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Keynotes for High School Students

Global citizenship is the conviction that what happens in one corner of the world matters in every other corner. It is built in classrooms long before it shows up in careers, in the small daily choices to look outward instead of inward, to listen instead of assume, to serve instead of perform. The students who learn it become the kind of adults the next century is going to need.

Schools, Programs and Audiences

NAIS

Independent Day Schools

TRIO

Federal Programs

AVID

District Access Programs

TABS

Boarding Schools

GEAR UP

Federal Programs

CIS

International Schools

Watch Saul, in Phoenix, Arizona working with leadership students

think big

60-Minute Servant Leadership Keynote

Think Big gives high school students a working definition of servant leadership. Saul shares the story of an elementary school in Atencingo, Mexico, where cracked walls, bare floors, and broken desks became the beginning of something bigger. He does not look away. He names the moment as a choice and decides to move. He rallies support, organizes the effort, and rebuilds the school. The outcome a changed place where children and educators can walk into with dignity.

At its core, servant leadership is the conviction that your choices matter, the follow through that shapes who you become, and the work that is measured by what it does for others. For high school students, Think Big connects growth to action, showing that confidence comes from doing hard things, keeping promises, and putting your skills in service of people who need them. Students leave with a clear example of what it means to lead when nobody is handing them authority, and a challenge to move from intention to impact, to choose one place they can contribute, and to commit to change that is real, earned, and visible.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, students will learn:

how finding purpose beyond just themselves allows them to accomplish much more,
how serving others is leadership,
the value of service-learning trips and giving back to communities, and
how to use their skills and talents in service of others.

sugarland

60-Minute Leadership Keynote

Sugarland follows Saul's 100 mile walk through the sugarcane fields of Mexico, where he moved alongside workers whose lives are shaped by heat, sacrifice, and extraordinary grit. Through one specific place and one real community, this keynote helps students understand conviction, global citizenship, and the choices families make in pursuit of a better life.

At the center of Sugarland are the workers, mothers, and daughters Saul met in the sugarcane fields, and the relationships that changed how he understood conviction. He tells it in scenes, the heat, the pace of the work, the risk, the pride, and the choices families make to get through a season. Students learn that conviction is not intensity or opinion, it is follow through.