Mentoring
Teenage
Heroes
Matthew P.
Winkler
© TED Conferences LLC,
designed by Kirill Yeretsy
TED video - 6 million views!
A workshop at your school!
The Hero's Journey in Real Life
Do You Enter the Forest Alone?
About
Matthew P. Winkler has taught and mentored teenagers at middle schools, high schools, and colleges in New York, New England, China, and Japan. His TED-Ed video "What Makes a Hero?" snowballed into his first book Mentoring Teenage Heroes: The Hero's Journey of Adolescence. He currently leads workshops and gives presentations to students and adults all over the world. His work in the public and private sectors led to his podcast and forthcoming book The Cave You Fear.
Schedule
March 6, 2020
Workshop at Grand River Prep, Michigan
March 5, 2020
Workshop at Mott Middle College, Michigan
March 4, 2020
Workshop at Pierce Middle School, Michigan
October 28-29, 2020
MC of The Hero Round Table conference in Hartland, Michigan
April 12, 2019
Workshop at California State University, Bakersfield
March 2-3, 2019
Speaker at The Hero Round Table conference in Yarram, Australia
June 7, 2018
Story Structure Brainstorm at Haldane Middle School, New York
May 30, 2018
Keynote for Comunidad Sefaradi in Mexico City
May 17, 2018
Workshop for cadets in the LAPD Police Orientation and Preparation Program
April 21-22, 2018
Keynote and workshop at the Hero Round Table conference (San Francisco)
January 10, 2018
Assembly for students at South Kent School, Connecticut
November 15-16, 2017
Presentations at The Greenwich Country Day School, Connecticut
August 29, 2017
Professional Development presentation and workshop for teachers at Archie R. Cole Middle School, Rhode Island
July 12 & 19, 2017
Workshops at the Connecticut Writing Project's Summer Writing LABS for students at Fairfield University
July 11, 2017
Prison Library Reading Series workshop at Garner Correctional Institution, Connecticut
May 17, 2017
Presentation at the Pomfret Community School, Connecticut
May 9, 2017
Presentation at Bracken Memorial Library at Woodstock Academy, Connecticut
April 25, 2017
Co-host of TEDEdChat with @DesignSaunders
April 21, 2017
TEDx Pomfret, Connecticut
March 29, 2017
Workshop at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Connecticut
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Mentoring Teenage Heroes
The prestigious TED organization selected Matthew Winkler’s lesson for their educational library, TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing. The author’s narration is complemented by the award-winning animation of Kirill Yeretsky.
Mentoring Teenage Heroes is written for parents, teachers, coaches (and other ex-adolescents) who now guide today’s teenagers along the heroic journey from childhood to adulthood — a rite of passage as old as the ancient myths that metaphorically describe it. Those myths echo through contemporary books and movies and the real-world experience of growing up. For most adults, daily life is a routine grind. For teenagers, it’s an epic struggle for identity.