Chad Kempel
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Chad Kempel
Book Chad
Chad Kempel speaks to student councils, ASB classes, leadership camps and youth leadership conferences about the part of leadership nobody puts on a poster: setting a goal in public, missing it in public, and leading a room that is watching how you respond. Based in Boise, booking nationwide.
Booking nationwide · Fees and dates ↓Student leaders already know how to run a meeting and plan a dance. What most of them haven’t learned is how to lead when it goes wrong, and how to be the first one to do the uncomfortable thing so everyone else feels allowed to.
Chad draws on all three of his talks for this keynote: the two public failures behind his world records, the psychology of why rooms stay silent, and what it takes to notice the student standing by himself. Leaders set the culture of a school, so this is where that work starts.
Chad announced his first world record attempt, then missed it by 46 minutes in front of everyone. Leaders learn why a public goal is worth the risk.
Name the goal, name the date, and name the first piece of evidence.
Seven weeks later he missed by four and a half minutes. Then he went back. Leaders learn what to do the day after they fall short, with people watching.
The day-after plan: one thing to keep, one thing to change, one next date.
A room full of people privately doubts and publicly assumes everyone else is fine. That’s pluralistic ignorance, and leaders break it by moving first.
The First-Person Out. Be the first to say "you can sit with me."
Treasure Valley high schools get the Local Introductory Rate of $1,000 during the 2026–27 school year. Conference, camp and out-of-area fees are quoted with travel within 48 hours of your inquiry.
Check Your Date →For full-school assemblies, Anything Is Possible is the resilience assembly, The Weight You’re Carrying is the mental health assembly, and I Walked the Hallways Alone is the anti-bullying and belonging assembly. Or see all three talks and pricing.
Discovery calls available · Replies within 48 hours · Based in Boise, booking nationwide
Check Your Date →From Insights
When my friends left campus at lunch, a pickup football game taught me what belonging really takes. The research, plus what students and schools can do.
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