[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> IF YOU HAVE KIDS AT HOME, YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS PROBABLY VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME KID
DANGER.
DANGER.
7-YEAR-OLD JACE NORMAN PLAYS KID
DANGER, THE NUMBER ONE RATED KID SHOW ON TV. NUMBER ONE RATED KID
SHOW ON TV.
HE TOOK HOME LAST YEARS KID CHOICE AWARD.LAST YEARS KID
CHOICE AWARD. AND IT WAS HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
THAT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE THAT DONT KNOW HIM.N FROM
PEOPLE THAT DONT KNOW HIM. WATCH.
WATCH.
>> HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW
YOUR HEART AND YOUR INTUITION. YOU SOMEHOW ALREADY KNOW WHAT.
YOU SOMEHOW ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO BECOME.
AND IF SOMEBODY SAYS THAT YOUR
DREAMS ARE TOO BIG OR TOO OUT THERE AND YOU CANT DO THEM,UT
THERE AND YOU CANT DO THEM, JUST REMEMBER THIS, GUYS, WHAT
THEYRE SAYING IS THEY CANT.
THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> THEY
>> THEY JACE IS SPEAKING OUT ON CAUSES
CLOSE TO HIS HEART, BULLYING AND
MENTAL ILLNESS.
MENTAL ILLNESS. HELP ME WELCOME JACE NORMAN,
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> IM 17 YEARS OLD.
>> THE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
WILL AMAZE YOU. WE HAVE SOME FRIENDS HERE FOR
YOU.
YOU.
>> WE DO.
>> DO YOU KNOW THOSE GUYS?
>> I DO.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW EACH OTHER?
>> YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW. ITS A LONG STORY.TO KNOW.
ITS A LONG STORY. >> ITS KIND OF SKETCHY.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> ONE GETS THAT IMPRESSION.
SO, I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE
ITS A MESSAGE OF EMPOWERMENT.
AND SEEMS LIKE LISTENING TO YOU,
THIS IS WHAT YOUVE BEEN SAYING
MORE AND MORE.
TALKING ABOUT BULLYING, MENTAL
HEALTH, PEOPLE THAT TRY TO GET
YOU DOWN.
YOU DOWN.
>> YEAH.
>> HES MORE POWERFUL IN ANY OF
US BECAUSE TEENAGERS WILL LISTEN
TO HIM.
THEY DONT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE DWROUNONT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE
DWROUN GROWN-UPS.
GROWN-UPS. ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
BULLYING HAPPENED TO YOU.
>> IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I HAVE DYSLEXIA. I WAS ACTING AND THATS A LITTLE
OUTSIDE THE NORM.
A LOT OF KIDS DONT KNOW WHAT
THAT IS WHEN YOURE IN MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. >> OR THEY FEEL ENVY.
>> WHATEVER IT IS, BASICALLY.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE THE
SYSTEM KIND OF TOLD ME I WASNT
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
IT WAS LIKE VERY HARD TO KIND OF
SHUT THAT NOISE OUT BECAUSE NO ONE -- NO ONE THAT I KNEW OF WAS
SAYING THAT, YOU ARE.
YOU GET BAD GRADES, COLLEGE
ISNT GOING TO WORK FOR YOU.
AND KIDS ARE TELLING ME IM NOT
GOING TO MAKE IT IN ACTING.
I WANT TO BE HERE AND SHOW
PEOPLE THAT ITS DEFINITELY
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
IF YOU HAVE DYSLEXIA, I THINK THAT ITS OFTEN TAKEN AS YOURE
STUPID AND YOU -- YOURE NOT
GOING TO MAKE IT.
YOU CANT.
YOU CANT. ITS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE.
IVE MET WITH A LOT OF BUSINESS
AND ENTREPRENEUR PEOPLE AND
LITERALLY HALF OF THEM HAVE
DYSLEXIA.
DYSLEXIA.
SO, I REALIZE, WOW. THIS ISNT EVEN LIKE A
DISADVANTAGE.
DISADVANTAGE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ADVANTAGE. >> ITS AMAZING TO LOOK AT YOUR
LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
NOT ONLY DOES HE PLAY A
SUPERHERO WHO CAN BLOW BUBBLES
AND FIGHT CRIME ALL AT ONCE.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE CREATOR EDGE MEDIA.
YOUR BRAND-NEW COMPANY, A SOCIAL
MEDIA MARKETING AGENCY, THAT
DOES WHAT?
DOES WHAT? >> WE CONNECT BRANDS WITH
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE USING SOCIAL
MEDIA, USING PEOPLE WHO HAVE
MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS.
WE CAN USE AND WORK WITH THOSE
PEOPLE TO GET MESSAGES OUT AND
CONNECT BRANDS WITH COMPANIES
AND GET PRODUCTS OUT.
>> THIS IS THE WAVE OF THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
THIS IS WHAT THIS GENERATION IS GOING TO DO, MONETIZEING THE IS
GOING TO DO, MONETIZEING THE INFLUENCERS ONLINE, WHO YOU ARE
ONE.
ONE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS OUT THERE, WHO ARE DYSLEXIC, THEY
ARE STRUGGLING AND ARE SAD.
ITS DIFFICULT.
ITS DIFFICULT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? >> I DONT KNOW.T THEM TO KNOW?
>> I DONT KNOW.
I WENT THROUGH THAT, AS WELL. THAT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE YOULL.
THAT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE YOU THINK, ONCE YOURE SUCCESSFUL,
YOURE HAPPY.
YOURE HAPPY. THATS NOT ALWAYS TRUE.
I GENETICALLY, LIKE, THATS IN
MY FAMILY.
MY FAMILY. YOU HAVE TO, FOR ME, WHEN YOURE
IN THE DARK STATES, YOURE
KNOWING THERES ANOTHER SIDE TO
IT AND HAVING, I GUESS, FAITH IS
THE RIGHT WORD, THAT JUST
BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE IT,
BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR LIFE
IS OVER, DOESNT MEAN THERE
ISNT THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF
THAT.
THAT.
NO MATTER HOW -- YOUR BRAIN IS
BASICALLY, ITS GOT AN ILLNESS
OR ITS DEPRESSED, IT HAS
ANXIETY.
IT CANT COMPREHEND THE OTHER SIDE.NT COMPREHEND THE OTHER
SIDE.
>> YOUVE BEEN OPEN ABOUT, SEE A DOCTOR.E BEEN OPEN ABOUT, SEE A
DOCTOR.
YOU SEE A DOCTOR FOR A PHYSICAL
AILMENT, YOU SEE A DOCTOR FOR EMOTIONAL AILMENT, AS WELL, AND
KNOW YOURE NOT ALONE.
EVEN JACE NORMAN GOES THROUGH
THINGS LIKE THIS.