Category: Experts Connect Podcasts

For one year, as of April, 2020, these podcasts were produced for a radio station in the GTA. Other than listening to these podcasts here, you can subscribe to hear them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or Amazon Music.

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How to best prepare, study and perform well on tests and exams

Experts Connect Podcasts

Sara Dimerman in conversation with Janyce Lastman. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about:

  • The difference between a quiz, test and exam and how to prepare differently for each
  • How standardized tests (such as EQAO in Ontario) are different from “regular” tests and why they are important
  • The amount of time and how often students need to study in order to see a successful outcome
  • How students can make the best use of their time and what to do when preparing to study (and how parents can help too)
  • How to avoid experiencing test anxiety and why it happens
  • Whether cramming pre test or exam is ever a good idea
  • How and where (in bed or at a desk, for example) to study for tests and exams
  • Whether one can study well with music or other distractions around them
  • How lack or disruption of sleep impacts studying effectiveness and how to manage this
  • Things to keep in mind for the night before, day of the test or exam and afterwards
  • What “accommodations” are, who they are given to and why

How to best prepare our kids for life post secondary school

Experts Connect Podcasts

In this episode, Sara chats with Domenico Capilongo. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:

  • The role that teachers play in preparing kids for life post secondary school
  • Whether this is different to the role that parents play and if so, how?
  • How students can help prepare themselves for life post secondary school
  • What life after secondary school looks like
  • What constitutes a successful launch into life post secondary school and what makes the difference

How to make a good impression at a job interview

Experts Connect Podcasts

In this, part 1 of 2 related to putting your best foot forward, Sara chats with Andrea Garson, Human Resources consultant on how to make a good impression at a job interview. Over the course of this episode, you will learn how to prepare for a job interview, including:

  • Preparing your resume – tailoring/editing/layout
  • Choosing what you’ll wear/how to look
  • Thinking about answers and examples to possible questions
  • How to behave in an interview – do’s and don’ts
  • How to prepare for a “not in person” interview (e.g. via Skype/phone)
  • Preparing questions for your interviewer in advance
  • Preparing references in advance
  • Following up after an interview

Part 2 of this series coming soon.

How to Raise a Financially Literate Family

Experts Connect Podcasts

In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Laura Plant. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:

  • What financial literacy means and why it’s so important
  • The steps that parents can take, at various ages and stages of their children’s lives, to model becoming and being financially literate
  • The value of giving your child an allowance
  • The ways in which parents can prepare their teenagers and young adults towards becoming more financially independent
  • Resources to help families on their journey

What to expect when transitioning from high school to University or College

Experts Connect Podcasts

In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Brenda Whiteside. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:

  • The biggest changes or challenges students face when transitioning from high school to a post secondary school program
  • How living away from home – on residence, for example – affects the way in which a teen manages the transition to a post secondary program
  • How students and parents can expect to feel at first
  • How long the transitional phase typically lasts
  • Resources and programs most Universities and Colleges have in place to assist the student
  • What students can look forward to once he or she is more settled into residence or in their program of choice
  • Do’s and don’ts for parents to consider – prior to, during and following the adjustment phase