Matt Tod

Matt Tod | The Institute for Health and Human Potential

Matt is the creator and Executive Director of Leadership ReWired – a youth leadership initiative of the Institute for Health and Human Potential that focuses on empowering young people to create positive change in all aspects of their lives.
Over the past four years, Matt has been a thought leader in the area of youth leadership and development, working with a number of youth-focused organizations and charities around North America. Having traveled internationally, Matt has spoken to and worked with over 55,000 youth and and educators with his focus being on the personal, social, and global issues that young people face in the world today.

Matt considers himself an “Edu-tainer” – someone who brings high energy, humour and positivity to all of his presentations and workshops. His exceptional ability to relate with his audience enables him to connect on a personal level with young people. Matt has a strong ability to relate what he teaches to what is going on in the world today – in the media, pop culture, and at home. This ultimately aids in young people’s ability to retain information and apply these skills to their personal lives. His passion and motivation for Youth Leadership and Development has allowed him to apply much of what he learns to his personal life with great success.

By blending his personal experiences and intellect with high energy, humour and positivity, Matt inspires and encourages young people to create positive change in their lives, the lives of others and their communities.

Using his previous experience and education, as well as numerous surveys and discussions with both educators and youth, Matt developed IHHP’s Youth Leadership program—Leadership Rewired—which is now being integrated into school systems in both Canada and the U.S.

Before joining IHHP in 2008, Matt travelled North America as a speaker and facilitator for an international youth leadership organization, where he blended personal experience and intellect in order to share the challenges surrounding today’s youth, as well as offer practical and tangible solutions to these issues.

With his trademark high energy level, humor and positivity, Matt has an exceptional ability to connect personally with young people in his presentations and workshops. He relates his teachings to what is happening in the world today – in the media, pop culture, and at home – understanding this helps youth better retain the information and apply EI skills to their personal lives. His passion for the science of emotional intelligence has allowed him to apply these theories in his personal life with great success. This clearly translates into his work with youth and their everyday issues.