Speeches

Dynamic Speaker for Schools & Conferences

What should parents know about their teenagers? How can schools and
communities keep adolescents connected? What can all of us learn from
teenagers who got in trouble and then got help?

After spending five years teaching and observing adolescents, Dave Marcus
has insightful and practical ideas. Dave leads
"Meet Your Teen" workshops for parents, teachers and guidance counselors as well as middle and high schoolnstudents. Sometimes he is joined by one of the students profiled in
his book.

Dave on NBC's "Today" Show:

A dynamic speaker, Dave engages the audience in a dialogue about “positive parenting.” He talks about what parents and teachers can do about drug use, drinking, bullying, vandalism and Internet addictions.

Dave’s presentations include:

From Extracurriculars to Ecstasy: A Journey with Tweens and Teens
What Your Teenager Wants to Tell You – But Probably Won’t
The Secret World of Teenagers: A Journalist’s Field Guide
What It Takes To Pull Me Through: Connecting Teens to Parents, Schools and Communities

Dave usually shows a four-minute video, then talks about the soaring numbers of kids using psychiatric medicines as well as the increase in children with Attention Deficit Disorder and other labels. Rather than painting a bleak picture, he shares a story of hope and transformation as he describes young men and women who learned from their mistakes and pulled themselves out. NBC’s Today Show and National Public Radio have featured Dave. He’s also available to speak to schools, colleges and conferences about journalism, writing, and college admissions.

Note: You can book me directly or contact one of the speakers bureaus that represents me. (I’m on the road a lot, so it’s simpler to deal with them.) Ask for a free VHS or DVD that shows a 15-minute sample of a speech.

To contact the speakers bureaus, email me:

BookDave@gmail.com

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TESTIMONIALS

Audiences consistently name Marcus “best speaker” at conferences. Sample comments from listeners and those who know him:

“Amazing presentation,” educational consultant, Tampa

“Inspiring,” Sue Little, owner, Jabberwocky Bookshop, Newburyport,
Mass.

“Truly soporific!” Pete K., publishing friend

“Sophomoric, too.” Brook L., journalist colleague

“We loved your speech,” Smith College student

“He’s sort of an expert or something on teenagers…” B. Marcus, age nine

“Your session had great reviews from schools and consultants. Thank you for a job well done,” organizer, Small Boarding Schools Association conference

“He’s a teacher, I think. Or he tells stories to people. He can’t fix toys or bikes.” T. Marcus, age six

“…He will be the most awesome speaker at your conference. And he’s learning to be a strict dad. Now can I play my computer game?” B. Marcus

PREVIOUS MEDIA APPEARANCES

“Today Show,” NBC
NPR shows: “Morning Edition,” “Talk of the Nation,” “Here and Now”
Other public radio: “The Best of Our Knowledge”
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC)
“The Jack Cole Show,” WJNO, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Contrapunto, Mexican television
To listen to highlights, click “Reviews – Dave on the Radio”

SPEECHES – EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCES

Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), Orlando
IECA, Tampa
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), San Diego
CASE, Baltimore
Colleges and Universities Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania, Hershey, Penn.

College Presidents Meeting, DC
Small Boarding Schools Association, Marlborough, Mass.
Smith College Campus School parenting series

SPEECHES – COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Massachusetts: Harvard Univ – Nieman Fellows
...Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst – Journalism Department...Brandeis Univ...Smith College...Amherst College
New York: Columbia Univ Graduate School of Journalism … … Ithaca College Park School of Communications

Texas: Univ of Houston … Univ of Texas conference on Latin America
California: Univ of Redlands
Michigan: Alma College
Connecticut: Wesleyan Univ homecoming
Vermont: Middlebury College 300th anniversary celebration .. Marlboro College
N. Hamphsire: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Rhode Island: Brown Univ
Delaware: Univ of Delaware
South America: Universidad Catolica, South American Journalists Conference, Santiago, Chile

SPEECHES – HIGH SCHOOLS

Deerfield Academy, Mass.
Grand River Academy, Ohio
Staples H.S., Westport, Conn.
Kimball Union Academy, NH
Woodlands H.S., Hartsdale, NY
etc.

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speech. Just add the date, time and location.