Motivational Speaker, "Speaking Life Into People & Building Them Up From The Inside Out"
"Dr. Anderson was inspiring and an overall amazing speaker. She engaged her audience and was authentic and real with us. Her ability to be energetic, as well as vulnerable, allowed the audience to connect to her and actually get something/learn from her speech. "
Concordia University, St. Paul|Student Leader
Testimonials
- Dr. Anderson was so lively and engaging. She reached out to as many students as she could in the short time she was here, and she seems like one of those people who make every person she interacts with feel included. Dr. Anderson listened intently, remembered what we had said, and genuinely cared about our responses. She was funny, kind, and inspiring to listen to! Sometimes those speakers can lose interest, especially since they speak for about an hour, but time seemed to fly by and I wanted to hear more from her! Would love to have her here again!
Madison Patrow, Student Leader, Concordia University-Saint Paul
- Dr. Anderson created a welcoming and encouraging environment and provided some great ideas for effective meaningful communication
Trevor Schmutz,Program Evaluation Specialist
- She's an excellent speaker. She is such an inspiration to me. She made me want to strive harder to become what I want to be in the future.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- She is young, relatable, charismatic, knowledgeable, and professional.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- Love the lunch and learn overall. DaVida Anderson was a beautiful and inspirational speaker.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- It was very inspiring and information session.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
Very engaging speaker.
Student Affairs Adminstrator-York College of Pennsylvania
- I learned that I am not supposed to let people put me down and I have to sacrifice so many things in order to achieve my goals. Also loving my self is the first thing that I should do in order to make others love me.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- This speaker was very relatable. She provided the information in a way that we as students could understand, she didn't overflow us with statistics and facts. It felt closer to an engaging conversation rather than a lecture which I liked.
- Student-CCC
- Uplifting /Educational/ Inspiring
Discipline and Security Coordinator-Charter School
- I felt as if her motivations bring a different perspective
Teacher
- She was very engaging with the students and very formal yet casual with the students to create a welcoming environment.
Resident Assistance
- Over the course of the seminar we had with Dr. Anderson on our student leadership, I was never bored. She is a wonderfully engaging speaker, peppering in personal anecdotes with fantastic leadership advice. I am so thankful that she came to Concordia!! I was fully engaged with her the entire time she was presenting which isn’t always true with presenters like her.
Lindsey Bahr, Student Leader,
Concordia University-Saint Paul
- Dr. Anderson did an amazing job and was very Kind and helpful. It was a great experience, great energy and motivation, as well as really helpful information
Daniel Carter,President/Vice President for Veterans Club
- Dr. Anderson was cheerful and bright, and shared good information on how to be a better supervisor.
Joshua Geary
- It was very fun! High energy and learned a lot at the same time! It was fantastic!
Student Leader, Concordia University St Paul
- I enjoyed her presentation. She was engaging and thought provoking.
CCMA AmeriCorps VISTA member|Towson University
- This speech influenced me a lot. I learned so much things and I learned how to love my self. also this speech made me accept me how I am.
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- I loved the speaker she was fun, energetic and really confident in herself!
Student-York College of Pennsylvania
- It was very informational and helpful
Student-University of Iowa
- She was very motivational and made me want to do better.
Student-University of Iowa
- Very charismatic and she worked her speech in a way that an every day person would understand.
Student-University of Iowa
- I think she can change a lot of peoples' lives at my school.
Student-University of Iowa
- I liked the interactions and visuals because it was really captivating.
Student-University of Iowa
- Dr. Anderson did an amazing job of explanation with examples, as well as keeping the audience engaged.
Student-CCC
- I would recommend this speaker because she was very kind and respectful of everyone’a answer also she knew the content very well Student-CCC
- Dr. Anderson was a good speaker and encouraged dialogue
Student-CCC
- I thought we were going to talk about just being single. This workshop was very empowering and exceeded my expectations.
Participant -Single 's Workshop
- Dr. Anderson was amazing! She helped me realize that I have to be a good leader in my life, before I can be one in others'. She was so fun and engaging! She really made her points very clear and understandable! Wow, she was great! I thought it was going to be some okay but boring lecture about how we can be a good leader, but she surpassed all my expectations with flying colors! She was fun, engaging, educational, and she made me want to stay and listen to her because I loved everything she was saying! I highly recommend getting her to come to your school/organization as a guest speaker!
Bethany Dorschner, Student Leader, Concordia University-Saint Paul
- It was great! It made me feel better about myself. It’s good to know I’m not the only one feeling the way I do and I feel like I can accomplish what needs to be done. She made me feel that I am at the right place at this point in my life.
Coordinator
- She was inspirational. I particularly liked all the inspirational quotes she sprinkled throughout her talk. Honestly, it gave me an idea for how I can share quotes in my own presentations to students.
Eliza Newlin Carney, Founder & President,The Civic Circle
- I can see lot's of people's lives being significantly changed by her choice of words.
Student-University of Iowa
- I enjoyed the concept, "The Game of Life" and how it took child hood games and related them to different ways that you can succeed in life. I enjoyed how DaVida, included the audience into the presentation and the content was relevant to all ages. Finally, I missed the beginning however, I never felt like I was lost and I appreciated how DaVida brought everything together in the end.
Student-University of Iowa
- I enjoyed that it was interactive
Student-University of Iowa
- I learned that I am enough and I should not settle, also I need to be more careful about the company I keep.
Student-Purdue University
- I learned to let go, love myself, and empower other women to do the same.
Student-Purdue University
- I would recommend hearing from Dr. Anderson because she spoke with the audience, not to them. She welcomed us to relate to the information provided and it didn't feel like a lecture despite learning much about de-escalation.
Student-CCC
- Empowering with a stroke of love. Really brought things together and galvanized our group.
Assistant Athlectic Director-Purdue University
Dr. Anderson's energy and passion was always at a 10! The way she connected with every single participant on a virtual platform was nothing like I had experience before.
Hadiyyah Abdul-Jalaal|CCMA AmeriCorps VISTA
Dr. Anderson had relevance to me at the same level, didn't talk above or below me, but beside me. Humor was the key to making me "feel" the presentation. Unparalleled stage presence, confidence, and knowledge of the subject. Wonderful!
Wendy Baker|BlueEQ VP Operations
