Be a Good Human: Preventing Sexual Harassment & Inspiring Diversity and Inclusivity

As the face of female empowerment, a college football expert, and having hiked Mt. Everest and surviving 33 days on a deserted island; Growing up in Texas with four older brothers Alexis Jones is an interesting hybrid of femininity, grit, resilience and compassion. With very public sexual assault and harassment allegations within corporate C suites, in Hollywood, the sports world and among political hopefuls becoming the highest trending news; Alexis has already been hired to speak at Google, DELL, Pepsi, NIKE, The NFL, The United Nations and The Girl Scouts as preventive medicine. Having founded an international nonprofit empowering women, Alexis also intimately understands the urgency around women’s safety and rather than preach from a soapbox, she inspires and includes men into the conversation. With her head down working as a “Justice Warrior” for over a decade, Alexis just received the prestigious Jefferson Award aka “the Oscar of the activist world” for having also founded ProtectHer, the first educational program educating young men on the importance or respecting women, long before the #metoo movement and #timesup exploded. While the topics Alexis has dedicated her life to are now trending, she remains focused on solution based strategies to inspire significant and tangible progress moving us all forward. In Alexis’ own words “we cannot remain stagnant, focused purely on the problem. We have to be brave enough to start discussing radical topics such as patience, forgiveness, redemption and rehabilitation because shame has never been an effective change agent. We will have to find a balance between hard accountability, radical grace and real actionable solutions; only then will we discover a path forward.” In this talk, Alexis will inspire a new company culture, not by pointing fingers, blaming and shaming; but by inspiring a new normal, where all humans are treated with dignity and respect.

I AM THAT GIRL: Inspiring the BADASS in Every Woman

As the founder or a 1.2+ million girl army, Alexis is an expert on all things female. Coming from “nothing” Alexis inspires her audience to summit their own personal Everest as she shares the adventures of founding an a wildly successful company, building a personal brand all while finding her own voices and learning to use it unapologetically. Whether it’s starting their own company, finally writing that book, rebuilding a broken relationship or bravely signing up for a new hobby, Alexis encourages women to look inward for purpose, confidence, and power. Because what does it mean to be a powerful woman today? How can you find strength in your imperfections? How can you use your unique voice to lift up other women instead of tearing them down? Alexis will answer these questions and teach you how to be that independent, confident woman who dares to lead other women into changing the world, even if that only world changed is their own. This is an empowerment speech on steroids leaving everyone in the audience capable and hungry of chasing down their “impossible.”

ProtectHer: Redefining #Manhood

The hottest topics in news today aren’t highlighting Heisman hopefuls or the latest March Madness rankings; unfortunately headlines are focused primarily on the rampant sexual assault allegations coming out on college campuses and among other industries While there is endless media attention about the problem, few people are discussing tangible solutions as a way forward. In this incredibly important presentation, Alexis Jones starts what becomes an ongoing dialogue, asking young men the simple question, What kind of man will you choose to be? Having worked at ESPN and Fox Sports, Alexis speaks “dude” with exceptional ease. Based on her original talk at NIKE to the top 18 high school quarterbacks in the country for ESPNU’s show Elite 11, Alexis goes much deeper than simply making audiences aware of the issues. Through strategic humor, relatable stories and tangible action steps, Alexis shares how to be brave and vulnerable– highlighting the fact that in order for men to respect women, men first have to respect themselves. She believes that men are not simply the problem when it comes to poor treatment of women, they are actually the cure. Alexis inspires a new possibility of what it means to be a badass guy and leaves every person in the room excited to be the change we so desperately need.