CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. ONE EPISODE AT A TIME.
The Harbor, featuring Mike Smith and guests, facilitates the teaching of character development in classrooms by showcasing tangible life lessons through a school year’s worth of episodes with rich, raw and engaging video content. Designed for the classroom, Jostens Renaissance members have access to a downloadable critical thinking discussion guide to foster student-led discussions for each episode
All 160 episodes are listed below: Use the “Browse by Keyword” link below to see topics covered and filter episodes by topic.
All of The Harbor episodes are copyright Jostens 2015-2020.
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DREAMING DIFFERENTLY
There’s a sense of safety and comfort in looking and acting the same way as everyone else, but if we’re to figure out who we actually…
THE FIRST 10%
Mike believes that the hardest part of starting anything is getting through the first 10%. The first 10% is often difficult, lonely, and more work than…
JRNC 2018 - PART 1
At the 2018 Jostens Renaissance National Conference, Mike addressed hundreds of student leaders and leadership educators on how leadership is a lifestyle. In part one of…
BUILDING THE SKILL OF GRIT
We’re all faced with challenges every day, but it’s up to each one of us to decide how we’re going to approach those challenges. On this…
HOPE THORUGH TERMINAL ILLNESS, WITH CLAIRE WINELAND
Claire Wineland’s YouTube channel helps teach people about the realities of illness and death. Living with cystic fibrosis herself, 20 year-old Claire serves as a powerful…
CHOOSING YOUR FUTURE, WITH JOHAN KHALILIAN
Johan Khalilian is a speaker, author, actor, and content creator. On this episode of The Harbor by Jostens, Johan shares the story of when he gave…
OVERCOMING INJURY, WITH ALYSIA KEZERIAN
As a college student, Alysia Kezerian had a hiking accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. On this episode of The Harbor by Jostens,…
PATIENCE
The need for instant gratification is growing in our society. On this episode of The Harbor by Jostens, speaker Aaron Davis shares the importance of learning the…
GRIT
On this episode of The Harbor by Jostens, Mike discusses a topic that studies have shown to be one of the most important factors in reaching our…
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