Steve S.J Lee offers speaking and training sessions for schools across the globe.
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Steve’s Services
Every school is a unique community with its own values, goals, and level of involvement with sustainability education and career building. Steve knows there shouldn’t be a one size fits all approach when working with schools!
Therefore, we provide a personalized and consultative booking process to ensure that we cater to your school's unique needs. Our customizable programs can help you amplify your academic and professional growth whether you're a student, teacher, or administrator.
Community impact and growth are our main goals, so check out our services below to learn more and connect with our booking team to discover what custom programming is the best fit for your school!
All School Speaking can be done either in-person, virtual, or hybrid, but Workshop Skills Training bookings we recommend to be in-person only. Requests for virtual workshops will be taken on a case by case basis.
School Speaking
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How to be a Global Citizen
Crash Course on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are a widely known, global blueprint for a sustainable future that educators, employers, and community leaders are all working towards. Equip students looking to be global citizens with the understanding of what these goals are and how they relate to our everyday lives.
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Flexible; typically 1 class period or 1-2 hours
In-Person or Virtual
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Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students. Open to middle school students.
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Gain a foundational understanding of what the UN SDGs are (history, structure, and examples of the 17 goals)
Identify challenges, opportunities, and solutions within current global systems that impact our quality of life
Global Goals for Local Action: How to take this global framework and translate it to local systems and sustainability in our communities.
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From Grade Ten to the UN!
How Youth can engage and participate with the United Nations
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Steve shares his inspiring story of how he went from being a new Korean immigrant in Canada to becoming a global policy advocate at the G8 Summit, NATO, UN, World Bank, and more- all in high school! He’ll share his experience working with the UN as a young student.
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Flexible; typically 1 class period, around 1 hour
In-Person or Virtual
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Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students. Open to middle school students.
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Answering: What is the UN and why is it important for youth to engage on this international stage?
Understanding how youth can directly participate in the decision-making and policy advocacy that happens in the largest international development and diplomacy network
Students will learn how to find entry points into the UN system and how to become an effective policy advocate
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The Three C’s to Being a Youth Leader
Confidence, Curiosity, Community
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Steve shares his entrepreneurial leadership journey as a global child rights advocate in high school, a serial entrepreneur in education and finance, and a policy advocate across the United Nations system. He’ll share his most important advice and key takeaways, fueling the next generation of youth leaders to be even stronger trailblazers and changemakers.
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Flexible; typically 1 hour
In-Person or Virtual
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Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students. Open to middle school students.
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Critical thinking and curiosity for community-impact driven leadership
Leadership styles: What kind of leader are you and WHY?
Communication skills and techniques for Leaders: Enhancing public speaking, listening, and written communication skills.
Your voice matters! Having the confidence to speak up and tips and tricks around navigating non-youth spaces
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Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
How to be a Changemaker
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Social Entrepreneurship is the exciting mixture of innovation, business, and passion to make a difference in this world. Steve will walk students through how to be changemakers in their classrooms, in their schools, in their communities, and eventually their world.
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Flexible; 1 or 2 class periods
In-Person or Virtual (In-Person mandatory for Skills Training Workshop version)
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Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students.
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Students learn how to recognize problems, feel empowered to take ownership of these problems, and how to be leaders by taking action and encouraging others to do the same.
How to innovate community driven solutions for a sustainable future
How to develop a business plan, a budget, and action plan
How to measure impact
* In the Skills Training Workshop version, students will actually participate in a simulation activity challenging them to innovate a solution and create an action plan and developing budgets and impact assessments.
*Also offered in workshop format
Skills Training Workshops
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Becoming a Systems Thinker
Building Community Solutions
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All great innovators and business leaders have at least one thing in common- and that’s systems thinking. Steve will empower students with this fundamental learning concept which will allow them to practice breaking down complex problems and working to find sustainable solutions.
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Flexible; typically 1 class period or a half-day
Preferably In-Person (case-by-case exceptions for Virtual)
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Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students. Open to middle school students.
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Students will learn key systems thinking concepts and will practice:
How to make a systems map
Gap identification for wicked problems
What makes a solution sustainable?
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Green Teen Action Teams!
Green Skills Career Building
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The future of our planet is shaping the future of work, therefore it shouldn’t be a surprise that the world is transitioning to a green economy. Business and political leaders are all talking about the upward rise and need for “Green Skills”. This is the “knowledge, abilities, values and attitudes needed to live in, develop and support a sustainable and resource-efficient society” (UNIPO). Are your students prepared for this inevitable green transition that the world is already adapting to?
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Flexible; typically 1 class period or half day
Preferably In-Person (case-by-case exceptions for Virtual)
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For STUDENTS:
Steve will work with students to practice the “green skills” that will boost their future resumes and better their chances at employment in this future green economy they’ll be finding themselves in.
Recommended for university students. Can be made accessible to high school students.
For TEACHERS:
Steve will train teachers and educators about what “green skills” are and why they are so important to be included in the classroom, curriculum, and extracurriculars. With Steve, the group will collaborate to develop integration strategies.
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Learn about green jobs, talent, and skills that employers are looking for as we work towards a greener future
How to take climate action as a young person in your school and community
Work in teams to develop 3 practical green transition projects for your campus (renewable energy, food systems, and waste management).
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Sustainable Schools 101
Environmental and Economic Growth For Your Campus
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Wanting your school to be more “sustainable”? Not sure how? Look no-further. This hands-on consulting service is for schools with ambitious plans (like net-zero goals, diversity and equity policy, sustainability strategy) that need support to turn them into a reality. This workshop will offer a custom pathway to guide schools to successfully implement their existing action plans, leveraging social science principles, communication best practices, organization tactics and mobilization strategy.
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Flexible; typically 1 hour or half day
Preferably In-Person (case-by-case exceptions for Virtual)
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Teachers & Administration
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Turning your organization’s various goals into actionable Objectives and Key Results
Bringing all stakeholders together to broker partnership, so that everyone feels they have agency in shaping the agenda together. Evolving into a team knowing exactly who’s doing what and feeling that the responsibilities are shared fairly.
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Parents for the Planet
Navigating Climate Change as a Family
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Parents want to be a part of their children's education and school community. Their children are growing up in a climate crisis and we know many parents are worried about this. Our world is changing due to the climate crisis and it’s natural to worry about what the future will look like for the next generations. Bring Steve in for an after-school speaking session for the parent community to empower them with the information and resources on how to address these worries as a family.
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Flexible; typically 1 hour
In-Person or Virtual
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Parent Community
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A full understanding of what climate change is and how to communicate it to your children
Advice for managing eco-anxiety as a family
Ways that you can can engage as parents and as a family to take climate action in your communities
Bundle and Save
Increase the value of your booking and Steve’s time and impact at your school by leveraging his visit to your school in multiple ways. Save more by booking and scheduling multiple services within Steve’s visit to your school.
Sample schedules:
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Steve for all Stakeholders Bundle
For schools who want to make a difference
Space out Steve’s services throughout the day to cater to each of the different stakeholders within your school community; students, teachers and administrators, and parents.
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Morning assembly for all high schoolers:
From Grade Ten to the UN! How Youth can engage and participate with the United Nations
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Advisory consulting session with Administration and key teachers:
Sustainable Schools 101: Environmental and Economic Growth For Your Campus
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After-school guest speaker event for Parents and their students (maybe even leverage this as an event to invite prospective new parents and students to):
Parents for the Planet: Navigating Climate Change as a Family
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Steve for Students Bundle
For students with great ideas
Bring Steve into your school to deliver multiple catered sessions differing for each groups level of advancement and strengths.
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Morning assembly for all high schoolers:
The Three C’s to Being a Youth Leader: Confidence, Curiosity, Community
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Session for a smaller group of high achieving students:
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation: How to be a Changemaker
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An after-school session for all extra-curricular clubs at your school:
Green Teen Action Teams! Green Skills Career Building
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Steve for Events Bundle
For schools looking to engage
Integrate Steve’s Speaking into an event you already have planned. Book him as a keynote guest speaker.
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Morning Assembly for your students:
How to be a Global Citizen- Crash Course on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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Keynote Speaker during your Event
Becoming a Systems Thinker: Building Community Solutions
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Steve Class Tour Bundle
For students getting started
Have Steve deliver skills training workshops in each class period throughout the day and/or week, to ensure that students are still learning in small and intimate groups.
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Steve in a grade 8 Class
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Steve in a Grade 9 class
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Steve in a Grade 10 class
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Steve in a Grade 11 class
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Steve in a Grade 12 class
Sample Steve Schedules:
Steve has talked to 100,000+ students from
… and 500 other high schools, colleges and universities