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Samuel Betances

Senior Diversity Consultant, Motivational Speaker & Workshop Facilitator

Samuel Betances
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Black Heritage, Business, Civil Rights, College, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Family & Parenting, Hispanic Heritage, Human Resources, Inspirational, Motivational, Personal Growth, Social Activism, Teamwork & Teambuilding
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Samuel Betances Biography

As a biracial, bicultural, and bilingual citizen of the world, Dr. Samuel Betances has worked in all fifty states, all six U.S. territories and in various countries including Japan, Korea, Germany and Mexico. He inspires willing learners to aim high, reject rejection and embrace themselves and each other as powerful team members working toward a more prosperous future.

Decades of university teaching, publishing articles and consultantships with private and public organizations bring to each event a breadth and depth of understanding on how we must make sense of differences. His newly released educational book/tape series Ten Steps to the Head of the Class has been outstandingly received by audiences everywhere. Dr. Betances challenges and motivates clients in Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, community groups, community colleges, universities, lecture series and commencement events. New, non-sexist and balanced systems, which will not benefit any one group at the expense of another, can only emerge when white males and non-traditional groups work together. He brings audiences to their feet in women's issues forums, African-American historical month activities, Hispanic events and celebrations on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to name but a few. He challenges negative mindsets with his problem solving methodology and extensive grasp of issues. Dr. Betances has merged eloquence and teaching skills to deliver his powerful message with conviction: "It matters less where we are from; what really matters is where we are going. Accept our diversity. Embrace it. Make it work for you. Harness the rainbow."

This great motivator was not supposed to make it. Out of the bowels of inner city poverty, stigma of minority group status, violence, welfare and illiteracy in two languages, he arose. With strong spiritual convictions and a passion for reading, Betances has taken the hard lessons from the mean streets of life and reshaped them into his personal vision. He embarked on a journey from dropping out of school to a Doctorate from Harvard University. Today, America's foremost communicator on the challenge of casting away barriers to success is an honored Professor Emeritus, a consultant to U.S. Presidents, CEOs, managers, community groups, clergy members, educators, and a role model for youth.

Dr. Betances is a superb workshop leader. His style is to guide a highly interactive, inclusive, fun and spirited search for solutions. Sessions are customized to fit clients' needs. Group exercises and interventions are geared at removing the formal and informal barriers which impede the goals of the organization.

His success at bringing cultures together has earned him many awards. Much more than a lecturer, Dr. Betances works to help others learn the importance of pulling cultures together as a way of bringing America back to the top in education, business, and society in general. As he puts it, "Our mission is to make America stronger, healthier and freer than when we found her."

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/14/2024.

Samuel Betances Speaking Topics

  • Educational Reform and Values

    • Ensuring the Success of All Students Through Multicultural Education • Ten Habits of Highly Ineffective Students • Ten Habits of Highly Ineffective Teachers • From Harlem to Harvard: Lessons from the Journey • Up With Reading: Empowering Non-Academic Proficient Students • The Dropout Rate vs. The Dropout Problem: Empowering First Generation College Students • Bilingual Education as Understandable Instruction • Parents as Teachers • Change, Restructuring and Reform • The Power and Legitimacy of Diversity in Spiritual Identity Development • Strategies for Educating 1st Generation College Students

  • Gender Issues

    • The Value-Subtracted Dimensions of Sexual Harassment • Affirming Women Without Putting Men Down • Removing the Eight Panels Which Make Up the Glass Ceiling • Women in Leadership and Administration

  • Workplace Diversity

    • The Benefits and Values of Diversity • Diversity as a Plus for the Bottom Line • Diversity in America and in the Popular Culture • Compliance Programs and Diversity Initiatives: Making Sense of the Difference • Sidetracking Diversity: The Games Organizations Play • Making Heads Count Instead of Counting Heads in the Workplace • Diversity and the Global Economy

  • The Benefits and Values of Diversity in Higher Education

    A passionate, entertaining, and motivational journey that will provide insight on why diversity is a plus and not a minus in higher education. The quest to sensitize ourselves to the diversity in our colleges and universities and gleam the positives of multiculturalism while pursuing the quest of academic excellence will be examined. Come prepared to laugh and learn!

  • Sidetracking Diversity: The Games Organizations Play

    This topic is the product of the wisdom, knowledge and experience gained in hundreds of corporate and other seminars, training workshops and consulting work Dr. Betances has led in the past decade. Framed in humor, Dr. Betances would show how formal and informal practices in the cultures of organizations frustrate diversity initiatives. Dr. Betances will also identify the best practices to replace dysfunctional ones.

  • From Destructive Contact to Constructive Cooperation

    This presentation revolves around the discussion of the article "Status Inequality and Prejudice" which explains the real reason that prejudice occurs. A group exercise based on the stated article allow for interaction and for the participants to realize the true cause of prejudice and the ways to overcome it. The Professional Audit Exercise allows the participants to individually audit themselves about a time they might have witnessed discrimination, stereotypes that others have about their own cultural group and vice versa, groups they feel they need to learn more about, etc.

Samuel Betances Videos

  • Dr. Samuel Betances speaking about Stokes family legacy
    Dr. Samuel Betances speaking about Stokes family legacy
    Coming up on February 16, "Unity In Our Diversity : The Stokes Family Legacy" will be held at the Touchpoint Church of God.
  • Samuel Betances: Confusing Differences with Diversity
    Samuel Betances: "Confusing Differences with Diversity"
    Dr. Betances speaks about why you should not confuse differences with diversity.
  • Samuel Betances: Where are you from?
    Samuel Betances: "Where are you from?"
    Highlight of Dr. Betances speaking about stereotypes and how they are portrayed in the media
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Samuel Betances Books

  • Winning the Future Through Education : One Step at a Time
    Winning the Future Through Education : One Step at a Time
  • Ten Steps to the Head of The Class : A Challenge to Students
    Ten Steps to the Head of The Class : A Challenge to Students

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Samuel Betances is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Educational Reform and Values, Gender Issues, Workplace Diversity, The Benefits and Values of Diversity in Higher Education, Sidetracking Diversity: The Games Organizations Play and From Destructive Contact to Constructive Cooperation. The estimated speaking fee range to book Samuel Betances for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Samuel Betances generally travels from IL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jonah Edelman, Erin Gruwell, Stedman Graham, Roger Crawford and Victoria Rowell. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Samuel Betances for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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