Help your students and student leaders make the most of their educational experience from day one. This session will show them how to create a step-by-step program to achieving their academic and collegiate goals. Dave lays out a strategy for personal leadership that moves the incoming first year student smoothly into the academic flow and puts them well on their way to becoming a successful college graduate. Students leave this program with a refreshed idea of what they should expect out of the higher learning experience. They’ll learn to be focused, results oriented and exhibit personal leadership. You’ll see more student involvement on campus and an increased retention rate as more of your students will be prepared for success.

When your student leaders approach their roles and responsibilities with confidence, their chance for success multiplies immeasurably. Inspired and motivated student and organization leaders spell success for your campus organizations, your students and your institution. With this program Dave instills the confidence in your students that they can lead and lead successfully. After Dave shares his keys to confidence in leadership roles and eight tips for achieving excellence they will come away knowing how to create a vision for themselves and their team and how to overcome the barriers and obstacles to success in leadership.

While not everyone is a natural-born leader, core leadership skills can be cultivated. In this revealing session students will learn Dave’s five secrets to personal leadership that will serve them every day and for a lifetime. Dave guides your students through such important areas as creating a vision, setting goals to make that vision a reality, using time effectively, effective communication skills, delegating authority to others, and keys to personal motivation. As an experienced speaker, he also shares his six keys to successful public speaking for the shy and nervous. Your students will love this session and come away feeling as though Dave is talking directly to them. He’ll give them practical tools they can use right away in their personal lives, college experiences, and in planning for their professional careers. This “taste” of leadership could be just the thing to motivate many students to get more involved and increase their participation on campus.

Time management is one of the most important skills any leader can possess. In this session students will learn how to effectively use and schedule their time and to manage their many different responsibilities of classes, co-curricular activities and ‘having a life.’ Dave will share his easy to understand keys to establishing priorities and will help your students focus on what’s most important. Dave also engages the students in discussion about the distractions they encounter (socializing, the Internet, television, text messaging, dating, etc.) and how to either avoid or manage them. Instead of blowing through life like a leaf in the wind your students will know how to use time to their advantage and determine what direction their lives will take.

This program presents a step-by-step goal-setting approach for use by individuals as well as newly formed and established teams that will get your student leaders motivated and energized. By the end of this session, they’ll develop a realistic game plan that’s ready for implementation. Dave shares his story of moving beyond growing up in a trailer park on the side of an interstate highway to becoming one of the most in-demand speakers in the United States today. He has done it by using what he teaches in this program: a defined approach to pursuing dreams through concrete goals and plans. This is a fun and energizing program that will guide students to success and satisfaction in their college life, careers, work, and family lives.

Will you do what you love or will you go for the big payday? Whatever you decide, fuel your own personal achievement with drive, desire and action. This program leads students to make effective career choices. Dave will show them how to succeed regardless of their background or circumstances, how to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and ways to ignite their passions and develop a winning mental attitude. This program is perfect for students who are looking to take bold steps forward in their collegiate experience, their organizational leadership positions and their future careers. They’ll develop a winning mental attitude and use it to energize their goals.

In this session student leaders will learn the basics of encouraging and leading others to peak performance. Using Dave’s practical, easy-to-implement tips, they’ll find more success in working with others. Dave walks students through an examination or the reasons why people join groups and organizations and discuss why we should motivate others in the first place. He’ll share seven tips to motivating others; lead students to discover eight keys to motivating others; and help them become skilled at recognizing the five indicators of motivational success. Participants will also learn how to use visualization to achieve personal and group objectives and about using rewards to inspire team members.