Y2 Conference 2020 Keynote

I was called to be a keynote speaker at the annual Y2 Conference, a youth entrepreneurship conference and hackathon put on by a Y2 Labs and their partners. I was called in to provide a motivating message to kickoff the event. It was hard to say whether I was effective in doing so but I'm glad I did my very first keynote address. Y2 story: "Y2 was founded by Lucas, Diane, Susie, Muskan and Samantha in early 2015 when all but Lucas were in high school. We observed that there were many entrepreneurial resources for post-secondary students and adults, however there wasn’t much that was available to teens and pre-teens. To address this gap, we ran a conference specifically for high-school students that taught content similar to what incubators were teaching their startup founders. We received warm support from Seneca College’s HELIX incubator, who became our founding partner and venue sponsor, and from the community, as more than 30 business owners and professionals from around Toronto and York Region volunteered as coaches, mentors, speakers, and judges. Today, we partner with school boards and schools to teach in-classroom programs, including our core 11-module curriculum, ICE Challenges, and customized problem-based learning workshops. We also train teachers on how to run their own design thinking workshops in their schools. And we still run the annual conference." Y2 website: http://www.y2labs.co/ I'm Anton Wong, a video producer in the Greater Toronto Area specializing in helping Small Businesses strengthen their brand story through video. I also make videos helping fellow video professionals and enthusiasts tell more effective visual stories! Website: AntonWong.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/antonwongvideo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/antonwongvideo FB: https://www.facebook.com/antonwongvideo/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@antonwongvideo Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-wong/ Affiliate links to my gear: Camera: https://amzn.to/2EM7aCK Audio Recorder: https://amzn.to/2PPVVzD Boom Mic: https://amzn.to/2QfsfuE Wireless Lav Mic: https://amzn.to/2ENXJCI Handheld mic: https://amzn.to/2ZktSeH Light: https://amzn.to/3938IX1 Stabilizer: https://amzn.to/34T85fz *I may get a small commission from your purchase, through these links, at no extra cost to you*