Keynotes & Workshops

As a national keynote and motivational speaker, Ya'Ron Brown offers the tools and strategies to help others create a roadmap for a successful, purposeful and meaning life (beyond any segment of your life). He has a unique ability to connect with his audience in a meaningful way through the use of humor and experiential exercises. The goal of each keynote or seminar is to have each participant leave with something tangible that they can do different to move in the direction that is meaningful to them. If you want to see change in the direction that gives your life meaning and purpose or you want your audience to feel inspired, you want Ya'Ron Brown at your next event.

Ya'Ron teaches individuals and organizations how to generate change to create success - a philosophy and strategy that is based on three fundamental tenants:
1. Change is a part of our DNA, but we fight it with all our being
2. To be your best, you must be willing to accept that change creates success
3. To accept change, you must be willing to follow certain steps

"More and more companies are complaining about a lack of social skills in new employees."

These transforming principles of Generating Change to Create Success are found in all of Ya'Ron’s keynotes and workshops. With more than 10 years of experience in relationship building, conflict resolution, personal accountability and professional counseling, Ya'Ron uses authenticity, humor, and experiential exercises to deliver each of his messages. He guides people to see that in order to create opportunities to live a valued purposeful existence, the only thing that is needed is their commitment to make it a reality. Ya'Ron invites his audience to change their perspective, by uncovering purpose, defining values, and critiquing meaning of language, which are the steps necessary for change to exist. Information is shared in a clear, simplistic, and understandable style appropriate for any audience.

If you are looking for someone who inspirational, passionate, authentic, motivational, and empowering, you have come to the right website – Ya'Ron Brown is who you want to speak at your next event!

All keynotes and workshops are customized to meet the specific needs of the organization. Additional information on topics is available upon request.

Keynote Topics

Failing Forward

Growing into your Greatness

Failure is the beginning of any journey. It has consistently been seen as something that should be prevented at all cost or shamed. Failure has trapped us in fear and an unwillingness to try new things, explore who we desire to be, and go for our dreams. It creates discomfort and can paralyze us, which stops your greatness from existing. This keynote opens the door for you to understand and embrace your failures, releases you from the negativity you have been fed surrounding it, and allows you to recognize your greatness yet to come.

Growing into your Greatness

Growth is a natural law. In order to sustain life, growth is inevitable. Where we often find conflict in our lives is between our physical growth and our mental growth. While it is impossible to stop our physical growth, fear and lack of emotional tolerance stunts our mental growth. This prevents one from reaching their greatness. This keynote will introduce 13 steps that will help you discover how to break through the fear and conditioning that binds you, and create a foundation to support your greatness.

If You Are Waiting to Be Motivated, You Will Not Succeed

We all start out being motivated extrinsically. Early in life, we have outside influences that help drive our motivation. As we get older, the impact of those influences tend to hold less weight on our motivation and we can easily become complacent. A sign of healthy growth is our ability to motivate ourselves to reach great heights, without the influence of others. This keynote flips the switch for you to begin the process of motivating yourself on a daily basis,

Setting Boundaries

If You Are Waiting to Be Motivated, You Will Not Succeed

Setting boundaries is one of the key elements in self-care; it is a hallmark of health. No matter what industry you are in, there is a constant balancing act that exist between how much you give to others and the amount of time you give to yourself. A lack of boundaries can be a clear sign of potential burnout. This keynote helps you to identify areas where you may have a lack of boundaries and determine where you want your boundaries to lie; so that you can give enough to succeed but no so much that you burnout or have nothing left.

Workshop Topics

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is defined as “a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges, and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way.” Emotional intelligence (EI) as defined here and applied in the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i 2.0) reflects one’s overall well-being and ability to succeed in life.

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Wellness

Emotional Intelligence

Wellness is “a way of life oriented toward optimal health and well-being in which the body, mind, and spirit are integrated by the individual to live more fully within the human and natural community.” The Wellness Evaluation of Lifestyle is a holistic model for wellness and prevention across the lifespan that is based in psychological theory and empirical research on characteristics of healthy persons.

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IQ takes a second position to emotional intelligence in determining success across the board