Healthcare Motivational Speaker
Healthcare Motivational Speaker – Patient Experience Improvement
Named one of the 5 Best Speakers in Mental Health along with Brené Brown.
He’s the author of the book Transforming Stigma: How to Become a Mental Wellness Superhero & The Transforming Stigma Workbook. As a 2017 PM360 ELITE Award Winner, Mike is recognized as one of the 100 most influential people in the healthcare industry for his work as a patient advocate.
Mike is a writer and social ambassador for
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“Had the privilege & honor to listen to Mike Veny sharing his wisdom and experience concerning mental health. Mike, you are such a beacon of light for so many suffering in silence. Keep shining your amazing powerful light…and keep playing those badass drums. Such talent!”
– Melanie Kiely, Sr. Corporate Counsel / Board Chairwoman – Women’s Leadership Network at T-Mobile
Approach
Mike has the same vision and goal for every mental health presentation: provide over-the-top value through practical and actionable steps to help participants solve problems. He uses his personal story as someone living with depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder along with this passion as a professional musician to deliver those results.
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Transforming Stigma® into Strength
This engaging presentation is geared towards educating your attendees about the seriousness of the mental health stigma. Each year, one out of every five people experiences a mental health challenge. Mike Veny uses his personal story of growing up and living with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression to introduce them to The Stigma Cycle™. It begins with shame that leads to silence. Then, the silence leads to self-destructive behavior or suicide. This cycle creates a downward, endless spiral. Attendees will learn actionable steps they can take to break the cycle and transform the stigma.
Through this entertaining and engaging keynote, your attendees will learn tools to help:
- Transform shame through self-care.
- Use conversation to break the silence.
- End the social injustice, sabotage, self-destructive behavior and suicide by connecting with others.
CAS learning and development outcomes this workshop focuses on:
- Intrapersonal development
- Humanitarianism and civic engagement
- Practical competence
Presentation details:
- 1-hour keynote presentation.
- Includes the option to purchase a book and a workbook for each attendee.
- Often used as part of existing training.
- Download the Rider for logistics and room setup details.
“These performances are brave, but they are simultaneously vulnerable.”
– Pulse TMS
“After more than 10 years of coordinating conference speakers and keynoters, Mike was refreshingly easy to work with and flexible enough to structure his program to deliver exactly what we needed. I would recommend Mike as a keynoter to a wide variety of groups and situations. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!”
– Carla H. Falkenstein, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
“We invited Mike Veny to Mizzou to give his presentation, Transforming Stigma in College. He gave an engaging and unique perspective on a topic that can be hard to talk about. The entire audience was captivated by his passion for not only his own mental health but also the health of every individual he meets. Through his animated storytelling and unique history, he gave many insights into living with mental health struggles and provided tips and strategies to manage their own health.
As the keynote to our ‘Sincerely PHA’ week, Mike truly helped our community break the stigma surrounding mental health. His professionalism and approachability made him very easy to work with and offers many occasions for more collaboration. Many of our community members approached him for advice afterward and loved the opportunity to hear him speak. We are so happy to have worked with Mike and would consider having him back in the future.”
– Samantha Mahaffey, VP Member Education, Panhellenic Association, University of Missouri – Columbia
“He was engaging and has a unique gift of including his audience in a way that promotes healing through a shared experience. I believe he would be an asset to any community seeking to energize, focus and enlighten its members on a common goal. For our occasion it was mental illness, however, I believe his candor, humor, and transparency are applicable in a variety of corporate and community settings.”
– Sophie F. Clark, Executive Director, NAMI DC
“With humor, optimism, and quality interventions, he provided us with useful strategies to employ in our classrooms. Mike’s gift for working with children with special needs is apparent to all who had the privilege of listening to his message.”
– Cheryl Rosenfeld, Director of Westcop Therapeutic Nursery and Head Start
“He was so inspiring and real. He told it like it was and left us with ideas of how to work on the stigma. He not only shared information but solutions.”
– Event Attendee
“We had 602 participants from many of the mental health and substance abuse groups around the state of Arkansas. Our participants have to do more work with less money every year. What keeps them in the profession is caring for their clients and helping them have better lives. Your talk helped them see that their work has meaning and that their efforts count. There is always room for improvement in mental health counseling, but you helped them see this in a gifted way.”
– Charlotte Besch, Program Manager, MidSOUTH/UALR School of Social Work
“Students were better able to understand that depression is an illness that can be treated.”
– Jesicah Rolapp, Principal, Los Angeles Leadership Academy
“Our Chapter has hosted Mike Veny twice on our campus for his program titled “Transforming Stigma into Strength.” Each time we have brought Veny to our campus, he has received nothing but the highest of praise from our students, faculty, staff, and community members. As President of the Chapter, I have had the pleasure to receive a variety of feedback about Veny’s speech, personality, and professionalism. The most common feedback I hear is “His speech was incredibly inspiring!” or “I was able to really connect with him!” Veny has the remarkable ability to gauge his audience and deliver the best program possible. Not only that, Veny appeals to any aspiring musician or art professionals looking to make a career out of their passion. Because of his dynamic character, Veny is able to encourage students to continue striving to lead the most fulfilling life they can.”
– Jamie Mahoney, President, Active Minds at Elmhurst College
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