Keynotes, breakouts, workshops and assemblies.

Teaching with Purpose

Sometimes the most powerful thing an educator can do is see something in a student that the student cannot yet see in themselves.

Ben takes audiences back into the classroom through the eyes of a kid who struggled with learning disabilities, ADHD, and the feeling that he simply didn’t fit. Woven through his story are the teachers who looked beyond the challenges, recognized possibility, and helped change the direction of his life.

It’s a powerful reminder that teaching has never been only about what happens on a lesson plan. It’s about people, moments, encouragement, and the incredible influence one educator can have on a life.

• A powerful fit for opening day and back-to-school events
• Reconnects educators with the deeper purpose behind what they do
• Sends staff into the year reminded that their work truly matters

Shaping Futures

Every school has students who are easy to believe in—and students who make believing a little harder.

Ben knows what it feels like to be the kid who struggled, got distracted, fell behind, and didn’t always look like he had much potential. Through stories from his own journey as well as decades spent speaking, mentoring, coaching, and working with young people, Ben reminds educators that what they see today is not necessarily who that student will become tomorrow.

Sometimes the student who requires the most patience is carrying gifts nobody has discovered yet.

• Inspires educators to look beyond behavior and see possibility
• A strong fit for mid-year re-engagement and encouragement
• Excellent for mentoring, advisory, and student-support programs

The Heart of a Teacher

There are days when teaching feels like a calling. There are other days when it just feels exhausting.

The Heart of a Teacher is Ben’s tribute to the people who keep showing up anyway.

Through stories, laughter, encouragement, and a few moments that may hit closer to home than expected, Ben celebrates the unseen work educators do every day—the conversations, patience, second chances, small acts of kindness, and countless moments that will never appear on a test score.

It’s not another presentation telling teachers what they need to do better. It’s a reminder of who they already are and why what they do matters.

• Created for teacher appreciation and staff recognition events
• Perfect for encouraging a staff that has been running on empty
• Pairs beautifully with Ben’s book as a meaningful staff gift

Think Different. Achieve Different

You cannot create something different by thinking exactly the way you always have.

Ben challenges leaders to get out of the rut of “this is how we’ve always done it” and rediscover the creativity, curiosity, and courage that great leadership requires.

Using powerful stories, humor, unexpected perspectives, and Ben’s own unconventional way of seeing the world, this program invites leaders to rethink obstacles, challenge assumptions, and become more intentional about the culture they are creating.

Sometimes the breakthrough isn’t working harder. Sometimes it begins by seeing the problem differently.

• Built for leadership retreats, planning days, and administrative teams
• Encourages creative problem-solving and fresh perspective
• Pairs perfectly with Ben’s interactive LEGO leadership experience

The Art of What Matters Most

In the rush to get everything done, it’s surprisingly easy to lose sight of why any of it mattered in the first place.

The Art of What Matters Most brings a room back to the things that rarely make the spreadsheet but ultimately shape the culture of a school—the way people treat one another, the moments when someone chooses kindness, the encouragement given at exactly the right time, and the simple human connections that make people feel seen.

Through storytelling, humor, inspiration, and Ben’s signature live art experience, this program creates space to remember what matters most and why the work is worth doing.

Because long after people forget what was on the agenda, they remember how it felt to be part of something that mattered.

• Powerful for staff wellness, culture, and retention initiatives
• Reconnects teams to purpose without adding another thing to their plate
• A memorable closer for conferences, retreats, and multi-day events

LEGO Leadership Workshop

Leadership gets a lot more interesting when everybody has a pile of bricks in front of them.

Ben’s LEGO Leadership Workshop is a highly interactive experience that gets people building, talking, laughing, thinking, and working together in ways a traditional training session simply can’t.

Instead of only talking about communication, collaboration, creativity, and leadership, participants experience them in real time.

The builds reveal how differently people think, how quickly assumptions get made, how teams respond under pressure, and what happens when everyone sees the same challenge from a completely different perspective.

It’s fun—but there is purpose behind every brick.

• Excellent for leadership teams, departments, retreats, and staff development
• Builds communication, collaboration, creativity, and self-awareness
• Creates conversations that continue long after the workshop ends
• Works well as a stand-alone experience or as part of a larger event