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Leadership Education | Charles & Laurel Harper
 
Charles & Laurel Harper
Charles Terrence Harper and Laurel Knox Harper

Greetings! We are Charles Terrence Harper and Laurel Knox Harper. We homeschool our two lovely girls, Lana and Sydney. Although we are originally from Chicago, we currently live in Harrisburg, PA. Describing what we do and what we are involved in is a little more complicated.

We are currently completing our dissertations in Instructional Technology to earn our doctoral degrees in Education from Duquesne University. We are doing this on the heels of our retirement after twelve years from the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA where we were boarding school houseparents to thirteen at-risk teens (high school aged boys).

We also teach college courses to adult learners online at various schools throughout the United States, while also marketing on the internet full time. Part of the marketing part of my (Charles') profession is consulting with Small and Home Based Businesses in the Hershey-Harrisburg, PA area (www.gainmindshare.com).

During the twelve years that I (Charles) spent at Milton Hershey School, I attended seminary (1.5 years); completed the necessary accounting courses to sit for the CPA exam and completed my MBA at Syracuse University. I (Laurel) obtained my MBA from Eastern University. Both business and education was a part of our 'free time' for all of our years at the boarding school. Moreover, I (Charles) started, managed and sold a vending machine business for a brief three year span attempting to put into practice those things that I was learning.

Before coming out to Milton Hershey, I (Charles) spent five years in Chicago working as a commercial banker for a large bank. Prior to this, I was a financial analyst in the Republic of Liberia working with shipping registry data as well as a Marketing Associate at British Petroleum. I (Laurel) spent several years in consulting, most notably with Arthur Andersen.

Oddly enough, even though we'd been born and lived the first 17 years of our lives in Chicago, we met at the University of Pennsylvania, where we attended undergraduate school.

Home and Small Business Marketing Consulting

Blog On the Home Centered Lifestyle

My Youngest Daughter: The Product Specialist
Charles Terrence Harper
My Youngest Daughter is becoming quite the product specialist... . . . Keep reading
Can God Use Chores to Make His Name Great?
Charles Harper
Believe it or not, chores can be used by God to make his name great... . . . Keep reading
Parlor Tricks
Charles Harper
What is education? Not an easy question if you dare to think... . . . Keep reading
Daniel the Prophet
Charles Harper
This post also appears on my blog. . . . Keep reading
The Inevitability of Returns
Charles Harper
Returns of your products are inevitable. However, you can work to reduce the number of them with two simple things. . . . Keep reading
Audio Article:Training Your Kids to Plan the Menu
Charles and Laurel Harper
Training your kids to do menu planning is a life skill. The fact of the matter is that you can not only teach them what you do, but give it over to them to manage totally. Can you imagine having healthy meals planned in advanced, without your having to do it? Tune in! . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: Why You Must Start Your Own Business Now Part Two
Charles and Laurel Harper
This is part two of my podcast. I discuss more structural forces that dictate the time to start a business is now! . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: What NOT to Do With Your (E)Mailing List
Charles and Laurel Harper
The Money is In the List, right? Well maybe. I just unsubscribed from a great many mailing lists this weekend, and it occurred to me why that was and what I needed to do in my marketing to avoid a mass exodus. . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: Call a Feast for Your Family
Charles and Laurel Harper
This podcast describes the necessity of finding ways to emphasize God's activity into the lives of our children. What we celebrate and what we find joy in says much about what we value and speaks volumes to our sons and daughters. If we honor birthdays and impersonal holidays that 'bring the nations together', but do nothing to celebrate those days that are special to our family, what have we indirectly said about the value of family? What have we indirectly said about the value of God's activity in our families? . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: Spice Up Your Family Devotions
Charles and Laurel Harper
Are Your Family Devotions getting stale Mom and Dad? Try this to spice it up this week. Your kids will love it. . . . Keep reading
Audio Article:Why You Must Start Your Own Business
Charles and Laurel Harper
This podcast discusses and expands on structural changes in the American economy that lend themselves to people needing to start their own business. . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: Why Barack Obama Cannot Make Your Life Better or Worse
Charles and Laurel Harper
For Christians this is a time of unprecedented opportunity to gain and regain economic and family balance. However, we watch the government and what it does and does not provide. Moms and Dads can turn their hearts toward home and have great success. . . . Keep reading
Audio Article: Mom and Dad, I'm Bored!
Charles and Laurel Harper
Have you heard your teens say, I'm Bored, or this is Boring? There is something that you might be able to do. Listen on! . . . Keep reading
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