State Conference Features Outstanding Speakers An outstanding lineup of speakers is scheduled to present during the 75th PASC state conference. You won’t want to miss hearing these top-notch presenters.
Friday’s Speaker: Mark Brown
Manager. He now spreads his positive messages to more than 200 audiences each year. Saturday’s Speaker: The “Original” Mike Smith
Thursday’s Speaker: Mark Scharenbroich
Mark will inspire you and validate the importance of building stronger connections to improve student achievement. Having spoken in more than 3,000 schools across North America, Mark has discovered what the best schools are doing to build a climate where students feel truly connected. Part motivational speaker, part thought-provoker, and pure entertainer, Mark tells engaging stories focused on the relationship side of creating results, connecting administrator to faculty, team member to team member, teacher to student, and student to student. Mark’s credentials include: Emmy award winner, author of Nice Bike—Making Meaningful Connections on the Road of Life, inducted into the National Speaker’s Association Hall of Fame, Silver Screen and Golden Apple International film awards for his movie, The Greatest Days of Your Life… (so far).
Nationally acclaimed youth speaker Mark Brown has dedicated his career to getting inspirational messages out to young people all over North America. With his “tell it like it is” approach, Brown challenges some of the most serious problems in our schools today. His Emmy-nominated presentation “Words Count,” is part of a national outreach program against bullying, sponsored by QSP, Inc., the educational fundraising arm of Time, Inc. QSP has raised close to $3 billion for schools and youth groups in the United States and Canada since it was founded in 1964. The company supports numerous educational activities that go beyond fundraising—like this speaker program featuring Mark Brown. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Brown immigrated to the United States at 18 with $40 in his pocket and a dream of a better life. He never imagined he’d devote his life to helping others. During a brief career as a systems analyst at Reader’s Digest, Brown developed a love for public speaking. But it wasn’t until a life-threatening illness in 1993 that he began to focus on a career change. In 1998, Brown joined QSP full-time as the Community Relations
Mike Smith enjoys a great reputation as a curriculum writer on subjects ranging from time management through diversity to community service, a multimedia producer, an on-screen host, and a lifetime learner, studying a variety of subjects that find their way into his presentations. Mike is an honorary lifetime member of several educational and sales and marketing associations. For the past 20 years Mike has taken his involving presentations to more than two million parents, teachers, students,
and administrators in the U.S. and Canada. He has been a consultant to, and presented at, many national, regional, state, and local conferences. His audiences have ranged from CEOs to second graders. Mike is in demand as a keynote speaker, lending his talents to the themes and messages of his hosts. He has a wonderful ability to” launch” a conference by helping the attendees WANT to participate. As the wrap-up endnote speaker, Mike has helped many a convention theme convert from the words and warm feelings of the conference to the action and desired results in the real world. Mike works tirelessly with the Alliance for Student Activities that he helped to found in 2007. The Alliance provides monthly articles and advice to activity advisors throughout the nation and is a leading champion promoting the value of co-curricular activities as a vital aspect of education in our schools. For additional information on conference speakers go to www. pasc75.org.
Membership Cards Available Online PASC has created a template that advisors can use to print membership cards for their student council members. These cards can be used to unify the student council “team,” serve as passes to attend in-school student council meetings, or as discount coupons for student council events and activities. The template allows for the printing of 10 cards using Avery 8859 card stock sheets. The advisor can then print the school and student information on the cards. These can be laminated prior to being cut and distributed, thus making them last for the entire school year. To access this template go to www. pasc.net, click on Resources, and then click on Membership. PASC News • October 2011 • www.pasc.net
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