On January 31, 2013, Youth Motivational Speaker Jeff Yalden and I visited Wawasee High School in Syracuse, Indiana. With 20 years of experience speaking in high school assemblies, Jeff has an incredible ability to connect with students, parents, administrators and communities. When he received the phone call inviting him to Wawasee High School, he knew [...]
While roaming the halls, the students of the Rockwood Area High School in Pennsylvania may have discovered posters of a man dressed in casual attire, tattoos revealed down his arms. At first glance, he appears much different from the usual formal speakers that Rockwood has had, and that is a completely relevant assumption to make [...]
It was shortly before I was given orders to go to Parris Island, South Carolina and be a Marine Corps Drill Instructor. I was an E-4 in the United States Marine Corps about one month away from my reenlistment and Drill Instructor School. This was a very exciting time in my life. My goal was [...]
Imagine 2500 teenagers packed into an auditorium and you give the speaker only 20 minutes to give them a message to start the school year. Imagine that! Well, that is what happened on August 31, 2012 in Redondo Beach, CA. Jeff Yalden, one of American’s most sought after youth motivational speakers and teen experts mesmerized [...]
Many people don’t know and I don’t go around telling people, but I too, suffer from depression. Sometimes, it’s just hard to get up in the morning. Then, when I am up it’s hard to get going with my day. I’ve suffered from depression for many years and have even been hospitalized for my depression. [...]
Jeff Yalden says that Quincy High School in Quincy, IL is a 5 Star High School. As a hotel has ratings such as the Ritz Carlton being a 5 Star, Jeff says, “Quincy High School is the Ritz Carlton of High Schools!” On August 24, 2012 the opening high school assembly for Quincy High School, [...]
On August 21, 2012 for the second day of school Louisiana State University at Alexandria hired Youth Motivational Speaker Jeff Yalden to engage their non-traditional students and encourage them to make the best of their school year. The theme was “Start Strong . . . Finish Stronger.” For nearly an hour and a half, Jeff [...]
October 10, 2012 is the date that now excites Jeff Yalden. Known as North America’s #1 Teen and Youth Motivational Speaker, Jeff Yalden is going back to his roots. Jeff attended the Mount Sinai schools till 4th grade and then moved to Port Jefferson. At this time in Jeff’s life the students from Mount Sinai [...]
On the first day of high school the students come and learn who their teachers are. Get their syllabus’, learn their teachers expectations, and think, “Oh geez, today is really the first day? Where did my summer go?” Then, they learn that they have their first high school assembly. Imagine their thoughts at this time [...]
You hire a youth motivational speaker to come in and provide those defining moment “Ah-Ha” thoughts for your high school students. You don’t just say, “Hey Jeff, if only one person benefits from your message, we succeeded!” That isn’t good enough. You want a youth speaker to come in and BAM . . . The [...]
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