Keynote Speaking Topics for Schools
Dr. Mark Williams delivers compelling keynotes that transform workplace culture by addressing mental health, communication, brain health, and interpersonal connection. He provides actionable strategies for fostering mental well-being, enhancing communication skills, and building resilience. His insights into brain health focus on optimising cognitive function and productivity. By promoting open dialogue and empathy, Dr. Williams helps organisations create supportive, connected environments where employees thrive and collaborate effectively.
Neuroscience of Learning
Understanding how our brains learn is essential for all teachers.
In the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in our understanding of the human brain, how it develops and learns and how best to teach students. Many of the older ideas and strategies around learning and memory have been shown to be incorrect and recent findings paint a very different picture of the human brain and its capacity to learn. Teachers have the opportunity to learn and adapt their teaching practices to incorporate many of these findings into their own teaching strategies. This course will cover many of the recent findings and discuss the new concepts and ideas around the neuroscience of learning.
Neuroscience of Emotions
We need to be aware of how our emotions manifest to regulate and understand them in ourselves and in others.
There is a lot of talk about 21st Century skills and what we need to teach students now so that they can thrive in the future. These skills usually include a group of “soft” skills like collaboration, cooperation, teamwork, communication, curiosity, creativity and leadership. One essential component of these and many other 21st Century skills is perception, recognition and regulation of emotions. Students and teachers need to understand their own emotions, and those of others, to communicate and work together, to be self-aware and strong enough to take chances and be creative, to lead others and collaborate effectively.
Neuroscience of Habits
Looking for ways to hack your habits and become more productive?
Our modern lifestyle and constantly evolving technology plays havoc with our habits and routines. Many modern devices are designed to capture your attention and drive you to distraction. They are hacking you normal habitual behaviour. This is affecting productivity, resilience, curiosity, creativity, innovation and mental health, Any time is a great time to think about all your current habits and consider which are good and which you would like to change. Are old habits going to sneak back into your life, or are you going to take this opportunity to create new habits?
Smartphones Are Making Us Dumb
Looking for ways to help your students cope better with smartphone dependence?
This program can help students address the many problems that smartphones are creating. Learning outcomes, resilience, curiosity, tolerance and emotional intelligence are all declining whilst stress, anxiety, depression and suicide are rising. Students will learn about the evolution of the modern smartphone and the applications that influence so much of our lives. They will also learn how our brains learn and adapt, and why modern technology can be addictive and potentially harmful. They will hear about why it is important to disconnect from their devices to improve their wellbeing. Students will learn simple strategies to get back the time and motivation to connect, socialise, innovate, contribute and live in the real world.
Rethinking Technology in School
Understanding how our brains learn is essential for all teachers.
This program addresses the many problems that modern technologies are creating in the classroom. Learning outcomes, resilience, curiosity, tolerance and emotional intelligence are all declining whilst stress, anxiety, depression and suicide are rising. Money and technology alone are not the answer to innovative practices in our schools. We need a significant shift in our understanding. Teachers will learn how our brains learn and adapt and why modern technology is affecting students’ learning and wellbeing. We will discuss the current assumptions about technology in schools and how independent research has shown that many of these ideas are actually wrong.
Keynotes Speaking for Schools
Why Schools Choose Dr Mark Williams?
Proven, practical and science-based approach to bringing out the best in schools. I have worked with thousands of students, teachers and professionals keen to understand how the brain works, how to perform optimally and how to maintain brain health.
