Here’s What They’re Sayin’ About Susan…(and they weren’t even paid to say it!)

“When Susan is in the room, you can feel the positive energy. She shines like a beam of light. In addition to the usual wit and charm a good speaker exudes, she’s sassy… she’s spicy… she’s spiritual. Her philosophy is pure, her message is educational and her delivery is funny and entertaining. Susan easily connects with the audience through her own experience and authenticity, and before you know it, has everyone engaging and interacting. If you are looking for an inspirational speaker who offers a gift with both style and substance, call Susan! Oh yes, and did I mention she is FUNNY?!!” - Joanne Melanson, HRPA Toronto

“It’s not often that a speaker engages her audience as Susan did and left them wanting more. There were many laughs and ah-ha moments. Our audience left our event relaxed and better prepared to manage challenges, as a result.  - Diana Zanin, DBM Canada

“Susan kept our attention with important key messages, humour, and energized the entire room!” – Donalda McCabe, City of Toronto

“You have been the buzz of the Family Health Division since last week!. My Thursday was filled with numerous conversations and reflections of your session with many staff. Thanks so much for such a great workshop and you are amazing to work with.” - Jane Carkner, Peel Region Public Health

“Your upbeat, laughter-filled presentation ended the conference on a high note…” - Lina Di Carlo, Occupational Health Nurses Association

“I have never laughed so much, nor taken away an entirely different perspective on change management from a presentation.” – Sharon Khan, HRPA Toronto Employment Networking Group

“Susan was amazing – I’m sure everyone would agree to that!I found her personality grasped the audience and personal disclosure helped to envision her message a lot better.She was captivating with her humour, and her message was very clear and well put!” – Andrea Knight, Lambton County Developmental Services

“Susan is an amazing presenter who shares her valuable message with great humour. We organize an annual conference and before we met Susan we hired a new keynote speaker each year. Since hiring Susan our attendees have begged us to bring her back each year. This is unheard of in our experience but once you’ve heard Susan you understand.” – Vera Adamovich, Women In The New Century Conference

“Thank you again for today’s presentation. It was really inspirational and useful. I have run a few change management programs before, but yours was just remarkable.” – Zufar Akhunov, HRPA Toronto Employment Networking Group

“Our staff were treated to a first class presenter who made us all laugh our heads off, while allowing us to learn how not to take ourselves too seriously . Susan is the perfect package!” – Mena Kelly, Ottawa Catholic School Board

“Susan did an energetic, inspiring and hilarious presentation for our employees…a number of employees told me it was the best training day we have ever had and that the information she presented has helped them both at work and at home. Susan’s presentation hit the mark on what we needed for our employees and the only way we will be able to top 2010 training day is to invite Susan back!” – Beth Wallen, Myron Smarter Business Gifts

“Susan facilitated a one day off site for us on Team Dynamics. She used a lot of humor and light heartedness to get the key messages of High Performing Team across. It was a fun day and we laughed a lot together….an essential ingredient in building a high performing team.” - Elizabeth Adefioye, Novartis

“…you made me laugh right out loud so that at the end my cheeks were sore from laughing…You gave us so much great information – and I plan to implement what was suggested…as they say – you made my day.” – Catherine McLaren, Probation/Parole Service, Ottawa

“I have to tell you that you were amazing!!! I thoroughly enjoyed your session – it was energetic, uplifting and exactly what we needed. Thanks for everything – I personally got so much of it!” - Jackie Phillip, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation

“The number one response to our feedback form question “What did you like best about this year’s all-staff meeting?” WAS YOU!” – Dr. Duc Vu, Health Canada

“I would like to thank you for presenting at our Wellness event.  It was a huge success as the feedback has been incredible, very positive, and appreciative…hopefully we will be able to have you back for our event next year!” – Maria Athwal, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education & Professional Faculties North, University of Toronto

“Susan is an extrordinary presenter – she instantly engages her audience with her humour and energy. She is interactive, collaborative and immensely entertaining. She draws out the best elements in people and demonstrates the impact on a team’s dynamics. Most importantly, her messages have a long shelf life. I’ve found that I’ve retained the tools she shared with us and that they continue to have a positive impact in the teams I work with. Susan “rocks”!“ - Stephanie Seabrook, Mercer Canada

“I can honestly say that your presentation was the best I have ever attended…it totally kept my attention and was totally hilarious (I really had to contain my self at times, so I wouldn’t laugh too loud and disrupt the session !!) and to top it all off, I’m actually using some of the techniques you mentioned, in order to try and maintain peace in my day to day activities and hey…they are working!!!” – Maureen Robinson, Ministry of Children & Youth Services

“…what a great speaker you are! I found you to be extremely entertaining, very engaging, and most importantly, informed.” – Lisa Hawes, Ministry of the Attorney General

“Susan Stewart conducted an excellent team-building workshop in ‘Creating Team Success’. The activities were fun, engaging and interesting, and kept coming back to the message of keeping in mind the best interests of the team. The workshop was a month ago, and I still reference many of the points made in the workshop. Highly recommended.” - Lina Minniti, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing

“I went to visit an office across campus a couple of weeks ago and a woman stopped me in the hall and said the session you did in October was the best she has seen at U of T in 32 years. It is always telling when someone can remember a session they attended six months ago! We would simply love to have you back.” - Teresa Scannell, University of Toronto

“I’ve received many rave reviews from staff and management about your session; people were impressed that you were able to “tailor it” to their specific business and that they could relate to the humour…thanks so much for “lifting” us all up and giving us a great feeling to carry on in a more positive upbeat way both personally and professionally!” - Cheryl Carpenter, Ministry of Transportation

“I want to thank you for the best team building exercise I have encountered in my career! Truly! The team debriefed afterwards and it was unanimous – a workshop that was both thoughtful and thought provoking. It was the right mix of light-heartedness with the more serious underlying principles of operating as a team.  Your style and presentation skills are unmatchable.” - Lorrie Pella, Ministry of Culture

“It was a pleasure to meet you last Thursday and a privilege to be part of your presentation on building powerful teams. Your knowledge and passion for the subject, along with the stories you shared, made it a memorable and very worthwhile presentation. Your positive energy is contagious. I have learned so much and have already begun to put into practice some of the tips of the day.” - June-Ann Hunte, Ministry of Municipal Housing & Affairs

“…you were a HUGE HIT yesterday!!!  There was SO much good feedback from your workshop…you are truly talented at speaking, and soo funny….. you’re so polished and just have great comedic timing.  I just love your whole message and it fit perfectly into our conference theme. – Heather Wood, Ministry of Community & Social Services

“…lots of people could have stated the words in Susan’s presentation but it takes a special performer to incorporate the gestures, facial expressions and timing that makes what Susan does so much better – she has a winner with this combination of message, presentation and entertainment.” – Ted Herbert, Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services

“Susan Stewart was awesome!!! Everyone loved her! In fact, many people have approached me for her to return with one of her other workshops next year…our team felt great after she finished.” – Martina Piccinin, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

“…a fun and interactive workshop…it really got us to step outside of our norm, and to take a risk …thank you for leading us in such an exciting workshop!!!” – Jean Mack, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

“Your presentation was informative and has inspired myself and my many of my coworkers to make positive changes about our minds, bodies and spirit!! Your message was clear (but not preachy) and concise and the fashion in which you delivered your message, the humor, went a long way to leave a lasting mark on my coworkers.” – Charlene Jardine, Ministry of Community & Social Services

“Everyone enjoyed your presentation, and table # 3 participants are still laughing. You were definitely the ‘highlight’. Staff evaluations were extremely positive, and comments indicated that they hope we have a repeat session next year. One staff member indicated to me that she felt energized after listening to you. You definitely are full of great energy!” - Roxanne Sestito, Ministry of Finance

“Your presentation is amazing!! I think your previous line of work as a comedian definitely helps to make it what it is. I felt so good after leaving there. I was skipping back to work (I don’t skip a lot). I haven’t felt this good in a long time. It was good to be reminded of a few things about how to approach life.” - Cassandra Packard, Ministry of Finance

“I was so impressed with Susan’s incredible ability to bring so much joy and laughter to us on Saturday.  What a wonderful gift she been blessed with.  Very few people have such an ability!  And her sharing of personal struggles put her on the same plane as all of us.  Often when we attend an event, where someone like Susan speaks, we just assume that she is different and doesn’t have the struggles that we all do.  She, however, was kind and courageous enough to say that that is not the case. We all have struggles and challenges to overcome.  Bravo to her.” – Yvonne Harvey, Ottawa Women’s Conference  Participant

“I thoroughly enjoyed Susan’s speech….I actually left wanting more!!  She was definitely the highlight of the conference for me.  It really shows that she loves what she does.” – Debbie Crowder,  Ontario Municipal Administrator’s Association

“…I had a flood of staff coming over to tell me how much they’ve enjoyed your presentation and found the session meaningful, informative and helpful to them in their personal life.” – Yoganithi Iyer, Ministry of Revenue

“Susan was absolutely brilliant!!  Enjoyed every moment!”
- Sharon Simmons, Ministry of Health & Long-term Care

“Thanks for an “AWESOME” day! I needed a health reminder and a good laugh as well – you gave me both!!! You are a gem and a kindred spirit! Thank you for sharing! You did your job and you did it well!!!!” - Darlene Duiker, Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities

“I thought Susan was excellent – very dynamic, knowledgeable in a fun way and very “inspirational”. Everyone I have talked to felt the same way.” – Dale Page, DuPont Canada

“…from all evaluations I have received you were 100% the top attraction and most appreciated speaker of our event. You helped change and re-motivate all participants – most indicated they wish you had been the last speaker as they were on such a high after your presentation. You are GOOD, no YOU ARE VERY VERY GOOD….YOU PERSONALLY made our event a SUPER success.” -Denise Bondy-Cockwell, Canada Revenue Agency/Simcoe Muskoka Interministerial Council Member

“I’d like to thank you so much for your inspiring, energetic and hilarious workshop this morning. I immediately came back to the office and mentioned it to a few people indicating that your humour was completely engaging and at the same time, the take-away value was substantial.” - Margo Vanderland, Canada Colors & Chemicals Ltd.

“You are truly a funny woman and the crowd enjoyed you as the emcee. I heard such positive feedback…it was a pleasure working with you…you are so much fun!” - Deanna Bond, Richard Ivey School of Business