This Top Mental Health Speaker Is A Game Changer
Mike Veny was named one of the top mental health motivational speakers, along with Brené Brown.
2022 & 2023 Corporate LiveWire’s Innovation & Excellence Award
2023 Leader Of Mental Health Awareness Award from NAMI NY
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Mike Veny is a world-renowned mental health motivational speaker guaranteed to engage, empower, encourage, and enlighten your audience to take actionable steps and assist your organization in its commitment to providing resources and support tools to promote mental wellness.
Inspiring Hope In Others
One of the most captivating aspects of Mike Veny’s mental health presentations is his lived experience. He has a gritty, real-life story underscored by mental health challenges that include suicide survival. His heartfelt, transparent mental health presentations provide a relatable perspective with first-hand knowledge of the struggles associated with mental health challenges.
His gift of cultivating expertise around subject matters and selfless story-telling will empower your audience to open their hearts and minds to new knowledge, resources, and tools guaranteed to promote change in their personal and professional lives through actionable steps.
Empowering Employee Mental Health
Mike Veny is primarily a workplace mental health speaker whose mission is to support you in receiving the gift of emotional wellness through unique learning experiences designed to empower your personal and professional growth.
Since 2020, the number of people reporting mental health concerns worldwide has increased. Despite this, mental health remains an elusive and uncomfortable subject.
A workplace mental health speaker can help support your employees while offering comfort and relief.
Regularly investing in mental health speakers or mental health in the workplace training is a great way to show employees you care about their mental wellness and are willing to invest in empowering them to bring the best version of themselves to work.
Having a healthy, mental health work culture has several benefits:
- It leads to more productivity and more profitability. In fact, it’s proven that companies with a healthy mental health culture can experience 500 TIMES more growth in revenue than those without, instilling a sense of optimism about the potential impact on your company’s growth.
- It establishes a solid recruitment tool as job seekers increasingly prioritize companies that care about their employees, making you more competitive in attracting top talent.
It promotes emotional intelligence (EQ), a critical leadership skill that many companies are seeking to improve in their workplace. - Investing in workplace wellness training allows your company to “walk the talk” and not just say it wants a mentally healthy work culture but take action to create the environment.
Mike Veny’s live and virtual mental health presentations provide solutions and encourage productivity and engagement for internal and external stakeholders.
How To Engage Conference Attendees
Mike Veny is a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist® with over a decade of experience delivering educational and captivating mental health presentations to leaders and employees at Fortune 500 companies, nonprofit organizations, schools, conferences, and conventions.
Mike Veny has an energetic, interactive presentation style that connects with attendees deeply while providing a powerful learning experience that leads to proven transformation in workplace wellbeing.
For organizations looking to create change and be proactive about workplace well-being, Mike Veny delivers customized mental health presentations designed to fit your organization’s unique needs with results-driven and actionable employee plans.
His career began as a professional drummer, and the power of drumming in his life led him to facilitate corporate drumming events for team building and training. His Unleash Your Groove® program is not just another breakout session. It’s an interactive and hands-on learning experience that your employees will remember forever!
Mike Veny delivered a mental health presentation and facilitated an interactive drumming workshop with the Wounded Warrior Project® Physical Health & Wellness Team.
Continuing Education Units For Attendees
Our company, Mike Veny, Inc., is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and provides professional development programs on topics such as Diversity and inclusion, Suicide Prevention, and more.
Mike Veny, Inc. upholds the internationally recognized ANSI/IACET Standard, a benchmark of excellence in instructional practices. This standard, coupled with our accreditation to issue the IACET CEU, ensures the quality of our professional development programs.
With expertise, experience, and positive energy, Mike Veny is a mental health speaker who brings fun and learning to each mental health presentation.
If you’re planning a mental health series or simply looking for mental health presentation ideas that have an impact, you’ve come to the right place.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What do I do if a speaker cancels and I need to hire Mike as a last-minute speaker?
A: First, it’s important to pause and consider your options. Producing an event is stressful enough as it is. The key to making this go smoothly is having a backup plan beforehand. Next, do the following:
- See if a virtual presentation is possible as an alternative.
- Review the details of the contract you signed with the speaker. If the speaker was contracted through an agency or speakers bureau, you may be able to obtain some assistance and refunds.
- Brainstorm ideas for speakers and have several people on your team contact them. Be prepared to have to get a contract signed and payment sent immediately. This might include previous speakers you’ve had success with or creating a last-minute panel.
- Communicate what’s happening with your event team and your attendees. People will understand if you need to rearrange an agenda as long as you are clear and transparent in your communication.
- It’s never too late to reach out to Mike Veny. If he’s available and you need a last-minute speaker within the next 24 hours and he can make it work, he will make it work, especially if your offer includes a bone-in ribeye steak cooked medium rare.
- If time is running out, it’s crucial that you contact Mike immediately!
Q: How much do mental health speakers cost?
A: The cost of a mental health speaker differs from speaker to speaker. The cost includes preparation, the speaker’s experience/popularity and travel (flight, ground transportation, hotel & meals). The key to controlling the cost of a mental health speaker is to negotiate an all-inclusive fee.
The opportunities to work with Mike are endless. One secret clients have learned is how easily his presentations can be customized to various events. Providing an accurate quote about Mike’s fees depends on your specific needs.
Here are some examples of common customization options:
- He is booked to speak at a corporate event (virtual or live) and also delivers consultation services for a period of time after the event.
- He is booked to be the keynote speaker at a conference, and he may also facilitate breakout sessions.
- He is booked to speak at school assemblies and present to the local community that evening.
- He is booked to speak to an entire college community and deliver a special presentation to the Resident Assistants (RAs).
- He is booked to deliver assemblies to several different school districts in a county over the course of a week.
For more details and to brainstorm, contact Mike.
Q: What is a CE presentation?
A: A continuing education (CE) presentation is a live or virtual presentation that offers continuing education units (CEUs) to attendees. Specific regulatory boards or other agencies for licensure renewal and recertification must approve a CE presentation before attendees can receive credit.
Over the years, licensing boards and governing bodies have approved Mike’s programs for specific events for continuing education credits.
Mike Veny, Inc. is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Mike Veny, Inc. complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Mike Veny, Inc. is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
The organization is also recognized by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® and is a Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) Accredited Provider.
His presentations address the following Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) learning outcomes:
- Intrapersonal development
- Humanitarianism and civic engagement
- Practical competence
Q: Who is the best motivational speaker on wellness?
A: While there is no way of quantifying who the best motivational speaker on wellness is, Mike Veny is the winner of Corporate LiveWire’s 2022 & 2023 Innovation & Excellence Award for his work as a Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist®. He’s also the winner of NAMI New York State’s 2023 Leader Of Mental Health Awareness award.
It’s important to remember that every motivational speaker on wellness is different. Also, there are so many subtopics that fall under the topic of wellness. Therefore, it’s important that you’re clear on what you are specifically looking for from a wellness presentation.
Q: Will Mike’s presentation be a fit for my audience?
A: Over the years, he’s had the honor of working with some really amazing companies, from nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies. He gets just as much reward out of helping a high school student as he does with a group of corporate directors. His presentations can be tailored (or combined) to fit your organization or audience.
To start the conversation, contact Mike!
Q: What is a mental health speaker?
A: A mental health speaker is a type of public speaker who specializes in a specific mental health topic, such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, suicide prevention, resilience, or workplace mental health. You can choose a mental health professional, a celebrity mental health speaker, or someone with lived experience. Both mental health challenges and mental health challenges are confusing, complex, and frustrating. A mental health speaker allows attendees to gain clarity about these life experiences.
Q: What are some good questions to ask a mental health speaker?
A:Some good questions to ask a mental health speaker are questions like, “What would you recommend in this type of situation?”, “How did you overcome _____?” or “What are your thoughts on _____?” It’s important to remember that every speaker has their area of expertise and no one has all of the answers.
Q: What is a resilience speaker?
A: A resilience speaker is a professional speaker who specializes in resilience. Oxford Languages defines resilience as the capacity to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. Whether or not it’s explicitly stated in the information about a particular speaker, most mental health speakers can be classified as resilience speakers.
Q: Who is the best motivational speaker for burnout?
A: Many motivational speakers address the topic of burnout. Burnout is a medical condition that usually results from chronic workplace stress and exhaustion. Whether or not it’s explicitly stated in the information about a particular speaker, most mental health speakers can be classified as burnout speakers.