A’ric Jackson
Grade 9-12
05:40
Student Leaders
05:12
Audiences Include:
Grade 6-8 Students, Grade 9-12 Students, Student
Topics Include:
Conference Keynote Speakers, Done-for-You Events, Funny Speakers, Heartwarming Speakers, High-Energy Speakers, Inspirational Speakers, Leadership Development, Lived Experience Speakers, Motivational, Multisite Tour Speakers, School Assembly Speakers, Trauma-Informed Care, Workshop Facilitators
Typical Fee: $4K-$5K
- Top-Rated Leadership Keynote Speaker
- Certified Global Leadership Trainer
- Founder of Generation Leadership
For over a decade, people have been inspired and motivated by the words of Mr. 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.
Speaking Topics
A'ric will customize any presentation to align with your event goals.
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.
A'ric Jackson was professional, communicative, flexible, and had an impactful message to share! He also chatted and took pictures with the students after the conference ended, which they loved.
California Association of Student Leaders • Grade 6-12 Students
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.
As a certified meeting professional for more than 33 years, I have seen thousands of speakers. A'ric Jackson impressed me, and that’s not easily accomplished. He is the perfect blend of a speaker who commands attention and connects with the audience through lighthearted humor and earnest sensitivity.
National Association of Secondary School Principals • Grade 6-12 Students
• 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.
A’ric Jackson was phenomenal! He kept high school and junior high students engaged. Plus, he brought amazing, upbeat, and tangible leadership training to our student council members. In a time when our students are reaching to make connections, A’ric provided some useful and easily applied techniques. He presented in a ‘real’ way and shared his ‘real’ experiences and challenges in a way that our students felt and understood. Our students needed this, and he delivered!
Adrian R3 School District • Grade 6-12 Students
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.
Leaning Outcomes:
- How to engage students on an emotional intelligence level utilizing “The Platinum Rule.”
- Proven and repeatable techniques you can employ to capture and hold students’ attention.
- Reconnecting with the foundation of being an educator in a way that empowers students.
It was the best speaker experience I have had. A'ric Jackson engaged the audience from start to finish; everyone was engaged and still talked about his session the next day.
Louisiana Credit Union League • Educators & Staff
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We sometimes forget that our young people need to hear from other regular people, who were once just like them, and then became a success. They needed you, and you delivered.
Shirlene B. | Louisiana HOSA State Advisor • Grade 6-12 Students
As a certified meeting professional for more than 33 years, I have seen thousands of speakers. A'ric Jackson impressed me, and that’s not easily accomplished. He is the perfect blend of a speaker who commands attention and connects with the audience through lighthearted humor and earnest sensitivity.
Karen M. | National Association of Secondary School Principals • Grade 6-12 Students
We had fun with his entertaining delivery of a truly sincere messages for leaders of all ages that engaged everyone from groups of 60 to 600! Months later student leaders and advisers continue to reflect positively on the messages he shared!
Mary H. | NM Association of Student Councils • Student Leaders
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