Focus. Plan. Take Action.

Fire Up Your Audience

A CUSTOMIZED KEYNOTE BY MARK C. PERNA WILL CHANGE THE GAME.

Every one of Mark’s keynotes, professional development sessions, and workshops is individually crafted for the unique audience and context. The goal? To deliver a dynamic, inspiring, and actionable experience that culminates in an extraordinary outcome.

In a keynote, Mark’s efforts to get people to their feet are not to stroke his ego, but rather because taking part in a standing ovation is more impactful for audience members themselves. They’re more likely to take action on the strategies and insights gained when they stand in solidarity with others who have been moved by the same message.

Whether in person or virtual, Mark delivers more than just a riveting and inspiring speech. This game-changing experience is tailored to your needs and thoughtfully engineered to maximize audience engagement—before, during, and after the event.

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Mark Perna BROUGHT OUR AUDIENCE TO THEIR FEET with his ENERGETIC, ENGAGING, AND INSPIRING message! His insights will help us move forward effectively in a changing world. Mark knows how to bring the heat and CHALLENGE EVERY PARTICIPANT to forge a GENUINE HUMAN CONNECTION with the young people we serve. Our audience left with valuable tools they can start using immediately to improve their day-to-day interactions and outcomes, and the feedback has been amazing. Thanks, Mark!

COLLIN CALLAWAY

Senior Policy Director at Arkansas Community Colleges

Engineering a Remarkable Outcome

Here’s how.

The power of partnering with Mark begins long before he takes the stage. Prior to your event, Mark will schedule a prep call to candidly discuss your objectives. Based on this conversation, he will meticulously design a speech to align with everything you want to accomplish.

Following your prep call, Mark’s team will provide complimentary promotional materials to help you spread the word and build excitement.

Finally, on the day of the event, Mark will:

• Arrive 90 minutes early to check sound
• Ensure all technology is working, and
• Connect directly with audience members as they arrive to create a personal touch and enhance their engagement with the presentation.

Mark also welcomes the opportunity to engage the audience with a VIP Q&A/Dialogue at the close of his keynote, where appropriate. During this interactive and unscripted conversation, audience members can share their thoughts, ask questions, and get Mark’s perspective from the stage on specific issues—all in real time. The chance to interact directly with Mark has been universally well received by audiences and adds tremendous value and relevance to their experience.

Customized Topics

Mark’s core message is how to unleash passion, purpose, and performance in the younger generations. Whether in education, employment, or economic development, this topic has tremendous application in every context. Connect with Mark today to discuss the impact it can make for your audience!

Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and Performance in Younger Generations

For All Audiences: Educators, Employers, Economic Developers, Stakeholders, and Parents

If you work with today’s younger generations in any capacity, these proven strategies will inspire you to bridge the generational divide, engage and retain young people, and equip them with a powerful competitive advantage.

Purposeful education is the heartbeat of this inspiring call to action. Students who experience education with purpose can then pursue passion-driven employment at all levels of learning and experience. Though they’re often painted in a negative light, they have incredible potential to change the world. We just have to unleash it. As the skills gap widens, we must tap into the vast creativity, intelligence, and potential of the next generation.

A father to two successful young people, Mark delivers key insights on how they think, what makes them tick, and how they make decisions. Mark will show you how to connect, engage, and answer why to inspire their greatest effort. With clear action steps you can implement immediately both in your home and professional life, Mark’s message will help you move young people from static purpose to active purpose so they can achieve at a higher level. Countless parents, educators, and employers have used Mark’s strategies to maximize their interactions and outcomes with today’s younger generations.

With highly practical generational insights, innovative best practices, and signature inspiration, Mark’s nationally acclaimed methods will open your eyes to the amazing promise of the younger generations. Recharge your passion for making a difference and start motivating young people like never before!

Building Your Personal Competitive Advantage

For College, High School, and Middle School Students

To thrive in a fast-changing world, young people need to build a powerful, personal competitive advantage. In this candid talk, dynamic education expert Mark C. Perna will inspire today’s younger generations with the hope, motivation, and courage they need to take steps toward a positive future.

Educational organizations of all kinds—high schools, middle schools, PK–12 school districts, career centers, community and technical colleges, and more—have tapped Mark to ignite their students’ success through this riveting presentation. His message cuts through distractions, grips their attention, and inspires them with positive actions they can take right now to move closer to the life they want to live.

To navigate our changing world, young people need to understand their true potential and start taking steps toward their future to supersize their opportunities. Mark’s unique mix of powerful stories and hard-hitting advice will help spur all students to make the most of their time in school and someday, the workforce.

For students unsure about their career and life direction, Mark will demonstrate how they can still make progress on their competitive advantage so that when their career passion finds them, they’re ready to seize it.

Mark has addressed thousands of students with an honest message that compels them to focus, plan, and take action to prepare now for the fulfilling life they want to live. Tap into Mark’s insights to empower your students to define their goals, build a personal competitive advantage, and believe in hope as they move toward their aspirations!

Rally Your Community—Anywhere, Everywhere.

Together, your community can find common ground, build serious buy-in, and move forward with confidence. The secret?

Setting a community rally point everyone can believe in.

A dynamic speaker at the unique intersection of education, employment, and community growth, Mark C. Perna specializes in setting the rally point that compels everyone’s fullest contribution toward the agreed-upon outcomes. (And we do mean everyone.)

In a powerhouse single keynote or series of targeted events, Mark has delivered relevant data, powerful action steps, and real hope to organizations and communities across North America. It’s a mission for education, an objective for business and industry, and a plan for economic viability for any and every community.

Whether in your classroom, place of business, or larger context, your community needs a rally point to move forward. Connect with Mark today for a no-commitment conversation about what’s possible and how to get there.

Mark Perna has had an EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT ON OUR LEADERSHIP! In his three-hour keynote, he riveted our county-wide superintendents and cabinet-level administrators with a HARD-HITTING MESSAGE that is still reverberating. As the largest county school system in the country, we are working to help every student achieve a personal competitive advantage. Thanks to Mark, we’ve been inspired with a practical vision to make it happen. We HIGHLY RECOMMEND MARK for any organization seeking a common rally point everyone can get behind.

DR. RUTH PÉREZ

Deputy Superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Resources for Mark’s Event Partners

Let’s get the word out! Everything you need to promote your event with Mark is available for download here, including Mark’s biography, photography, videos, testimonials, virtual and in-person event best practices, and more.