Talks & workshops for high schools and colleges
The Rising Advantage
An interactive talk and workshop that helps students turn goals into a plan, build a support network, and create opportunities.
With Professor Corey Hart · In person or live online · Lifetime foundational course access for every student
From wanting to doing
Students can care deeply about their futures and still struggle to decide where to begin. As their independence grows, they need practical ways to organize commitments, plan their week, see their money clearly, seek guidance, and act on opportunities.
This session brings the whole foundational course into the room. Through stories, reflection, and practical examples, students see how the five foundations work together—and choose an action they can take next.
Five foundations. One practical system.
Review the way you keep track of commitments and choose a planning system you can trust. Bring important information together in your Personal Command Center.
A planning-system audit and your own Personal Command Center.
Identify teachers, professors, mentors, advisors, peers, and resources that can help. Use The Professor Playbook to make yourself known and ask for guidance.
A support map and a specific request for guidance.
Turn a goal into a first action and give it a real place in a week that includes school, work, life, and recovery. Adjust the plan when life changes.
A realistic seven-day plan and a repeatable weekly check-in.
Lay out money coming in and going out for the same period. Notice what needs attention and schedule a short recurring check-in.
A money-in / money-out snapshot and a scheduled money check-in.
Practice networking through curiosity, authentic relationships, generosity, and follow-through. Get ready for a warm connection, with Boardy and the course’s preparation tools to help.
An opportunity outreach draft and a plan to follow up.
Both formats cover the whole five-foundation course. The 45–60 minute talk explains the system with examples and reflection; the 75–90 minute workshop adds guided time to begin each tool. Every student receives lifetime access to the foundational course, guided exercises, and workbook to continue at their own pace.
Built around your students
For juniors and seniors preparing for college, training, or work. Students practice managing increasing responsibility while support is nearby.
Examples reflect different pathways, including commuting, working, and balancing family responsibilities.
For first-year and transfer students building a workable system around classes, jobs, relationships, and responsibilities.
Support maps can feature your institution’s advisors, peer mentors, faculty, and existing resources.
Choose the experience
45–60 minutes
The whole five-foundation system through stories, reflection, practical examples, an action sheet, and Q&A. Every student receives lifetime foundational course access to put it into practice.
75–90 minutes · Guided practice
The full talk plus guided practice across all five foundations: a planning-system audit and Command Center, support map, realistic week, money snapshot and check-in, and outreach draft. Lifetime foundational course access included.
Up to three agreed sessions
Bring the five-foundation experience to several student cohorts, or pair student sessions with a parent or staff discussion about follow-through. Lifetime foundational course access for every participating student.
Every participating student receives lifetime access to The Rising Advantage foundational course—all five foundations, guided exercises, and the interactive workbook—with no additional course purchase or subscription required. Every booking also includes a planning conversation, printable and digital action tools, and a seven-day follow-up guide for your team. Scope and fees reflect the audience, format, location, and customization.
Tell us about your event ↗
Meet your speaker
Corey Hart teaches business at Grand Valley State University and brings experience founding companies and advising growing organizations back to the classroom.
He created The Rising Advantage to help students see the hidden parts of college and early adulthood—and take useful action on them. His approach connects classroom realities with the relationships, decisions, and follow-through that matter beyond graduation.
Meet Corey ↗What students are saying
Selected “I’m figuring things out but I want structure.”
Have two or three career ideas without a plan yet.
Use a weekly calendar only sometimes or never.
Procrastinate on important but nonurgent tasks often or almost always.
Selected “I don’t know what to do first” as a reason they put things off.
Selected feeling overwhelmed as a reason they put things off.
Don’t know whom to contact for networking, or are open to it with a script.
Did not select “I have a budget” in the money habits question.
Chose a checklist or deadlines/accountability as what would help them follow through.
Said yes or maybe to sending two networking messages if given a simple script.
Source: Corey Hart’s BUS 101 student survey. Percentages use all responses and are rounded to the nearest whole number. Some questions allowed multiple selections. These findings describe this classroom sample; stated willingness is not completed action or a measured workshop result.
Before → after: a system to keep using
Every issue below has a response within the Rising Advantage framework. The talk covers all five foundations, the workshop adds guided practice, and lifetime course access gives every student the tools and steps to keep building after the session.
Scattered commitments and important information. Uncertainty about the first step.
Audit your planning system, choose trusted places for tasks and references, and set up your Personal Command Center.
Not knowing whom to ask—or how to start the conversation.
Map people and campus resources, then draft a specific request for guidance.
Inconsistent calendars, procrastination, and feeling overwhelmed.
Choose a goal and first action, place it in a realistic week, anticipate an obstacle, and choose a check-in for follow-through.
Money responsibilities without a clear budget.
Lay out money in and money out for the same period, notice one next action, and schedule a recurring money check-in.
Career ideas without a connection or opportunity step.
Draft an outreach message and choose whom to contact, when to send it, and how to follow up.
All five foundations are covered in the talk and available for continued practice through lifetime course access. Workshop participants begin the tools together; students can complete and revisit them afterward. Lasting habits develop through continued use, and individual progress varies.
Planning your event
Yes. The planning conversation covers student needs, goals, group size, and your existing resources. Examples and the support map can reflect your institution.
Yes. Every participating student receives lifetime access to the full five-foundation course, guided exercises, and interactive workbook. No additional course purchase or subscription is required. Printable tools are available for the live session; students create an account to use the online course afterward. Access instructions are coordinated with your organizer.
Students can revisit all five foundations and their tools through lifetime course access. Your team also receives a seven-day guide with prompts for checking in on student actions. For an agreed pilot, we can also collect aggregate feedback about tool completion and the next steps students took.
A smaller cohort gives students more room to practice. We’ll discuss group size, room layout, and any facilitation support before recommending a format. Larger audiences can begin with the interactive talk.
We’re inviting schools and colleges to discuss paid introductory pilots. Together, we’ll agree on the audience, learning goals, scope, fee, and feedback plan.
Share your institution, audience and group size, preferred dates, location or virtual format, desired outcomes, and budget range if known. We’ll recommend a scope and send a proposal. Travel and recording permissions are agreed separately.
Bring The Rising Advantage to your students
Let’s build a session around the students you serve.
Let’s plan your session
Share what you have in mind—even if you’re still exploring. We’ll use your details to recommend a format and discuss a proposal.