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Dave Ungrady/GoGrady Media

Teacher  |  Best-Selling Author  |  Journalist  |  Motivational Speaker   

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Speaking

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Dave is available to speak about the Born Ready Project to middle schools, high schools, colleges as well as sports clubs, groups, and camps. The project teaches lessons on decision making and resilience using Dave’s book, Born Ready: The Mixed Legacy of Len Bias, as a teaching tool. 

 

Dave Introduces the Six Links in the Decision Chain

Effective Decision Making and Resilience Builds Leadership

Leaders need to be effective decision-makers and show resilience in times of adversity. Stressing interactivity with audience members, the Born Ready Project identifies the different types of decisions and six building blocks for how to make good decisions. It also teaches five tips on how to be resilient.  

Testimonials

“I would recommend Dave for any school or athletic program. His message of both the effects of positive and negative decision-making is a powerful one and rang out clear and loud for our students.  In addition, he spoke to our athletic leadership group, about being resilient, He challenged the group to embrace the present and future obstacles, not to fight them.  Our students enjoyed the dialogue Dave created, and the life lessons he promoted. ”

- Ryan Suchanek, Cushing Academy Athletic Leadership Program and speaker’s coordinator

 

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Dave with members of the Free Minds Book Club after a speech in Aipril 2015. 

“I really appreciated some of the things that he was teaching us, it was some real-life stuff.” 

Leon Epps, Free Minds Book Club apprentice

"Your presentation was wonderful. The information about decision making is critical for these guys. James commented on what an excellent speaker you are and said he was going to try to be more like you."

Seana Drucker, Program Director, Free Minds Book Club 

Dave with members of the Free Minds Book Club after a speech in March 2016. 

Past Speeches

Since late 2012, Dave has spoken at dozens of schools, federations centers, clubs, and organizations. They include:

 

  • Adolescent Male Empowerment Network, MD

  • Arthur Johnson High School, NJ

  • Avon Old Farms School, CT

  • College Park Community Center, MD

  • Columbia Park Receration Center, Landover, MD

  • Cushing Academy, MA

  • D.C. City Title Basketball Game Luncheon

  • Dumont High School, NJ

  • Eastern Loudoun Basketball League, VA

  • Free Minds Book Club, Washington, DC

  • Maryland State Athletic Director's Convention

  • Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Extreme Teens (6 recreation centers)

  • Notre Dame High School, NJ

  • Paul VI High School basketball camp, VA

  • Peppermill Village CC, Landover, MD

  • Prince George's Learning & Sports Complex, Landover, MD

  • Roundball Classic, Hagerstown, MD

  • Salvation Army Richard Hazel Youth Center, MD

  • Sports Legends Museum, Baltimore, MD

  • Shuffield Academy, CT

  • Six Flags America Seasonal Leadership Team, MD

  • T.C. Williams High School Fall Sports Banquet, VA

  • The Villages Charter School, FL

  • University of Maryland Kinesiology Graduate Students

  • MNCPPC's Xtreme Teens Summer Program

  • Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, NJ

 

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