Adam Fletcher Speaker’s Packet

www.adamfletcher.net — adam@commonaction.org — (360)489-9680

An exciting, engaging presence on the stage, Adam Fletcher is renowned for speeches

combining professional expertise with his personal, easy, warm style. He speaks to

thousands of adults and youth annually, focusing on a range of topics from powerful

leadership to meaningful involvement. A variety of sectors around the world have hired

him to share inspiration, motivation, and excitement for changing the world. Adam’s

approach, passion, and experience make for powerful delivery that touches every audience.

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Adam Fletcher’s Profile Adam Fletcher is an internationally-recognized, award-winning expert on Youth engagement, Community Empowerment, Student Voice, and Personal Engagement. His work gives organizations, governments, and individuals skills and knowledge to focus on how to most successfully relate to the people they serve. This leads to highly-effective outcomes, accelerated growth, and sustained connections. Adam has…

Created more than 50 projects in more than 100 communities

Pioneered a powerful school improvement model used in 300 schools around the world

Created a research-driven process for community engagement leading to a 95% success rate

Mentored international agencies on efforts to engage people in more than 50 countries

Written more than 20 how-to manuals focused on engaging people in diverse settings Adam has held numerous consultancies at leading organizations, including the Alberta Ministry of Education, the American Institutes of Research, and the Human Services Coalition of Miami/Dade County.

The Forces Behind Adam’s Success Through his life experiences and his career, Adam has a rich background from which to develop and share powerful examples that make his speeches powerful.

Diversity—Growing up as a white Canadian immigrant in an African American neighborhood in the Midwestern United States, Adam later worked with Kurdish and Iraqi refugees; low income rural youth in Nebraska; Native American Pueblos in Northern New Mexico; and children of military families in the Pacific Northwest.

Experience—Beginning with his first youth engagement job at the age of 14, Adam did field-level youth work for 11 years; worked for national nonprofits after than for 4 years; worked for state agencies for 4 years; and has contracted with more than 500 organizations in 4 countries since 1999.

Quality—The first in his family to graduate from college, Adam studied critical pedagogy and youth studies at The Evergreen State College and did graduate work at the University of Washington College of Education. He regularly confers with academics and experts from the fields of youth development, education, cultural studies, and government.

Knowledge—Studying more than 3,000 examples of human engagement, Adam has been published written extensively. Academic journal articles, magazine features, industry publications, and a number of manuals all bear his name, and are all driven by professional and personal knowledge accumulated throughout his career.

Whether speaking about the latest engagement trends, empowerment theories, leadership approaches, or his Frameworks for Engagement, Adam delivers dynamic knowledge and personal experience to each audience.

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Adam speaking at an education conference in Edmonton, Alberta in 2011.

Adam’s Special Expertise

Motivational speeches for diverse audiences of all ages, races, sizes, and sectors.

Highly-specialized knowledge in community, youth, and education engagement.

Systems change expertise across several sectors.

Master of facilitation and designing processes to engage participants as learning partners.

Adam’s Sample Speech Topics This Thing Called Engagement—Adam explores what engagement is, how it happens, and how it can be used to make the world a better place. Especially for people who want to change the world. Leadership for Tomorrow, Today—Focused on providing cutting edge leadership guidance, Adam examines new ways to reach young people, families, and communities with real outcomes. Check Your Vision—Teaching different perceptions of people, Adam explores different ways to transform how we see other people. How To Engage Anybody, Anywhere—Adam shares his findings in his Cycle of Engagement, Adam shares his tool designed to be used throughout our lives, programs, organizations, and communities. Real Partnerships for Change—Showing how participant partnerships transform institutions, Adam focuses on practical opportunities, concrete action and real outcomes to show how partnerships really happen.

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Adam facilitating a learning community in Seattle, Washington, in 2012.

Adam’s Speaker Fees Contact Adam for a customized quote.

Fee—Varies depending on the audience and activities.

Expenses—Usual, reasonable, and actual travel and living expenses will be billed at the completion of the engagement unless made by the contracting organization beforehand.

Terms—Up to 50% of the fee is to be paid up front as a booking fee. Remainder to be paid upon completion.

Agreement—Both parties will define a formal engagement and complete a written document.

Other—Contact Adam for other concurrent engagement opportunities at reduced rates. These can include:

Roundtables. After a large keynote address, Adam can stay and speak to a more intimate group in more detail or for a "roundtable" conversation.

Workshops and professional development. After a presentation to a conference, educators, or to students, Adam can stay and facilitate a workshop, class, or a select group of students.

Executive 1:1. Adam can stay and talk to the hosting executive to learn about corporate needs and to make recommendations.

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Testimonials for Adam "Adam is a fast driver into the next millennium."

—Harris Wofford, former US Senator and CEO of the Corporation for National Service.

"Adam Fletcher's work is especially relevant in getting young people to participate in the realms of politics and critical education."

—Henry Giroux, Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University; Author of 40+ books.

"Adam is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world regarding student voice and youth rights. I have attended his thorough and excellent presentations and confer regularly on current work in the field. I highly recommend him as a presenter and a writer in our field."

—Dana Mitra, Associate Professor, Penn State University; Author, "Student Voice in School Reform: Building youth/adult partnerships that strengthen schools and empower youth".

"Adam is one of the most gifted, principled visionaries who empowers people of all ages and backgrounds to pursue authentic youth engagement in all sectors of society."

—Wendy Lesko, Author "Youth: The 26% Solution"; Executive Director, Youth Activism Project

"Adam creates opportunities for youth to become meaningfully involved in the decisions that affect them. His work in student engagement, meaningful student involvement, youth—adult partnerships, and client—focused services have made him the "go to" person on these issues nationally. Adam "gets it" on a fundamental level about how to work "with" not "for" young people, how to create effective youth—adult partnerships, and about how adults, by changing their perception of youth, can redefine the change process itself."

—Greg Williamson, Director of Teaching and Learning Support, Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

"Adam truly cares about people; nowhere is this more evident than in his passion for creating inclusive communities with a space for everyone. His passion for youth engagement is contagious and I appreciate his ability to challenge us be our better selves so that we can live in better communities that support and honor us all."

—Reyhan Reid, program director, Technical Assistance Partnership of the American Institutes of Research.

Adam speaking in Chicago in 2011.

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Adam’s Past Conference Appearances Washington State 21st Century Community Learning Centers Summer Institute; Alberta Ministry of Education Student Engagement Conference; North Carolina Rural Economic Development Forum; Building Better Communities Conference; Washington State Recreation and Parks Association Policy Conference; Pierce County Youth Prevention Summit; Seattle Penny Harvest Youth Rally; Pennsylvania Youth and Family Leadership Institute; Sumner Community Summit; American Institutes of Research Youth Involvement in Systems of Care Meeting; Washington Prevention Summit; National Service Learning Conference; Imagine Miami: Meaningful Youth Engagement Summit; New York State Student Support Services Center Conference; Service Learning Seattle Summit; Partnerships for Healthy Youth Conference; Pinnacle Charter School Rally Inspiring Student Expression; Washington State Youth Leadership Summit; Power of Youth Rally; University of Washington College of Education Quarterly Learning Congress ; Small Schools Learning Conference ; Washington State Commission for Community and National Service AmeriCorps Kickoff ; Northeast Action for Healthy Kids Regional Conference; Manchester Youth Commission Retreat; National PTA Legislative Conference Youth Leadership and Policy Institute; Vermont Principals Association Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together Retreat; Burien Teen Leadership Council Town Hall Forum; Auburn Valley YMCA Teen Leadership Summit; Bonney Lake-Sumner Community Summit; Santa Barbara Service-Learning Summer Institute; Puget Sound ESD Student Diversity Summit; University of Washington GEAR UP Program Conference ; Nebraska AmeriCorps Conference; Healthy Schools Summit; CDC/DASH Funded-Partners Annual Meeting; Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction January Conference; National School Board Association Conference; Environmental Citizenship Institute; Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform Conference; Harvard University Graduate School of Education Conference; SpeakOUT Summer Summit; National Network for Youth Annual Conference; City of Bellevue YouthLink Summit; Seattle Public Schools Small Learning Environments Conference; Grantmaker's Forum on Education Conference; Projeto Juventude Seminario Internacional; Children's Defense Fund Conference; Grantmaker's Forum on Community and National Service Conference; Arizona Coordinated School Health Conference

Connecting with Adam Online

Website—http://adamfletcher.net

LinkedIn—http://linkedin.com/bicyclingfish

Twitter—http://twitter.com/bicyclingfish

Facebook—http://facebook.com/AdamFCFletcher

Contact Adam

Email info@adamfletcher.net or call (360)489-9680. Find his resume, biography, and more online at adamfletcher.net