For over a decade, motivational speaker, emcee and engagement strategist, Shaun Derik has dedicated his career to helping dreamers young and old reconnect with their passion and natural-born gifts. Through his dynamic message delivery, which is a blend of live music and comedy, audience members are able to locate disruptive patterns, reframe their circumstances, and leave Shaun’s presentations feeling motivated and energized; as a result are encouraged to take massive steps towards the achievement of their life-long goals.

Shaun's expertise in effective youth engagement derives from his 15 years in youth development, 10 years in prevention, and 7 years in corporate team-building and philanthropic event planning. His most notable work has been in Character Development serving such worthy causes as The Mississippi Department of Education’s Dropout Prevention program, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York Youth Advocate team training, The National Police Activities League, and ABC Virginia’s Youth Alcohol and Drug Abuse Project. Just months before the major shutdown, Shaun was asked to host the West Virginia Gamechangers Opioid Awareness Conference where he engaged and inspired over 200,000 live via PBS broadcast and over 20,000 people in person.

His work in education, philanthropy, and media has afforded him the opportunity to reach more than 700,000 dreamers globally and has been featured on CBS, NBC, Essence.com, and a host of other media outlets. Whether on stage, in the classroom, or in front of the camera, Shaun Derik continues to outline the key components for how to live a life worth talking about.