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Harvey Alston

Educator & Motivator

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Harvey Alston Biography

Considered one of the most dynamic, “high octane” speakers in America, Harvey Alston has been a full-time speaker since 1989. He has spoken to millions of people throughout the United States who have benefited not only from his knowledge, but also from the wisdom that Alston brings to the finish line.

His unforgettable words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth and changed lives. His powerful, soul-searching presentations uplift audiences to a higher standard and to a level where they strive only for the best. Harvey Alston believes in solitary achievement, shared accomplishment and the dignity of human beings.

As one of the most in-demand speakers in America, Harvey Alston's career has spanned positions from head football coach of Columbus East High School in Ohio in 1968, to assistant director of student financial aid at the university level. As an educator, he’s taught English, biology, health, life sciences and math curricula. Over the years, Alston has received recognition and awards from such diverse groups and organizations as the Ohio House of Representatives as one of Ohio’s Finest Citizens, the City of Columbus declared a Harvey Alston Day and he was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel and has received numerous national recognitions and awards. However, none has more impact than the response from those individuals whose lives have been dramatically changed. People walk away from Alston's presentations knowing they have just heard someone who “has been around the track a few times” and one who shares it in a way that people do not forget.

Harvey Alston's enterprise is called Best Inc., based on his philosophy and his book, titled Be the Best. He is the Coordinator for the Ohio High School Athletic Association Student Leadership Conferences, a contributing writer and photographer for the Highland Lakes Monthly Magazine, member of the National Speakers Association and serves on the advisory board to the Olentangy School District, the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School and many civic boards, panels and commissions.

Speaking Topics
  • Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain

    This program is a highly interactive, firm and spirited search for solutions. It is meant to provide a variety of educational experiences through the delivery of subjects on the cutting edge of team leadership, and to impart practical skills that will enhance the quality of life by reshaping lost abilities, heighten expectations, rebuild hope, confidence, self-respect and desire.

  • Competent Communication

    This program will build your communication skills, enhancing skills for listening and identifying the obstacles to effective listening. Participants will be involved in adapting to communication with social context and adjusting the physical context of symbolic functional dimensions. Alston will develop strategies for public group communication with active knowledge of verbal and nonverbal communication.

  • Practical Parenting

    Alston will discuss ways to “Know Your Child’s Interests,” “Using TV Wisely,” “ABC’s of Parenting,” “Advice for Living with Pre-Teens,” “Parents Watch Your Language” and “Discipline, a Preventative Force.”

  • Customer Service- S.O.U.L. “Service On Unbelievable Levels”

    Alston will develop strategies for the BEST customer service by planning the future of your employees. He will research different delivery styles of successful businesses that have an understanding of what it takes to motivate employees. After identifying what the organization has done to improve their service, Alston will collaborate with the audience to make a plan to change everyone’s vision.

  • Be the Best

    Alston has taken his personal, proven message “Be the Best” to literally millions of people. His unforgettable words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth, and changed lives. By developing effective strategies to become the best, specific techniques to be more effective as leaders, methods for developing goal-setting strategies, team dynamics, enhanced communication and listening skills, all organizations can “Be the Best.” Alston powerful, soul-searching presentation uplifts people to a higher standard, to a level where people strive only for the BEST.

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  • HOW TO BOOK Harvey Alston?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Harvey Alston for both live and virtual events for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Harvey Alston, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Harvey Alston or any other celebrity of your choice.
  • HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BOOK Harvey Alston?

    Booking fees for Harvey Alston, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies between live and virtual events. Other factors that can affect speaker fees include the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The live and virtual event speaking fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Harvey Alston, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
  • WHO IS THE AGENT FOR Harvey Alston?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Harvey Alston for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Harvey Alston for your next private or corporate function.
  • WHAT IS A FULL-SERVICE TALENT BOOKING AGENCY?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Harvey Alston or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Harvey Alston or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
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Harvey Alston Biography

Considered one of the most dynamic, “high octane” speakers in America, Harvey Alston has been a full-time speaker since 1989. He has spoken to millions of people throughout the United States who have benefited not only from his knowledge, but also from the wisdom that Alston brings to the finish line.

His unforgettable words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth and changed lives. His powerful, soul-searching presentations uplift audiences to a higher standard and to a level where they strive only for the best. Harvey Alston believes in solitary achievement, shared accomplishment and the dignity of human beings.

As one of the most in-demand speakers in America, Harvey Alston's career has spanned positions from head football coach of Columbus East High School in Ohio in 1968, to assistant director of student financial aid at the university level. As an educator, he’s taught English, biology, health, life sciences and math curricula. Over the years, Alston has received recognition and awards from such diverse groups and organizations as the Ohio House of Representatives as one of Ohio’s Finest Citizens, the City of Columbus declared a Harvey Alston Day and he was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel and has received numerous national recognitions and awards. However, none has more impact than the response from those individuals whose lives have been dramatically changed. People walk away from Alston's presentations knowing they have just heard someone who “has been around the track a few times” and one who shares it in a way that people do not forget.

Harvey Alston's enterprise is called Best Inc., based on his philosophy and his book, titled Be the Best. He is the Coordinator for the Ohio High School Athletic Association Student Leadership Conferences, a contributing writer and photographer for the Highland Lakes Monthly Magazine, member of the National Speakers Association and serves on the advisory board to the Olentangy School District, the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School and many civic boards, panels and commissions.

Harvey Alston Speaking Topics

  • Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain

    This program is a highly interactive, firm and spirited search for solutions. It is meant to provide a variety of educational experiences through the delivery of subjects on the cutting edge of team leadership, and to impart practical skills that will enhance the quality of life by reshaping lost abilities, heighten expectations, rebuild hope, confidence, self-respect and desire.

  • Competent Communication

    This program will build your communication skills, enhancing skills for listening and identifying the obstacles to effective listening. Participants will be involved in adapting to communication with social context and adjusting the physical context of symbolic functional dimensions. Alston will develop strategies for public group communication with active knowledge of verbal and nonverbal communication.

  • Practical Parenting

    Alston will discuss ways to “Know Your Child’s Interests,” “Using TV Wisely,” “ABC’s of Parenting,” “Advice for Living with Pre-Teens,” “Parents Watch Your Language” and “Discipline, a Preventative Force.”

  • Customer Service- S.O.U.L. “Service On Unbelievable Levels”

    Alston will develop strategies for the BEST customer service by planning the future of your employees. He will research different delivery styles of successful businesses that have an understanding of what it takes to motivate employees. After identifying what the organization has done to improve their service, Alston will collaborate with the audience to make a plan to change everyone’s vision.

  • Be the Best

    Alston has taken his personal, proven message “Be the Best” to literally millions of people. His unforgettable words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth, and changed lives. By developing effective strategies to become the best, specific techniques to be more effective as leaders, methods for developing goal-setting strategies, team dynamics, enhanced communication and listening skills, all organizations can “Be the Best.” Alston powerful, soul-searching presentation uplifts people to a higher standard, to a level where people strive only for the BEST.

Harvey Alston Videos

  • Harvey Alston - Motivational Speaker - YouTube
  • Florida FFA - Harvey Alston - YouTube

FAQs on booking Harvey Alston

  • How to book Harvey Alston?

    Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Harvey Alston for both live and virtual events for over 20 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment. Fill out a booking request form for Harvey Alston, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Harvey Alston or any other celebrity of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Harvey Alston?

    Booking fees for Harvey Alston, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies between live and virtual events. Other factors that can affect speaker fees include the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. The live and virtual event speaking fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Harvey Alston, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
  • Who is the agent for Harvey Alston?

    All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Harvey Alston for clients worldwide for more than 20 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Harvey Alston for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service talent booking agency?

    All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Harvey Alston or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Harvey Alston or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.

Harvey Alston is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain, Competent Communication, Practical Parenting, Customer Service- S.O.U.L. “Service On Unbelievable Levels” and Be the Best. The estimated speaking fee range to book Harvey Alston for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Harvey Alston generally travels from Columbus, OH, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Stedman Graham, Magic Johnson, Roger Crawford, Erin Gruwell and Danita Patterson. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Harvey Alston for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Harvey Alston Speaking Topics

  • Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain

    This program is a highly interactive, firm and spirited search for solutions. It is meant to provide a variety of educational experiences through the delivery of subjects on the cutting edge of team leadership, and to impart practical skills that will enhance the quality of life by reshaping lost abilities, heighten expectations, rebuild hope, confidence, self-respect and desire.

  • Competent Communication

    This program will build your communication skills, enhancing skills for listening and identifying the obstacles to effective listening. Participants will be involved in adapting to communication with social context and adjusting the physical context of symbolic functional dimensions. Alston will develop strategies for public group communication with active knowledge of verbal and nonverbal communication.

  • Practical Parenting

    Alston will discuss ways to “Know Your Child’s Interests,” “Using TV Wisely,” “ABC’s of Parenting,” “Advice for Living with Pre-Teens,” “Parents Watch Your Language” and “Discipline, a Preventative Force.”

  • Customer Service- S.O.U.L. “Service On Unbelievable Levels”

    Alston will develop strategies for the BEST customer service by planning the future of your employees. He will research different delivery styles of successful businesses that have an understanding of what it takes to motivate employees. After identifying what the organization has done to improve their service, Alston will collaborate with the audience to make a plan to change everyone’s vision.

  • Be the Best

    Alston has taken his personal, proven message “Be the Best” to literally millions of people. His unforgettable words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth, and changed lives. By developing effective strategies to become the best, specific techniques to be more effective as leaders, methods for developing goal-setting strategies, team dynamics, enhanced communication and listening skills, all organizations can “Be the Best.” Alston powerful, soul-searching presentation uplifts people to a higher standard, to a level where people strive only for the BEST.

Harvey Alston Speaker Videos

  • Harvey Alston - Motivational Speaker - YouTube
    Florida FFA - Harvey Alston - YouTube

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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