Ontario Student Leadership Conference

Featured Presenters

Patrick George

Showcase Presenter

Patrick George has been delighting and encouraging people of all ages since he was only 5 years old. Patrick was presenting semi-professionally while he was still in high school as a student leader involved in Student Council, JROTC, Future Educators of America, DECA, and other student organizations in Broward County, Florida. Patrick was awarded the Silver Knight Award from the Miami Herald for his volunteer work in the area of speech working with elementary and middle level student in both leadership and drop-out prevention programs.

After high school he volunteered with both elementary and high school students while attending college in Tallahassee, where he also worked at Publix Supermarkets in a variety of positions. During this time he got his first break into speaking professionally. Patrick’s first conference was a Florida Association of Student Councils (FASC) District V Conference hosted in Lake Placid, Florida in 1992. Later that year Patrick was on staff at camps sponsored by National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and FASC as well as Broward County Schools. Patrick’s involvement with these camps spanned about eight years. He also served as Asst. Director to the Alaska Association of Student Councils Summer Leadership Camp for five years. He also served as Director of the Broward County Middle Level Leadership Camp for one year. Patrick showcased at the National Association of Student Councils Conference as one of the youngest professional speakers before he was twenty-one.

Patrick George has delivered over 1,500 motivational presentations at conferences, colleges and schools throughout the United States and Canada. He has appeared in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel and other publications.

Patrick currently lives in Demopolis, Alabama with his wife Christi and their three children Leah, Maxwell and Jeremiah, and two dogs Alex, a beagle lab mix, and Gunne a rat terrier. When he isn’t on stage or working on a new project he enjoys reading, traveling and cooking. He also enjoys watching baseball his favorite sport.

Showcase Description for: I Challenge You
Hold on to your seats! You are in for a wild ride of inspiration and motivation. This program will take you on an energetic, fun and thought provoking experience. Patrick addresses the pillars of character education with an emphasis on bullying. Through laughter, and maybe a tear or two, Patrick delivers a heartfelt message for those in attendance. He will challenge you to set high goals, overcome obstacles and be ready to achieve greatness. Will you accept the challenge?

Workshop Description for: Games Leaders Play
This is a fun and interactive workshop that uses “low rope” type activities to teach team building and group dynamics. The group will be engaged through activities such as Welded Ankles, Moon Ball and routinely ends with a Trust Walk. Participants will learn skills necessary to effectively lead their peers and have fun while doing so.

Workshop Description for: New Leaders
Focusing on team building, communication, and goals, students will create vision statements and work through a series of crises in a role playing activity. Students will also focus on the importance of teamwork and proper communication skills. This breakout session ends with a self-evaluation exercise that highlights the groups’ goals as well as the individual participant’s goals. The self-evaluation is mailed back to the participant 4-6 months later as a follow-up exercise . . . or an opportunity for them to “re-commit”.

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