High School &
Middle School
Ed's live and virtual interactive workshop and leadership training's for students include:
ASSEMBLY
Catching Waves: Shaping Your Future Today
The social and emotional well-being of students is more crucial than ever, as they face mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and stress. It’s challenging to deal with academic pressure, social media influence, and personal or family problems.
In this dynamic, motivational, and engaging school-wide assembly, Ed delivers a powerful message of resilience, gratitude, compassion, and being kind. Ed’s powerful program resonates profoundly, touching both the hearts and minds of his audience. He empowers students to recognize their inner strength, encouraging them to care for themselves and each other, and to stand up for their own greatness as well as that of others.
KEY AREAS OF FOCUS:
- The Power of Respect and Responsibility: The significance of personal integrity and accountability. Remembering that we don’t know everyone’s story.
- Impact and Consequences of Choices and Decisions: How every choice shapes our future.
- Daily Gratitude: By acknowledging and expressing gratitude regularly, we not only elevate our own attitude, we also positively impact those around us.
- Courage to Believe in Oneself: Inspiring self-confidence and achieving your goals.
- Being Kind: "'Be Kind' isn't just a phrase; it's at the foundation of building a culture of empathy and understanding."
Ed tailors the “Catching Waves: Shaping Your Future Today” assembly for middle school/junior high school audiences. He makes the content relatable to that age group using stories and examples that they can connect to. Throughout the assembly, Ed’s delivery is adjusted to engage a younger audience using a tone and language that is energetic, encouraging, and accessible.
By doing so, he ensures that the powerful message of resilience, gratitude, compassion, and kindness is effectively communicated in a way that empowers and inspires the students.
LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
Making Waves: Empowering Leaders to Make a Difference
As a popular follow-up to Ed’s school-wide assembly program, his interactive leadership workshop is tailor-made for your school’s student leaders. In this dynamic session, Ed teaches the essential skills and techniques to help students in discovering, developing, and strengthening their leadership capabilities. He provides practical ideas and projects for students to engage in, ensuring that the impact of the assembly’s powerful messages continues throughout the school year.
THE AREA OF FOCUS THAT ED COVERS IN THIS WORKSHOP:
- Leading by Example: The power of action-oriented leadership.
- Cultivating a Growth Mindset and Positive Attitude: Strategies to build resilience and optimism.
- Goal Setting and Achievement: The skills needed to set realistic goals and effectively achieve them.
- Creating a Positive Culture: Sharing innovative ideas to nurture a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Leadership through Gratitude: Emphasizing the importance of appreciation in building strong relationships.
- Becoming an Influential Leader: Developing into a person who inspires and motivates others.
Ed tailors the “Making Waves: Empowering Leaders to Make a Difference” workshop for middle school/junior high school audiences. He makes the content relatable to that age group using stories and examples that they can connect to. Throughout the workshop, Ed’s delivery is adjusted to engage a younger audience using a tone and language that is energetic, encouraging, and accessible.
