For more than 25 years, Fletcher Engagement Services has been supporting community organizations and schools as they work to engage clients, constituents, customers and more. We offer professional development workshops, customized workshops, freelance writing, evaluation, program planning and other services to local, national and international partners of all kinds.
Democracy Deficit Disorder: Learning Democracy with Young People
By Adam F.C. Fletcher and J. Cynthia McDermott
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 258 pgs
There is mounting evidence throughout the world that democracy is in retreat. This can be stopped and repaired by infusing it with action, beliefs, and knowledge. This book offers a powerful prescription to stop the democracy deficit disorder: authentically engaging young people throughout our democracy. Through critical thinking and substantive actions, adults can become allies to young people. This will lead to authentic youth engagement, which will make democracy more meaningful, purposeful, and sustainable than ever before.
Voice, Involvement, Engagement, Power
Services
Collaborating with clients, Fletcher Engagement Services aims to match the character and theme of your community, organization or event with the expertise, price, energy and topics best aligned with your outcomes. Adam F.C. Fletcher and his team delivers experience and a message that your audience will remember.
Whether you are putting on a huge conference or an intimate gathering, Fletcher Engagement Services can help you do more. We offer speaking, facilitation, training workshops and seminars, moderation and consultation services. Fletcher Engagement Services works with a variety of organizations to provide a number of services for movement building, organizational transformation, professional learning, personal growth and social change.
Keynotes
Adam F.C. Fletcher may be the best speaker for your event. His dynamic keynotes vary in structure, length and price with each one packed with information, tools, stories and actionable wisdom. Customizing his talks to ensure relevance, meaning and practicality, Adam has experience with everything from international development conferences to small businesses and state governments. Adam has tried everything so you don’t need to.
Workshops & Seminars
Fletcher Engagement Services facilitates dynamic, engaging workshops for all kinds of learners. Diving in-depth in a chosen topic, we create interactive learning opportunities for participants to co-create knowledge, build skills and share wisdom. We can develop customized programs spanning half, whole or several days to cater to your needs and specific session objectives, too. Fletcher Engagement Services workshops and seminars can be used as an addition to or breakout from Adam’s keynote, or can stand alone as a special event.
Moderator
Adam F.C. Fletcher is a highly-experienced moderator and event facilitator. Leading, MC-ing and moderating events of all sizes and purposes, Fletcher Engagement Services can help ensure everything runs smoothly by helping design the program for the event, ensuring smooth transitions between the day’s segments, or providing direction throughout. Our focus areas and experiences make us suitable for conferences, fundraisers, panels, community events and more focused on a variety of issues. Fletcher Engagement Services uses field insight to run panels, fill out gaps in programs and make sure things stay on track. Moderation by Fletcher Engagement Services will ensure your event runs smoothly.
Consulting
Beyond talks and presentations, Fletcher Engagement Services offers consulting, coaching and more. Typically a long term commitment, we help client organizations meet strategic goals and needs with strategic thinking, systems design, strategic evaluations. and more. Fletcher Engagement Services can help facilitate organizational transformation, professional development and more to achieve desired long-term results and more.
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Testimonials
Adam Fletcher’s work is especially relevant in getting young people to participate in the realms of politics and critical education.
—Henry Giroux, McMaster University
Adam is one of the most knowledgable people in the world regarding student voice and youth rights… I highly recommend him as a presenter and a writer in our field.
—Dana Mitra, Penn State University
We engaged Adam to provide guidance for a new, large-scale youth initiative. After informing our design of the program, he delivered a compelling keynote address for a conference attended by seven hundred elected officials from rural communities across North Carolina. He also authored a publication on how to start a youth program in a rural community and served as the lead trainer for a workshop based on that publication. His talents are many—He is an original thinker; delivers strong content based on good science; is a highly capable writer; adapted the program to complex situations statewide; and is both a talented speaker and educator/trainer. His enthusiasm is out the roof, and he is liked equally well by both youth and adults.
—Elaine Matthews, Senior Vice President, North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center
Adam is a great facilitator and leader of youth and adults! Easy to work with, focused on a clear message and adaptable in every situation. It was a pleasure to work with Adam. He is committed to youth development and knows how to navigate change while remaining edgy enough to appeal to young people. Adam will do excellent work for your next event or any long-term development work.
—Helena Stephens, City of Bellevue (Washington) Family, Youth and Teens Services Manager
Schools, Communities, Nonprofits, Government
Fletcher Engagement Services Success
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Since Fletcher Engagement Services started contracting in 1997, we have directly supported more than 1,500 organizations in 5,000 communities across the U.S. and Canada, and around the world.
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If Fletcher Engagement Services projects don’t succeed, then we haven’t done our job. Our projects have a 100% empowerment guarantee that YOU can feel more purposeful, passionate and powerful after you’re engaged with him!
52
The number of books Adam F.C. Fletcher has written guiding, evaluating, analyzing, and uplifting youth engagement in all of its forms.
Ready for Action?
Is your community, school, agency or nonprofit ready to move engagement forward?
Fletcher Engagement Services will spend time with you to see what your needs are, explore the lives of people in your organization, and determine how we can help you take action! Get in touch with us and we can help you become more engaged!
About Us
Fletcher Engagement Services is a seasoned leader with lived experience supporting youth engagement throughout society.
We equip professionals, parents, community leaders and others with the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to engage everyone, everywhere, all of the time.
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