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    Professor Tolliver's Teaching Bio

    Lisa Tolliver (AB Harvard, MBA+post-grad Columbia) is a Principal at professional services firm 360 MERIDIAN, a professional trainer with NYSDOE Career and Technical Teaching certification, and a teaching artist. Additionally, she has taught on the faculty at Metropolitan College of New York School for Business and the adjunct faculties at Grace Institute, CUNY Hunter's Graduate Programs in Urban Affairs and Planning (as Assistant Professor) and Keller Graduate School of Management. She has also coached, tutored and trained numerous college-bound and university students. When not teaching, Professor Tolliver develops, delivers and assesses academic and training programs and advises private and public sector entities to plan strategy, achieve aggressive goals and overcome challenges. She also hosts business and public affairs radio programs, lectures internationally and serves on several organizational and editorial boards. Her doctoral research investigates correlates of effective leadership.

    Professor Tolliver formerly worked as a management consultant and general manager at several multinational firms. Her publications portfolio includes two telecom industry guidebooks; numerous professional and literary publications, regulatory filings, educational materials, performance art, digital properties, and multimedia contributions to prominent ethnographic initiatives (e.g., "Tradition Runs Through It: Environment and Recreation in Provo County," an exhibit and archive co-sponsored by the Library of Congress , Brigham Young University and the Utah Heritage Project).

    Examples of Professor Tolliver's recent honorable distinctions include appointment as a 2006 National Poetry Month Ambassador, a 2005 Emmis Communications (98.7 KISS FM) Phenomenal Woman Award; selection for Ford Foundation and Columbia Journalism School programs for media gatekeepers and outstanding journalists; honorable recognition as an entrepreneur and business advisor by SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business, Business Owners Idea Cafe, the MTA-PriceWaterhouseCoopers PREP Program for government contracting, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Marquis Who's Who in America, IAWD Who's Who on the Web, Turner Construction and the National Association of Minority Contractors. She has also been recognized as an outstanding educator by Marquis Who'sWho in American Education, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and the United States Association for Small Business & Enterprise.

    Links:

    bullet   90-Day Plan For Building a Motivational Coaching Practice
     
    bullet   ACT Test Preparation
     
    bullet   Business Policy
     
    bullet   Developing a Business Plan
     
    bullet   Developing a Marketing Plan
     
    bullet   Developing Professional Relationships
     
    bullet   Faculty Development: Developing Master Teacher Skills
     
    bullet   Harnessing the Power of Computers and the World Wide Web
     
    bullet   Introduction to Mass Communications and Media Ethics
     
    bullet   Managerial Decision-Making
     
    bullet   Managerial Mathematics
     
    bullet   Managerial Statistics
     
    bullet   Managing Information and Communications
     
    bullet   Office Procedures and Practices
     
    bullet   Quantitative Analysis for Business
     
    bullet   Scholastic Aptitute Test (SAT) Preparation
     
    bullet   Social and Organizational Psychology
     
    bullet   Some Useful Links for All Students
     
    bullet   Telling Community Stories: Oral History and Cultural Documentation
     
    bullet   The Power of Podcasting for Performers, Artists, Talk Radio Hosts, and Entrepreneurs
     
    bullet   Tolliver's Publications, Broadcasts and Presentations
     
    bullet   Urban Development Workshop I Graduate Programs in Urban Affairs and Planning
     
    bullet   Working in Groups
     
    bullet   You've Got a Face For Radio!
     

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