Session+4

**Session Objectives, Goa****ls, and Interventions:**
**Goal:** The goal of this session is to teach the students about the importance of leaving good first impressions. **Objectives:** At the end of the session the students will be able to recognize some of the behaviors that they will need to change or do differently in order to leave a good first impression. Also, through the use of social media examples, they will be able to identify some of the differences between perception vs. reality. **Interventions:** Through the use of the perception vs. reality picture activity the students will gain a better understanding about how leaving good first impressions could ultimately lead them down their own journey towards finding "Happyness”.

**Overview/Outline of Session**
This session should focus on teaching the students how to leave a good general first impression with people, and I want them to leave with some basic tools on what to do and what not to do. Much of the session will also focus on proper social media etiquette.
 * I would like to open with some sort of skit that involves me and possibly other people in our group entering the session leaving a bad first impression. I am still working the details of this out, but ultimately we will do the skit and then get the students involved by explaining how I/we left a bad first impression. My goal is to make it as entertaining and interacting as possible.
 * I will then focus on the basics of leaving a good (professional) first impression in the world of business/education.
 * Then I will introduce the social media aspect of it and explain the importance social media plays in the world of first impressions, while giving them some examples of popular social media forums.
 * This will include showing some not so professional facebook profile pictures and possibly some exceptable profile pictures then asking for their feedback. This will get them directly involved and hopefully generate good conversation. (This is a big part of the presentation piece)
 * Teaching them about privacy settings and explaining why they are so important to use
 * Getting them to understand that social media sites are not just used for "social" interaction
 * So why is all of this important to me?
 * Explain how leaving a bad first impression either on social media sites or in person in any manner can have a negative affect on their futures, and give them examples and reasons why.
 * Also maybe provide some examples of success stories that come from positive first impressions - Example, the Pursuit of Happyness movie. Maybe show the clip from the job interview where he shows up to the interview looking horrible, as a result of some unfortunate circumstances. However, he still gets hired for the position because of the exceptional performance in the interview and the initial first impression that he left on them.
 * Circle back around to the TRUE COLORS piece and explain the importance of them being themselves
 * Re-focus back on getting them to understand just the importance of staying consistent and always being on top of their game. You never know when an opportunity will pass you by. Making a good first impression in any situation could lead to success in life.