Casey Cornelius
Featured Strengthening Community Block Session and Friday Afternoon Keynote Speaker
About Casey:
Casey J. Cornelius is a leading national voice on the topics of personal development and healthy masculinity. A proud fraternity man and member of his chapter’s Hall of Fame, Casey travels the country helping organizations and individuals be extraordinary. He serves as a "SpokesMo" (their word, not his) for the November Foundation and has received awards and recognition for his signature program Be The Man. Born in Cincinnati, he holds a Bachelors, two Masters degrees and a 4.0 in his doctoral studies despite once being advised “college isn’t for everyone.”
About Casey’s sessions:
Imperfect Ally: Creating a Mindset and Culture of Care: “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” The world needs more allies, so why aren’t more people stepping forward to serve this important role? We are limited by our fear of not being good enough, perfect enough, to help others. We must get past the idea that we have to be a perfect ally in order to be an ally. In Imperfect Ally he challenges individuals and groups to use their power and voice to help those who need it most even if it means doing so imperfectly. Using principles of social psychology, including the concept of social distance, Casey demonstrates how we can effectively identify and mitigate our biases through purposeful daily choices. The goal of this program is break down perceived barriers and develop the type of mindset and group culture that allows allyship to flourish. Through storytelling and relevant examples, Casey will show how this is actualized using the acronym CARE: concern, awareness, respect, and empathy.
Be the Man: America is worried about young men. They point to issues of poor conduct, declining academic success, and a lack of positive male role models and use words like problematic, dangerous, and toxic to describe behavior. The problem has been identified; now is time for a movement toward a solution! The program addresses four main topics: Current issues (where we are), socialization of masculinity (how we got here), performance of masculinity (how we act/interact), and the “Be The Man” Challenge (where we can go).
Join Casey on Friday, August 5:
- at 11:30 a.m. in Hampton Ballroom 4 for “Imperfect Ally: Creating a Mindset and Culture of Care”
- at 4:15 p.m. in the Norfolk Ballroom for his “Be the Man” keynote