by Jeff Veley | Sep 28, 2019 | Blog, Bullying Prevention, Motivation, Parenting Advice, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Advice
How Worst Enemies Became Best Friends Abby’s story is one of my favorites to tell. It shares the two simple steps that one middle schooler used to respond to mean behavior and effectively stop it, in less than one week.This is why the “Peace Sign...
by Jeff Veley | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles, Bullying Prevention, Interviews, Motivation, Parenting Advice, Social and Emotional Learning
Youth motivational speaker, Jeff Veley, spoke with hundreds of students in General McLane, from elementary to high school. An award-winning bullying expert makes his way to the General McLane School District. Tuesday, Jeff Veley, a youth motivational speaker, used a...
by Jeff Veley | Feb 12, 2019 | Bullying Prevention, Motivation, Parenting Advice, Teaching Advice
A Student’s Positive Perspective on Bullying”I hope that my brother is mean to me”. A seventh grade boy (whom I’ll call Dylan) shared this with me following a recent school assembly. As a youth motivational speaker, my goal was to give...
by Jeff Veley | Oct 4, 2018 | Articles, Motivation
Students say “no” to drugs, alcohol, and violence Red Ribbon Week 2018 will take place October 23-31 at schools across the country. Donning a red ribbon, many students will pledge to live drug free, as part of on-campus activities. Sponsored by the...
by Jeff Veley | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles, Bullying Prevention, Motivation
For ten years, artist Pamela Alderman has entered ArtPrize, the largest international art competition, based in Grand Rapids, MI. This year, Alderman is using butterflies to foster healing discussions around the topics of bullying and school shootings in her piece...
by Jeff Veley | Jul 12, 2018 | Articles, Motivation
How to create empowering learning experiences As kids will soon be heading back to school, administrators are busy planning for the upcoming year and that means putting together staff in-service trainings. Over the last eight years, I have trained thousands of...
