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KEYNOTE & PUBLIC SPEAKING
A good speaker can inspire action!
A great speaker will inspire change!
It's NOT just "speaking" training, teaching & impacting!
I help nonprofits raise more funds, connect with their community and supporters as well as empower youth in foster care and juvenile detention so they can go on to live amazing trauma-free lives.
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Resiliency
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Confidence
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Leadership
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Mentoring
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Entrepreneurship
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Nonprofit Fundraising and Donor Connection
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Finding Your "Why" & Creating Intrinsic Motivation
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Training For Caring Adults Working With "At-risk" Youth
SENSEI DAVE HAS BEEN MOTIVATING ACTION IN PEOPLE FOR 20+ YEARS.
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Author of "Why Me" My Fight For Life
Author of "From Gangs to Greece"
VP, Board of Directors 1M+ nonprofit
24-year U.S. Air Force Vet
Certified Les Brown "Power Voice" Public Speaker
Certified Youth Speaker University (YSU) Speaker
Creator of the UPNA Mentoring and Parenting Quarterly Summit
Toastmasters 2022 Greece's Champion of Public Speaking
(Follow my 2022 Toastmasters Journey...click here)
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Speaking to/for non-profits that work with our youth.
CASA, BBBS, Juvenal Detention Centers, and Foster Parents
Inspiring more donations $
Inspiring Caring Adults/Volunteers
Training Teachers and Caring Adults that work with at-risk youth
Motivating and training through Lived Experience as a Foster and at-risk Youth, coupled with education, and PASSION!
1st place winner of the District Toastmasters International Public Speaking Championship.
14 countries & 200+ competitors.
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what others are saying
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Other Programs
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