Searching for a motivational speaker for your Teacher & Educators event? Keynote speaker comedian Larry Weaver delivers inspiration, humor, and actionable strategies to uplift and energize your audience.
Larry Weaver is the perfect choice for your school’s staff professional development day, in-service training, or teacher convocation. With a presentation that seamlessly blends motivation, inspiration, and clean humor, Larry offers a unique and impactful experience for your audience of K-12 faculty, staff, and administrators.
Having grown up in a household supported by his mother’s work in the school system cafeteria, Larry understands the dedication of school staff. Thanks to the encouragement of his teachers and counselors, Larry became the first in his family to attend college. His journey is a living testament to the transformative power of educators, and he passionately shares humorous and heartwarming stories of how teachers changed his trajectory. Larry’s commitment to education is further exemplified by the establishment of the Larry Weaver Scholarship Fund, ensuring future generations have access to higher education.
Larry’s presentations address the critical challenges facing today’s educators, including teacher burnout, stress management, mental health, and work-life balance. He delivers practical insights and motivational humor that encourage teachers to remain resilient, stay passionate about their work, and foster a healthy, balanced mindset.
Choose Larry Weaver as your keynote speaker, and watch your school convocation, in-service, or professional development event transform into an unforgettable and inspiring experience that renews energy, boosts morale, and reignites the passion of your educators.
"We recently booked Larry for our Back-to-School opening day for staff. The communication between Larry and I was efficient, ensuring that all details were addressed in advance. Larry demonstrated a high level of professionalism. His humor was clean and appropriate, which was greatly appreciated by all in attendance. The uplifting message he delivered resonated perfectly with my staff, hitting all the key points we wanted to emphasize. Overall, planning for this event was easy and the outcome was exactly what we hoped for."
"We have multiple private schools as well as staff support in local school districts in Western Massachusetts. I was given the task of finding a motivational speaker to complete our yearly week-long training for our upcoming year. When I suggested possibly getting a comedian for the event, it was received with mixed commentary. Larry Weaver was a great find, as he advertised clean humor with a positive message. Communication with Larry made the whole process quite effortless and diminished any anxieties I may have had. On the day of the event, Larry was exceptionally professional and outstanding in his delivery. He blended key points and themes into his presentation that were previously touched upon during that week. Our mix of Teachers, Interventionist and Administrators truly enjoyed the experience."
"Larry Weaver was the ultimate professional when handling the arrangements of the event and keeping me informed of his plans and intentions as we moved closer to the date of the event. The performance was engaging, informational, captivating and most of all, funny. His stories, his approach and his connection to our school staff audience were exactly what we were looking for in a guest speaker."
"Larry Weaver was our keynote speaker for our agency wide training conference. He was extremely professional in his communication and was very interested in how he could provide the best information for our staff. He asked questions beforehand about our agency and was prompt in his correspondence. The staff gave him a high rating in our reflection survey and mentioned the appreciation they had for combining comedy with an inspirational message. They mentioned that he kept them engaged and interested. He came across very relatable with the staff and his message for positivity and kindness was motivating and inspiring."
"Mr. Weaver was a wonderful speaker. He provided the right amount of humor and motivation during his presentation. Our staff thoroughly enjoyed it! Mr. Weaver was very communicative prior to the event. We would highly recommend having him speak!"
"Larry Weaver hit it out of the park! We had a Teacher Appreciation event, and his motivational speech was spot on. The crowd loved him, and we even received raving reviews from the teachers themselves. From start to finish it was so easy and seamless to work with Larry. He was on time, prepared and easy to communicate with throughout the whole process. There was clean comedy and real life, funny experiences he shared with us. All while teaching a great lesson and inspiring the teachers and other attendees in the room. There were plenty of materials to choose from to put in our brochures for the event and instructions for what needed to be done to prepare for his arrival were easy to follow. He was very low maintenance compared to some other speakers we have had. Truly just a pleasure to work with and all at a very reasonable price. You won't break the bank booking this funny, professional and inspiring speaker. I highly recommend him for your next upcoming event!"
"We had Larry late in the first semester when teachers need a boost and a reminder of how important their role is. Larry provided several examples of this along with laughs along the way. Many teacher had positive comments regarding his material. Larry was professional, on time, and a pleasure to work with. We would have him back."
"Larry Weaver was something our district needed to start the year off on a positive light hearted note. Great message with lots of laughs. Easy to book and timely responses by Larry himself."
"Our Welcome Back Convocation is how we launch each new school year. Over 1100 faculty and staff gather to get motivated to welcome back our students, celebrate achievements, and fellowship with each other. Larry Weaver helped make our August convocation become one of the most memorable in the 31 years we have held the event! After an exhaustive, months long search, our leadership team decided to invite Larry to be a presenter at our gathering; he didn’t disappoint. Larry was easy to work with and responsive to communication, and his performance on stage was wonderful. It was packed with audience-appropriate comedy that kept us laughing! Our team loved Larry’s jokes that tied in perfectly with his message of positivity."
"After the seriousness that we had been through with our facilities and going through the pandemic we needed some comic relief and Larry certainly provided it! He had great stories that he could relate to our organization and work we do with students with special needs. He had lots of laughs and gave us lots of inspiration throughout his Keynote presentation. I appreciated the ease of working with him from first contact to his presentation. He made sure to find out what our organization is about and who the audience was so that he could tailor his performance to fit what we needed. The feedback from the attendees was quite positive and I heard people talking about his presentation throughout our conference. Definitely would recommend Larry to have at any event that you may have!"
"Larry performed an online comedic act for our High School Principals’ meeting. From the outset, beginning with the initial planning, Larry proved to be very accommodating and easy to work with. He willingly met for tech rehearsals and made sure that the quality of audio/video presentation was top notch. Larry carried himself with professionalism throughout and made sure the content for the actual presentation was clean, kind-hearted and included positive messaging. Further, he recognized the need to share positive messaging and tips for self-care and kindness regardless of external circumstances. We sincerely appreciate Larry’s professionalism, including the clean but entertaining messaging, and willingness to be adaptable and accommodating to suit the needs of our institution and its members."
"It was great having Larry Weaver as a speaker at our Southern California School Nutrition Association meeting. During this pandemic, our stress levels are high, and we needed to laugh. And he made us laugh! Larry weaved together jokes with the messages that we as an executive board have been sending to our members this year. Attendees communicated to me that they appreciated his humor. We also appreciated his promptness in communication as we were scheduling our agenda as well as his promptness that day. Joining us in advance of his time slot showed that he cared. Larry spent that extra time assessing and getting to know the audience. Thank you for your professionalism and the effort you put into understanding our association and our local area."