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Now is the time to book me (Zac Whyte) for a presentation to your class, division, or school in the coming 2011-2012 school year. It was a huge year in 2010-2011  with several multi-class presentations, keynote addresses, workshops, and juicy energy boosting one off prezzies that made some waves. I'm so excited to engage your students and teach them how to direct positive change in our community.

I specialize in working with youth and young adults aged 12-30 and if you live in School District 71 or School District 72 you can receive presentations free of charge (some content and booking restrictions apply). I always work with your curriculum, especially at higher grade levels, to ensure your students are kept on track for final exam preparations and I'm always open to integrating creative new ideas together with you to maximize your themes, over-arching questions, or lesson plans. Be sure to look through this blog for examples. You will find everything from grade 8 applied math reviews based on the Comox Valley fresh water infrastructures to week long Social Studies 11 environment units. The only limit is our imagination and time so let's make something brilliant together.

If you are a teacher or administrator in SD71 or SD72 I look forward to booking a presentation or keynote speech with you soon. Dates are currently available from September 2011-June 2012. Have a fantastic and regenerative summer.

Contact me today at PowerOfR@gmail.com and put SPEAKING REQUEST FOR ZAC in the subject line. It's that easy.
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Earth Day was a real production for me this year. I had the unique pleasure of delivering a keynote presentation for over one thousand people at Mark R. Islfeld Secondary School. It was an intense morning but everything went well. The presentation wove together the relationships between marketing, consumerism, and our personal definitions of success.  Big business tells us what to think, how to act, and what to buy to become who we think -  they think - we should be. "What a headache." In my experience, defining my success is about values and has nothing to do with what I buy, how much money I have, or even who I'm with.

After the presentation at Isfeld  I was zipped over to GP Vanier Secondary to deliver three back to back  1 hour presentations that essentially mirrored my keynote from the morning. There were discussions with students that lasted until the end of the day and then teachers until dinner time. Everyone was really charged up about the  material in the presentation which makes me happy to know that it struck a chord with most people.

GP Vanier was given a grant of $5000 for their Earth Day celebration. The day brought a keynote from Spirit Bear activist Simon Jackson, and dozens of speakers from environmental clubs, associations and action groups in the Comox Valley. There was an incredible lunch put on with 100% local food. Nothing says Earth Day like a twenty-mile diet and it was really tasty.
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