Motivational speaker for high schools in Brisbane

Glen Gerreyn is a motivational speaker and guest speaker for high schools across Brisbane, and South East Queensland is where this work started back in 1998.

Glen Gerreyn recently ran a 3-hour seminar with 140 Year 10 girls at St Hilda’s School on the Gold Coast. He set one invitation: take an action and tell us about it. 24 students wrote in of their own accord.

One girl wrote: “Nobody had ever really spoken with such honesty as well as you do, which is what made me realise what I’m doing wrong.” Another: “Your speech today gave me final clarity of something I’ve always known. The only person stopping me from going after what I’ve always wanted is me.”

That’s the bar for a high school speaker. Not a good day in the hall. Students who walk out and do something on Monday. Read what all 24 of them wrote in the St Hilda’s case study.

That bar was set again when Hope Unlimited ran with the Year 10 cohort of All Hallows’ School, Brisbane. 13 of them wrote in over the days that followed, and every piece is printed in their own words. Read the All Hallows’ School case study.

Glen has spent more than 25 years doing this in 750 schools across Australia. He recently moved back to Brisbane after 20 years in Sydney. That means your school isn’t a stop on a national tour. It’s local. We know the South East Queensland calendar, the run of Term 4, the pressure on a Year 12 cohort heading into Externals, and the long bus rides that make a single incursion worth planning well.

Plenty of schools first find Glen by searching for a motivational speaker for schools. The label fits, and the proof shows up afterwards in the goals students write and the letters they send.

What Our Brisbane Student Wellbeing Seminars Bring Into the Room

Hope is a skill. We name it, we teach it, and we give students the tools to practise it: grit, optimism, courage, and resilience. Our seminars are built for Years 7 to 12 and they’re delivered in person, because a screen can’t hold a room of teenagers the way a person in front of them can.

Every seminar is research-based and aligned with the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework, and built to fit the wellbeing program you already run. We don’t replace your work. We give your students and your staff a shared language to keep using long after we’ve packed up and driven home.

Brisbane Student Wellbeing Seminars You Can Book

Day of Hope. A cognitive reset for a full year level. Students leave with a plan on paper, not just a feeling.
Hope Express. A 70-minute seminar that shifts how students see their future. Built for Years 7 to 12.
Men of Honour. A character seminar for teenage boys, on what it means to grow into a man worth respecting. Also runs as our consent education for schools incursion.

Schools Across South East Queensland We’ve Worked With

Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie), All Hallows’ School, Brisbane Boys’ College, Citipointe Christian College, Grace Lutheran College, Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School, King’s Christian College, Lourdes Hill College, Ormiston College, Redlands College, The Gap State High School, Toowoomba Grammar School, Sunshine Coast Grammar School, St Rita’s College

See the full list of Queensland schools we’ve worked with.

If your school is anywhere from the Gold Coast to the Sunshine Coast, or out to Ipswich and Toowoomba, we can be there in person.

Book a free 15-minute consult. Tell us about your students and your biggest challenge this term, and we’ll tell you which seminar fits and exactly what the day looks like.