Todd Fothergill
Well, here it is, our first “official” post delivered by e-mail or RSS feed from our new blog site.
Won’t keep you long on this one, but wanted to explain a little about how this all started.
Tom McGrath and I looked at online delivery of our services some years ago, and, to cut a long story short, we invested a lot of money in the project only to find that it just wasn’t practical at the time. So, we continued with our regular practice.
Then early this year, an old friend and colleague got back in touch with me, and as our conversation went along, he brought up the online delivery idea.
Well, you shouldn’t hang up the phone on an old friend …
… but, given my past negative experience, shall we say I was less than enthusiastic?
Yet as he went into more detail, I began to see that the landscape had changed, and that the project really was feasible.
My pal also held a trump card.
He knew I had always wanted to “democratize” college consulting to families, to make it affordable for those who could not afford our private consulting fees, let alone some of the outrageous sums you hear about in the news.
And the need for our services and our proprietary tools grows by the day.
Look at what is facing us …
- An uncertain economy
- Fear of job loss
- Student debt
- Parental debt and loss of savings to fund a child’s education
- A changing environment of college admissions added to the already confusing college search and finance process
… to say nothing of the absolute GLUT of information on the subject.
The more I thought about it, the more I was convinced that just providing an organized structure – simply what to do, when to do it, where to find the best resources, you know … - would be highly valued in the information dominated world in which we live.
But we’ll be providing a whole lot more in the upcoming months.
So this is our approach …
- This blog will focus on insights and advice to parents and students, and will point our readers toward free access to some very nice resources we have discovered.
- In the near future, you will also be able to navigate to our membership site to check out the Interactive Learning Environment we are developing. (From my research to date, there is absolutely nothing like this anywhere on the Internet.)
- Eventually, we will be able to deliver high quality services in a web based Interactive Learning Environment at a fraction of our private practice fees.
- This will allow more families to benefit from our knowledge and expertise and in turn, level the playing field for those who simply cannot afford a private consultant.
Please note. We have no intention of abandoning our private practice. We will continue to provide this personal service as we move forward for those who want personal attention.
We will release my next article later this week. The title?
“Icebergs & College Admissions – What Do They Have In Common?”
That’s all for now. Thank you for joining us on this journey, and we hope you consider us a trusted resource. Comments and suggestions invited!
Yours in success,
Todd
P.S. Almost forgot to introduce you to my colleagues involved in this project who will be authoring articles from time to time. Here they are …
Tom McGrath, Nashville, TN – former President of Strategies For College, Inc.
Michael Prime, Atlanta, GA – longtime colleague for over 15 years
Todd Weaver, Canton, MA – currently with Strategies For College, Inc. managing the Canton, MA office
Howard Verman, Burlington, VT – currently with Strategies For College, Inc. managing the Shelburne, VT office
P.P.S. We will also be inviting some highly qualified professionals in related fields to contribute to the blog. So stay tuned!
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