Speaking

Keynote Presentations

Clients who book motivational speaker Kelly Croy for a keynote speech benefit from a memorable, educational and inspirational experience.

Kelly customizes every keynote to the client and situation.

Kelly delivers practical, innovative insight through the power of story and humor. 

DC Everest Schools Created & Shared This Clip of Me Speaking to Their Entire Staff.

 

 

Some of Kelly’s Presentations:

Be Careful What You Label a Weakness:

We use a lot of acronyms and labels in education, but every single person is needed for a district to be great. Quite often the very qualities that we mistakenly perceive as our weakness, either personally, in another, or as an organization turn out to be the very opportunity we need to make a difference. I walk everyone through how to turn what at first looks like a mess into a masterpiece. Fun presentation! Transformational presentation!

Teachers Are Legends:

Opening Day keynotes for school district staff are my favorite days of the year! This presentation highlights and emphasizing the impact adults in education have on students’s lives. It’s funny. It’s heartwarming. Eveyone leaves ready to start the year and BE THE ONE to make a difference. I help teachers see the greatness in every child, in every colleague, and themselves.

Lead Every Day: Level-Up Your Personal & Professional Leadership

Leaders are not born, they are built. Learn the six tenets of leadership and how they work together to serve others and create improvements at any level in any environment. Learn how to apply the Leadership Matrix to truly grow as a leader.  Kelly shares his wit, wisdom and insight from his book Along Came a Leader: A Guide to Personal and Professional Leadership.

The Power of Permanent Beta: Design a Dynamic Life

You will not accidentally bump into the best version of yourself, you will find it with intention. Don’t leave your life to chance; lead it with choice. Learn the power of Permanent Beta and how small, consistent improvement is the key to implementing personal and organizational improvement. Permanent Beta works for G

oogle and Apple, and it will work for you! This is a fun presentation that transforms and delivers results.

Recognize and Reward Your Team!

Does your organization host a recognition night or banquet? Kelly’s recognition and reward presentation is fun and truly a spectacle of wonder and joy.

Educational Presentations

Vanquishing the Myth of The Digital Native Learner:

Students know how to use devices, but they do not know how to maximize them for learning. This presentation will deliver what your district needs in what exactly technology should be doing with instruction and learning.

What Everyone Needs to Know About Bullying:

Kelly will inspire and enlighten your audience on what it takes to make bullying disappear. Learn the secret to improving and promoting self-esteem, leadership and empathy. Leadership is the antidote to the bullying epidemic. Kelly provides solutions and resources for a bully-free, harmonious life, online and off.

The Wired Educator Experience:

As host of The Wired Educator Podcast, Kelly shares what he has learned from interviewing more than 200 of the most influential educators on the planet. Kelly’s insight on current trends and proven results will give your district an edge in instruction, engagement and learning.

Unthink Before Bed:

Kelly shares his ten secrets on how to put an end to anxiety, build the coping skills everyone needs, foster a love of reading and creation and a life  full of fulfillment, purpose, peace and confidence. This is the “unfair” advantage every child, adolescent, teen and adult should receive. Don’t hope students and adults  learn the coping and leadership skills they need, teach them. Kelly will teach them.

 

Kelly travels the world as a speaker, educational consultant, and leadership coach. 

Selected  International Conference Presentations 

  • OSIRIS World Education Summit, 2023 (3 Presentations as Featured Speaker), 2021, Conference Speaker
  • Mexico LearnFest Conference, 2021, Speaker
  • Keynote Speaker for Moscow School of Economics, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker Iceland, UTIS Edu Conference, 2020
  • International Learning Networked Conference, 2019, Holy Child College of Davao, Davao City, Philippines
  • “Start a Podcast, Teach The World” ADE Global Institute, Berlin, Germany 2014
  • “Challenge Based Learning” ADE Global Institute, Cork, Ireland 2012

Selected  National Conference Presentations

  • 2024 Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) Captial Conference, (Superintendents, Treasurers, School Board Members, and Central Office) Columbus, Ohio
  • 2024 Ohio Career Technical Administrators Fall Conference (OETC) Dublin, Ohio
  • 2023 Conference for the Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Tampa, Florida.
  • 2022 Ohio Association of Elementary & Middle School Administrators (OAESA) 2022 Annual Professional Conference, Keynote Speaker
  • What Great Educators Do Differently Conference, October 2019, Houston, Texas, Featured Speaker
  • Keynote Speaker for Wisconsin Wired Conference, August 2019
  • “Everyone Can Create” International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference Philadelphia, 2019
  • 100th Anniversary of the Eagle Scout, Keynote Speaker and Emcee, Boy Scouts of America’s, National Eagle Scout Association, 2012 Lansing, Michigan
  • Keynote Speaker for Iowa Conference: United Methodist Church 2009-2014

Selected  State Conference Presentations

  • NJECC 2023, Keynote Speaker for New Jersey 37th Annual State Wide Technology Conference at Montclair State University in New Jersey, March 2023
  • Opening Day Speaker, Fairfield School District, All Staff Kick-off, Fairfield, Ohio, August 2022
  • Featured Speaker, Ohio Educational Technology Conference, OETC, 2020, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Department of Education
  • Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) featured speaker to all first year superintendents two years in row, 2018, 2019
  • Ohio School Board Association (OSBA), 2019, 2020
  • Toledo Islamic Academy, Toledo, Ohio, Four-time keynote speaker, Ohio, 2012-2018
  • Keynote speaker for Bowling Green State University’s NWO Educational Conference to over 300 first year educators
  • Ohio School Board Association Presenter, recognized as the only speaker to receive a perfect rating, ever. 2012
  • Northwest Ohio Excellence in Education Conference, 2012
  • eTech Ohio Speaker and Presenter, Finalist for eTech Ohio Teacher of the Year, 2009

Educational Conferences

Kelly speaks at several educational conferences each year on the topics of innovation in leadership and instruction & learning. The presentations are fun and packed with numerous takeaways to reduce frustration & burnout in the education field and increase passion and joy. Kelly’s presentations are incredibly well-received and he is invited back frequently.

School Presentations:

Kelly speaks at numerous school districts each year for opening day keynotes, inservices, leadership trainings, and student assemblies.

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Kelly is the author of the nonfiction books: Along Came a Leader: A Personal & Professional Guide to Leadership, What Everyone Needs to Know About Bullying: How to Get on with your Life When a Bully Steps Into It, and The Greatest Year of Your Life: Designing a Dynamic Life Plan. He is also the author and illustrator of the children’s book Unthink Before Bed which explores how mindfulness to erase stress, anxiety and worry and build self-esteem.

Kelly speaks at schools, educational conferences, corporate organizations and churches throughout the year.

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“It is a challenge at times to motivate a sales organization, especially one with a global reach; Tuthill Corporation chose Kelly Croy. Kelly’s presentation was captivating and inspiring! His words on communication, vision, leadership, and most importantly ATTITUDE, have been a wealth of insight for our corporation. With the uncertainty in today’s economic outlook, keeping people focused, fulfilled and motivated is always a challenge.  Thank you Kelly for an enjoyable and fruitful meeting!”

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Art Performance Presentations

Kelly is a professional illustrator and performance artist. For limited and very special engagements, Kelly transforms a six foot by eight foot canvas, with his artistic talents choreographed to music. He literally turns a mess into a masterpiece, creating a stunning, vibrant landscape, in just a few minutes, right before the audience’s eyes. Kelly then brings the art to life in amazingly accurate and fun computer animation, followed by a 45 minute keynote woven around the theme of the art. (Kelly performs seven different landscapes and live pop-art portraits of iconic figures.)

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