As I land at O’Hare after 5 campuses in 6 days, I am filled with gratitude (SC, PA, NJ, IA, MO).
The last 2 days were speaking at campuses where I’ve been speaking for at least 20 years to the incoming classes. Almost everyone I first worked with has retired. Yep that ages me. I am grateful for continuing to get that opportunity.
Yesterday included a survivor driving over 2 hours to see the program again since she first time saw it as a student 20 years ago in the same theater (and she shared her book with me).
I remember when people told me that the older I got, the harder it would be for students to relate to me. Our post-event surveys prove that wrong. I’ve always known one important factor: my program has NEVER been about me. When you make it about the audience, YOU are not the focus and neither is your age. LOL.
98% are more likely to ask first afterward.
98% are more likely to intervene for others.
96% are more likely to reach and proactively support survivors.
This is across all demographics!!
Reading the students comments fills my soul. Comments like:
“Life Changing”
“Moving”
“Enlightening”
“Unfiltered”
“Fun”
Now, lets keep it going. Want to bring this to your school, campus, organization, community, or military installation, reach out. Let’s make it happen!!
About Mike Domitrz
Mike Domitrz is a Hall-of-Fame Speaker, author, subject matter expert, and founder of The Center for Respect who helps middle schools, high schools, universities, organizations, and the military build cultures rooted in consent, respect, honoring boundaries, bystander intervention, sexual assault prevention, and healthy relationships.
Schools and clients rave how he has a one-of-a-kind skill of being able to engage each audience and each audience member at exactly where they are in their lives. And he does so with an energy rarely seen combined with a deep passion and love for the mission. More than 98% of audience members report they will be changing their own choices after hearing Mike speak.
For over 30 years, he has equipped audiences of all ages with essential real-world tools. Known as one of the first pioneers on teaching consent in the early 1990s, his “Ask First & Respect the Answer” philosophy to consent spread throughout the world. Mike transforms how people engage with each other, stand up for each other, and raise their own standards.
Why does Mike have such a deep passion? For Mike, this work is personal. In 1989, he received a phone call that the youngest of his sisters had been sexually assaulted. That moment would change their lives. A year later at 20-years-old, Mike discovered a way he could try to make a positive impact – by speaking in schools. He continues that mission to this day.