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     Coach Randy offers a unique and distinctive approach to keynote presentations, seminars and workshops. He helps open the hidden secrets behind numerous issues and challenges facing adolescents, adults, and parents. As his workshops progress you can literally watch the faces light up as participants grasp the dynamic issues from the training process. Coach Randy successfully aides in the breaking down of barriers by creating a stronger and more effective group, encourages socialization and communication, provides opportunities for goal setting, with focus on leadership development and problem solving skills.

All of his presentations encourage a powerful force of active play and experiential learning activities. Instead of a typical lecture approach, participants take an active role in unfolding the wealth of internal resources lying dormant within each other. Coach Randy helps you laugh, joke and have fun while addressing complex issues and concerns facing today’s society. These presentations are entertaining and focus on vital events that offer important life related insights as

well as relevant learning opportunities around individual and group behaviors. Coach Randy’s unique presentation skills allows the participants to confront the difficult realities in society and offer a safe environment to share their thoughts and feelings.

The Power of Attraction - The Law of Attraction states that we attract to our life whatever we give our attention, energy and focus to, whether wanted or unwanted. In this remarkable and inspirational program, Coach Randy shares personal stories how he has dramatically changed his life since the passing of his younger brother in March 2005. Using a simple, yet powerful three-step formula, participants will be astounded as they realize how their thoughts, feelings and actions attract situations in their lives.

The greatest days of your life…..so far! - High School is one of the most significant time periods in anyone’s life. The physical, social and environmental changes are so massive and significant it’s easy to feel that nothing could ever be better. It’s also a time of major lows. Trying to balance out the two can make anyone a bit crazy. Coach Randy will take you on a journey to remember as he reflects on those wonderful days of high school and what lies ahead.

The Leader In You - Integrity. Accountability. Respect. Vision. Commitment. In this inspirational program, students explore the principles of leadership and how leadership is defined by character and behavior, not age or status. Participants are challenged to make positive life choices; set purposeful goals; create a plan for achieving those goals; believe in themselves; and feel a sense of responsibility for others. Coach Randy empowers the participants to use their gifts, and make a difference in school and in the community.

Stressed Out, Burnt Out, Put a Fork in Me! - High School can be stressful and overwhelming. If we let it, it can drain our energy and cause us to feel “burned out”. In his unique and fresh approach, Coach Randy explores how taking care of yourself and making healthy life choices is vital to your future. He offers suggestions and shows how your thoughts and feelings affect your overall well-being.

Confronting the Idiot in Your Friend - Everybody knows at least one person/friend whose behavior causes tensions and problems for everyone. The out of control athlete; the friend who gets in fights; the freeloader who never seems to have money to pay for anything; or the person who constantly encourages you to make bad choices. We often allow our friends to risk their own health, safety, relationships or grades with idiot behavior. We are afraid to confront because we fear losing a friend, losing respect, or being judged. It’s time to stand up and listen to your inner voice. In this entertaining and upbeat program, Coach Randy challenges you to stand up and find the courage to confront negative actions and attitudes from their friends. He offers practical strategies for increasing the effectiveness of constructive confrontations and how to approach this person and not ruin a friendship.

The Power of Personal CHOICE - Coach Randy offers a warm, funny, motivational program that reminds students the importance of thoughtful decisions in their lives. All students are faced with tough choices on a regular basis. Should I use alcohol and drugs? Should I skip class today? What should I pursue as my major? Who should I live with next year? With so many options today, students need to learn the confidence to make good decisions that will lead them on a path to success. They need to seek options that are in alignment with their values and goals.

Using the acronym CHOICE (Confidence, Humor, Opportunity, Instinct, Commitment, Encourage), Coach Randy walks students through the factors they must consider when making important personal choices. From having determination to taking control of their lives - students will see how to lead themselves to a successful place.

Planning for College - What Schools and Parents Don’t Tell You - Schools, counselor and parents spend significant time focusing on grades, SAT scores, reach schools and essays as the high school student prepares for college. Millions of dollars each year are spent on SAT preparation, college applications and visits to school campuses. Coach Randy identifies the stark realities in this enlightening, yet inspirational presentation as he forces graduating seniors to consider dorm life, college classrooms the size of auditoriums, excess freedom, expectations of Greek living, and other important college life experiences. Coach Randy helps students begin to recognize the value and significance of going to college.

Walk The Talk - Everybody ends up somewhere, few people end up somewhere on purpose. Who are you? What do you value? Where are you going? This workshop is an experience that will open your eyes about yourself and other people. It will remind you why you do what you do and drive you to be a part of the solution.

What In the World Are You Talking About - Sometimes we aren't really saying what we mean to say. People don't always hear what we are telling them. So what else is new when it comes to communicating with your teenage child? In this session, you will learn the importance of clear and concise communication and how to improve your communication skills in order to be heard by your child. It also provides valuable information to “hear” what your teenager is saying. This is an interactive and fast paced workshop that offers tips on how to develop skills, negotiate, and reinforce the love you have for each other.

Who Am I? What Do I Want and How Do I Get It? - Many of us treat ourselves with less respect than we treat anyone else. In this session, you will take a look at how our lives are affected by the way we think of ourselves. You will learn to use positive attitude and affirmations, understand self-acceptance, and how to help others without becoming a doormat. Participants will create road maps to success; discuss actions and consequences and the value of effective mentoring.

The “Bully in Me” Program - Offers participants the opportunity to explore their self-esteem, accept cultural differences, learn kindness and empathy, and create age-appropriate strategies for dealing with conflict and aggressive behavior. This program offers a unique approach to the important learning and education that addresses acceptance and appreciation of differences. This program openly acknowledges that there is an “inner-bully” that lies within each person. Using the “Bully Circle” participants begin to realize their role and at times unintentional participation in the bully process. The “Bully in Me” Program uses games and activities to engage youth from their inner thoughts to their external actions. This learning experience can be adapted to any environment and can be offered in one sitting, or broken up over the course of several workshops.

Parent-Teen Dialogue - Parents are often worried, confused, and frustrated by changes in their adolescent children. It seems impossible to connect and communicate with them and understanding the changes in attitude and behavior. 
The Parent-Teen dialogue program is ideal for parents and their teenage children to learn clear and concise communication and how to improve listening skills. The workshop provides opportunities for parents who want to overcome the barriers and challenges that come with raising adolescent children and identify more appropriate skill sets to relate better to their teenage children. For teenagers, it will offer the chance to share stories and better understand the overall impact they have on their family. 

Project PRIDE - Offers students an enlightening exposure to transitions adolescents go through when entering middle school. Through a series of five components that can be divided over a few days or hours, special attention is spent on familiarizing students with academic, organizational and social responsibilities as they move through the middle school environment. Using the acronym PRIDE (Performance, Respect, Integrity, Determination, Excellence) this program offers a unique experience for students to engage this transition process in a safe and healthy environment. Experiential learning activities and games are used as triggers to important life related insights as well as relevant learning opportunities. 

Tough Choices, Good Decisions – Being in college is more than just classes and homework. It is an environment for personal development, increased independence and tremendous responsibilities. How an entering freshman utilizes the newfound freedom and life determines their ultimate experience. In this program, you will be given the opportunity to assess where your time goes and make some decisions about changes you would like to make to use your time more effectively. There is no one right way to manage your time; however, it is important to get to know yourself so you can make good decisions about how to use your time. We all have 168 hours in a week to use as we wish; however, some people make better use of this time than others. 

To Tell the Truth – What we say and how we say it are two entirely different things. Communication is 20% verbal and 80% body language. In this day and age of email and internet messaging how can we express our true thoughts and feelings? A look at how we communicate with each other and the power of gossip is the focus of this program. This program will also focus on the dilemma of how much truth is appropriate. When is a "white lie" in order and what are the prices we pay for "the truth and only the truth", or compromising it? 

Looking Within When You Feel Without – Too many times teens today feel overwhelmed, stressed and incapable of accomplishing various goals. This program identifies and acknowledges the numerous values and philosophies relevant to adolescences today and how they can count on themselves to overcome anything. Using a creative technique participants create their list of values, discuss how they incorporate them into their lives, and how they can utilize them when they feel like there is no where else to turn.