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Project 'One million happy thoughts' is committed to funding high impact initiatives that uplift and empower children and teens - with a vision for both immediate and long term results to reduce negative issues in our society, and create a brighter future for all New Zealanders.

Through the impact of our Teen Empowerment Speaker Series, we will ignite the spark of potential in teens around New Zealand. We will fund and coordinate nationwide High School tours, featuring top inspirational speakers from around the world and within NZ.

KEY OUTCOMES

• Ignite the spark within our young people.
• Shine a light on their inner passion and potential.
• Reveal the life of fun, adventure, and achievement that awaits them when they adopt an empowered mindset.

Buried deep within each of us is a spark of greatness, a spark that can be fanned into flames of passion and achievement. That spark is not outside of you it is born deep within you.”
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THE KEY MESSAGES SPEAKERS WILL DELIVER TO KIWI TEENS

INTRODUCING OUR INSPIRING YOUTH SPEAKERS

Each speaker has been selected using the following criteria: They are highly qualified and experienced in speaking with and inspiring youth; They are deeply passionate about what they teach, which comes across in the authenticity of their presence, and the dynamic nature of their presentation; They possess a profound ability to connect with and engage their audience to leave a lasting impression and inspire positive change within individuals.

David Flood - Top Youth Inspirational Speaker USA

Scheduled March 2020

This video has received 50 million views, evidence of the relevance of David's message and his skill in connecting with his audience.

KEY MESSAGES : KINDNESS, DIGNITY, RESPECT

​As a youth motivational speaker David Flood has spoken to over 150,000 students, inspiring them to look at people and things in a different way. He speaks with passion and conviction and through his humility, leaves his audience with so much to act on in their formative years as they move into their future.

David’s humorous and genuine speaking style empowers students with social and emotional skills while teaching them the crucial life skills of dignity and respect.​

Find out more about David
davidjflood.com

A message from David to NZ

Jessie Funk
Now scheduling Jessie Funk.

KEY MESSAGES: HELPING STUDENTS SUCEED THROUGH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND RESILIENCE

Jessie Funk has been teaching and mentoring students for over a decade. She holds a leadership certification from Notre Dame University and a degree in Psychology. Jessie is the Executive Director of the Non-Profit organization, Ivy Girl Academy.
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Jessie takes a research-based approach to teaching the importance of making good choices. She gives students four proven tools that can take their lives from average to extraordinary. She addresses healthy vs. toxic relationships, bullying prevention, lessons from history’s greatest leaders and she does all this while sharing personal, hilarious stories and dynamic pop music.

I have never experienced a better speaker than Jessie Funk. She instantly connected with our students, they were riveted the entire time. They knew she genuinely cared about them and I had many students afterward tell me that they are going to actually apply some of her techniques. ”
LINDA T, VETERAN EDUCATOR

Dr Laymon Hicks
Now scheduling Dr Laymon Hicks.

KEY MESSAGES: OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE AND GET BACK UP

Dr. Laymon Hicks’ story is moving, his words are empowering, and his message is practical. He is a Youth Speaker who doesn’t just talk the talk, he talks their language. From his heart to theirs. And then they own it.

Drugs. Alcohol. Violence. Stress. Depression. Add the words bullying, peer pressure and self-doubt and you’ve entered the real world drama of too many of our young people today.

The passage for Dr. Laymon Hicks was not typical.
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Sharing his troubled teen years, surrounded by drama, battled with feelings of abandonment, lured by peer pressure into becoming a bully to his ultimate expulsion from the National Honor Society and descent into depression, Dr. Laymon puts it all on the table. His own path, from troubled youth to graduating high school with a 4.0 grade point average to obtaining a doctorate by the age of 29.
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What he calls his “frustrations, flops and faults” are hungrily devoured by his audience. And then digested. For whatever the details, from one degree to another, the pain is universal. They all know it. Now they are hungry for the outcome. The resolution. The road to redemption. And Dr. Laymon delivers.
He tells them that the real motivation comes from within. From wanting more. From needing to do better. From believing you deserve better. From “Maximize Your Moment!” From knowing “You Can!” From knowing “You’re the BOMB!”

Your audience will be mesmerised from the beginning of his speech to the end and they will be positively impacted!”
PATRICIA LAMBERT, PRINCIPAL

Fallon Taylor - World Barrell Racing Champion
Now scheduling Fallon Taylor.
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Help bring Fallon to NZ - Buy happy thoughts here.

KEY MESSAGES: 

Fallon Taylor is an American professional barrel racer who became the World Barrel Racing Champion at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 2014. She qualified for the NFR seven times between 1995-1998 and 2013-2015. She made her first NFR debut when she was 13 years old in 1995. Her horse BabyFlo was named the Women's Professional Rodeo Association/American Quarter Horse Association WPRA/AQHA Barrel Racing Horse of the Year in 2013.

Most impressive about Fallon's story is that despite suffering a devastating accident in 2009 which left her paralysed with a 2% chance walking, she rose again to become the world champion.

Find out more about Fallon
https://fallontaylor.com

SCHOOLS.
Inspire, Uplift, Empower your students. 
Book your school on the Teen Empowerment Tour.
Contact Us - 
E. so-inspired@peptalkmedia.com

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Together, we can secure a great future for NZ. Shopping at The Pep Talk Store is a way that you can stand up and have an impact, by helping us to fund inspiring youth speakers in our High Schools to ignite the spark in Kiwi teens.