"Tiger, watching you in action was the highlight of my weekend. Month. Year. All of the above. Something magical happened that I can't quite put a description on yet... at its core, a much-needed reinforcement that I'm living my purpose in the world, and to keep my focus on the behaviors necessary to sustain who I want to be and the work I want to do. Thank you!!!" - Alexia Vernon, Workplace, Communication and Presentation Skills Expert and Author of 90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance (www.AlexiaVernon.com)
Human Change Theory and Hero School author, Tiger Todd
The Character Must Change®
Who do you need to BE to Fulfill Your purpose, Today?
"I think your Hero Class should be mandatory in every school class for young men so they can stop the repeat life I lived for 36 years..." - Hero School 2008 Homeless Attendee
"I was only able to be a part of the first 2 hours of Hero School...And let me tell you, Tiger Todd was an amazing speaker and motivator. I'm a teacher at a public K-12 school...I've already approached my principal about somehow getting Mr. Todd to come speak to our Seniors...By the way, I was soooo impressed, even for that short time, my son and a few friends will be back!" - Hero School 2012 Teacher Attendee
Hero School® Initiativesin the News
SOLVING Problems CHANGES History
In 1903, bicycle shop entrepreneurs Wilbur and Orville Wright, along with their friends and customers, prove the "truth" of their "Angle of Incidence Theory" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with a manned flight of 59 seconds and 852 feet in the air. The Problem of Human Flight?
Problem Solved. History Changed.
In 1995, electronics systems entrepreneur Tiger Todd, along with his friends and fellow business owners, discover the "truth" of his "Human Change Theory" when the first of over 9,000 homeless individuals attending his "independence" classes, held at Ethyl Pearson Park in Las Vegas, began returning just weeks later as employed and productive community members. That number would increase to over 35,000 over the next decade. The Problem of American Homelessness?
In 1999, Tiger Todd discovers that the same four behaviors common to the first 10,000 homeless people from his active research, were becoming increasingly common among teens attending his presentations at public schools. Knowing where these behaviors lead, he shifts his emphasis to solving the learning problem in public education.
By 2000, a new "treatment" is developed based on Human Change Theory, now called Hero School®, so named after the necessary character transformationundergone by the heroes throughout history, religion, mythology and the movies. Applying this treatment in 45 to 60-minute teen presentations results in immediate decreases in bullying and gang behavior, with simultaneous increases in classroom engagement, vertical learning, and personal responsibility. And attendance. And test scores. And more. And the graduation problem?
Problem Solved. History Changed. But for only a few hundred thousand youth.
Today, Together, We Can Change the Game.
Today, the Hero School league of Educators, Entrepreneurs and Social-Good Organizations who themselves have been changed by the same human "ignition" process are even more committed than ever to solving these and other societal problems, once and for all. By collaborating with like-minded business leaders and heroic organizations, every challenged individual will be given their own opportunity for change.
Let's rewrite history together for every disengaged, displaced and disconnected teen and adult.
"There are risks and costs associated with a program of action.
But they are far less than long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." - John F. Kennedy
Old Methods + New People = Disengagement
Engagement - the greatest unsolved mystery confronting educational, business and social service organizations in America today. 2010 data indicates that less than half of public school children and now, even college students, go the distance and graduate. An estimated $350-billion in productivity is lost annually because over 70% of America’s employees are not engaged at work; and social service organizations continue to watch helplessly as their many sacrifices and resources only seem to amplify and reinforce dependency among the people they have dedicated their lives to serve or free from poverty.
Perhaps an even higher cost is the stress, psychological trauma and burnout among teachers, social workers and case managers who either find their will to live in activities outside of their career or must leave the workforce to address a life-threatening disease caused by too many problems and no solutions.
*Since 2001, 20% of all Professional Fees are reinvested into our Non-Profit
Today, everyone is part of "challenged" population. For the first time in history, technology has become more advanced than the people who are subject to it. Hero School is an educational engagement model and self-sufficiency process initially derived from asking and answering the questions, “Why do people repeat history?” and, “How can we engage, motivate and help people solve the problems they'refacing?" 16 years since creating the first "life change" class to help homeless individuals in an inner city park become independent, responsible, contributing community members, Hero School® remains the only process that can produce rapid and lasting life change among challenged and challenging populations - and as we later discovered, everyone else.
Today, Heroes Incorporated develops and delivers Hero School-licensed human engagement systems and processes for Businesses, Educational Institutions and Social Service Agencies that are proven to empower revolutionary and sustainable change for their greatest asset, their people. CLICK HERE FOR CHANGE.*
How well are your students and staff integrating their inner and outer lives?
Successful movie scripts simultanously address both the inner and outer journeys of their characters. We believe the same is true with Real Life Scripts. Hero School® keynotepresentations, workshops and collaborative initiatives educate and motivate attendees inner and outer lives, simultaneously. Every Hero School® presentation quickly engages audiences, motivating human development and character change by evokinglifepurpose, desire and meaning from within each participant and audience member, quickly creating integrated individuals empowered to produce real-world results and measureable outcomes. This translates into significantly increased engagement, intrinsic motivation and commitment to completion. CLICK for BUSINESS or EDUCATION
Hero School has been the Academic Engagement Leaderfor public schools, foster care and social service organizations for more than a decade. In 1999, we sounded the alarm when we discovered the same habits that were producing homelessness and dependence among adults on the streets were being displayed by public school children. Today, the entire country is now in agreement that ENGAGEMENT is the PRINCIPAL THING.
Hero School's State-of-the-Art Engagement Process IMMEDIATELY empowers students to Go The Distance, provides educators with the respect, support and solutions they need, AND increases school attendance, test scores and retention by double and triple digits. Is your school READY FOR CHANGE?LEARN MORE
DID YOU KNOW...
Hero School® is ready and able to help those who cannot help themselves? Since 1995, we have helped over 30,000 homeless and displaced individuals rebuild their lives while simultaneously helping over 150,000 teens create theirs.
Now you can help those in greatest need of change by partnering with us in programs for the homeless, youth, the incarcerated and any other demographic that needs barriers removed or that has repeated history for too long. Partner with us by sponsoring a Hero School Initiative at your favorite non-profit organization, or help fund on-going initiatives by clicking NON-PROFIT INITIATIVES.
You already have most of the answers.
"Talents are best nurtured in solitude;
Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world." - Goethe
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