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About the Episode: Spring travel season has begun for most admission counselors and recruiters. John McGreal joins Jeremy and they discuss how to plan, implement, and grow as a territory manager. Things you will hear about:

02:10 - What it means to be a territory manager in 2024

8:22 - How to figure out what your “best fit” students look like, and where to find more of them

13:04 - What to do when zero students show up to a high school visit

20:25 - Big do’s and don’ts when you speak to students

24:02 - Travel tips to help you be at your best

27:22 - Challenges of being a regional recruiter and how colleagues/leaders can support them 

Guest Name: John McGreal, Dean of Enrollment at Waukesha County Technical College 

Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfmcgreal/

About the Show: Jeremy Tiers, a well-known speaker in college admission, enrollment marketing, and leadership circles is your host for Mission Admissions. Join him every other week as he sits down with industry leaders and difference makers from both inside and outside of Higher Ed. You'll walk away with advice, tips and strategies you can apply in your day-to-day life.

 

Connect With Our Host:
Jeremy Tiers

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremytiers/

https://twitter.com/CoachTiers


About The Enrollify Podcast Network: Mission Admissions is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you’ll like other Enrollify shows too!  

Some of our favorites include Generation AI and The Application with Allison Turcio.

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About the Podcast

Jeremy Tiers

Host

Jeremy Tiers

Over the past 10 years Jeremy Tiers has helped thousands of higher ed admissions and enrollment marketing professionals improve their communication, personal and organizational performance, and develop into effective leaders regardless of their title. As the Senior Director of Admissions Services for Tudor Collegiate Strategies (TCS), Jeremy leads a division that helps colleges and universities connect, engage, build personal relationships, and communicate value to prospective students, and their parents, throughout the college search. Jeremy is an experienced speaker who leads dozens of training workshops each year and has keynoted numerous ACAC Conferences. He has also spoken multiple times at the NACAC National Conference, has been a presenter at well-known marketing conferences like eduWeb Digital Summit, the AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education, and HighEdWeb, and is the editor of a well-known, weekly college admissions and marketing email newsletter/blog.

John McGreal

Interviewee

John McGreal

John McGreal currently serves as the inaugural Dean of Enrollment Services at Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee, WI. Previously, he worked for Rockford University, the University of Alabama, and Bellin College. John has also served as the President of the Wisconsin ACAC, chair of the WACAC government relations committee, and numerous other roles related to conference planning and professional development. John's passion is using data to make informed decisions, process improvement, and college access.

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