Statistically, Josh Shipp should be dead, in jail, or homeless. But his success as a preeminent author, speaker, and global youth empowerment expert is living proof of the power of one caring adult. A former at-risk foster kid turned youth advocate, Josh is renowned for the documentary TV series on A&E that followed his groundbreaking work with youth and families. He has written two national bestsellers to date, “The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans” – _winner of the Nautilus Gold Award for Parenting & Family_ – and “The Teen’s Guide to World Domination.” FROM FOSTER CARE TO HARVARD Thanks to the support of teachers, counselors, and a wonderful set of foster parents, Josh went on to be listed on Inc. Magazine’s 30 under 30 listand completed his postgraduate studies at Harvard. Josh is regularly called on by OPRAH, CNN, FOX, The New York Times, 20/20, Good Morning America, and others to provide commentary on common challenges faced by parents and teachers. Over the years, Josh has keynoted events for countless groups of parents, educators, and social workers – with audiences as large as 55,000 – and to date has spoken live in front of more than two million people. Viral clips of his acclaimed presentations have been viewed an estimated 50 million times online through platforms such as UpWorthy, Goalcast, and BuzzFeed. To serve his ultimate goal of helping as many kids as possible, Josh trains other speakers through Youth Speaker University, helping them use their own stories to make an impact. His social and emotional learning curriculum, Year of Awesomeness, is in use in hundreds of classrooms all around the world, while his free newsletter offers practical strategies to 200K+ parents, educators, and social workers. Resources: ** Speaking Gigs for educators https://www.youtube.com/c/youthspeaker/videos https://youthspeakeru.com/confirmed/ https://topyouthspeakers.com/ Please add your bio here: https://joshshipp.com/about/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshshipp/ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Shipp(media_personality)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Shipp(media_personality))** Can teachers or educators speak Picturing context that is If it works with a group of 30 it will work with a group of 300 Groups of 30 are harder than Percentile better If it’s under 25% or better is a good response Impressed - content turnover Every 2–3 years I need to write a new album and tour it for 2–3 years. Even my best ideas, are 6.2 out of 10. Obsess about every detail Material isn’t there, then you obsess, then you find yourself in a sweet spot where you Principals are not rising their money on speakers, they’re risking their reputation Did poorly as a young speaker - 1. Punish the audience by holding back. 2. When I got tired of telling a story, I didn’t give it the attention. Youth Speaker University 0–100K a year in education market. Top Youth Speakers - 100K+ Booking your first three gigs is harder than your next 100. First Asset - 1 page PDF - overall Tagline, 1 paragraph teaser of that topic First speaking gigs, tap into relational networkBeing the workshop presenter Can you have a 6/10 speaker reel as a beginning? 1 sheet only speak locally Easier to find a new speaking gig for the same speech than making a great talk. Live on facebook (for 15 minutes) Single talk 8/10 - then record New material 85% the same talk every time. 15% contextual and new info. Anyone who could start speaking Good money
