Client Testimonials
"I wanted to take a minute and let you know how much my sales team enjoyed
your presentation at our national sales meeting. Your high energy and
thought provoking dialog helped to establish the pace and attitude for my
three day meeting. Each day of our meeting we covered many topics containing
a plethora of information. Many times the topic of conversation or debate
came back to tidbits of information that you had mentioned that had stuck
with them."
"Thank you for kicking off my sales meeting in an upbeat and fun way. But
more importantly, you left each of my sales reps with a positive attitude
and new insight on human nature that will help them to Mk a difference and
be successful."
-Dan Navarra, NAPA TRACS National Sales Manager
"Dear Austin:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the outstanding
presentation "Positioning With Associations" at GSAE's Annual Meeting.
This session was intended to provide our corporate members and trade
show exhibitors with skills useful in building relationships with
association clients and making the most of their time at our events and
meetings. Rather than give you my view of the audience response, I'll
let their comments speak for themselves:
Excellent, informative, very valuable, useful tips. Great
presenter. Keeps audience involved. Please invite him back.
What a great presenter as always! Everyone took something from this session!
Great refresher course, especially in the listening skills; second
time I've heard Austin speak and always impressed. He keeps the crowd
involved and upbeat.
Very impressed with presentation - good information - Light
hearted/fun/challenging Reinforcing what we already know but welcomed
the personal sharing of family. Makes us all the same. Human being! We
all want friends! Will be able to share with my staff - I'll risk
more! Thank You!
Great! A wonderful learning experience.
Very informative and entertaining session. I will remember several
key points.
Wonderful session - Austin took some of the basics we learn in sales
and brought it to a higher level and let us have fun and learn!
Wonderful, powerful, entertaining.
Very interactive and enjoyable. He was good at keeping our
attention and staying relevant. A+ speaker who I would love to hear
again. Super!
Austin's seminar was extremely informative and very interesting.
Thank you for giving us the chance to get in front of so many excellent
speakers and education!
From the perspective of the association executive planning the meeting,
I would like to convey my appreciation for the manner in which you
joined my "team" of planning for the event. The focus group you
conducted in advance of the meeting provided the attendees with an
opportunity to tell you what they are looking for and some of the
particular challenges they face in dealing with association clients in
today's economy. Clearly you were able to use their comments and
concerns in structuring your presentation, as their feedback indicates
that your information was relevant and presented in a lively style that
made the session fun.
Your professionalism in planning your workshops and your collaboration
with my staff and volunteer planning team makes you one of the speakers
I would hire again and again. I have worked with many speakers who
request things at the last minute, make demands that are not feasible to
fulfill and create tension leading up to the event. Even when a speaker
delivers a quality presentation, this kind of experience takes away from
the event and makes it less likely that we will re-hire him. You have
not only delivered top quality, thought-provoking, yet entertaining
presentations, you have done it in such a manner that we have enjoyed
working with you from initial negotiation through follow-up and
evaluation. It is clear that you care about each member of our audience
and the success of our meeting, and our attendees appreciate that you
have taken advantage of networking opportunities to get to know them and
listen to their concerns. Thank you for the professional collaboration
and partnership. You are a credit to your profession and a model for
aspiring speakers who truly hope to find success. We look forward to
your sharing your knowledge and skills with GSAE audiences for a long
time to come."
-Diane James, Executive Director, Georgia Society of Association Executives.
"The communication techniques presented at your seminar were utilized almost
immediately...with positive results. You have made our telemarketing team more
confident and proactive."
-Jim Pinkston, National Institutional Food Distributors Association.
"I have experienced most of the great speakers/trainers... your talent is exceptional,
you are expert at what you do."
-Ed Shimpock, Yale Security.