Middle/High Schools/Colleges
Middle and High School Presentations
William understands the challenges that teenagers face today. We live in a world where technology has made our lives much easier and in some ways more complex. This is the landscape that teenagers confront everyday. With the advent of the Internet, a whole new world of opportunities has opened up to teenagers. This medium also presents a number of challenges that were unforeseen.
To help teenagers navigate their way through this technology maze, William draws heavily from his childhood experiences. His speeches are peppered with humor, anecdotes, and good old fashion common sense.
THE PRESENTATION
Myspace, Facebook – How to Protect Teenagers from Online Predators
Social media sites have become extremely popular with teenagers over the past few years. More specifically, MySpace and Facebook have captured the majority of teenager’s free time. Unknowingly these sites have become havens for online predators.
In this presentation, William Coit presents the dangers of leaving your personal information unprotected, provide tools to nativigate social media sites, and how to recognize online predators.
Internet Addiction – The Dangers of Teen Internet Addiction
The amount of time kids spend online is a source of frustration for many parents. Initially, parents welcomed the Internet into their homes, believing they were opening up an exciting new world of educational opportunities for their children. However, many parents soon realized that, instead of using the Internet for homework or research, their kids were spending hours instant messaging with friends, playing online games or talking to strangers in chat rooms.
In this presentation, William Coit spotlights the signs of teen addiction and ways to overcome teen addiction.
Cyber bullying – How to Guard Teenagers against Cyber Bullies
Cyber bullying, which is sometimes referred to as online social cruelty or electronic bullying, can involve:
- Sending mean, vulgar, or threatening messages or images;
- Posting sensitive, private information about another person;
- Pretending to be someone else in order to make that person look bad;
- Intentionally excluding someone from an online group.
In this presentation, William Coit identifies ways to spot a cyber bully and steps to prevent cyber bullies from disrupting your environment.
Illegal Downloading – When is Downloading Music Illegal
Music piracy is any form of unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of music including downloading, file sharing, and CD-burning.
How to Prevent Teenage Online Gambling Addictions
Recent studies indicate that more than 70 percent of youth between the ages of 10 and 17 gambled in the past year, up from 45 percent in 1988.
Consider these important points when booking William Coit as a motivational youth speaker for your next middle or high school assembly:
- Program lasts from 45 minutes to one hour, depending on your school’s schedule.
- William Coit is easy to work with and requires a minimal amount of advance preparation to set-up
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