ABOUT
Marc Elliot knows the importance of embracing our differences. Born with a rare disease that left him with virtually no intestines, he faced extreme adversity and overcame tremendous odds from day one. But that was only the beginning of his remarkable journey. At age nine, he was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called Tourette’s Syndrome due to his incessant vocal and motor tics that interfered with every aspect of his life. It is estimated he ticced around 25 million times and every medical professional concluded his condition was uncontrollable and incurable. Not being one to bend to statistics, Marc completely overcame his Tourette’s in 2013, drawing from innovations in emotional intelligence, using only mind over body, and sheer will.
SPEAKING TOPICS
BEYOND BELIEF
HOW TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE
Marc shares his unprecedented story to illuminate the power of unconscious beliefs. Through his example, individuals and companies can gain unique perspective and new found inspiration on how to challenge the status quo to achieve the unimaginable.
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Individuals can discover how they make assumptions and pass verdicts on themselves, often carrying them forward without question. Bringing awareness to these limitations in thought leads to greater freedom and increased opportunities for success.
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE
IN ONE DECISION
Join Marc as he takes you on his journey of overcoming Tourette’s Syndrome. Discover for yourself the power of a single decision and how you can change your life and the world.
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By sharing intimately how he beat tremendous odds, audiences walk away with a practical way to approach transformation by better understanding the nature of decision-making and expanding what they imagine possible.
PAST EVENTS
COMPANIES
Arkansas
University of Central Arkansas - Conway
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Arizona
2011 National Sigma Phi Epsilon Conclave - Phoenix
Friendship Circle of Arizona - Phoenix
California
Bentley School - Oakland
Campbell Hall High School - North Hollywood
Campolindo High School - Moraga
Chadwick School - Palos Verdes Peninsula
Convent of the Sacred Heart - San Francisco
Flintridge Preparatory School - La Canada
Friendship Circle Orange County - Orange County
Head-Royce School - Oakland
Jewish Community High School of the Bay - San Fran
Marlborough Middle School - Los Angeles
Moreau Catholic High School - Hayward
NFTY National Convention - Los Angeles
Occidental College - Los Angeles
Presidio Hill School - San Francisco
Redwood Day School - Oakland
Sage Hill School - Newport Coast
St. Margaret's Episcopal School - San Juan Capistrano
The Marin School - Sausilto
The College Preparatory School - Oakland
The Webb School - Claremont
University of California Berkeley - Berkeley
Wildwood School - Los Angeles
Wilshire Camp - Malibu
Woodside Priory - Palo Alto
Colorado
Kent Denver - Denver
Shwayder Camp - Idaho Springs
University of Northern Colorado - Greeley
Connecticut
Avon Old Farms - Avon
Fairfield University - Fairfield
Friendship Circle - Stamford
Hall High School - Hartford
E.O Smith High School - Storrs
Post University - Waterbury
Staples High School - Westport
Suffield Academy - Suffield
The Gunnery - Washington
The Taft School - Watertown
Trinity College - Hartford
TSA of Connecticut - Rocky Hill
University of Connecticut - Storrs
Quinnipiac University - Hamden
Xavier - Middletown
Delaware
St Andrews Delaware - Middletown
University of Delaware - Newark
Florida
Florida Gulf Coast University - Fort Myers
NCSL Conference - Lake Buena Vista
Pine Crest School - Boca Raton
Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School - Miami
Sigma Phi Epsilon National Conclave - Orlando
St. Leo University - St. Leo
Georgia
Armstrong Atlantic State University - Savannah
Brenau University - Gainesville
Gainesville State College - Oconee Campus
Georgia Highlands College - Cartersville Campus
Georgia Highlands College - Floyd Campus
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School - Atlanta
Marist School - Atlanta
National Tourette’s Syndrome Association Conf. - Atlanta
Pace Academy - Atlanta
SEPC Conference - Atlanta
The Walker School - Atlanta
University of Georgia - Athens
University of West Georgia - Carrolton
Westminster Schools - Atlanta
Woodward Academy - Atlanta
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Idaho
Idaho Falls High School - Idaho Falls
Illinois
Aurora University - Aurora
Bradley University - Peoira
Carlyle Schools - Carlyle
Carmel Catholic High School - Mundelein
De La Salle (Institute Campus) - Chicago
Eastern Illinois University - Charleston
Friendship Circle of Illinois - Wheeling
Hyatt Regency of Chicago - Chicago
Illinois College - Jacksonville
Illinois’s Youth with Disabilities Leadership Conf.
Latin School of Chicago - Chicago
Lincoln Land Community College - Springfield
Methodist College of Nursing - Peoria
National Alliance on Mental Illness Conference
Oakton Community College - Des Plaines
University of Illinois Springfield - Springfield
Western Illinois University - Macomb
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Indiana
Butler University - Indianapolis
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University Kokomo - Kokomo
The Orchard School - Indianapolis
University of Indianapolis - Indianapolis
Vincennes University - Vincennes & Jasper Campus - Jasper
Iowa
Boone School District - Boone
Central College - Pella
Iowa TSA Support Group - Ankeny
Morningside College - Sioux City
The University of Iowa - Iowa City
New Hampshire
Colby Sawyer College - New London
Proctor Academy - Andover
University of New Hampshire - Durham
New Jersey
Chapin Middle School - Princeton
Colt Neck High School - Colt Neck
Blair Academy - Blairstown
Brookdale Community College - Lincroft
Center for Holocaust Human Genocide - Lincroft
Friendship Circle Org. - Morganville
Hun School of Princeton - Princeton
Immaculate Heart Academy - Township of Washington
Montclair Kimberley Academy - Montclair
Rider University Sig Ep - Lawrenceville
The Pennington School - Pennington
New York
Browning School - New York City
BBYO NSR
Blindbrook School District
Brooklyn Heights Montessori - Brooklyn
Fairport High School - Fairport
Friendship Circle Org. - Cedarhurst
Friendship Circle Org. - Stony Brook
Monroe Community College - Rochester
Mohawk Valley Community College - Utica
Rochelle School District Transition Fair - Rochelle
MetNY USY at Camp Ramah - Wingdale
New York TSA Conference - Syracuse
New York City TSA Brunch - Manhattan
North Salem Middle/High School - North Salem
Onondaga Community College - Syracuse
Ramapo for Children 3rd annual Youth Worker
Leadership Conference - Manhattan
Reform Temple of Forest Hills - Forest Hills
Smithtown High School East - Smithtown
Solomon Schechter of Westchester - Hartsdale
Suffolk Community College - Brentwood
SUNY-Albany - Albany
Trevor Day School - Manhattan
The Waldorf School of Garden City - Garden City
Westchester Reform Temple - Scarsdale
North Carolina
East Carolina University - Greenville
Charlotte Country Day School - Charlotte
BBYO of Charlotte - Greensboro
North Dakota
Minot State University - Minot
North Dakota State University - Fargo
University of North Dakota - Grand Forks
Ohio
Baldwin-Wallace College - Berea
Beachwood High and Middle School - Beachwood
Berkshire Junior & Senior High - Burton
BBYO ONR Convention - Independence
Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland
City of Solon Tolerance Fair - Solon
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities -
East Cleveland
Fieldstone Farms Therapeutic Riding Center -
Chagrin Falls
Crestwood School District - Crestwood
Denison University -Granville
Friendship Circle of Cleveland - Cleveland
Green School - Green
Hathaway Brown - Shaker Heights
Hawken High/Middle School - Chesterland
Heidelburg University - Tifflin
Hudson Schools - Hudson
Kent City Schools - Kent
Mentor High School - Mentor
Ohio State - Columbus
Orange High/Middle School - Orange
Perry High/Middle School - Perry
Project Love - Cleveland
Ravenna High/Middle School - Ravenna
Riverside High School - Riverside
Rootstown Middle and High School - Rootstown
Solon High School - Solon
Stow-Munroe Falls High School - Stow
University of Akron - Akron
University of Findlay - Findlay
Wickcliffe High School - Wickcliffe
Xavier University - Cincinnati
Oregon
Linfield College - McMinnville
Thomas A. Edison High School - Portland
Western Oregon University - Monmouth
Pennsylvania
Alvernia University - Reading
BBYO’s ILTC - Lake Como
Camp Chen a Wanda - Thompson
Delaware Valley College - Doylestown
Dickinson College - Carlisle
Drexel University - Philadelphia
Elizabethtown College - Elizabethtown
Friendship Circle Org.- Pittsburg
Friendship Circle Org.- Newton
Gannon University - Erie
George School - Newtown
Germantown Academy - Fort Washington
Kiski School - Saltsburg
Maryville University - Scranton
NAIS - Watertown
NAISTA - Pittsburg
Penn State Shenango, Sharon
Pennsylvania College of Technology - Williamsport
Pennsylvania Tourettes Syndrome Alliance - 5th
Annual
Conference - Gettysburg
Saint Joseph’s University - Philadelphia
Slippery Rock University - Slippery Rock
Sewickley Middle and High School - Pittsburgh
The Crefeld School - Philadelphia
University of Scranton - Scranton
William Penn Charter School - Philadelphia
Winchester Thurston School - PIttsburgh
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Kansas
2011 Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Convention -
Kansas City
Friends University - Wichita
Metropolitan Community College Maplewood -
Kansas City
Metropolitan Community College Lakeview - Lee Summit
Sigma Phi Epsilon EDGE Leadership Continuum-
Wichita
Kentucky
Bellarmine University - Louisville
Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond
Northern Kentucky University - Highland Heights
University of Pikeville - Pikeville
Louisiana
Louisiana Technical University - Ruston
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Lafayette
Tulane University - New Orleans
Maine
Bowdoin College - Brunswick
Husson College - Bangor
University of Maine Farmington - Farmington
Maryland
Anne Arundel Community College - Arnold
Beth Tfiloh Community School - Baltimore
Bullis High and Middle School - Potomac
Frederick Community College - Frederick
Gillman School - Baltmiore
McDaniel College - Westminster
McDonogh School - Ownings Mills
NAIS National Conference - National Harbor
Norwood School - Bethesda
Massachusetts
Bement Middle School - Deerfield
British School of Boston - Boston
Bridgewater State University - Bridgewater
Brookline School District - Brookline
BBYO CVR & NER - Springfield
Chilmark Community Center - Martha’s Vineyard
College of Holy Cross - Worcester
Dana Hall School - Wellesley
Eagleton School - Great Barrington
Emanuel College - Boston
The Fessenden School - Newton
John D Runkle - Brookline
Harvard Medical School - Boston
Hopkins Academy - Hadley
Longmeadow School - Longmeadow
MA College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Boston
Middlesex School-Concord
Monument Mountain High - Great Barrington
Nichols College - Dudley
Northfield Mount Hermon - Mount Hermon
Salem State College - Salem
The Fessenden School - West Newton
Tufts University - Boston
Western New England College - Springfield
Weston High School - Weston
Williston Northampton School - Easthampton
Worcester State - Worcester
Michigan
Adrian College - Adrian
Aquinas College - Grand Rapids
Central Michigan University - Mt. Pleasant
Ferris State University - Big Rapids
Friendship Circle Org.- Detroit
Grand Valley State Univ. - Allendale
Michigan State University - East Lansing
Minnesota
Central Lakes College - Brainerd
Concordia College - Moorhead
Southwest Minnesota State University - Marshall
Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi - Hattiesburg
Missouri
Clayton School District - St. Louis
Camp Rainbow - St. Louis
Central Agency for Jewish Education - St. Louis
Chad's Coalition - St. Louis
Crestview Middle School - Ellisville
John Burroughs School - Ladue
Logos - St. Louis
MACDDS - Ozarks
Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country -Day School
Maryville University - Chesterfield
Missouri National Education Association Conference
Missouri State Student Council Convention - Fulton
National Federation of Temple Youth Missouri Valley
Region
Northwest Missouri State University - Maryville
Parkway Central High School - St. Louis
Oakville Middle School - St. Louis
Sigma Epsilon Alpha MO Conf. - St. Louis
Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau
St. Joseph’s Academy - St. Louis
St. Louis Community College Meramec - St. Louis
St. Louis University - St. Louis
Truman State University - Kirksville
TSA of St. Louis
Univ. City School District - St. Louis
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Villa Duchesne Oak Hill School - St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Webster University - Saint Louis
Westminster College - Fulton
Wildwood Middle School - Glencoe
Wydown MIddle School - Clayton
Montana
Caroll College - Helena
Nebraska
NE Weslyan University - Lincoln
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SCHOOLS/ORGANIZATIONS
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SCHOOLS/ORGANIZATIONS
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Rhode Island
Bryant College - Smithfield
Moses Brown High and Middle School - Providence
Portsmouth Abbey - Portsmouth
Providence College - Providence
South Carolina
Agilysys - Greenvile
Clemson University - Clemson
Furman University - Greenville
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Wofford College - Spartanburg
South Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan University - Mitchell
South Dakota State University - Brookings
Tennessee
East Tennessee State University - Johnson City
Knoxville School District Transition Fair
Metro Human Relations Commission - Nashville
Motlow State Community College - Lynchburg
Partners in Policy Conference - Nashville
Rhodes College - Memphis
Tennessee Wesleyan College - Athens
The Baylor School - Chattanooga
Volunteer State Community College - Gallatin
Texas
Greenhill School - Addison
Hockaday School - Dallas
Sam Houston State University- Huntsville
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School - Austin
Southern Methodist University - Dallas
Vermont
Lyndon State College -Lyndonville
University of Vermont - Burlington
Virginia
2011 NAIS Summer Diversity Institute - Alexandria
Booz Allen Hamilton - McLean
Longwood University - Farmville
Madeira School - McLean
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School - Alexandria
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science &
Technology - Alexandria
Virginia Wesleyan College - Norfolk
Washington
Big Ben Community College - Moses Lake
Cascadia Community College - Bothell
Centralia College - Centralia
Eastern Washington University - Cheney
Everett College - Everett
Gray's Harbor College - Aberdeen
Edmond Community College - Lynwood
Northern Seattle Community College - Seattle
Tacoma Community College - Tacoma
University of Washington Tacoma - Tacoma
University of Washington Bothell - Bothell
Whitman College - Walla Walla
West Virginia
Bethany University - Bethany
Concord University - Athens
Washington, D.C.
National Cathedral School
The Field School
Wisconsin
Carroll University - Waukesha
Chippewa Valley Technical College - Eau Claire
Concordia University of Wisconsin - Mequon
Conserve School - Land O Lakes
Friendship Circle Org. - Milwaukee
Horace Mann Middle School - Wausau
Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
University of Milwaukee at Wisconsin - Milwaukee
University of WI at LaCrosse - LaCrosse
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin Plateville - Plateville
WITC at Rice Lake - Rice Lake
International
Academia Interamericana de Panama -
Carol Morgan School - Dominican Republic
Panama Cty, Panama
Friendship Circle Montreal - Montreal, Canada
Episcopal de Panama - Panama City, Panama
Instituto de Alberto Einstein - Panama City, Panama
Panamerican - Panama City, Panama
Ottawa University - Ottawa, Canada
Tanenbaum CHAT - Toronto, Canada
MOVIE TRAILER
MOVIE
What happens when a successful young college speaker from St. Louis learns that his Tourette’s Syndrome, a debilitating neurological disorder deemed incurable by the medical community, can be overcome? When Marc Elliot first attended a human potential program in New York City, he had no intention of working on his condition, the effects of which he had lived and dealt with his entire life. And he certainly didn’t expect to experience a decline in his tics, which began to disappear over a series of months before ceasing altogether. Approximately 25 million tics and twenty years after they first appeared, Marc was faced with a profound question: is Tourette’s Syndrome truly an uncontrollable and incurable condition? This documentary explores Marc’s journey, along with four other individuals who followed in his footsteps, aspiring to replicate Marc’s results. What unfolds is an extraordinary tale: from an art school in Buffalo, a small town in Wisconsin, a high school classroom in Arizona to a wildlife center in the Adirondacks — we are invited to witness a profound story of determination, will, and the power of the human mind.
TESTIMONIALS
Through his journey overcoming Tourette’s, Marc shares an emotional story of bringing a once unattainable goal within reach. When you leave this presentation you’ll feel like you can do the same thing for your team.”
Joel
President
Afterburner, Inc.
From executives to the mail room, his journey has the ability to touch everyone. ​
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Jack
Co-Founder
The Projects
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I am a huge advocate for you and your work, and highly recommend you to any YPO chapter for their education program.
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Richard
President & CEO |
U.S. Security Associates, Inc.
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