Speaking
Erin Weed has spoken at hundreds of schools, colleges, universities, associations and corporations nationwide since her professional speaking career began in 2002. Her speaking style is practical, fun and empowering. Erin was inducted into the National Speakers Association in 2004, and was given the Joel Goldman Award for speaking excellence in 2006. She was a Top 5 Finalist for “Best Female Performer” and “Best Speaker” by Campus Activities Magazine in 2007.
Congrats to Erin Weed – Winner of “Best Female Performer” for 2009!
COLLEGE PROGRAMS
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Girls Fight Back! (women only)
As Erin’s most popular program, Girls Fight Back teaches college women to live safe and empowered lives. Beginning with her tragic story of losing a sorority sister to homicide near the campus of Eastern Illinois University, she creates a powerful impact upon students in regards to the prevalence of violence against women. However, the darkness ends there. Erin moves on to explain her 3 steps to a safe and empowered life. Erin explains how to reduce the risk of violence, how to understand your intuition, the best ways to live as a cybersafe co-ed, valuable strategies to secure dorms/apartments from home invasions and how to address violence in social settings. (dating violence, acquaintance rape, predatory drugs, etc.) Then it’s party time! Regardless of crowd size, students stand up and learn verbal de-escalation, strong body language, an effective self-defense formula, ground fighting strategies and how to use improvised weapons. Students leave her program with a more savvy and confident attitude that combines social fun, educational learning and personal safety while on campus. For more information, go to www.girlsfightback.com
Students Fight Back!
Campus violence is not just a woman’s issue and men aren’t always the perpetrators. Crime and violence is a campus concern, with a campus solution. Students Fight Back is for male and female college students, in an attempt to bring the campus together as a community to end violence at America’s universities. In this program, students learn how to be a hard target of crime, how to secure dorms/apartments from break-ins, how to detect violent people, trust intuition and look out for the safety of fellow students. Then comes the fun part – interactive physical self-defense instruction! Regardless of crowd size, get ready to laugh, learn, feel empowered and become your own bodyguard.
Stayin’ Alive on Spring Break
It’s halfway through second semester and students are gearing up for the long-awaited, MTV inspired Spring Break vacation. But the false ideology of whatever happens on spring break stays on spring break is becoming increasingly dangerous. In March 2006, CNN flew Erin Weed to Daytona Beach for a special report on Spring Break. Erin had the chance to get an in-depth look at what’s happening on spring break and the danger behind seemingly innocent situations. In this program, Erin will offer proactive strategies for: party situations, hotel security, avoiding date rape drugs, air & car travel and the top 5 ways to avoid crime targeted at tourists. She’ll also demonstrate her favorite self-defense techniques that could be used to escape a violent confrontation. Using her signature tone of down-to-earth humor, Erin reminds students to have a blast on spring break…but to do so safely. For more info, go to www.SafeSpringBreak.org
FOR EMPLOYEES
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Women’s Safety 101
Erin begins this popular corporate program by sharing her story of losing a college friend to homicide. Situational safety concepts are explained for the workplace, in parking lots, in the car, in the home and on the street. Erin will dismiss popular safety myths, and replace them with innovative violence prevention tips that can save lives. She goes on to teach employees how to reduce the risk of being victimized and how to physically defend themselves if confronted by an attacker. Erin addresses the value of a woman’s intuition, and then comes the interactive self-defense! Prior to any physical fighting instruction, the women will learn mental and verbal self-defense, as well as boundary-setting and de-escalation. Erin explains common traits of attackers and how to react to a violent person. Vital strike areas are explained and then applied to vertical fighting and ground fighting scenarios. This is a “no contact” program, meaning women can wear whatever they would like. Balanced with humor and practicality, this program has received rave reviews.
Road Warriors
Calling all companies who send employees on business trips! This program is the perfect way to prepare and motivate the employees in your company to stay safe while traveling by air, train or car. Erin will educate road warriors on how to stay safe when dealing with unfamiliar people while traveling and the basics of hotel and taxi security. She will conclude with fun and empowering self-defense techniques a woman could utilize if threatened while traveling.
Incredible Interns
Show your younger female employees that their safety is your #1 priority. This program teaches college students and recent graduates how to prevent or react to scary situations, both while they are still in college and out into the workforce. Topics included are: boundary setting, travel tips, transportation safety, home security and awareness on the street. This program is an invaluable learning experience for those new to the lifestyle of a professional woman.