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CONFIDENCE MATTERS!™Live Confidence Entertainment

CONFIDENCE MATTERS!

Keynote Speaking & Live Confidence Entertainment for Young Adults

Their next chapter takes courage.
Help them take the first step.

For colleges, universities, and organizations serving young adults.

A new campus. A first job. A future they’re still figuring out. Young adults can have something to say—but stay silent. Want to try—but worry about failing. Face a setback—and question whether they’re good enough.

DW Starr delivers topic-targeted keynote presentations for young adult audiences—as Confidence Crusader or as himself. He also brings confidence to life as Superhero Confidence Crusader through live, energetic, audience-interactive CONFIDENCE MATTERS! one-man shows combining storytelling, humor, inspiration, and “a little magic.”

Help them speak up, try something new, or move forward after a setback.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKING

Three Key Topics for Young Adults

Choose a topic for your audience. DW delivers keynote presentations as Confidence Crusader or as himself.

Let’s discuss the topic that fits your young adult audience and the message you want them to take away.

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They don’t need their whole future figured out to take their next step.

They may be finding their place, meeting new people, speaking up in class, applying for opportunities, or starting again after a disappointment.

DW’s experience gives them ways to recognize the confidence they already have—and build on it through action.

Confidence is a skill they can build. And CC shows them how.

Confidence they can put into action—starting today.

Speak up. Try. Keep moving.

The experience encourages young adults to:

  • Use past successes as clues to their confidence.
  • Change the thoughts and actions that have been holding them back.
  • Build greater confidence—one HERO-STEP at a time.

Make it relevant to their next chapter.

Let’s discuss the moments your audience is navigating:

  • Finding their place in college or a new community.
  • Taking part, asking questions, or asking for help.
  • Facing rejection, comparison, or a change of plans.
  • Taking a first step toward a new opportunity.

Those moments give us a starting point for discussing your event.

See Confidence Entertainment in Action

See how DW connects with his audiences—NOW imagine him connecting with yours.

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Practical tools. Personal action.

Superhero confidence becomes everyday action.

The courage, resilience, and authenticity young people admire in superheroes are qualities they can learn to recognize and practice in their own lives. DW’s superhero approach makes that connection personal.

A Virtual Confidence Coach they create themselves

Using their imagination, audience members interview a favorite superhero or role model, who becomes their Virtual Confidence Coach. When facing a challenge, they ask, “What would my VCC do?”—and use DW’s ACT AS IF Model to guide their own next move.

One HERO-STEP at a time

Young adults learn to recognize the confidence they already have and build on it through action. A next step might be asking a question, introducing themselves, or trying again after hearing “no.”

HERO-STEP is the foundation of DW’s book, Be Self-Confident: The Playbook for Teens and Young Adults.

Stories, audience participation, and “a little magic” bring the message to life. Tools they can start using tomorrow.

Bring a keynote or live show to your young adult audience.

Planning a campus event, an orientation program, a student leadership gathering, or an event for a young adult organization?

Tell DW who will be in the room, what they’re facing, and what you want them to take away. Together, you can discuss the keynote topic or CONFIDENCE MATTERS! one-man show that fits your event.

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DW Starr, performer, speaker, and author

Meet DW Starr

Three-time traumatic brain injury survivor, performer, speaker, and author, DW Starr brings his personal experience of resilience to his work as Superhero Confidence Crusader. He is the founder of the Confidence Matters! Movement and THE HERO IS WITHIN PROJECT.

His background also includes more than 25 years in the corporate world as a million-dollar sales executive.

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You see their potential.
Don’t let their self-doubt hold them back.

Bring a topic-targeted keynote presentation or a CONFIDENCE MATTERS! one-man show to your young adult audience—and help them discover THE HERO IS WITHIN.

Let’s discuss your audience, your event date, and the experience you want to bring them.

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