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Excite your business, organization or school about
the potential of creating a caring,
connected community and culture
that cares for kids!
Author James Vollbracht's powerful keynotes and
workshops weave stories, research, and strategies on
how to begin right now.
Vollbracht offers keynote presentations and
seminars in how to create more caring, safe, and
connected environments for our children and youth.
Consistently rated as outstanding, these keynote presentations
and seminars can be customized to meet the needs of the
audience.
Each keynote can be followed by a workshop tailored to your
organization to apply the message at a personal and professional
level.
• Keynotes and Presentations
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Creating Positive, Connected Schools
The Power of Relationships and Research to Build on Strengths
Designed for: schools—all levels, including universities
Living in a culture where schools are being asked to do more and more, what can schools do to become more caring and connected communities?
In this keynote or workshop discover how to begin to transform the school climate without adding more pressure to staff and students, how to create a common language so staff, parents, youth, and community can focus on what you really want, and learn what other schools are doing to think outside the box, while affirming all the great things you're already doing.
The result of this keynote/workshop is that staff come away powerfully affirmed and invigorated to create the type of school climate we all really want. It's highly recommended to have students, parents, and community members attend as well. |
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Creating a Culture That Cares for Kids
For Youth Serving Organizations and Communities
Designed for: schools, business, government, community
Basing his approach upon six overlapping circles of community - our personal circle, families, neighborhoods, schools, larger communities, business/government and elders, he outlines simple actions that we can take that we can take wherever we are. His presentations are based on common sense, research, and the following facts:
- Our children and youth are in crisis
- Their situation is a symptom of a deeper problem: our kids are being
raised in disconnected families, neighborhoods, and communities
- We can begin to reforge the bonds and restore our own backyards
- We possess the resources to do the job
- Everyone can participate
In this provocative presentation, Vollbracht outlines the five key threads
that need to be re-woven through our communities, the three key paradigm
shifts in thinking that need to occur, and as a past English teacher, he
hands out homework assignments for everyone to begin right away!
If you want your audience to come away excited about how to make a
difference right now, right where they are, you can start now. |
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New! Businesses Helping Community and Kids
How Businesses Can Create a Positive Impact
Designed for: corporations, small businesses, government
Taking his message of purpose, passion and thoughtful action to businesses, James shares with businesses how to take an active role in transforming the youth culture in their communities. James presents simple, yet effective approaches to create a business culture that cares—one that makes a lasting impact by:
- sponsoring school-wide or organizational-wide youth empowerment training
- identifying outreach teams that would help target youth organizations, schools and community youth centers, helping the kids and adults transform their environment into one that thrives with passion
- learning how to effectively excite youth to give back to their community through youth-led, youth-directed community service projects
Businesses can actively participate in building positive communities for kids of all ages. No business is too large or too small to make a difference in the life of a child. Let James show you how! |
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"Participants were very positive about the kick off —James set the tone for a very positive conference where participants of all ages felt at ease with contributing and sharing.
"James has a sincere interest in our organization's mission and goals. He listens to your vision for the event, incorporates content that is tailored culturally and socially to your audience with ease, and relates well to participants of all ages - a key for our organization."
—P.H.
Waterloo, Ontario
"Over the past six years I have attended six memorable Keynotes/Workshops conducted by James Vollbracht. He is without a doubt one of the most talented, engaging and memorable speakers I have ever heard. On one occasion he spoke simultaneously to a Theatre audience of 700,while he was being broadcast live on a major Radio Network and appearing on a telecast to an audience of thousands on T.V."
—K.P.
Delta, British Columbia
"The best training and most positive we've ever had on changing and transforming our school climate."
—principal
Waterloo, Iowa
"Our kids came sailing out of the training. Each of their teams had a plan on how to change the school or the community through a service project. They came up with ideas we would have never considered!"
—principal
Louisville, Kentucky |
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