The transition from high school to life after graduation can be daunting for some high-school students. Grant Baldwin, a Springfield-based motivational speaker and author of the book “Reality Check,” has spoken to more than 250,000 students about making the change successfully.

Here are five facts you should know about this nationally known speaker.

He started speaking during the MySpace trend.

Baldwin connects with students on many different social-media platforms. When he started about seven years ago, MySpace was trending. “It [social media] has certainly evolved,” he said. “When I started speaking, MySpace was the place to be. Then it was Facebook. Then it was Twitter. Today, it’s largely Instagram. Students still want to connect but where they do that changes.” Baldwin tries to meet students where they are. Now, he is moving more toward Instagram to reach his audience.

He drinks a lot of water.

Baldwin keeps his social media updated with various travel and everyday life experiences. “I use social media to share funny things from my travels, inspirational thoughts or even just pictures with my family.” Recently, Baldwin shared a photo showing numerous water bottles piling up in his car.

He uses social media for connections.

Baldwin tries to post every day to keep his audience informed and connected. “Social media is a good way to stay connected with my audience beyond speaking. When I travel and speak, there’s a good chance many of those students will never see me again. But social media is a way to remain connected and reinforce the message I talked about.”

Speaking is his thing.

Baldwin has been a full-time motivational speaker for seven years. He uses personal struggles to captivate, innovate and motivate his audience. “I’m generally excited to speak wherever I am. It’s fun for me. … This has never felt like a job.”

For Baldwin, texting and clicking noises do not mesh well.

At one conference, Baldwin expressed his frustrations with an individual for leaving the clicking noises on his phone through Twitter. He used the conference hashtag in this particular tweet.

The gentleman at his table using the clicking noises saw this tweet and promptly looked toward Baldwin and unhappily turned off his phone. Baldwin refers to this moment as one where he “digitally put his foot in his mouth.”