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Achieve Success! Melissa Borghorst has a proven track record for achieving success in her professional and personal life. She is the founder of Dream List Media, a personal development company helping individuals reach their dreams and true potential. She is author of the Dream List Photo Journal series, host on Dream List Radio, life coach and most importantly, motivational speaker for kids, teens and educators. Outside her professional life, Melissa has achieved extraordinary feats—skydiving, rock climbing, white water rafting, backpacking across Europe, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, and singing, dancing and acting in a musical.
Her “I think I can” spirit, passion for life and enthusiasm is contagious to anyone who meets her. Your audience will be captivated and entertained by her adventurous stories and will be challenged to reach for the stars to achieve success.
Click Here to read a newspaper article about Melissa's youth programs.
FUNdamentals for Success (Assembly & Keynote):
Success isn’t just hard work and no play. Success is all about achieving great things in life. It’s about what YOU want out of life and having fun along the way. Students will be inspired to reach for the stars, while learning key fundamentals to achieve success in their academic and personal lives, including:
• Setting & Achieving Goals
• Attitudes for Success
• Dream Big
• Persistence Pays Off
• Pay It Forward
• Have FUN
FUNdamentals for Success (Workshop/ Training):
This in-depth and hands-on program gives students a sense of purpose and personal power, while teaching them the key fundamentals to achieve success. Students will:
• Receive a FUNdamentals for Success Workbook
• Explore their dreams for career, for fun and for the world
• Learn to set and achieve academic and personal goals
• Be motivated to take action NOW to accomplish future goals and dreams
• Learn the attitudes for success
• Be inspired to reach for the stars and challenged to achieve success
During workshops, Melissa shows a video of her accomplishments to get students excited about life's possibilities. You'll find a sample video below that is similar to the workshop videos.
“These workshops are instrumental in helping students set short and long term goals, evaluate themselves and prepare for their future. These are skills that speak to district and state standards. Melissa’s presentations really connect to the curriculum and the tools she gives the kids will help them establish good habits that will serve them in the years to come.”
—Candy Collyer, Teacher
“Students were engaged and excited about the possibilities that wait for them in their futures. Melissa’s workshop has given me another tool to use to motivate students.”
—Sara Strommer, Teacher
Benefits For Your Students:
• Increases motivation
• Prepares them for future success
• Teaches critical goal planning skills
• Teaches effective techniques to overcome challenges
• Promotes positive attitudes