Joel Feldman has presented at a number of traffic safety, legal, medical and law enforcement conferences. His traffic safety conference presentations have included those for Lifesavers Annual Safety Conference, NTSB, numerous state DOT’s/ State Highway Safety Offices and local conferences. He has presented at a number of medical/nursing conferences, as well as to national, state and local lawyers conferences and association meetings across the country and in Canada. He has presented at EMS conferences and law enforcement conferences.
Featured Distracted Driving Speaker —Joel Feldman.
Joel Feldman’s 21 yr- old daughter Casey was killed by a distracted driver in 2009. Casey was a daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend and her death shocked those who knew and loved her. For more information about Casey go to www.caseyfeldmanfoundation.org.
Since Casey’s death Joel Feldman has become a leading advocate for safe distraction-free driving in the US and Canada. He created EndDD.org, a website developed to educating others about the dangers of distracted driving. Working with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) he has developed science-based distracted driving presentations that incorporate behavior communication and change theory and other concepts to maximize their effectiveness. He is frequently interviewed on radio and TV, with appearances on the Today Show, Nancy Grace Show and CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. He has produced a number of PSAs that are used in EndDD.org presentations, including one for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Faces of Distracted Driving series.
Joel Feldman is a frequent invited speaker and/or keynote speaker at national and state traffic safety, youth safety, medical and legal conferences and has spoken at a wide variety of businesses. Since 2012 has personally given more than 500 distracted driving presentations to more than 100,000 students and adults in 40 states and Canada. Feldman supervises a network of hundreds speakers across the U.S. and Canada who, collectively, have spoken with more than students and adults using EndDD.org presentations.
Feldman readily admits that he drove distracted regularly before Casey was killed. “As a lawyer I had represented hundreds of families who had loved ones suffer life-altering injuries or death from motor vehicle crashes, yet it was not until Casey was killed that I realized that I needed to change the way I drive. We just don’t think that someone we love can be taken in an instant or that through poor driving choices we can kill others.” After Casey’s death he obtained his masters in counseling and uses those skills throughout his distracted driving presentations to engage audiences and challenge them to reflect on their driving habits and attitudes in a non-confrontational manner. His presentations are highly interactive and engaging. By telling his personal story of loss, using tragic and humorous videos, role play exercises, audience participation, and scientifically-designed materials he empowers audiences to commit to specific concrete steps for long-term safe driving at home and in the work-place.
Presentations have been given in a wide variety of work places, including hospitals, hospices, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, financial service companies, utility companies, construction and engineering companies and to many community organizations and commissions. Many employers have also found value in sponsoring talks in local schools in conjunction with work-place talks.
Joel Feldman is available for presentations to help educate on the real dangers of distracted driving and how each of us can be part of the solution to End Distracted Driving. To request information regarding scheduling an event email [email protected].
Below are excerpts from participants and hosts of distracted driving events:
The presentation was absolutely top notch. The attendees have provided me a lot of positive feedback about the material and your presentation skills. If time would have allowed, we could have discussed Distracted Driving in even further length as the audience was very engaged in what you had to say. From a personal standpoint, I ...
Jason M. Liszewski, Jacobs Field Services North America, Manager | Human Resources , Jacobs Field Services North America, Manager | Human Resourcesz
Bryan and Maggie, Thank you both so much for taking the time to speak to our CHiP staff. I could tell from the look on faces that they were doing serious thinking about their own habits. Thank you for helping us realize how important the issue is – we will all spread the word!
Judy Smith, CHIP, Charlottesville, VA , CHIP, Charlottesville, VA
Prevention is ultimately the primary “cure” for the devastating injuries we see. Joel’s message has the potential to prevent many of the pediatric spinal cord injuries that happen in this country; his message needs to be delivered and acted upon.
Occupational Therapist, Shriner’s Hospital, Philadelphia , Shriner’s Hospital, Philadelphia
Few talks and didactics move you to look within, this one moved me to look at my own behaviors.
Physician, Shriner’s Hospital, Philadelphia , Shriner’s Hospital, Philadelphia
Please let Bryan Slaughter know how much we appreciated his presentation on Distracted Driving. It has improved the way each of us approach using our phones while driving. The day after the presentation, I was driving down Owensville Road. I thought of someone that I needed to call, started to reach for my phone, and ...
Don Wheeler, President, Albemarle County Rotary Club, Charlottesville, VA. , Albemarle County Rotary Club, Charlottesville, VA.
Joel Feldman is a frequent invited speaker and/or keynote speaker at national and state traffic safety, youth safety, medical and legal conferences and has spoken at a wide variety of businesses. Since 2012 has personally given more than 500 distracted driving presentations to more than 100,000 students and adults in 40 states and Canada. Feldman supervises a network of hundreds speakers across the U.S. and Canada who, collectively, have spoken with more than students and adults using EndDD.org presentations.
