Aric Jackson
- Certified Global Leadership Trainer
- Founder of Generation Leadership
Aric Jackson Speaker Biography
For over a decade, people have been inspired and motivated by the words of Aric Jackson. His mission is to Teach, Inspire, and Encourage all those who hear him, and to take the challenge of helping others pursue their goals and dreams. A charismatic and genuinely heartfelt communicator, Aric truly electrifies an audience.
Watching him speak on stage helps you realize why he is such a unique and gifted orator. It takes a genuine speaker to present information with shared experience, passion to research a topic much deeper, and to share that information with the audience using skills that will make it a memorable and exciting experience for all.
Aric has served as a student leadership speaker for organizations like Future Business Leaders of America, Health Occupation Students Association, Diversity Forum, DECA, FCCLA, National Association of Secondary School Principals LEAD Conferences, and statewide student council conferences across the country.
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Don’t Be Scared: Overcome Fear & Unlock Your Potential
In life, there are two ways to live, In Fear or IN ACTION. However, before action can go forward Aric reveals a proven methodology that helps students, leaders, and staff release the fear and then produce unprecedented results.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
-How to destroy “The Box” which is the one hidden factor that hinders performance and diminishes desired results in school and life.
-A powerful and proven method for discovering each individual’s authentic leadership style.
-How to Make A Difference with three tangible strategies that deliver results.
-Self Awareness – Storytelling, with emotional connection, allows students to connect with their own obstacles and barriers that may be holding them back from their growth as a student.
-Increased Confidence – Through tangible tools shared, students will be able to come face to face with their barriers/obstacles and know how to overcome them.
-Authenticity – Access their authentic self and celebrate it while empowering others to tap into their own authentic self.
The Ripple Effect: Empower Student Voice & Proactive Leadership
Do you really know the impact your words and actions have? This leadership program’s main focus is on those who have experienced bullying. Through authentic conversation and helpful exercises, students quickly realize how the smallest of things can have the largest effect!
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
-Empowers students to learn the impact of positive and negative actions and take action that supports the growth of the school.
-Students will be able to identify toxic relationships and connections and know-how to disconnect from them in a healthy way.
-Identify healthy habits that combat the stress of peer pressure and bullying.
-Learn how to take a negative event and turn it into an opportunity to impact the school and community in a positive way
-Encourages students to be proactive in creating a positive environment in their school and community.
Generation Leadership: Empower The Next Generation of Leaders
• Adopted by Over 200 School Districts
• Customized To Align With School Objectives
• Ongoing Resources to Deepen Leadership
Generation Leadership is a training program where students begin to understand and engage their unique leadership style. It takes all student leaders through an immersive, practical, life-changing leadership training day.
During the training, they are challenged to utilize their new knowledge and skills to develop their peers and their community. It moves students beyond simple training to empowered / self-actualized / self-directed leaders impacting the student voice and school climate. They will walk out KNOWING they can make THE difference in a way they never knew before.
Changing the school climate and student voice of any school will not happen just by directives given by the principal and teachers alone. It is going to take a group of inspired student leaders who are empowered to change and impact the student culture and student voice.
Generation Leadership provides those students who are already leaders the tools and training to use their roles and talents to affect transformational change in a school’s culture.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
-Moves students beyond simple training to empowered / self-actualized /self-directed leaders impacting the student culture and community.
-Creates Self-Awareness through the discovery of their unique leadership style and how to interact with their peers and teachers.
-Students learn effective communication skills and techniques that enhance their public speaking, listening, and written communication.
-Teaches critical thinking skills that can be utilized when interacting with other students, teachers, administration, and their families and communities.
Three Keys of Student Engagement: Create an Environment Where Students Thrive
The Three Keys of Student Engagement:
Creating Environments Where Students Thrive
In this interactive, humorous, and practical session, A’ric will share the techniques and methods for successfully engaging students. From the rowdiest of students to the most astute. He will share his experience working with students and how engagement creates student ownership of their academics and school culture.
Key #1: How to engage students on an emotional intelligence level utilizing “The Platinum Rule.”
Key #2: Proven and repeatable techniques you can employ to capture and hold students’ attention.
Key #3: Reconnecting with the foundation of being an educator in a way that empowers students.
