
You are a Genius
and the world needs your contribution.

Virtual Keynote Speaker | Angela Maiers
Angela Maiers is a virtual keynote speaker whose goal is to transform every individual by helping them appreciate their own value. She is not satisfied with merely inspiring, she ignites a desire to contribute one’s best.
Angela tailors every keynote to the specific interest, needs, and circumstances of her audience. She has spoken before more than 3,000 audiences, including leaders in education, business, and government, reaching over a million people worldwide.
Past and current clients include:

Next Level Digital Learning



Angela’s Keynotes
My keynotes are inspiring, uplifting, empowering and actionable.
What I deliver is customized and tailored specifically to the interests, needs and goals of the audience

Getting Human Right
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There’s nothing soft about these skills, and we can’t afford to leave them to chance.Harnessing wide-ranging research on human evolution, biology, and psychology, Angela shares a framework for illustrating and understanding what is possible when we blend our technology with our humanity and work and when we work together toward making the world a better place to be human for us and for our children.

Mattering IS the Agenda
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Mattering a universal human need. We cannot capture the minds of our students, colleagues, employees and customers if we do not first capture their hearts.
You matter is not a statement of inspiration. It is not a project, or strategy, an event, or an item on the agenda. It is the agenda. Mattering is not something that just happens to you. It is something you actively pursue.
This workshop will leave you with the knowledge, habits and attitudes you need to transform the culture in your organization into one in which everyone knows they matter.

Real Skills
They’re hard-won and rigorously maintained abilities that are better….
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The best part is they are TEACHABLE, and we have the data to prove that not only can they be taught at every level; they must. Come explore with me what that looks like, sounds like and feels like in your organization.

Tacical Serendipity
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This presentation explores the differences and similarities between literacies of the past and new digital competencies and investigates how technology challenges those perceptions.

The Brave Leader: Bringing Courage into Practice
-But, what does BRAVE look like?
-How does BRAVE act and behave?
-And most importantly how big can YOUR BRAVE be?
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Your mission is sacred. The world is hungry for people to step onto their power to affect change. It is by daring to act with the courage we wish to see more of that we grow our capacity for influence and amplify our impact in the world.
Let’s not wait another second!

Re-imagining Innovation
Students are invited and expected to collaborate to support each other’s genius; to experiment with ideas, discover new possibilities and make epic things happen.
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It’s our job to nurture our geniuses so they can change the world. Join us today to unlock a world of genuine curiosity, wonder, and innovation.

Literacy Reimagined
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New literacies do not make past literacy obsolete, but it will require a new look at the way we nurture and teach our future readers and writers.
This presentation explores the differences and similarities between literacies of the past and new digital competencies and investigates how technology challenges those perceptions.
Emerging digital platforms give us new venues in which to assert our right, set forth in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

Liberating Genius
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There is genius within; together let’s unleash it.

Mattering IS the Agenda
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Mattering is as essential to our life, work and well being as is food, water, shelter, and air. Angela explores how to take these common-sense principles and turn them into commonplace and common practice – with frameworks grounded in neuroscience, and proven by 31 years of practice. Be prepared to be transformed.

How Big Is Your Brave?
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How does BRAVE act and behave?
And most importantly how big can YOUR BRAVE be?
This presentation seeks to answer these questions by putting these elusive concepts of leadership and learning in place to deliver better results faster for you and to those you seek to lead and serve.

You are a Brand; Would You Pick Yourself?
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Angela Maiers will share what steps you need to take as a professional and business owner to be a business that is worthy of being picked.
Gain an understanding of what you need to do to enhance business relationships and strengthen your networking strategies.

Closing the Passion Gap
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Session gives an enlightening and insightful look at passion’s place in leadership, learning, and classroom success.
You will discover how to leverage the power of passion to achieve the extraordinary results with students, staff, and members of your leadership community.

Getting Social Media RIGHT
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Over 150 resources included in the presentation for you to get started

Literacy Re-Imagined
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This presentation explores the differences and similarities between literacies of the past and new digital competencies and investigates the challenges new technologies present..
Emerging digital platforms give us new venues in which to assert our right, set forth in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers

Creating MAGIC for Your Community and Customers
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Media Kit
Suggested Introduction
Educator. Entrepreneur. Leader. Disruptor. Visionary.
Angela Maiers embodies each of these descriptors with passion, commitment and fierce determination.
She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years.
She is the author of six books, and her “You Matter” talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed several hundred thousand times.
Angela is the founder and president of Choose2Matter — a universal movement that challenges us to make “mattering” a way of life.
Today Angela will be speaking about _______________________.
Please welcome Angela Maiers.
Media Kit
Educator. Entrepreneur. Leader. Disruptor. Visionary.
Angela Maiers embodies each of these descriptors with passion, commitment and fierce determination.
She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 25 years.
She is the author of six books, and her “You Matter” talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed several hundred thousand times.
Angela is the founder and president of Choose2Matter — a universal movement that challenges us to make “mattering” a way of life.
Today Angela will be speaking about _______________________.
Please welcome Angela Maiers.
Biography For Publications
Leader. Visionary. Entrepreneur. Disruptor. Change Maker
Angela Maiers embodies each of these descriptors with passion, commitment and fierce determination. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years. During this time Angela has taught every level of school from Kindergarten to Graduate level as well as consulting with businesses around the world.
She helps individuals and organizations understand and embrace the transformative power of technology and the underlying social web. Her outspoken and passionate advocacy for innovative education balanced with her down-to-earth style has made her a sought after keynote speaker across all venues. Angela’s vibrant and courageous voice are transformative in both the business and education space.
She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius,The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom. These books have inspired readers everywhere with lessons and ideas necessary to find their way on the social web in this newly flattened world.
Her “You Matter” talk at TEDxDesMoines has been viewed over a half a million times and inspired Choose2Matter; a global movement that “challenges and inspires students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems.” Students tackle authentic real world problems in real time learning the skills and habits needed most for college, career and citizenship. In just a few short years, Choose2Matter has grown from a few classrooms to a reach of nearly 60 thousand classrooms, across 100 countries, touching more than a million students per year.
Whether she is addressing an auditorium full of leaders or sitting on the floor helping 1st graders find their way through new tools and technologies, Angela Maiers’ message is the same; “YOU MATTER and the world needs your contribution.”
Additional Info:
Angela earned a Bachelor of of Science in Education and a minor in Neuroscience from the University of Iowa and completed her graduate and post graduate work at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Angela holds two master’s degrees in Literacy and Ed Leadership.
As owner and lead consultant at Maiers Education Services, she has been using her passion for literacy and technology to discover creative ways to assist schools and organizations in meeting their learning and productivity goals.
When she is not at home in Castle Rock, Colorado, spending time with her family, you will find her on her blog angelamaiers.com or on Twitter at @angelamaiers her favorite space for thinking, creating, and pushing the scope of her imagination and learning.
Email: angela@angelamaiers.com
Website/Blog: AngelaMaiers.com, and Choose2Matter.org
Twitter: @angelamaiers
Angela's Rider
Travel
Air:
Angela Maiers flies in coach; usually from Denver, CO but often from other cities in which she works. She books her own air travel.
Hotel:
Most conferences reserve and pay for Angela’s hotel room at the principal conference hotel, but Angela is happy to make her own arrangements if the client prefers.
Airport Transfers:
Angela typically takes a car service from the airport to her hotel, even if it is a considerable distance. If a team member is traveling with her, they will rent a car and drive, when appropriate.
Presentation Requirements
When feasible, Angela prefers that audience members be seated at tables, rather than in rows of chairs. This is especially true for extended workshops.
Angela’s presentation requires:
- A standard projector
- Connection cables from the projector to her laptop
- A connection to play audio from her laptop
- Angela uses a 2015 Macbook Air.
- Angela brings with her a Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter and a clicker.
- Angela will control the remote clicker. The laptop can be positioned wherever it needs to be as long as she can control the content.