Keynotes
Using STORY as the Messenger
Jenifer delivers carefully crafted keynotes with motivational messages in a lively and interactive style.
She uses a balanced formula of thought provoking information, current research, personal anecdotes, and humor, but it is her warm, conversational style of delivery, her interaction with the audience, and the selection and placement of stories that make her keynotes memorable.
More Than A Power Point!
In Jenifer’s keynotes, audience members not only listen, but are asked to actively participate, discuss, and “do something” with the information she delivers.
Her keynotes are supplemented (with visual auditory, and printed material) to accommodate a variety of learning and listening styles.
Selected Keynote and Speaking Engagements
Jenifer will craft a Keynote for your Conference theme, or you can choose from the following:
Keynote topics
Connecting Communication and Imagination to Education Former teacher and storyteller, Jenifer Strauss will present a compelling argument for the use of Storytelling as a cognitive development tool and motivate you to use “STORY” as a powerful link for connecting imagination to education and help others do the same. Jenifer will be addressing storytelling in emergent literacy, current research on the effect of media in the family, brain development, and evidence for the successful use of storytelling for reading readiness, and cognitive development across classroom curriculum, and within the family environment.
Storytelling: The Key to Expressive and Receptive Language Development Genetics and experience are the determining forces behind the development of a child’s brain. Current brain research indicates that babies are born with 17% of their brain’s neural networks already wired. The rest of that development is use dependent. What a child sees, hears, feels and experiences determines the “wiring” of the rest of their brain’s neural networks. Jenifer Strauss will share passion and proof that the ancient, oral art form of Storytelling and its related language activities, is not only entertaining, but transmits values and cultural information, is playful, intimate, and interactively engaging, and has the ability to naturally enhance a child’s brain development, and thus effect their cognitive development, and reading readiness.
Making the Family Connection Jenifer will share passion and proof that the ancient, oral art form of Storytelling and its related activities, is not only entertaining, but transmits values and cultural information, is playful, intimate, and interactively engaging, and has the ability to naturally maximize a child’s learning potential, and improve family relationships. |
The Gifts on the Road to Rights: The Power of Hearing and Telling our Story for Mental Health Recovery As a mental health consumer, and future mental health care provider, Jenifer will take us on a journey of narrative, down a road to healing, one story at a time, and deliver us at the end, with the power and testament of personal stories, to create understanding, tolerance and acceptance, and thus allow us to better serve each other on the road to recovery.
Health, Heart and Happiness A powerful keynote for women’s conferences and festivals about how to recognize and embrace change in our lives. Using heart-felt and humorous stories, Jenifer addresses physical, emotional and spiritual health and gives poignant suggestions about how to achieve a balance of all three.
Saying Yes to Life’s Adventures: If you are an “Adventure-Luster” or an “Adventure-Luster Wannabe”, Storyteller, Jenifer Strauss will take you on a journey, woven with humorous and heart-warming stories, that will give to you a better understanding of the adventures in your life that have made you who you are, and inspire you to say “YES!” to the adventures yet to come … All Of Them! Read Jen's article on this topic.
Curing the Imagination Deficit with Fantasy In a lively presentation, weaving stories of Fantasy with the current brain research on imagination, Jenifer will support the theory that storytelling is a powerful solution to imagination deficit, and sharing fantasy in the oral tradition strengthens imagination skills in listeners, allowing them to use the creative part of their brain in cognitively developmental ways. Now…Who would of thought that telling stories could do all that!! |
for The National Institute on Media and the Family
Becoming Media Wise: Why Do They Act That Way Current research on the effects of media on the developing adolescent brain
Say Yes to NO Why Kids Need to Hear It, and Ways Parents Can Say It. |
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Jenifer is a Keynote Speaker and Training Consultant 
Offering keynotes on topics that maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of electronic media on families and individuals. Please visit the
"Very good speaker and engaging presenter."
"She was wonderful, and truly a joy to listen to."
"I thought Jenifer was very engaging. I would definitely recommend her to other groups."
" I loved her high energy and even her personal experience with her mom brought a connection and understanding of our organization."
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