176. Literacy and Leadership: An Inspiring Conversation with Dr. Danny Brassell
About this episode
Dr. Danny Brassell discusses his journey from hating reading to becoming a literacy advocate and shares insights on effective teaching and public speaking.
Dr. Danny Brassell on Motivating Readers and Becoming an Engaging Speaker Host Jason Zuk welcomes Dr. Danny Brassell, described as America’s leading reading ambassador, a speaker who has addressed over 3,500 audiences, authored 16 books including Leadership Begins With Motivation, and co-founded a leading reading engagement program. Our guest explains how he became a teacher in Compton for higher pay after working in journalism, loved students, parents, and colleagues, and disliked educational bureaucracy; he credits Stand and Deliver for inspiring him and notes strategies that work with kindergartners can work with executives. Though he grew up hating reading, he promoted literacy after seeing inner-city students lacked resources, emphasizing teaching kids why to read and stimulating curiosity through stories, including the “Just Do It” Nike origin excerpt. He shares presentation tips: relate through failures and vulnerability, study great speakers, and improve via repeated speaking reps; he offers stage-fright advice and provides a free e-copy and reading challenge at freegiftfromdanny.com, plus dannybrissell.com. 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:23 Why He Became a Teacher…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Zuk
Guest: Dr. Danny Brassell
Topics covered
- literacy
- leadership
- education
- public speaking
- motivation
Keywords
- literacy
- leadership
- public speaking
- education
- motivation
- reading engagement
- presentation tips
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Nike, freegiftfromdanny.com, dannybrissell.com
Books & works: Leadership Begins With Motivation, Stand and Deliver
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