Elaine addresses the increasing depression caused by social media and the incivility that’s gripping our nation. Students will learn to recognize the symptoms of mental illness. She breaks down the stigma so people will seek help.

Your students will develop the resilience to thrive as Elaine helps them recognize and build on their inner strength. They come to understand that they can weather bad times, gain  wisdom from these experiences, and be stronger for it.

Takeaways for your students:

  • Recognizing when to seek help
  • Importance of resilience for success
  • Developing deep social ties
  • Setting goals and developing purpose
  • Strategies for positive thinking
  • Weathering the storm when bad things happen
  • Negative effects of self-medicating
  • Effects of social media on depression and anxiety
  • Importance of civility and kindness into our daily conversations
  • Self-care: increased sleep, exercise, healthy diets
  • Putting down  smartphones to connect with people around us
  • Understanding effects of technology on the brain – importance of unplugging
Elaine is a highly engaged listener and communicator. Call her and she will gladly discuss the topics available to best address the needs of your students and customize a program just for you! Together you will find the perfect solution and program for your student population!

YOU ARE WHAT YOU TWEET

Would you like your students to clean up their social media profiles?

Do you cringe when you read their posts?

Are they sharing more than they should?

Social media has changed the way we interact. Unfortunately, many students are posting ALL their activities in what looks like a race to the bottom.

To weed through large pools of job applicants, employers look at social media profiles first and eliminate the ones who don’t exercise discretion. That photo of a keg stand can come back to haunt someone!

Elaine will open your students’ eyes as they learn that their privacy settings will not prevent people from gaining access to their profiles. Even Snapchat does not permanently go away!

Your students will develop an understanding of the psychological effects of social media and develop sensitivity to reduce bullying, depression, and anxiety of others.

Participants will be engaged and entertained through examples of positive posts and the ones that will ruin your students’ reputations. They learn the importance of their digital footprint which essentially becomes their resume.

Most importantly your students will learn essential skills to create positive profiles, reflecting their career aspirations, interests, brands, and values. Many have stated after the program that they needed to clean up their profile. Administrators have said it as well!

Two programs are offered, one that is customized for student athletes and the other for the general student population. Elaine will include posts that are specific to your campus.

Takeaways for your students:

  • The importance of a clean digital footprint
  • The global reach of postings
  • Posts can’t be permanently deleted
  • How prospective employers gain access to profiles
  • Privacy Settings
  • How to prevent stalking and identity theft
  • Psychological effects of social media
  • Effects of online bullying
  • Examples of what shouldn’t be posted
  • Character assassination
  • Taking down inappropriate posts from friends
  • Examples of professional posts and strategies to build a respectful brand

PASSION TO EMPOWERMENT: CAREER DEVELOPMENT

After her mother’s death from AIDS related complications Elaine knew that she wanted to speak out to prevent others from contracting this disease. From a place of passion and wanting to help others, came a sustainable business that has continued to grow over the years. Elaine never intended for this to be her primary source of income, but with one chance meeting it did.

With sharp instincts, a drive for hard work, and a passion to make a difference in the lives of others, Elaine developed a successful business that has continued to evolve and grow over 22 years. She has learned a lot from the ups and downs along the way and loves to share her wisdom and tips for resilience to help students develop of brighter future. This program empowers and motivates young women and men to find their passion, take total control of their lives, fearlessly network, and to build a business or career that provides incredible life-satisfaction.

Takeaways for your students:

  • Life transforming moments
  • Finding passion
  • Recognizing & acting on opportunities
  • Roadblocks
  • Recognizing latest trends
  • Killer networking skills
  • Developing elevator pitch
  • Effective & responsible social media and branding
  • Interviewing tips
  • Effective public speaking and communication skills

BUILDING BRIDGES: EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion creates a culture where students feel safe to be their authentic selves.

When they feel comfortable in an educational or social setting, they are more confident, engaged and productive. Race, religion, gender, sexuality, physical stature, age, and educational status can subtly affect the way we interact with one another.

Students learn to unlock their unconscious biases. They develop skills for heighten empathy, which leads to a greater understanding of one another. Effective communication skills are taught to help students appreciate people from diverse backgrounds.

Elaine brings it home as students learn through interactive exercises that there’s more that unites us than divides us. Some remarked that she provided outcomes that they were not prepared for!

This program is guaranteed to create a conversation and raise awareness to provide a safe and inclusive environment where students can freely express themselves and feel proud of who they are.

Takeaways for your students:

  • Create understanding how divergent perspectives develop
  • Recognize and unlock implicit biases
  • Understand how misleading assumptions can be
  • Categories of discrimination – harmful effects on innovation and productivity
  • Recognizing harbored stereotypes
  • Negative effects of microaggressions
  • Communication skills to gain understanding and enthusiasm for differences
  • Self-reflection of own behaviors
  • Develop strategies for bystander intervention
  • Make a plan to raise cultural awareness

ELAINE HAS PROUDLY SERVED
THESE UNIVERSITIES

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STUDENT LEADER & ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING

Elaine provides comprehensive training for numerous student leader groups. Many campuses utilize her expertise for RA and Orientation Leader training. She works with Student Athlete Advisory Councils, Student Government, Student Activities Programming Boards, and students serving in Greek leadership positions. They gain valuable leadership and programming skills, and insight to respond to the latest high-risk trends on their campuses.

 

Administrative training is available for administrative staff from all departments on campus. Elaine updates participants on the current high-risk trends affecting campuses nationwide. Having worked with more than 700 campuses, Elaine shares effective global strategies for implementation. Administrators learn to identify the behaviors indicating that a student is struggling. She provides strategies for effective communication to guide them towards the help they need. 

 

Elaine also provides Title IX training as well as interactive training on sexual harassment, workplace harassment, and diversity and inclusion. She is known to facilitate critical conversations through interactive exercises where participants are up on their feet and moving around. As one college president said during a diversity and inclusion training, “You made us realize that we need to talk more about this issue!”

Takeaways:

  • Alcohol
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Health
  • Mental Health
  • Prescription Drug Abuse
  • Marijuana and other illegal drugs
  • Vaping
  • How to refer students for help
  • Effective programming ideas