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Brandon Fleming

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Brandon P. Fleming is a renowned speaker, nationally acclaimed educator, and author of MISEDUCATED: A Memoir. His story of struggle, success, and service has inspired millions around the world. An at-risk youth and college dropout turned award-winning educator, Fleming is a former debate coach at Harvard University and Founder & CEO of The Veritas School of Social Sciences, formerly known as the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project. Over the past five years, Fleming has raised over a million dollars to enroll over 150 students of color into Harvard’s international summer debate residency on full scholarship.

Fleming recruits under-served youth with no prior debate experience who he then trains to compete against hundreds of elite debaters from over 25 different countries around the world. For five consecutive years, since the program’s inception in 2017, every cohort trained by Fleming has won the international competition. News of the achievement instantly went viral and broke national headlines, being featured on CNN, ESPN, Good Morning America, and many more. The organization has gained the financial backing of Fortune 100 companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, UPS, Chick-fil-A, and many more. Fleming has established a groundbreaking organization that is positioning Black youth for acceptance into Ivy League and elite colleges & universities. His students have now matriculated to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and others alike.

Fleming’s story and achievements have enabled him to use his voice to inspire and impact millions as a renowned speaker. Fleming has keynoted for international government organizations such as the United Nations General Assembly. Fleming has spoken at the nation’s most prestigious colleges, universities, and K-12 conferences. Fleming has also keynoted conventions for corporate executives at the nation’s largest brands such as Walmart, FedEx, T-Mobile, Warner Media, and many more. At the age of 29, Forbes Magazine named Fleming to the Forbes 30 under 30 list. In 2020, The Root Magazine named Fleming one of the top 100 most influential African-Americans in the United States. And in May 2021, North Carolina Wesleyan College bestowed upon Fleming the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.

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  • The Brandon Fleming Story: A Motivational Speech

    Brandon P. Fleming’s captivating story is one that every leader and every human needs to hear. This riveting, high-energy presentation has inspired millions across vast industries ranging from corporate and educational gatherings to international platforms and even federal prisons, as it teaches critical life lessons from Fleming's remarkable transformation from at-risk youth and drug-dealing dropout to nationally acclaimed author & Harvard educator. Fleming uses his story to help us understand what it means to defy all odds. But most importantly, he teaches about the most important part of our journey on the climb to success, which is our responsibility to reach back and pull others up, too. This presentation will leave your audience challenged and charged, as it provides an honest and living example of struggle, success, and service.

  • Equity in Enterprise: How Equity Drives People & Performance

    Companies perform at the level of the talent they find and cultivate. Fleming has earned national acclaim for making a career out of turning underdogs into global champions. As a result, millions around the world have tapped Fleming to understand his formula for cultivating talent. His answer for how he does it: EQUITY. DEI is critical for social and corporate advancement. But even some of the most good-intentioned do not entirely understand why it's necessary, what it looks like, and how it's implemented. This is best demonstrated through real-life experiences and applications. In this riveting presentation, Fleming demonstrates the power of equity - not in theory, but in practice. Fleming shares how equitable leadership changed the entire trajectory of his life. He draws from his journey from being an underperforming dropout to becoming an award-winning cultivator of talent. He uses inspirational anecdotes to break down the DEI strategies that transformed his life and how he uses those same strategies to find and foster talent - just as every business leader is challenged to do. Your employees will walk away from this talk with a better understanding of how each one of them can change the world one client, colleague, or person at a time.

  • Undoing Miseducation: The Transformative Power of Educational Equity

    This inspirational presentation demonstrates the power and practice of educational equity and its ability to transform students. Brandon P. Fleming went from being a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to becoming a nationally acclaimed author & Harvard educator. He uses this transformational story as a practical guide to equip educators with the equitable practices and tools that he once used to completely reinvent himself, and that he now uses to take underprivileged youth and transform them into global academic champions and Ivy League scholars. This presentation addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion in pedagogy, climate & culture, social & emotional learning, and much more.

  • Mentorship & Corporate Longevity: Going the Distance thru Recruitment, Cultivation & Retention of Young Talent

    The most successful companies have young, talented employees that can be groomed for executive leadership. This requires mentorship, which is critical for the long-term success of any corporation. Leadership teams understand the importance of sustainability, scalability, succession planning, but they are often unaware of how such priorities are inextricably linked to the ways talent is funneled, developed, retained, and promoted within the company. This is the process and power of mentorship.

    An author and Harvard educator, Brandon P. Fleming has built an award-winning career by creating a talent pipeline for one of the most prestigious universities in the world. In this presentation, Fleming demonstrates the power of mentorship and provides tools to help companies create and/or improve pipelines for the recruitment, cultivation, and retention of diverse, young talent.

  • Educator Training: Using Equity as a Teaching Tool

    Brandon P. Fleming has trained over 100,000 educators on how to use equity as a tool to accelerate academic performance by meeting students where they are in the classroom. In this hands-on, interactive workshop, Fleming equips teachers with over 20 standards-based tools and strategies that can be applied across all content areas to increase student engagement through social-emotional learning and culturally relevant teaching.

    FORMAT: 2-6 hours

Books

MISEDUCATED: A MEMOIR
MISEDUCATED: A MEMOIR

An inspiring memoir of one man's transformation through literature and debate from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator - all by the age of 27.

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Testimonials

“Brandon Fleming was *everything* we were looking for in our keynote speaker. Our organization includes professionals on all sides of the college admissions spectrum — from high school counselors to university deans — and Brandon’s message was exactly what we needed to hear!”

“Brandon was as brilliant, inspirational, and flexible…He was the right person to kick off this important event.”

“Brandon was excellent and many staff members said he was the best speaker we’ve ever had.”

“Brandon was extremely well received. All feedback from our staff has been so positive on his motivational and inspirational presentation.”

“Brandon is an outstanding speaker! He is so personable and authentic in his message. He has the “IT” factor that welcomes you into his world and makes you want to listen for hours. Learning about his journey and hearing his message leaves you motivated and inspired to do better work and to be a better human being.”

“Brandon was professional, knowledgeable, a fabulous presenter that engaged all of our audience, both live and on video for social distancing”

“Brandon related extremely well to our audience and provided great strategies for working with at risk youth.”

“We are very happy with Brandon’s presentations and received excellent feedback as well. Thank you, he was a great choice”

“He was a wonderful speaker! Our teachers and staff spoke very highly of his presentation. Thanks!”

“Brandon was AMAZING!!!”

“Brandon was terrific. His personal story and professional experience provided the exact right balance of inspiration and expert guidance for our attendees.”

“… he was amazing. He is in the top two presenters we have ever had in the past 18 years I have been doing this. Also, he did a great job of connecting with his audience even though he couldn’t see us. I could not be more impressed with him. Thanks!”

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