Speaking Topics for Educators and Students
 Mark Scharenbroich’s Nice Bike principle is about acknowledging, honoring and making connections that move people. Why is the Nice Bike message important to educators?
According to the Gallup Management Q12 research, just 28% of employees are fully engaged in their organization, while a whopping 71% of the workforce is either under performing or actively undermining their work.
Gallup states that organizations that focus on employee engagement improve productivity, develop higher levels of customer engagement, increase retention of their best employees, and improve profitability.
[Statistics are from an article that appeared in the
Gallup Management Journal: “Feedback for Real” by John Thackray (15 March, 2001).]
The same study holds true for student achievement. According to Minneapolis-based, Search Institute’s research on healthy youth, only 29% of middle and high school students feel that their school provides a caring, encouraging environment. When students have a strong, positive connection to their school, academic results follow.
What can be done about it?
Based on Dr. Willard Daggett’s “Three Rs” application model of Rigor, Relevancy and Relationships, Mark helps educators with both inspiring messages and solid methods in the relationship aspect of Daggett’s model. Your educators will leave the presentation with relevant tools they can use the next day to directly impact student achievement.
Using the Nice Bike concept, Mark Scharenbroich helps his listeners instill greater passion to their work and feel a profound connection to their school, their classroom and their students. Mark’s presentation acts as a catalyst for a stronger, more unified team.
PROGRAMS:
 “Nice Bike – Making Connections that Move People”
Keynote for K-12 staff in-service:
Mark offers an engaging presentation supporting teachers and giving them solid insights on how to inspire their students. His Nice Bike message helps them acknowledge, honor and connect with their students to improve student achievement. [READ: NEWSPAPER STORY on Mark's keynote to Illinois School District Educators.]
“Building Connections to Improve Student Achievement”- Keynote
Mark has provided the keynote address for NASSP, AASA, state school board meetings and provincial educational events. Mark supports his Nice Bike principle with stories about high-impact schools and educators who have made a world of difference in the lives of young people.
Building Connections: 100 Ideas to Improve School Climate – Breakout session following the keynote:
 Mark also provides a breakout session: After speaking in more than 3,000 school districts across North America, Mark has discovered the keys to improving school climate that result in improved performance. Mark will take the audience on a visual tour of amazing schools that illustrate how to connect students through improving school climate. Solid content delivered by an expert in the field.
“The Greatest Days of Your Life…(so far)”
Student Program:
 Mark has provided the keynote address for countless state, provincial and national student conventions including FFA, HOSA, Canadian Student Leadership Conference, National Student Council Association, DECA, FBLA, etc. Mark is always rated as one of the students all time favorite speakers. Plus, Mark continues to speak at a handful of high schools across North America. His message encourages students to be fully engaged and how to turn their experience into The Greatest Days of Their Lives…(so far). [READ: “Students encouraged to live freely, love
a lot. An internationally known, award-winning speaker
addressed assembled Anoka High School students
Dec. 10. His message? Simple: Live freely. Love a lot.
His delivery? Comical and entertaining…”>READ MORE]
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