Adam Fletcher, Expert in Engagement

I teach people how to engage everyone, everywhere, all of the time.

Sharing expert knowledge, powerful anecdotes, and humorous delivery for every audience, I excite, engage, and motivate audiences to take action. My speeches are focused on practical, purposeful and positive change in individuals' lives, schools, organizations and communities. I especially work to reconnect disengaged people in their lives and throughout the world.

Connecting directly with youth and adults, I bridge the gaps that can exist in organizations and communities. I can help classroom educators understand the necessity of student/adult partnerships; nonprofit executives comprehend the keys to community engagement; youth leaders experience the beauty of equity; and community leaders recommit to what matters most - their communities.

Packed with examples from my professional career, my speeches also feature research from around the world. I highlight the connections between people, share the tools needed to engage others, and build the excitement and energy of participants.

I believe in the power of personal engagement, and I want YOUR participants too, also. Book me today and find out how!

Adam F.C. Fletcher is a speaker, consultant, author and trainer serving with more than fifteen years experience in education, nonprofits and government agencies. With expertise focused on education, he is a recognized international leader in youth engagement in communities and student voice in schools.

Adam has spoke at more than 500 conferences and events locally, nationally and internationally. He custom designs professional development sessions for staff, leaders and clients, educators, administrators and students, and many other audiences. The author of 12 books, he is a prolific writer and has been featured in dozens of publications including NAESP Principals magazine, Atlantic magazine, Teaching Tolerance, and the ASCD Educational Leadership magazine.

As a consultant, trainer and designer, Adam has provided services to National PTA, the Alberta Ministry of Education in Canada, the American Institutes of Research, the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, YouthBuild USA, the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA), as well as Projecto Juventude and CENPEC in So Paulo, Brazil. He has also worked with hundreds of other public sector, education and nonprofit organizations.

Adam has a BA in Education and Youth Studies from The Evergreen State College, and completed graduate work in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Washington.

Adam is the recipient of the 2012 Seattle Child and Youth Coalition SOAR Innovation Award, the 2011 Youth Engagement Award from the Human Services Coalition of Miami/Dade County (Catalyst Miami), the 2010 Healthy Schools Hero Award from Action for Healthy Kids, and the 2008 Be The Change Award from the Hampton, Virginia Uth Civic Engagement Program.

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