GEAR UP is COOL

Thanks for connecting with CoolSpeak, this landing page was created for our GEAR UP community! Here you’ll find free resources to help you level up your engagement and ensure you’re making decisions aligned with the core needs of your school, community, or organization.

CoolSpeak Helps You Put the Motivation Back into Education

CoolSpeak: A Youth Engagement Company will provide you with tangible benefits typically not available to individual speakers. With our combined talent and live & online resources, we’re able to serve the entire community – students, parents, and teachers – with a comprehensive plan to address your goals and needs.

Make the most of your time and budget with CoolSpeak’s Double Match Deal. When you book one speaker or program before August 15, 2025, we’ll match it with double the impact: a second keynote, free books and resources, additional programming, or a follow-up virtual session – at no extra cost.

Resources From The NCCEP Conference

Summer Retreat, No Surrender: Strategies for Building Transformative Summer Programming

Discover how GEAR UP Ohio and CoolSpeak tackled summer melt head-on by designing a four-day summer retreat that built leadership, connection, and college readiness. In this session, Chu and Carlos Bing from GEAR UP Ohio will equip you with the strategies, tools, and inspiration to create powerful summer programming that transforms “me” into “we.”

Download presentations, handouts, and resources from recent conference presentations:

Presentation: Summer Retreat No Surrender

Blogs by Carlos

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Never Give Up. Always GEAR UP!

At CoolSpeak, we stand with the GEAR UP students, educators, and families who show up every day knowing that #GEARUPworks.

This is more than appreciation, it’s action. Let’s show the world what GEAR UP makes possible.

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CoolSpeak Services GEAR UP Loves!

Keynotes

Dynamic Speakers. Real Impact.

Our CoolSpeakers turn personal stories into powerful life lessons. Whether it’s a student assembly or professional conference, CoolSpeak keynotes are energizing, authentic, and unforgettable.

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Summer Camps

More Than Camp. It’s a Movement.

CoolSpeak camps combine leadership, motivation, and fun in high-energy environments where students build skills in leadership, storytelling, college readiness, and more. We create transformative experiences that stay with students long after summer ends.

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Classroom Takeovers

Inspiration In The Classroom.

CoolSpeak’s Classroom Takeovers bring creativity and self-expression into your classroom, turning CoolSpeak’s time into teachable hours. Bring CoolSpeak directly into your school day for poetry, creative writing, leadership, financial literacy, and more.

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Professional Development

Relevant. Actionable. Anything But Boring.

Professional development that energizes your team with relevant, real-world strategies to boost student engagement and restore motivation in the classroom and beyond.

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CoolTrips

Redefining the College Tour.

CoolTrips brings college visits to life. Our speakers engage students before, during, and after the trip to help them reflect, ask better questions, and see what’s possible. From the bus to the campus and back again – CoolTrips leave seeing what’s possible and ready to dream bigger.

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