JOSHUA DILLARD


ACTIVATE & UNLOCK

Your Students True Potential


Bring The Activate U Experience To Your Campus!

Engage. Inspire. Activate. Unlock.

Here are a few ways Joshua will activate your students. His talks...


Increase Student Engagement

Enhance The Community

Get Them Activated

Inspire Them To Lead

Increase Their Soft Skills

Help With Time Management

About Joshua

Joshua Helps Students Courageously Activate & Unlock Their True Potential.

Joshua Dillard is a cross-generational influencer, speaker, coach, and motivat! He is the author of the transformational book, Born For This and an HBCU graduate. He has been featured in several national media outlets like Vice News, BET, FOX, The Shade Room, and was named to Houston's most inspiring young leaders to watch.

Whether it's making content on social media, interviewing a celebrity guest on his podcast, or speaking to an audience of students, Joshua uses his comedic humor and visual storytelling to captivate, inspire, engage, and motivate his audience!


Joshua speaks at colleges and high schools around the country inspiring students to approach education in a way where they excel academically while enjoying and having a purposeful educational experience. 


If your students struggle with a few of the things listed below you should think about bringing Joshua in:

  • They worry about the amount of time available in the day to complete academic work, extracurricular responsibilities, and to invest in a fulfilling social life.
  • Depression, lack of energy or motivation, hopelessness, being overwhelmed, low self-esteem, homesickness, loneliness.
  • Stress, perfectionism, procrastination, time management, and the weight of debt and financial costs to pay for college.
  • Lack of confidence, assertiveness, self-esteem while trying to meet family expectations.

Joshua helps students activate and unlock their true potential. Click the button below to speak with a member of our team about collaborating with your organization for your students!

OUR TALKS INCREASE PERSISTENCE & RENTENTION RATES. hERE'S HOW:

They Inspire, Engage, Connect With, Motivate, & Propel Students Into Action. That's How We Activate And Unlock Your Students!

Each year, roughly two million students enter postsecondary education, however, years later, one-third of those individuals are no longer enrolled and have not earned any formal credentials, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 


A study published by Purdue University (and the Lumina Foundation) has shown that college engagement not only leads to higher retention and graduation rates, but to greater worker engagement and over all well-being post-graduation.


Discover how our programs can help your organization attract, engage, inspire, and retain your students at a higher level! 

Suggested talks

H.O.P.E. FOR THE BEST

How The H.O.P.E. Method Will Radically Change Your College Experience Forever.

BECOMING A WORLD CHANGER

Inpsire Your Students To Dream Big & Become World-Changing Leaders.

YOU'RE BORN FOR THIS

How Student's Can Boldly Become The Person They Were Born To Be.

HACKING YOUR TIME

Prioritize Your College Experience To Get The Most Out Of It & Still Have Fun.

AWARDED THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD

"Congratulations on receiving the President's Volunteer Service Award, and thank you for helping address the most pressing needs in your community and our country." - President Barack Obama

5 REASONS TO HAND 

JOSHUA THE MICROPHONE 

  • A Comedic Storyteller Who's Engaging And Inspirational
  • Joshua has a unique ability to connect with students through humor and visualization. Though students have a blast during his presentations, they are also inspired and challenged on an emotional level to go deeper and make powerful mental shifts that bolster their academic success.
  • His Communication Style Is Diverse
  • No matter how diverse your student body is, Joshua is able to connect with people from many different backgrounds. Because of his diverse background, he resonates with many students from all walks of life.
  • Organizations Love Him
  • Joshua and his team are consummate professionals who are focused on making student activities coordinators and staff job's as easy as possible. They understand the need to be professional and dependable which is why hand-in-hand with organizations is of high important to customize his talks. He honors all personel with no ego and is genuinely a likeable guy from start to stage.
  • He's An Influencer 
  • Joshua has over 180,000 engaged community of people following him on his social media platforms. More than vanity, Joshua and his team are straegic about maintaining a pulse on culture and trends to connect with your students from the stage.
  • He Hosts A Podcast With Celebrities & Experts
  • Not only can students learn from Joshua on the stage. They can also get continuing education from him by listening to his podcast where he interviews celebrities and experts in their field who share their story to activate and unlock listeners all over the world!

EXPERIENCE THE UNFORGETTABLE

BORN FOR THIS

College Experience

A 1 day college experience that will help your students Activate & Unlock their true potential.

ACTIVATE U

College Experience

A 3 day college campus takeover that will change your students and your campus FOREVER.

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