Speaking Engagements

Keynotes

Mara Mintzer, our Growing Up Boulder Co-Founder and Director, has engaged worldwide audiences ranging from small, intimate settings to taking the stage at UNICEF’s first-ever Child Friendly Cities Summit in 2019. Mara’s TED Talk - "How Kids Can Help Design Better Cities" - has been viewed over 2 million times, and been translated into 21 languages, fueling a global movement for including young people in how we design and improve the places we call “home."

Recently, Mara provided keynote speeches for:

Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa

Mara is now accepting keynote requests. Contact her to see rates and learn more.

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Other Speaking Engagements

We love sharing our excitement about participatory planning with children and youth. Our passionate, award-winning staff deliver talks and lectures for universities, government agencies, conferences, and organizational partners around the world. Virtual or in-person, these sessions are often an hour or less, engaging small groups up to large audiences.
GUB staff have provided recent talks for:

University College Cork (Ireland) – 2022 Planning Conference
Cornell University (New York) – Designing Age-friendly Environments course
Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (Oregon) – Central Oregon Youth Summit

Let us know how we can help! Contact us to see rates and learn more.

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*Growing Up Boulder (GUB) is a nonprofit program leading Boulder's child friendly city initiative. GUB is fiscally sponsored by the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC). Since 2009, GUB has worked with over 8,000 local children and youth on more than 100 projects and reached more than 2.5 million people globally.