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On Being Helpful | Mark Hecker | TEDxDuke

In our society, the idea of service is often framed as an obligation – those who have the means and talents to give back are expected to do so. In this talk, Mark will use his experience as the Executive Director of Reach Incorporated to demonstrate the way that being provided with the opportunity to be helpful can be used to establish identity, build energy, and cultivate dignity. By blurring the lines between helper and helped, Hecker believes we can transform society. Mark will introduce you to some of the young people he has hired as elementary school reading tutors. By exploring the stories of Reach tutors, and drawing on experiences in his own life, he will demonstrate how we often fail to give those struggling the most the opportunity to be helpful to others. When we do give them the chance to be helpful, we allow them to positively impact other people's lives, as well as their own. Mark Hecker is a social worker and educator with extensive experience in secure, residential, school-based, and community-based settings, working primarily with teenagers facing significant academic and social challenges. Gifted in connecting with difficult-to-engage adolescents, Mark was the 2006 DC Social Worker of the Year, the youngest person ever so honored. Frustrated by the lack of available academic support for teens who had fallen behind, in 2009, Hecker founded Reach Incorporated, an organization that trains teens to be elementary school reading tutors. Mark is a 2011 Echoing Green Fellow and a 2013 Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network Fellow. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke, a master’s in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master’s in Education from Harvard University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx