KID PRESIDENTBEST LEADERS SERIES

KID PRESIDENT: INTRO

• ASCENDED TO CELEBRITY STATUS SINCE HIS MOTIVATIONAL VIDEOS STARTED GOING VIRAL.

• HE'S INTERVIEWED PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA IN THE OVAL OFFICE, MADE NCAA TOURNAMENT PICKS WITH SPORTSCENTER'S ROBERT FLORES, APPEARED IN MEINEKE ADS, HAS KISSED BEYONCE, WORKED WITH STEVE CARELL, AND WAS NAMED A MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY OF 2013 BY YOUTUBE.

WHO IS HE?• NAME: ROBBY NOVAK

• AGE: 10

• FROM: HENDERSON, TENNESSEE

• GOAL: “MAKE THE WORLD MORE AWESOME.”

• BRAD MONTAGUE, HIS OLDER BROTHER-IN-LAW, HELPS HIM WRITE AND FILM “KID PRESIDENT” VIDEOS

• “WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE KIDS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. WE ALSO BELIEVE GROWN UPS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. IT JUST TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER.”

BRAD MONTAGUE• CREATOR OF “KID PRESIDENT”

• A COMEDIAN AND MUSICIAN WHO ALSO RUNS THE NONPROFIT, LOVE IN STEREO.

• STARTED A CAMP FOR KIDS WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, GO! CAMP.

• "I GOT THE IDEA TO DRESS HIM UP IN A SUIT AND DEMAND THINGS BECAUSE THAT'S HIS NATURAL THING," SAYS BRAD. BUT IT WAS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE OPINIONATED POLITICAL POSTS HE WAS SEEING ON FACEBOOK.

• "I THOUGHT SOMEONE NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. SO I WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIM SUBVERSIVELY WISE, TO INCLUDE A NUGGET OF TRUTH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE HEARING IT FROM A KID, IT MAKES IT MORE PROFOUND."

THE TWO OF US WORK ON EACH EPISODE TOGETHER. THERE'S NO FANCY FILM CREW OR STAFF. IT'S JUST US HAVING FUN AND HOPING WE CREATE SOMETHING THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THEY CLICKED PLAY. OUR HOPE IS THAT EACH EPISODE IS RECEIVED WITH THE SAME LOVE THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE ADVENTURE.

NOVAK'S HEALTH CONDITION• HAS OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (OI), A RARE BRITTLE BONE DISEASE

• A LIFELONG, CHRONIC CONDITION, AFFECTS BETWEEN 25,000 AND 50,000 ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.

• IT’S A RARE GENETIC BONE DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF NORMAL COLLAGEN NEEDED TO FORM STRONG BONES. THE RESULT IS FREQUENT BONE FRACTURES, SOMETIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

• HE'S SUFFERED OVER 70 BREAKS IN HIS YOUNG LIFE, HAD 13 SURGERIES, AND HAS STEEL RODS IN BOTH LEGS

• IT'S PROOF THAT EVEN A BOY THIS FRAGILE CAN INSPIRE MILLIONS TO BE STRONG.

• "WHAT'S INSPIRING ABOUT ROBBY ISN'T HIS CONDITION, BUT THE FACT THAT HIS CONDITION DOESN'T DEFINE WHO HE IS. IN SPITE OF ALL HE'S BEEN THROUGH HE NOT ONLY KEEPS GOING—HE DANCES.“ – MONTAGUE

• HTTP://WWW.CBSNEWS.COM/PICTURES/THE-INSPIRING-LIFE-OF-THE-KID-PRESIDENT/

VIDEO HISTORY

• HE FIRST APPEARED IN VIDEOS PROMOTING A 2012 BENEFIT DINNER AT HENDERSON'S FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY, WHERE HIS DAD WORKS.

• BREAK: VIDEOS PROMOTED BY SOULPANCAKE

• FIRST KID PRESIDENT VIDEO THAT THE DUO POSTED IN JULY OF 2012 GOT 200 VIEWS.

• THE SECOND GOT 2,000.

“A PEP TALK FROM KID PRESIDENT TO YOU”• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=L-GQLQV9F4O

• THE SIGNATURE VIDEO THAT CURRENTLY HAS OVER 33 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE

• IN IT, ROBBY ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO TAKE THE "ROAD LESS TRAVELED," AS ADVISED BY POET ROBERT FROST. IF THERE ARE TWO PATHS, THEN ROBBY INFORMS THE VIEWER THAT HE WANTS TO BE "ON THE ONE THAT LEADS TO AWESOME."

20 THINGS WE SHOULD SAY MORE OFTEN

• OVER 6 MILLION VIEWS

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=M5YCOSHEYN4

PEP TALK TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS!

• OVER 4 MILLION VIEWS

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RWLHUCSGQGS

• HIS RESILIENT SPIRIT SHINES THROUGH AND IS CONTAGIOUS.

• ROBBY TELLS PEOPLE, “IF WE’RE ON THE SAME TEAM, LET’S START ACTING LIKE IT” AND “IF IT DOESN’T MAKE THE WORLD BETTER, DON’T DO IT.”

• WHEN HE GROWS UP, ROBBY SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO BE A U.S. MARINE SO HE “CAN SAVE THE WORLD.”

• 1. HUG MORE, SHOUT LESS.

• 2. DANCE ALREADY. GET UP AND MOVE! I HAVE BRITTLE BONE DISEASE, BUT I ALWAYS FIND A REASON TO DANCE. MY FAVORITE MOVE: THE PENCIL SHARPENER.

• 3. IF LIFE IS A GAME, AREN'T WE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM? THEN LET'S START ACTING LIKE IT. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER—AND STOP BEING BULLIES.

• 4. MOM UPSIDE DOWN IS WOW. I WISH EVERY MOM IN THE WORLD KNEW HOW AMAZING SHE WAS. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HARD FOR US KIDS TO SAY HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM.

• 5. BE MORE AWESOME.

• JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A GROWN-UP DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE ALL GROWN UP. BE COOL. EVERYBODY CAN BE BORING, BUT YOU'RE GOODER THAN THAT. EVERY DAY WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE A PARTY. WHAT WILL YOU CREATE TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER? NOTHING, IF YOU KEEP SITTING THERE!