SPEAKER BIO | CONTENT | PD TOPICS | GENERAL PRESENTATION OFFERINGS
Jeff is the COO and co-founder of the Teach Better Team and Co-Author of "Teach Better."
Prior to Teach Better, Jeff spent most of his career in the hospitality and entertainment industries. The 5 years prior to co-founding Teach Better, he worked with small businesses and entrepreneurs, helping them with content marketing, brand management, social media, and general business operations.
Jeff conducts training on a variety of topics including: Entrepreneurship, Classroom Inc, Podcasting, and Social Media.
Twitter: @JeffGargas
Instagram: @_JeffGargas
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featured on recent podcast interviews:
Wealth Junkies Podcast Episode 122
The Accidental Entrepreneur Podcast
The Wired Educator Podcast Episode 170
How to Be Awesome at Your Job: Episode 430
3 Marketers Walk Into A Podcast: Episode 48
Operation JRP Podcast Episode 23
Way to Greatness Podcast Episode 12
The Development Exponent Podcast: Episode 46
ASPIRE: The Leadership Development Podcast
Lasting Learning Podcast: Episode 49
Work From Your Happy Place: Episode 152
The Stories of How Podcast: Episode 13
The Book Marketing Mentors Podcast: Episode 211
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More than a Team. Family.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP / TEACHERPRENEURSHIP
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INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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LEADERSHIP
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THE TEACH BETTER MINDSET
Keynotes, Workshops & Sessions:
Increasing Your Impact: Sharing Your Story to Reach More Students
At the core of every teacher is the desire and a need to reach and impact as many students as possible. That is what motivates us, what gives us joy, and what our purpose is. While teaching in itself allows an individual to reach hundreds if not thousands of students throughout a career, some educators want to do more. This session will explore how creating content and sharing your story can offer driven teachers the opportunity to expand their impact to millions of students. We will look at how a few educators have taken their passion for teaching and maximized their impact on students and education as a whole. This presentation will look at the impact sharing your story can have on education, and examine how to start, manage, and grow a platform to do this, without having to leave your classroom. See how you can use your story spirit to maximize your impact on the educational world!
Participants will learn:
- The basics of creating a platform to share their story.
- How other educators are increasing their impact through sharing their passions.
- How to develop an idea for how they can create and share an idea, product/service, or movement with others.
- How to create a clear plan for taking the first steps towards getting started.
Using Social Media to Engage Your Students and Community
Let’s explore the ways you can harness the power of social media to engage students, stakeholders, and your community. We’ll explore tools, tips, and techniques to utilize social media while staying safe. Take advantage of the many options available to engage your students, stakeholders, and community.
Participants will learn:
- How to Effectively Engage Students using Social Media
- How to Keep Yourself and Your Students Safe on Social Media
- How to Engage Stakeholders using Social Media
#Do It Anyway – How to Overcome Fear, Negativity, and Criticism, and Do What’s Right For You
Most people never even attempt to follow a dream. Fear, negativity, and criticism hold us back. It’s time to overcome and pursue your passion. Let’s explore how you can break through the fear, destroy that negativity, and use criticism as fuel to #DoItAnyway and be happy.
Participants will learn:
- How to embrace failure to grow
- How to convert negativity and criticism into passion and creativity
- Why what others think should not stop you from pursuing your dreams
- How to feel the fear of failure…and do it anyway
Increasing Your Impact Through Entrepreneurship
At the core of every teacher is the desire and a need to reach and impact as many students as possible. While teaching itself allows an individual to reach hundreds, if not thousands, of students throughout a career, some educators want to do more. Starting with your idea, and your passion for education at the core, you will leave this session with a clear vision of where to take your idea, and the next steps to get started.
Participants will learn:
- The Increased Impact Teacherpreneurs Can Have on Education
- How to Find Your Niche
- How to Share Your Passion with Other Educators
Using Social Media to Engage Your Students and Community
Let’s explore the ways you can harness the power of social media to engage students, stakeholders, and your community. We’ll explore tools, tips, and techniques to utilize social media while staying safe. Take advantage of the many options available to engage your students, stakeholders, and community.
Participants will learn:
- How to Effectively Engage Students using Social Media
- How to Keep Yourself and Your Students Safe on Social Media
- How to Engage Stakeholders using Social Media
Classroom Inc: How to Manage Your Classroom Like a Business, and Your Business Like A Classroom.
You might not know it yet, but your classroom is a business, and most businesses are just classrooms in disguise. Find out how to manage your classroom like a business and your business like a classroom.
Participants will learn:
- The similarities between classrooms and businesses
- Why teachers and business leaders have more in common than they think
- Strategies for effectively working with others, managing teams (or classrooms!) and building lifelong, impactful relationships