Keynote
Career-connected learning that sticks
A main-stage talk on designing youth programs that end in employment, built on the pipeline model behind 1,400+ young New Yorkers served.
20–60 min
Nonprofit services
Programs young people actually show up for
Founder of The Too Alive Tour, with 1,400+ young New Yorkers through workshops, paid internships, and real work experience. He has helped raise $2 million for programmatic and organizational development, and brings that playbook to the teams doing this work.
Engagement types
Workshop
Work-based learning program design
Hands-on session with your team: map the program, fix the fall-off points, and build employer partnerships that survive the grant cycle.
Half or full day
Strategy
Youth engagement & staff development
Coaching for program staff on recruitment, retention, and culture, plus turning program outcomes into a story donors fund.
Multi-session engagement
The Too Alive method
01
Reach
Meet young people where their culture already lives: music, media, and the mic.
02
Skill
Teach a marketable skill with a real deliverable.
03
Work
Paid internships and live client work that build an effective résumé.
04
Pipeline
Warm handoffs to employers, programs, and schools so momentum holds.
$2M+
Eli has helped raise $2 million for programmatic and organizational development in the nonprofit space. That means he knows what funders need to see, what a board needs to hear, and what it takes to turn a good program into a funded one.
For funders & boards
Bring Eli in for a board retreat or staff development day
Half-day and full-day sessions on youth engagement, work-based learning design, and turning program outcomes into a story funders fund, backed by $2 million in real fundraising results.