Educational Consultant & Teacher; Author of "The Connected College: Leadership Strategies for Student Success" and "How to Get the Most Out of College"
Elliot Felix Biography
Elliot Felix is a student success author, speaker, and consultant to more than a hundred colleges and universities. He uses his background in design to create better connected colleges and universities by improving the spaces students learn and live in, the services that support them, and the technology they rely on. Over the last 20 years, he has spoken at SxSW Edu, taught courses on innovation, and worked with more than 100 universities including Carnegie Mellon, MIT, NYU, NC State, and the University of Virginia. Through his consulting work, Felix has improved the experience of more than 1,000,000 students.
You can find his work in Fast Company, Forbes, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. His first book, "How to Get the Most Out of College," was published in January 2022 and received a blue star from Kirkus Reviews, calling it “A knowledgeable, enthusiastic guide packed with strategies and encouragement.” His latest book, "The Connected College: Leadership Strategies for Student Success," was published in July 2025 as the #1 new release in education administration and was named one of the ten best books in higher education in 2025 by Forbes. He lives in Minneapolis with his son Theo, daughter Nora, and wife Liz.
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Elliot Felix Speaking Topics
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The Connected College: Leadership Strategies for Student Success
Instead of silos and separations, how can colleges and universities help all students feel a sense of belonging, create courses that lead to rewarding careers, provide students the support they need to succeed, and help everyone work better together to make this happen? In this talk based on The Connected College drawing from Elliot’s work more than 100 leading colleges and universities, will challenge leaders with its breakthrough ideas, success stories, and practical tactics
You’ll learn how to enable student success across key function areas in higher education: senior administration, academic affairs, student affairs, athletics, assessment, advancement, career development, libraries, facilities, technology and governing boards. You’ll understand the key demographic, technological, and cultural trends, learn inspiring case studies of connected colleges and universities, and apply tactics to enable student success. This talk can also include an activity to assess the connectedness of your institution or department and/or create the roadmap to improve it.
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Space & Student Success
What role do spaces like classrooms, libraries, and residence halls play in student success? How do the support services offered in these spaces enable student success? How can staff best be structured to collaborate on providing these services? How can technology systems best be configured to help students find and use spaces as well as access services? How can these come together to help students find their places, people, and paths?
In this talk, based on Elliot's books and work with 100+ colleges and universities, you’ll learn what the evidence shows about the role that spaces play in supporting the key activities that help students succeed, activities like interactive learning in the classroom, finding a mentor, experiential learning projects, getting involved and belonging to a community and more. You’ll also learn the organizational and operational best practices to make these spaces work. This talk can also include an activity to analyze your campus experience for the future and/or create the roadmap to improve it.
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Elliot Felix is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Author, Business Consulting, College, Education, Education Reform, Educational Motivational, Professors, Workshop -
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Elliot Felix is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Connected College: Leadership Strategies for Student Success, Space & Student Success, Future Workforce, Future Workplace and How to Get the Most Out of College. The estimated speaking fee range to book Elliot Felix for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Elliot Felix generally travels from Minneapolis, MN, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Keith L. Brown, Royel M. Johnson, Wes Parham, Robyn Jackson and Jaime Casap. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Elliot Felix for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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