Our
Mission
Heart-Centered Synergy in Organizations
The HEART.
The vital, life-giving muscle of our being.
How often do we center and listen to our hearts?
Heart First re-centers the HEART in leadership and teaching to build synergy in your organization through expanding connections and touching peoples' hearts. We work to identify pathways to increase self-efficacy and capacity of
all institutional members to solve problems and facilitate your
organization's flourishing.
In a world marked with uncertainty and unpredictability, moving forward often
involves doing the "right things" rather than doing "things right" (The Wealthy
Gardner).
About Us
Dr. Venkat Ramaprasad is a teacher, professor, researcher, author, consultant, and public speaker melding theoretical expertise to practical implementations.
Venkat earned his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin (2016) in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specific focus on curricular and cultural studies. His research explores how various groups have been constructed in the U.S., and how these ideas inform how youth construct identities through interactions in schools and communities.
He brings over ten years of educational experience in international, university, and secondary school settings in education to identify and solve problems. Whether seeking to enhance your organization's climate and culture, realign curricula, enhance teaching methods, develop ideas and re-frame thinking, or motivate both faculty and students, Heart First will take you and your organization where you seek to go.
Services
Heart First seeks to meet your organizational needs on a client-by-client basis. Open, collaborative dialogue is the foundation to Heart First's approach to serving each client and organization.
Heart First's services include, and are not limited to, the following categories areas:
Collaboratively working with your organization to identify problems and create solutions delivered through professional development and training series.
Qualitative and quantitative data driven research performed by Heart First or with our institutional partners addressing needs and informing decisions and policy within your organization.
Shaping the way students think about themselves, their time in your educational organization, and setting foundations for life beyond campus.
Helping you increase your self-efficacy and capacity by setting attainable goals and laying the framework for how you will achieve them.
"It was like peaking INTO ourselves"
G. Kaur
"Validating and empowering"
J. Stauffer
"Awesome. Enlightening.
I'm thinking about my WHYs"
C. Johnson
"You can have different identities and still belong in all of them. I often feel like I'm not qualified or 'committed' enough"
A. DeMarco
