QLN Speakers' Bureau

The QLN Speakers' Bureau is pleased to offer you an outstanding group of dynamic and knowledgeable trainers, lecturers, authors, and educational consultants who can serve as a keynote speaker or workshop leader at your next event. To book one of our speakers, call 800-285-3276, ext 112 or email email speakers@qln.com

Hot Topics

Our speakers can provide insightful and empowering talks on all aspects of the learning process, including the following hot topics for teachers and administrators:

Quantum Learning: The End of Education as We Know It

Making Good Teachers Great and Great Schools Greater
Best Practices and Research to Support Every Administrator's Dream

Living Above the Line
How Students Can Learn to Take Ownership of their Education

High Impact Teaching
How to Initiate Dramatic Shifts in Student Achievement

The Passionate Educator
Creating the Love of Teaching and Learning in Your School


Speakers

John Parks LeTellier John Le Tellier is an international trainer and educational consultant helping teachers and school administrators understand the process of learning and the recipe for improved performance in the classroom and school organization. He has helped thousands of educators understand the fascinating connections between learning and the brain, giving them insights into specific strategies that can be used to enhance and accelerate the encoding of long-term memory. John has trained educators in over 250 schools in the United States and at numerous international locations with Quantum Learning Education. He is a frequent presenter at national and state educational conferences speaking on educational methodology and leadership.

John was the founder and former director of Colorado NeuroLearning Center in Denver, Colorado, where he worked with students who had sustained brain injuries. Through this work he made discoveries that enhanced his extensive knowledge in motivational psychology and neuroscience. John is also a former principal, teacher, and has spent hundreds of hours in private practice as a counselor working with students and their parents to enhance academic performance. John is the author of Quantum Learning and Instructional Leadership in Practice recently published by Corwin Press.

John resides in Idaho Springs, Colorado.

Jenny Severson, Ed.D. Dr. Jenny Severson has worked with young students to college professors, teens to adult learners. As a full time Quantum Learning Instructor, Jenny has presented worldwide to professional educators and educational audiences. Jenny has worked in a wide range of capacities with Quantum Learning programs over the last 14 years. She is passionate about the learning process and works extensively on research and curriculum development for Quantum Learning. Jenny has designed programs in Quantum Learning based on effectiveness, matching needs and creating results. Participants enjoy her upbeat energy and how she authentically communicates and makes learning meaningful.

Dr. Severson has experience as both a teacher and a school administrator, and has designed programs specifically for the induction of new teachers into the field of education. With demonstrated success as a teacher, school administrator and trainer, she has earned the unique opportunity to be a Lead Instructor for Quantum Learning and SuperCamp programs in the U.S., Ukraine, Thailand and throughout Asia.

Jenny completed her B.A. at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, her M.S.Ed. in Educational Leadership at Northern Illinois University and her doctoral work at Loyola University in Chicago.

Cami Hayes Cami Hayes is a San Diego, CA. native in her fourth year as a high school Spanish teacher, and she also taught one year of middle school foreign language. She holds a CLAD teaching credential and two bachelors degrees in Spanish and in Speech and Communication. She was voted by, both staff and students as The Sophomore Teacher of the Year for 2001-2002. As a Volleyball coach, the junior class advisor, recycling club advisor, she is involved in a variety of school activities. She has worked in education for 11 years in a variety of positions from a teacher's assistant at the elementary school level to teaching and tutoring at the community college level.

Now a Lead Instructor, Cami has been worked and trained in SuperCamp forums such as Stanford University, Wake Forest University, University of Wisconsin, and the first ever SuperCamp Bermuda. She has facilitated SAT and ACT preparation, Memory techniques, Quantum Reading, Quantum Strategies, State management, 8 intelligences and a variety of learning and life skills. She also facilitates Quantum Learning for Students programs and Quantum Learning for Teachers workshops specializing in senior and junior high schools.

Cami has received educational training from Michael Grinder (two and three-point communication, neuro linguistic programming and other advanced communication techniques), Mark Reardon (the execution of successful teacher moves) and John LeTellier (Quantum Learning for Teachers Workshops, levels 1-5) and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in curriculum and development.

Amy Smith Amy Smith has been working with teachers, students and parents as an instructor and trainer for Quantum Learning Network for four years. She has trained teachers in QLT program and workshops all across the United States and has worked with parents and students both in the U.S. and abroad, in such countries as Indonesia, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Korea. Prior to joining QLN, Amy was an elementary school classroom teacher, where she served as the grade level chair, as well. In her first year of teaching, Amy was nominated for Teacher of the Year. She is passionate about working with learners of all ages. Amy obtained her Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Mark Reardon Mark Reardon has a long and rich history with Quantum Learning Network. From 1989 to 1996, he served as Director of Training and Program Development for the company. In 1999, Mark co-authored the book, Quantum Teaching, with QLN president, Bobbi DePorter, and Sarah Singer-Nourie. In August 2008, he rejoined QLN as Chief Operating Officer. Throughout his career, Mark has taught learners of all ages in public and private education, kids to university professors, parents to CEOs. His expertise encompasses professional development, train-the-trainer seminars, interpersonal and team building skills, and curriculum and program design. He has trained educators in learning theory, accelerative learning, multiple intelligences, and presentation, facilitation and coaching skills.

Mark is a much sought after educational conference and seminar speaker. He has spoken at such events as the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Staff Development Council, Career and Technical Education, Association of Christian Schools, International Alliance for Learning, and the Brain Expo. Through his experience as a classroom teacher, principal, mentor, manager, consultant, father and husband, he orchestrates learning with wit and inspiration. Participants laugh, reflect, and ignite their passion for teaching and leading.

With a degree in Psychology (California Lutheran University) and a Masters in Educational Administration (California State University, Fullerton), Mark translates learning theory into understandable, usable practices. In addition to Quantum Teaching, he has co-authored the following books: HotTips for Teachers, HotTips for Speakers, HotTips for Facilitators, Strategies for Great Teaching, and Put Me In, Coach!

Bobbi DePorter Bobbi DePorter is President of Quantum Learning Network, which offers training and workshops to teachers, school administrators and students throughout the U.S. and in 80 countries worldwide. Ms. DePorter is a heart-felt speaker who shares insights on topics ranging from the secrets to discovering one's inner vision to strategies for strengthening the skills, confidence and motivation in today's youth. DePorter was an early pioneer in the applications of accelerated learning, which she first applied in her highly successful business school. Ms. DePorter then had the vision to help children realize their potential by teaching these same learning techniques to them. This inspiration led to the launch of SuperCamp learning and life skills summer programs in 1982.

Twenty-six years later, DePorter has impacted more than two million kids worldwide through SuperCamp and her company's Quantum Learning programs for teachers, students and school administrators. These achievements have not gone unnoticed. The Wall Street Journal reports that SuperCamp "turns so-so students into academic achievers." USA TODAY states that, "Schools take a cue from SuperCamp successes."

In discovering her vision, Ms. DePorter identified eight key catalysts that she used to integrate her vision into all facets of her life. Ms. DePorter shares her enriching experience and the - Keys of Excellence - with her academic audiences as a source of inspiration, enlightenment and teacher motivation.

Ms. DePorter has presented to groups of all sizes around the world, ranging from corporate seminars to international symposiums and an audience of thousands at the Global Education Summit in Argentina. She has been involved in many industry organizations, including serving as president of the International Alliance for Learning. She is a 2006 Readers Choice winner for Fast Company magazine's "Fast 50" list of leading creative thinkers.

Speaking Topics:

1. Quantum Success - 8 Key Catalysts to Shift Your Energy into Dynamic Focus
2. The Seven Biggest Teen Problems and how to turn them into Strengths
3. Quantum Learning: Facilitating a Shift in How We Think and Learn
4. Defining the Spirit of an Organization: A "Quantum" Approach

Publications:

Bobbi DePorter has written over a dozen books, which have been translated into seven languages, including the following:

The Seven Biggest Teen Problems and how to turn them into Strengths
Never before in the history of the family unit has it been more important for parents to find an effective way to communicate with and help guide their children. By virtue of technology, today's teens are in control of how and when they interact with adults. In her new book, The Seven Biggest Teen Problems and How to turn them into Strengths, Bobbi DePorter provides parents and educators with an inside look at what works with teens. With SuperCamp serving as her 25 year "living laboratory," DePorter identifies the biggest problems faced by teens and how, with the proper techniques, parents and teachers can help create the shifts in attitude and motivation, to facilitate positive changes in their teens' lives and improve academic achievement.

Quantum Success: 8 Keys to Shift Your Energy into Dynamic Focus
Have you ever felt that something's missing? That you don't know what youre working for? That your efforts aren't making a difference? Is there a voice inside your head saying you were meant to be more? In Quantum Success, Bobbi DePorter gives readers the tools and strategies to speed their lives in their own unique direction and to create the energy shift to achieve the results desired.

Jack Canfield, best selling author and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, says "For every person who listens to that little voice inside that says you're destined to do something more with your life, I recommend Quantum Success. It's your inspiration for a new kind of whole-life success and Bobbi DePorter is your very qualified guide."

More books by Bobbi DePorter:

• Quantum Business: Achieving Success Through Quantum Learning
• The 8 Keys of Excellence: Principles to Live By
• Quantum Learning: Unleashing the Genius in You
• Quantum Teaching: Orchestrating Student Success

The Quantum Upgrade Series:

• Quantum Learner
• Quantum Reader
• Quantum Writer
• Quantum Memorizer
• Quantum Thinker
• Quantum Note-Taker