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‘…just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed our Development Day last Friday. Jo was such an enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter and I took away more than I expected from the session.’

Wellbeing Workshop Participant

"Thank you again.  It’s always a pleasure having you present Jo. Positive feedback from several attendees was how much they enjoyed your style of presenting and that your messages resonated with them so great job, well done! I look forward to working with you again."

Respectful Behaviour Workshop | Group Leader

‘All I can say is that I felt sorry for the presenter after you.  You are a hard act to follow!  It was terrific.  Thank you so much for sharing your insights and parts of yourself with the team.  My expectations were met (and exceeded) and I know the rest of the team felt very fortunate to be able to spend that time together with you.’

‘Thank-you Jo-Anne, as always, you keep your quality of training at very higher level. You had such an amazing energy and we never felt bored. Excellent content, realistic and practical suggestions.’

Building a Healthier Happier You! Workshop | Group Leaders

‘I would like to say feedback received from those who attended the conference was extremely positive of your presentation. You were noted as one of the most enjoyable sessions of this year’s conference, very engaging and enthusiastic.’

‘My supervisors noted that during your session is the one of the very few times that the larger group were quiet and focused on a presenter, compared to other years.’

Keynote Speaker - Legal Professionals Conference | Group Leaders

‘I was lucky enough to see your presentation on Self Care & Supporting Others Through Change that you delivered to the (…) Operational Leadership Team…I would like to say that I found you very engaging as a presenter and found the content you delivered to be very useful.’

Self Care & Supporting Others Through Change Workshop | Participant

'...this is fantastic! It touches the key issues for [this team] and underlines that all staff in [this team] have a role to play in the success of working remotely in an effective fashion, not just managers/EL staff (a particularly important aspect for [this team]). It also captures the vision mission objectives throughout the presentation and practically in the final parts of the presentation.'

'thank you - the sessions you ran this week have been very successful from our perspective.'

' Thanks again for the workshop- I thought it was very beneficial.'

Working Remotely Workshop – National Program | Leadership Team

'Love her! Enjoyed the session.'

'Engaging'

'Good energy'

'Jo is always engaging. I thought having a PowerPoint fail to start off was kind of appropriate - sometimes you have to be prepared to wing it! Well done on showing us how Jo.'

Presentation Skills Workshop | Participants

'Jo, I just wanted to say what a brilliant Session you facilitated today.  It was informative, challenging, honest and insightful.  If each person didn’t leave that room inspired, I’ll eat my new navy-blue fedora'

'I find your style of presenting topics and your perspective really engaging, refreshing and different to workshops I’ve attended in the past.  So thank you again for today, I really enjoyed it!'

'You nailed it as I knew you would.  Keep rocking!'

Navigating the Recruitment & Selection Journey Workshop | Participants

'Just wanted to say thank you for today and to tell you that you are an extremely engaging presenter and facilitator.  I love your energy and I definitely walked away from today as I had hoped with some new learnings and a couple of reminders that I am on the right track which is nice too.'

'I thought Jo was fantastic, so engaging and loved her energy'

'It was a fantastic session!'

Woman in Leadership Program | Participants

'...thanks for the energy you’ve displayed and the research put into the sessions – I have no doubt that everybody who attended has learned something and been able to identify at least one thing they can work on to increase their general respect of others (mine is getting to more meetings on time rather than a minute late…).  Really appreciate your work.'

Respectful Behaviour Workshop Series | Learning and Development Leader

'...just wanted to thank you again for a great presentation. The feedback we have received both verbally and written (via evaluation sheets) highlighted how much everyone enjoyed your session. Some of the more specific feedback (aside from it being interesting and informative) was that the guys enjoyed how you made it interactive even though it was quite a large group and your sense of humour (which made it entertaining).'

Keynote Speaker - Resilience and Change | HR Leader

'Jo is a highly experienced practitioner who generously shares her knowledge. The case studies add depth to the experience.'

'Jo was fantastic!!! Thanks for a great course!!!'

Plan & Manage HR Strategy Workshop | Participants

'Enthusiastic, well qualified promoted group participation',

'I found Jo-Anne to be a great facilitator and kept us all involved and interested',

'Excellent delivery, created a vibrant atmosphere',

'Excellent! Enjoyed Jo-Anne as a trainer. She is always very engaging great sense of humour and has a depth of experience and knowledge that she willingly shares'

Diversity & Inclusion Workshop | Participants

'Good pace, interesting and relevant to current role, As always Jo was inspiring and interesting'

'Jo was a fantastic trainer that made the course relevant and very enjoyable, 'Very engaging, Great real life examples, Great facilitator'

'Jo was a fantastic teacher - no boring moment, very informative - hope all instructors are as good.'

Recruit, Select & Induct Employees Workshop | Participants

'I have never seen a presenter smile so much!! Very good'

'Jo-Anne was great'

'Jo-Anne was really enaging and had lots of relevant anecdotes to share, Her knowledge, comitment just showed how passionate she is. Thanks Jo-Anne!!.'

New Manager Workshop | Participants

‘… enthusiastic and uses life experiences to ensure the group understood the components….made what could have been a very dry topic very interesting, extremely entertaining. Great examples and case studies. Should be a stand up comedian! Very knowledgeable and gave good supportive responses to the group’

Plan & Manage HR Strategy Workshop | Participants

'Sensational presenter - would have happily attended any course she presents…knows her stuff''

'Very enthusiastic! ...energetic…delivery of the course was always interesting'

'Jo passed on her passion for the subject and was so helpful and encouraged my learning'

HR Fundamentals Workshop | Participants

'inclusive and interesting with relevant case studies... Excellent presenter!'

'fantastic speaker, kept myself and the team involved, on track and supported material with the scenarios'

'Like use of diagrams and examples - really good. Very passionate, enthusiastic, entertaining'

Recruitment, Selection & Induction Workshop | Participants

'[The graduates] appreciated your subject knowledge and delivery skills and ability to make the sessions interesting for them.'… 'The feedback was not a surprise - I really appreciated working with you for the same reasons the grads identified - your subject knowledge, presentation and interpersonal skills and especially, your understanding of what we wanted covered in delivery'

Graduate Development Program | HR Manager

'Jo understood our needs and was qualified to meet those needs'...'a bright personality...able not only to keep herself motivated but our staff as well'...'at ease at picking up new information and to turn that into something useful for our company'...'fitted in well, her personality and can-do attitude made her likeable to all the staff and from the very beginning became one of the team'

Management and Human Resource Framework Project | Managing Director

'Fantastic'...'She just got on with it'...'unbelievable, she was able to instantly build a trust with staff that enabled her to complete the assignment well'

Organisational Cultural Change Project | Managing Director