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In spring and summer 2019, Rubin Education founder Danny Rubin will hit the road to lead workshops on communication skills and share information about Rubin Educationbooks and online curriculum available to teachers nationwide.

The travel features a mix of conferences for high school and college educators.

On the high school front, Danny will speak to various audiences within the Career and Technical Education space. He plans to visit conferences in Pennsylvania, Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky.

The college opportunities will take Danny to Rhode Island, Florida and Michigan.

See the list of upcoming appearances below. See all past appearances here.

Do you know of a conference where Danny should attend? Comment below or contact us!

• April 25-26, 2019: ACTE Region I Conference — Pittsburgh, PA
• May 5-7, 2019: AACSB Redeveloping the Undergraduate Curriculum — Providence, RI
• June 13-14, 2019: ACTE Region III Conference — Lisle, IL
• June 16-18, 2019:ASEE (engineering educators) Annual Conference — Tampa, FL
• July 14-15, 2019: (tentative): Georgia State CTE Summer Conference — Athens, GA
• July 16-18, 2019: North Carolina CTE Summer Conference — Greensboro, NC
• July 24, 2019: Virginia Business Education Association — Virginia Beach, VA
• July 29, 2019: Keynote address at the Virginia state conference for Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) — Virginia Beach, VA
• October 4-7, 2019: (tentative): MBA Research Conclave — Louisville, KY
• October 23-26, 2019: Association for Business Communication — Detroit, MI

Big news!

In late May/early June 2019, DannyHRubin.com will become RubinEducation.com.

The decision will pivot the website from an author platform for Danny Rubin into an educational company in which the products are front and center (and Rubin plays a supporting role on the Meet the Team page).

The new website will explain how Rubin Education books, ebooks and online curriculum are ideal for educators, workforce development professionals and corporate trainers.

The site will also feature curriculum samples and Rubin’s extensive blog of writing guides known as THE TEMPLATE.

Stay tuned for the launch!

Big news on the book publishing front!

Danny Rubin’s newest installment in the Wait, How Do I…? series is almost ready.

The book, Wait, How Do I Lead My Team?, is 100+ writing templates for classic leadership situations. Here’s the table of contents.

The reference guide complements Rubin’s two other books, Wait, How Do I Write This Email? (writing for internships and jobs) and Wait, How Do I Promote My Business? (writing for entrepreneurship).

Here’s an early review:

“While I was reading, I often found myself screaming ‘Yes!’ in my head because I’ve seen many of these mistakes come from colleagues and people in leadership positions, and the gaffes do discredit them. I recommend this book to any person who wants to be taken seriously and gain respect from their colleagues/clients/employees.”

— Angela Blue
Editor-in-Chief, Coastal Virginia Magazine / CoVa BIZ

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Thanks, Angela! The book will be available on Amazon in April 2019. The ebook version will go into the Rubin Education online curriculum in mid-February and help students across the country (middle school, high school, college and adult education) to learn effective writing and speaking skills.

Stay tuned for the official book launch this spring!

Listen up!

Rubin Education plans to incorporate 60-second audio segments to its online curriculum in winter 2019.

The segments, called “Take My Word for It with Danny Rubin,” provide educators short yet substantive “mini-mini podcasts” they can play in the classroom to set up a discussion or classroom activity.

The audio topics will complement the three major themes in the online curriculum: employability skills, entrepreneurship and leadership.

Residents of the Norfolk-Va Beach area will also hear the “Take My Word for It” segments on 89.5 WHRV, the local radio affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR).

We will post a sample audio clip in early February. The full library, organized by topic (ex: interoffice communication), will be available in the online curriculum for participating schools and organizations.

After business hours on Wednesday, January 19, an office building in Virginia Beach was a hub of energy and a film crew yelling, “action!”

That’s because Rubin Education founder Danny Rubin gathered a half dozen young professionals to stage a series of “how-to” instructional videos for the Rubin Education online curriculum, a learning platform that teaches students critical communication skills for the job search and the workplace.

During the three-hour video shoot, the group tackled important topics like:

• How to shake hands and make eye contact
• How to call employers on the phone
• How to hold face-to-face networking conversations
• How to answer an employer’s questions during a job interview
• And more!

As well, every young professional “actor” looked into the camera and shared his/her best career advice for students.

The videos will be available inside the Rubin Education online curriculum by January 2019. Teachers who use the program will receive an email notification when the content is ready.

To learn more about the Rubin Education online curriculum and how the program can help your students with employability skills, click here!

Go here to see Rubin Education curriculum samples.

Rubin Education is proud to announce 33 educational institutions as the “first class” to use the company’s online learning platform for business communication skills.

The 33 schools encompass over 4,000 students across 21 states. The students are in a mix of middle schools, high schools, higher ed institutions and adult learning programs.

Each program has access to a robust online learning portal with hands-on lessons for writing/editing, networking and interpersonal skills across three core areas: employability, business promotion and leadership. The curriculum features 100+ student activities along with teacher guides, instructional videos and assessment tools (ex: rubrics).

See the full list of employability activities and the business promotion activities. Complete access to leadership activities coming in winter 2019.

In addition, the curriculum imparts social-emotional intelligence values like authenticity, civil discourse and relationship building.

The material serves as a resource library so educators can supplement instruction related to professional skills development.

The “first class” includes educators from the following institutions:

Amherst County Public Schools — Amherst, VA
Belle Point New Tech — Fort Smith, AR
Branford High School — Branford, FL
Campbell County High School — Alexandria, KY
Columbia County School District — Lake City, FL
Dinwiddie High School — Dinwiddie, VA
Dover Area High School — Dover, PA
East Paulding High School — Dallas, GA
Fred Cherry Middle School — Suffolk, VA
Fredonia USD 484 — Fredonia, KS
Henry Ford II High School –Sterling Heights, MI
Hillsdale High School — Hillsdale, MI
Kato Public Charter School — Mankato, MN
Kempsville High School — Virginia Beach, VA
LSU School of Leadership and Human Resource Development — Baton Rouge, LA
Lyford High School — Lyford, TX
Minuteman High School — Lexington, MA
Moreno Valley USD — Moreno Valley, CA
Mountain Empire Community College — Big Stone Gap, VA
Murray County Central — Murray County, MN
Noble Adult & Community Education — North Berwick, ME
Norwalk Community Schools — Norwalk, IA
Okaloosa County School District — Okaloosa County, FL
Payette River Technical Academy — Emmett, ID
Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School — Plainview, MN
Savannah State University — Savannah, GA
Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District — Skidmore, TX
South Umpqua School District #19 — Myrtle Creek, OR
Stewarts Creek High School — Murfreesboro, TN
T.C. Williams High School — Alexandria, VA
Tulsa Tech — Tulsa, OK
Van Meter Community School — Van Meter, IA
Woden High School — Woden, TX

Educators! Click here for sample curriculum activities and to request free copies of Danny Rubin’s books, Wait, How Do I Write This Email?and Wait, How Do I Promote My Business?

I’m pleased to have several new teachers using Rubin Education books and curriculum in the 2018-2019 school year!

The material is a mix of either physical books or online curriculum with ebooks included. The classroom activities span a variety of in-demand communications topics across three main categories:

1. Employability skills
2. Business promotion
3. Leadership

At every turn, the focus is on writing, speaking and interpersonal skills. That means students from Oregon to California will learn how to use email etiquette, hold networking conversations, talk on the phone, create a LinkedIn profile, write a website, communicate with clients and so much more.

A snapshot of school districts who use Rubin Education books and curricula:

• Moreno Valley UFD (Moreno Valley, CA)
• Skidmore-Tynan ISD (Skidmore, TX)
• Oklaloosa County School District (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
• Richmond County School System (Augusta, GA)
• Amherst County Public Schools (Amherst, VA)
• Fredonia USD 484 (Fredonia, KS)
• South Umpqua School District #19 (Myrtle Creek, OR)
• Hillsdale Community Schools (Hillsdale, MI)

Stay tuned for more announcements as additional middle schools, high schools and colleges join up.

We’re excited to hit the road (and, at times, stay close to home) to lead workshops on critical communication skills for various CTE (career and technical education) audiences.

Here’s where we’re headed:

• July 30, 2018: Virginia state conference for Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) — Virginia Beach, VA
  • Address FACS teachers at the annual professional development gathering
• August 2, 2018: State conference for Virginia Association of Marketing Educators — Williamsburg, VA
  • Workshop on employability skills for marketing educators across the state
• September 28, 2018: ACTE Region II Conference — Louisville, KY
  • Conduct two workshops that give educators strategies for employability and entrepreneurship skills
• October 6-7, 2018: MBA Research Conclave — Kansas City, MO
  • Lead workshops on student employability and communication skills
• October 15, 2018: State conference for the Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) — Virginia Beach, VA
  • Workshop on how to teach students practical communication skills

At each stop, I will provide hands-on activities for email etiquette, networking and other important soft skill topics so teachers can bring material back into the classroom.

I also plan to have a booth at the exhibit hall for most of these conferences. Stop by the Rubin Education booth for samples and to learn more!

Many thanks to the team at CoVaBiz, a business magazine for Southeastern Virginia, for the glowing review of my book, Wait, How Do I Write This Email?

“Packed with expert guidance and real-world examples, Rubin provides millennials and seasoned professionals alike with the information they need to put their best foot forward when communicating in the virtual world.”