About Anna Schmitz

Anna is a copywriter at The Conover Company. She graduated from St. Norbert College with a degree in Elementary Education. She enjoys researching and writing about soft skills and has seen first-hand the difference that soft skills make in students' lives. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband and four children.

Teaching Interpersonal Commitment

Our society tends to encourage instant relationships with others. However, while forming relationships can seem to be easy, very few of them develop into long-lasting relationships. Interpersonal commitment is the ability to form durable and lasting relationships with others. Our mobile, fast-paced society has made it harder than ever to [...]

By |2018-07-30T08:57:01-05:00July 30th, 2018|Emotional Intelligence, Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|

Teaching Empathy: Responding

Responding is an important part of teaching empathy to your students. This is especially true for tough situations where students may not know how to respond to others appropriately. The skills of empathy can teach your students how to respond appropriately, no matter the situation. Here are five tips to [...]

By |2018-07-09T08:58:19-05:00July 9th, 2018|Life Skills, SEL, Soft Skills|

Teaching Empathy to Your Students

Have you ever heard the expression, “Try walking a mile in her shoes?” Well, that is exactly what it means to have empathy. Empathy is a skill that allows us to understand others’ thoughts, views, and feelings. Empathy makes us aware of the emotions and needs of others so that [...]

By |2018-05-29T09:16:34-05:00May 29th, 2018|Life Skills, Soft Skills|
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