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  • Tazewell County CTE Brings Rubin into the Classroom

    Tazewell County CTE Brings Rubin into the Classroom

    Rubin Education’s book,Wait, How Do I Write This Email?, a collection of 100+ guides for networking the job search and LinkedIn, is an ideal fit for the classroom.

    The book helps students understand the best ways to communicate with employers and recruiters in the real world.

    That’s why we’re excited the Tazewell (Virginia) County Career and Technical Education Center will use the book in the 2017-2018 school year as part of its English curriculum.

    Students attend the school and learn a variety of skilled trades (ex: welding, carpentry). But administration also understand students need to write and network with employers to land a job in Tazewell or elsewhere.

    We hope to provide updates on the Tazewell pilot project throughout the year.

    We’re thankful for early academic partners as we continue to introduce the material to classrooms across the country.

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    Teaching “soft skills” to vocational students.

  • Future Farmers of America (FFA) Features Emerge Writing Techniques

    Future Farmers of America (FFA) Features Emerge Writing Techniques

    Rubin Education’s book, Wait, How Do I Write This Email?, is more than a useful writing guide for people who need to network or find a job. We hope the resource becomes an integral part of the way schools and organizations teach effective communication skills.

    That’s why this week the book scored a major victory. The educational team at Future Farmers of America (FFA), an “intercurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership,” elected to use two templates from the book in a lesson plan for FFA members. As well, the information will become a supplement in agribusiness and agriscience courses.

    The lesson plan instructs students to write an email that asks for a reference letter and then another email to thank the person for writing the reference letter (instructions on the reference letter here). In each instance, FFA includes our templates and then asks the students to practice their own e-mails based on my model.

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    Taking the templates into the classroom.

  • DePaul University Incorporates Rubin Concepts into Senior Capstone Course

    DePaul University Incorporates Rubin Concepts into Senior Capstone Course

    We’re pleased to announce Wait, How Do I Write This Email?, our book of email and writing guides, has made its way into the college classroom.

    In a course at DePaul University in Chicago called PRAD 396 Senior Capstone Seminar, instructor Jill Stewart has required every student to read chapter 1 (“How to Write Everything Better”) to understand the fundamentals of clear, concise writing.

    PRAD 396 (Public Relations ADvertising), an online course, teaches students the challenges of public relations and advertising through targeted writing exercises, critical reflection on readings and video presentations and participation in discussion boards.

    Stewart believes Wait, How Do I Write This Email?, a collection of 100+ templates for networking, the job search and LinkedIn, and supporting online activities are the perfect complement to the PR and advertising lessons in the course. With the book, students learn how to write polished emails/documents, which can improve the job search and how they perform in the workplace.

    “I believe the time invested in reading the first chapter of Danny Rubin’s book will make anyone a better writer, and in my case, a better teacher of writing,” said Stewart.

    Stewart also encourages DePaul students to buy the book before graduation. Beyond the editing skills in chapter 1, it offers templates for writing scenarios like informational interviews, contacting alumni and creating a strong LinkedIn profile.

    “Good writing skills can be the ticket to an internship, a job or a promotion,” said Stewart. “I now make the book required reading for all my capstone classes.”

    Thank you to Jill Stewart and DePaul University for being an “early adopter” of the book. We appreciate the support!

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    Instructor says it’s “required reading.”