Keynotes

Guaranteed to get your students up, excited, and motivated!

 

We offer three different keynotes, each with their own distinct message.  Keynotes are generally one to two hours in length, usually in a more formal setting like a theatre or auditorium.

 

 

 

1. Life Unlimited
   
2. Be the Change
   
3. Respond-Ability
   
4. Leadership Dogs

 

 

 

Life Unlimited

If you're looking for something more than a lecture- if you're looking for a high energy, audience-involving keynote presentation filled with smart content, free stuff, and stunning multimedia that will leave the participants leaping to their feet in wild applause, then you are looking for Life Unlimited!

 

 

Life Unlimited Keynote from Stende Inspirations on Vimeo.

Here is Troy Stende presenting his Life Unlimited Keynote. This is a very popular keynote for New Student Orientations and Leadership Conferences.

 

 

Some fundamentals of Life Unlimited:

• Get Better GRADES
  
• Learn words that make you SMARTER & STRONGER 
  
• BEAT the BLUSH 
  
• Improve RELATIONSHIPS 
  
• Experience more SUCCESS
  
• Overcome FEAR
  

 

Life Unlimited teaches students to get the most out of their own life.  Every student comes to college looking for something different; essentially, everyone has their own agenda.  Life Unlimited addresses that individuality by covering three distinct topics areas.  We want to ensure that EVERY student leaves the program with some new learning that will impact their life in a positive way.  The three key concepts in Life Unlimited are:

 

 

• HOW THOUGHTS IMPACT ACTION
  
  • learn to control your internal dialogue
  • turn your mind into a powerful manifesting tool
    
• FEAR
  • discover what fear really is
  • four ways to overcome fear, and a specific tool to squelch "butterflies in the belly"
    
• GRADES
  • increase your GPA by at least one letter grade
  • a little known and highly effective way to cut your study time in half
    

 

 

 

 

 

Be the Change

 

Ghandi said: 

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

This program gives people inspiration to be that change. We go beyond talking about it and actually provide a tool participants can use to take action toward changing their world. Social isolation activates the same area in our brains as physical pain:  it truly hurts to feel alone and left out. The dream of a connected campus becomes reality with this simple tool which replaces isolation and exclusion with relationship and community. 

Humans are social creatures.  The need for belonging and acceptance comes just after the need for health and safety on Maslow's hierarchy.   Research shows that social isolation, rejection, and social ostracism have similar physiological reactions in our bodies and in our brains as actual physical pain (MacDonald, G., and Leary, M.R. (2005).   Feeling alone, feeling left out not only hurts emotionally, it can hurt physically.  Additionally, researchers have found correlations between rejection and aggression, indicating that prolonged periods of rejection and isolation could lead to increased anger and aggression, increasing the possibility for anti-social, perhaps even violent behavior.

In an experiential setting, Be the Change addresses the need to belong, the need for acceptance by allowing participants to experience the power of words—the words we say to others, and the words we say to ourselves.  Participants will experience the physical impact of negative and positive words; have an opportunity to share dreams and goals; visualize a world and community where people are accepted with understanding instead of apathy; experience how it feels to give and receive acknowledgment; and create a strong, bonded community.     

In addition to exchanging blue ribbons within the group, participants will be given more blue ribbons with which to acknowledge people on their campuses and throughout their communities; to inspire others to “be the change” they wish to see in their world.  Participants will also brainstorm—use their imaginations—to discuss innovative ways to recreate the Be the Change experience on their own campuses.

 

Decrease apathy and increase involvement

Apathy is a problem on almost every campus we visit. Students go to class and then go home; they don't get involved or participate in any campus functions or organizations.  These students are missing out on a world of opportunities: educationally, professionally, and personally. 

We believe one of the main causes of apathy on campus stems from when a student doesn't feel like they belong. Why should they do anything more than just "put in their time" at a place where they feel no connection; where they don't feel supported, appreciated, or acknowledged?

Humans are social creatures.  The need for belonging and acceptance comes just after the need for health and safety on Maslow's hierarchy.  Humans have a fundamental need to be a part of a connected community. When that need is not met, we revert to survival mode, and do only what we have to do.  Be the Change encourages participants to take the first steps toward breaking through that and begin to create communities of belonging and acceptance; through the power of acknowledgement.

 

 

 

Be the Change is based on the Who I Am Makes a Difference™ acknowledgment program, which has been featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul™.  Over 22 million people worldwide have been acknowledged by the Who I Am Makes a Difference™ blue ribbon, which has been translated into thirteen different languages.   In addition to exchanging blue ribbons with each other during the program, participants are given additional blue ribbons they'll use to acknowledge people on campus and throughout the community, creating ripples of change that extend far beyond the keynote.

 

BE THE CHANGE by Karin Malkowski Stende from Stende Inspirations on Vimeo.

 

Learning Objectives:

*Participants will discover ways to create a connected campus community.
*Participants will learn why feelings of connection and community can lead to an increase in campus involvement and retention. 

*Participants will experience the power of giving and receiving acknowledgments.

*Participants will explore specific events and occasions on their own campuses that could incorporate the blue ribbon or similar acknowledgement program.

 

 

 

 

Respond-ability

Do you control the situation or does the situation control you? You have the ability to choose your response and make things happen. Show up in life in the best possible way through very specific techniques and methods for transforming and diffusing anger and angry feelings. Learn to grow from every experience to move toward success.

 

 

 

Leadership Dogs

 

Are you the top dog, or are you content to run with the pack?  Are you barking up the wrong tree when it comes to leadership?  How you deal with conflict says a lot about how you deal with leadership.  Based on conflict styles research, this funny, engaging, insightful program helps you discover your "inner dog" and access your leadership abilities in a new and powerful way so you can become "Best in Show."

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Leadership Dogs from Stende Inspirations on Vimeo.

How you deal with conflict can speak volumes about how you lead. Learn how to recognize your conflict style as it relates to dog breeds, as well as the style of others in your life. This program is presented by both Karin & Troy.