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<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you looking for some Thursday afternoon inspiration on reaching students on money topics, I just finished “A Comedic Guide to Money”, by Colin Ryan. Many of you will remember Colin (<a href="http://www.colinryanspeaks.com">www.colinryanspeaks.com</a>),
who keynoted the HEFW Summit in 2018 in Minneapolis. When his book came out this summer, I picked up a copy to see how it might apply to what we are trying to do here at the University of Virginia.<br>
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Just the other night, as my wife and I were reading one of the scenes in the book, we were laughing so hard we couldn’t talk. It had been a long time since I had laughed like that at a piece of writing, probably since reading a David Sedaris book or a Dave
Barry column. We thought: “Pretty cool that we are laughing this hard while reading a book about money!”<br>
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Along with being very funny, Colin’s book has been really helpful for me in framing how I can better communicate with the people I serve. He talks throughout about the limiting financial stories we tell ourselves, how to help people figure out how to choose
a new financial story to tell about themselves, and he gives tons of financial advice so students (and adults) can improve their financial lives.<br>
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I wanted to share my experience of the book with this group because I know how much we all want to put our often complex or jargon-laden financial information into language and a context students will understand and engage with. This book has inspired and shaped
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris Doran<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p>
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