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Scott gets students’ attention by making them laugh. Then he begins to weave in personal stories and powerful messages that explore a variety of issues relevant to their lives. Students leave his assemblies with increased confidence and a desire to work hard and make good decisions.

In addition to his motivational assemblies and keynotes, Scott is an expert in student leadership. He’s written three books, including the “Jump Start” leadership workbook series and “The Sandbags & The Fire: How Leaders Cut Loose Their Hang-ups & Soar To Success.” He is also a regular contributor to “Leadership For Student Activities” magazine, and is published in “Chicken Soup for the College Soul.” He has facilitated leadership-training workshops for countless schools and student organizations.

Scott’s passion for providing nuts and bolts advice to students is apparent the second he picks up a microphone. Poignant stories, hilarious anecdotes combined with practical, substantive messages always leave students buzzing with excitement.

Bouncing Back: Finding Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Scott Greenberg was a New York University film student when he was diagnosed with cancer. He spent the next year battling for his life. Inspired by his grandmother, a “Schindler’s List” holocaust survivor, he conquered the disease and went on to complete the Los Angeles Marathon.

This upbeat presentation focuses on how strong and powerful we all are. Everyone gets their “cancers” - problems we don’t expect or deserve. But that’s not what matters. What matters is how we react.

Scott will give your group tools for managing adversity. They’ll learn how to use humor and mental discipline to access their full strength and keep problems in perspective. Group members will leave with renewed optimism and excitement for their lives. Scott uses a lot of humor and storytelling in his presentations, ensuring your members will have a great time while also hearing a substantive, inspiring message.

Benefits for your Group:
  * Learn to excel in the face of adversity.
  * Learn proven techniques for managing difficult situations.
  * Learn to use humor to maintain perspective and composure.
  * Increase motivation.
  * Boost morale.
  * Set a great tone for your conference or school year.

Cut Loose Your Sandbags: How to Overcome Mental Hang-ups & Soar to Success
Like hot air balloons, all of us are engineered to soar to great heights. Unfortunately, we “sandbag” ourselves by doing things, thinking things and believing things that hold us down. We burden ourselves with insecurity, fear and negative self-talk. Rarely do we perform at our best - our true best.

In this program, Scott will discuss our most common self-imposed sandbags and provide techniques for cutting them loose. He will then share nuts and bolts methods for maximizing one’s personal and professional performance, and for coaching others to do the same.

Benefits for your Group:
  * Increase confidence.
  * Overcome “negative self-talk.”
  * Tap into inner strength.
  * Learn specific techniques to improve personal and professional performance.
  * Boost confidence and morale of group members.

Diversity, Tolerance & Unity: Building Bridges & Breaking Barriers
Intolerance goes way beyond race and skin color. It also seeps into classes, clubs and cliques. Now more than ever we need increased campus unity. If it’s true that “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” then school should be as much about friendship as it is academics.

As a former program facilitator for the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance, and as the grandson of a holocaust survivor, Scott Greenberg will remind students of the importance of mutual respect, courtesy and school unity. They’ll see how they will benefit from a little kindness, and how they may live to regret the bridges they burn. Additionally, Scott can facilitate follow-up unity activities and discussion to reinforce the program and promote communication.

Benefits For Your Students:
  * Promote school unity.
  * Break down walls among student groups.
  * Cut down bullying.
  * Increase campus kindness and improve social climate.

Rewards or Consequences: Making Good Choices
We have a lot more control over our lives than we realize. For every choice, there is a reward or a consequence. This program reminds students how they will face difficult situations in their lives such a stress, broken hearts, peer pressure, etc. The choices they make in these situations will have great influence on the outcome.

Through a series of stories and powerful messages, Scott will encourage your students to make the best choices possible to enhance their lives. This is a perfect presentation for events focusing on drug and alcohol prevention and Red Ribbon Week.

Benefits For Your Students:
  * Give students confidence and motivation to make healthy choices.
  * Learn to maintain a positive attitude.
  * Discourage drug and alcohol use.
  * Create a supportive environment.

Student Leadership Training
With an extensive background in activities, co-active life coaching and human performance development, Scott can design a youth leadership training program for your students and give them skills they’ll use for a lifetime. As a conference director for a number of student leadership organizations, Scott is an expert at creating fun, powerful programs specifically for student leaders; He’ll bring the leadership conference to them at a fraction of the price.

Your students will participate in a number of fun workshops and activities that will strengthen their relationships, improve their communication and enhance their leadership skills. Scott will customize a program to meet the specific needs of your group. Many of Scott’s programs are based on material from his two nationally renowned leadership workbooks, “Jump Start” Volumes 1 & 2, and his third title, “The Sandbags & The Fire: How Leaders Cut Loose Their Hang-ups and Soar to Success.” (These books can be incorporated into programs at discount rates.) Whether you want a one-hour workshop or an entire weekend leadership retreat, Scott can run the whole event. Leadership topics include:

Leadership Topics Include:
  * Teambuilding for Success
  * Going For Gold and Achieving Your Goals
  * Taking Risks: How to Push Yourself to the Edge Without Falling Off
  * Preventing, Managing & Surviving Conflict
  * Meetings: How To Accomplish Twice As Much In Half The Time
  * Managing Your Time to Preserve Your Sanity
  * Platform Pizzazz! How to Give a Killer Presentations
  * Overcoming Mental Hang-ups

Staff Development Programs

Survival of the Finest: Thriving During Times of Change & Adversity
The phrase “Survival of the Fittest” doesn’t refer to those who are the strongest or smartest, but to those most adaptable to change. During this program, Scott will outline critical survival skills that will enable your group members to thrive in any environment. This enjoyable, content-rich program is filled with humor, stories and strategies that will open your group members’ minds during times of adversity and transition.

Benefits for your Group:
  * Increase comfort during times of change.
  * Overcome self-doubt and recognize their strength.
  * Boost confidence and morale.
  * Find greater humor, enjoyment and meaning in their profession.
  * Deepen their gratitude, no matter what the circumstances.
  * Available as a keynote or extended workshop.

Teaching Like Michelangelo: How to Sculpt Your Class Into a Working Masterpiece
Before they are crafted, sculptures are burdened with too much material. The job of the artisan is to remove this excess and expose the underlying beauty. For students, knowledge and intelligence mean nothing if hidden beneath insecurity. To bring out their best, teachers must free them of the self-doubt and bad habits that inhibit their progress. As an educator, assembly presenter and staff development speaker, Scott has worked with hundreds of thousands of students and identified their most common mental blocks, including:

  * Fear
  * Image concern
  * Comparing ones self to others
  * Bad attitudes
  * Negative self-talk
  * Judgment
  * And several more

In this informative teacher training program, Scott will show your staff how to free students of these and other self-defeating behaviors so they live and perform at their best.

Benefits of this Staff Development Program:
  * Increase student productivity and classroom performance.
  * Boost morale.
  * Promote personal & professional growth for teachers.
  * Enhance rapport between faculty and students.