For Individuals and Business Professionals
• Unleash your personal potential
• Re-discover your authentic self
• Share your personal story
• Transform your goals into reality
For Businesses, Civic Groups and Churches
• Energize the individual, revitalize the team
• Communicate the mission effectively
• Refine interpersonal skills and build relationships in the community
• Meet and exceed short and long-term goals
Speaking
A New Set of Eyes
One life ended. Another life, not chosen, was given to Steve Elder.
On a small country road with the smell of summer in the air, a drunk driver swerved into Steve’s path and changed everything.
We all have had dreams shattered, ruined, or fail. The things life hands us also hand us a decision.
What now?
Steve shares his story of survival and the re-creation of a life that was not in his plans and dreams.
Over the years, a choice became clear. That of a victim, or of someone who chose to live in the face of tremendous challenge.
What we begin to discover is that everyone has a similar story. While the circumstances differ, we all face challenges each day that threaten our success, joy, productivity, and peace.
Steve challenges his audiences in this
presentation to look at life through a different
lens that are hard-won through the trials of an
at-death’s door experience, and transforms our
thinking from the past that grips many of us to
open ourselves to the possibility that, no
matter what we have been through, the very best
of our lives lies directly ahead.
How To Sell Watermelons
In this powerful talk, Steve speaks of the
legacy that we choose to leave behind. Using the
love, care, and interest of others his beloved
Grandfather bestowed upon him, Steve asks
powerful questions that move people to action in
their personal and professional lives. We are at
our best when we are striving for purpose to
fill our lives, but find lacking in the
sometimes mundane tasks of everyday living. This
talk serves as a reminder that the ripples of
our impact are being felt, and that we have to
be intentional and aware of that impact. This
talk is suited best for any audience that wishes
to be challenged in the decisions we make
personally and professionally every single day.
For Churches
The Power of Authenticity
Using his own life story as the context for this
session, Steve talks about shattering the walls
and facades that we have carefully crafted for
ourselves. The world’s demands crashing in all
around us lead us to look for our answers in the
places we are told they lie—success as an end to
itself, the chasing of the material, that
everything we do has to be bigger and better
than the last. And that game never ends well.
Simply wandering as a 30-something year old,
Steve shares first-hand the power a few close,
like-minded friends can bring, and with it the
way God can use others to strip away all the
stuff we build around ourselves because we don’t
really want others to know what we are thinking.
In the end, we find out that most shocking of
truths—you aren’t alone.
Speaking to the issues facing men
today---pressures at work, building real
relationships in an unreal world, the inability
to communicate the true desires of our hearts,
and sustaining a marriage in the haze of all our
activity, Steve speaks with first-hand knowledge
of the power that God equips us with if we will
only stop striving—and start talking.
Talking to Quietly Desperate Husbands
Suited for women’s groups, this session speaks
to the challenges many, many marriages face
today. Our hectic pace of life and the pursuit
of success---our choices—shape our relationships
for better or for worse.
Most marriages end in some form of the statement
“My spouse doesn’t understand me.” The lack of
intimate communication is a lost art today, but
one that is critical to our relationships being
whole, healthy and vibrant.
Men and women alike face pressures different
from generations past. All the noise from our
lives serves to shut down the most important
part of a marriage—communication. With constant
distractions and the pressure we all impose
critically on ourselves, this leads to the state
of The Walled Off Man----the man who appears
happy on the outside, but who yearns to be
listened to and understood.
Testimonial
“Having you speak was the perfect start to
our promotion. Our results were the best this
Market Center has ever produced. Week after week
I heard references to your message about
positive thinking and building relationships
from our Representatives.”
--General Manager, ARAMARK Uniform Services
Select Speaking Engagements Include:
• ARAMARK Uniform Services (Murfreesboro, TN)
• Rotary Club (Mt. Juliet, TN)
• New Vision Church (Murfreesboro, TN)
Workshops
• A perfect companion to keynote speeches, the
workshops offer more individualized attention
and can be specially geared to your
organization.
• With over two decades of experience running
his own advisory practice, Steve arms
participants with the knowledge and tools
necessary to achieve their personal and
professional goals.
• Steve is available for 20 minutes through full
day workshops.