As a presenter working with young people, you learn quickly how to engage them as well as entertain. If you’ve worked in education long enough, you have an understanding on how young people respond – what they connect with and connect to.

Andrews performances are honest, vulnerable, and abstract.

These qualities grab the attention of young people and lead them into being inspired by the unique motivational presentations Andrew delivers.

In a Poetry Slam Show, over the course of 50 minutes, Andrew uses his story and voice to encourage student in asking themselves, what is their story how do they use their voice.

winners of the Real Talk program, mentored and taught by Andrew

For schools and educators, it’s not foreign to be teaching from a syllabus with content that at times can be difficult to spark interest with young minds. Sometimes, the examples of poetry to study are not the most relatable and contemporary.
To see the best in students, it takes exposing them to various forms of deliver when it comes to educational content.

During a Poetry Writing Workshop with Andrew, students will go through practical writing exercises and spend time building pieces of writing that leads them toward self reflection and then further to self expression. Discovering how powerful poetry is, these workshops work best as a 2 hour session.

These extended learning experiences are an opportunity to see a long lasting impact on students, whole year groups, and carry on effects for school pride and morale.

With a collection of writing exercises, guided discussions, and alternating social and cultural issues as the subjects for each session – Andrew’s programs take student through the questions of: what do I really think? How do I really feel?

The program Andrew has developed over the past 3 years Bold Voices has components of mentoring and life coaching. Over the course of the program outcomes achieved include: confidence building, Social and cultural literacy, understanding the power of their story, the power of telling their story, And that their voice is important and should be heard.

This valuable teaching content is presented over the course of school term, or 6 Weeks with a Poetry Slam event for the programs participants.