Speaking
Assembly, classroom, and staff — or all-hands and leadership. The bully that hides in jokes and policy. The bully inside the closet. Dignity as a practice. He travels from Hardin County, Kentucky.
One page. Topics, a sample day, the fees. No form. Read it on the page if you want it on the screen first.
Grades 4–8
Hallways, lockers, group chats. Name the behavior. Practice a next step that is small enough to use on Monday.
High school
Coming out. Inner homophobia. The voice that follows a student home after the bell.
Staff and workplaces
Jokes, policy, and power. Dignity as a practice in rooms that already have a handbook.
| Schools, full day | $750 + travel |
| Workplaces, full day | $1,500 + travel |
Signed classroom or staff sets available. Buying sets lowers the day rate.
For schools
A day in the auditorium is the spark. The book stays after the buses leave. Stop bullying seminars that refuse the cartoon bully — plus LGB topics when the school asks for that room: coming out, inner homophobia, and treating people with dignity.
Put one on every desk. Then the language is still there on Tuesday. Signed classroom sets are $9 a copy, shipping included.
$750 for the day, plus travel if you are not local. Sets bring the rate down. He travels from Hardin County, Kentucky.
Rates
Clear numbers so a principal or an HR lead can take this to a budget. Local means you do not add a travel line. Signed classroom and workplace book packages discount the day.
Schools
$750for the day
Full-day visits for presentations and workshops on bullying prevention and LGB topics — coming out, inner homophobia, and treating people with dignity. Assemblies, classrooms, and staff.
Plus travel expenses if the school is not local. Discounted rates when the school pre-purchases signed book packages.
Corporate
$1,500for the day
Full-day talks for businesses and organizations on workplace bullying, harassment, and creating inclusive environments that support LGB employees. Staff meetings, leadership, and all-hands.
Plus travel expenses if the location is not local. Discounted rates when the organization pre-purchases book packages as well.
What people take with them
“The worry got quieter. The room was kinder than the one built in his head.”
“A reader finally had a name for the bully they were still carrying after they left the hallway.”
“The room had language they could use the next day.”
FAQ
An author, speaker, and business coach in Sonora, Kentucky, with his husband Jonathan and their children, Jack and Amariah. He was born and raised in Connecticut. He writes about coming out, bullying, and a week you can actually live — speaks in schools and workplaces — and teaches service businesses indoor air quality.
A coming-out novel about inner homophobia — the bully inside the closet — and the friends who walk you home. There is a Spanish edition, Saliendo Del Closet. The free lesson is the short version.
A short book for school and work. It refuses the cartoon bully and treats bullying as a challenge you can meet, including the kind that hides in jokes, policy, and power.
A conversation about happiness you can finish in a week. The second edition is the one Mike still signs. The first edition is sold out. There is a free seven-day practice on this site.
The hardest bully is often the voice you carry after the hallway goes quiet. Inner homophobia is still bullying. Room 308 names it. The coming-out lesson is the short walk through that room.
Room 308 and Bullies Among Us are $10 signed. Life in a Week is $12 signed. The three together are $32, shipping included. Checkout is PayPal. Mike packs them in Kentucky.
No. Signed books ship included. There is no postage line at checkout.
Use the speaking page. Tell him the room, the date, and the problem you want named. A school day is $750 plus travel. A workplace day is $1,500 plus travel. Signed classroom or staff sets lower the day rate.
A school day is $750 plus travel if the campus is not local. Classroom sets are $9 a signed copy. Buying sets lowers the day rate.
A workplace day is $1,500 plus travel if the location is not local. Staff sets lower the rate.
Yes. The Learn pages: coming out, bullying, a happier-week practice, and a short guide to which book fits. That is the front door.