When a student enters college, they are taking another step on their journey to becoming a new person. Protecting this journey and helping students grow is our responsibility and goal as event coordinators and entertainment providers.
At Neon Entertainment, we’ve been booking entertainment for colleges for a very long time, novelty events, comedic talent, orientation speakers, and more. We felt now is the moment to share our expertise in helping students face the challenges that they will encounter in college and help them make choices that are healthy, smart, and safe. So, without further ado, demonstrating the best mental health and alcohol prevention programs for orientation, fall week, or other occasions during the school year.
Maximize Your Buzz
Maximize Your Buzz is a non-traditional method of alcohol education for college students. Unfortunately, a lot of alcohol education is ineffective, which is why this program is designed for people who hate lectures.
This program is focused on who you are and your core values, not telling students horror stories or trying to convince them of something they don’t believe, making this a great prevention program for orientation.
Party S.M.A.R.T.
Party S.M.A.R.T by Vive18 is not only meant to educate college students on drug and alcohol use. It also focuses on educating students on coping skills and teaching them how to have good mental health in wise ways as they make their way through the college lifestyle.
Vive means “to live” in many languages across the globe, and living, not just surviving, is ultimately what Vive18 is teaching with this prevention program. The program also covers topics like bystander intervention, belonging, inclusion, and more, all in a relatable way that students will actually listen to.
College Survival Secrets
College Survival Secrets is an excellent program to bring to your orientation. It covers topics like substance abuse, career planning, and campus involvement to ensure students feel like part of the community.
This interactive multimedia program is built so that students actually remember the messages and have fun as they do so. The whole time, building students’ confidence to have a great college experience and beyond!
Hypnotic Intoxication
Hypnotic Intoxication is a powerful alcohol and substance abuse prevention program that combines live on-stage hypnosis with education and storytelling to create an extremely impactful message.
Hypnotist Keith Karkut uses volunteers from the audience to demonstrate through hypnosis how easily behavior and judgment can be altered. Keith uses this demonstration to make his point about alcohol, intoxication, and a safe lifestyle to students during the program.
Mike Shoreman: Disabled Adventurer & Mental Health Advocate
Mike Shoreman is an outstanding speaker for mental health, student success, team building, and much more. He reveals to students and educators alike how to have an extreme level of healthy resilience to challenges in a meaningful, engaging way.
Bring him to your college event to let him show you and your students the undeniable power of the human spirit.
Goody
Goody is a SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) certified educational program about suicide, survivor’s guilt, and the aftermath that students will not forget. This serious presentation educates students on life-saving techniques along with self-evaluation tools to stay safe and healthy throughout their lives.
This program is immensely powerful and will create a deep emotional connection with the audience when it is brought to your college. It utilizes storytelling and videos to tell its message, which students need to hear.
The Healthy Leader: How to Lead Without Burning Out
Mike Fritz’s The Healthy Leader explores the underdiscussed mental health problem of student leaders being overwhelmed, exhausted, and burning out, which could even cause a rippling effect on other students and campus engagement.
Mike Fritz teaches students not only how to lead others, but how to lead themselves during times of pressure. He teaches students to grow, develop, and to challenge themselves in a way that is beneficial to good mental health.
Just One Drink
Just One Drink is a serious lecture that teaches students through entertaining humor. Adam Ace is a college comedian who took his skills as a comic and used them to bring a higher level of education to college students. In this interactive presentation, he teaches students about substance abuse in a positive and fun social environment.
These programs all have strong and important messages for college students to hear, so how can you choose just one? At Neon Entertainment, we’re experts in this kind of thing, and we would be more than happy to listen to your requests and suggest the perfect program for your college event. So whether it’s an Orientation Speaker, a Musician, a Comedian, or even an Ice Skating Rink, we can bring it to you! Contact one of our agents to learn more!
