We thoroughly enjoyed having you speak at our meeting and joining in the festivities! Everyone was still so motivated and on board this morning at our staff meetings. The employees really enjoyed your style of speaking and the interaction they were able to have with each other. Thank you so much for coming and for all the wonderful ideas that we will utilize going forward to keep up the positive momentum and energy!
Jim Van Allan
Engaging Audiences with Impactful, Positive Messages Through High-energy and Interactive Speaking, Training and Coaching
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Fee Range
$5,000
Jim Van Allan
Featured Book
The Energy Bus for Schools: 7 Ways to Improve Your School Culture, Remove Negativity, Energize Your Teachers, and Empower Your Students
by Jim Van Allan
Drive Your School Culture to Success with The Energy Bus! Transform your school culture into a thriving and positive environment. In The Energy Bus for Schools: 7 Ways to Improve Your School Culture, Remove Negativity, Energize Your Teachers, and Empower Your Students, bestselling author Jon Gordon and education leader Dr. Jim Van Allan provide concrete strategies and powerful stories to help build a positive school culture. This book shares a unique approach and proven practices for reimagining schools and districts as collaborative places where students and staff create their culture and develop as leaders together.
The authors provide the blueprint and framework to create a positive campus culture including:
- Thriving during times of change
- Communication to strengthen relationships
- Proven strategies to empower staff and students
- Building a connected team
- Developing a positive mindset
- Implementing best practices to energize teachers and students
- Removing negativity that sabotages morale and culture
- Rediscovering the joy and excitement of being in education
This book is intended for superintendents, district and school leadership, teachers, counselors, and coaches who are looking to leave a positive legacy and impact everyone on campus. Join the movement with other visionary educators who have already transformed their schools into dynamic centers of learning and growth.
Jim Van Allan
Featured Keynote Programs
Creating a Positive Culture
Keynotes will center around the main qualities needed to create a positive organization culture. We will focus on cultivating relationships, vision and belief, managing negativity, and enjoying the process.
Teamwork, Positive Leadership, Mindset
The team is the STAR, and we will explore the main strategies to create a positive and unified team. This includes an engaged and intentional leader who inspires team members to think more positive, work together, and develop collective belief.
Positive Communication
This centers around the language of leadership, which is positive communication. This will center around the value of nonverbal communication, selective attention, chronemics (the value of time), body language, and their collective impact on culture, leadership, and teamwork.