John,
I have attached the comments from your keynote evaluations and
I have never in my life read more powerful reflections from a
2 hour presentation. It's amazing! Maybe you should market yourself
as being in the business of personal transformation and spiritual
healers. Please share the evaluations with your colleagues with
our most sincere appreciation. And if you ever need a strong
reference for your work, send them my way.
Doug
Doug Soffer, Director Constituent Relations
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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| Outstanding! My
compliments to whomever found this group! |
| Thank
you for a beautiful performance! Your presentation
illustrates the importance of the arts in life and in learning. |
|
Outstanding! The
best choice anyone could have made for this keynote spot.
So stimulating! I really appreciated this as a professional,
but especially on the personal level. You have opened my mind,
but more important for me, you have supported all that I believe
and now you've given me permission to pursue what I love
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| Fantastic!!
This brought the inner self fact-to-face with the professional
and public persona. In our profession, the emotions and
the "heart" are often sacrificed for facts, statistics,
content, etc. This gives us possibly a model for showing that
these are not mutually exclusive and reside in each activity
we undertake because these are part of who we are. |
| Very
inspiring, thought provoking, wonderfully reassuring
that we have many resources within us if only we step outside
of that box! Step away from the norm. Be creative for the CHILDREN
and show them how resilient they can be. IF ONLY WE DREAM AND
BELIEVE IN OUR DREAM. |
| This
session was unbelievable. Unique and inspiring! Thank you for
taking the risk and contracting them. This is why I love this
meeting each year. Thanks! |
| Great
idea to have the Concert of Ideas! Inspiration and celebration
all in one! |
| Excellent!
Inspiring! As I think of making a career redirection, you have
brought dreams back to my mind!! You rekindled my personal
fire and passion. Thanks! |
| Thank
you, thank you, thank you! Your name, Creative Leaps, is a perfect
representation of your program! You touched my heart and inner
thoughts AND you inspire! |
| Wow!
Truly creative and inspirational! A nice break from the typical
session. |
| Being
a teacher is my heart's work. This presentation was powerful,
entertaining, and food for my heart and soul. |
| Marvelous
presentation! A wonderful message. |
| What
a way to set minds on fire - thank you! |
| Absolutely
awe inspiring - so relevant to leading and being fully human. |
| Tremendous
creative combination of words and music that has led me out
of my box in thinking about leadership, learning, and life.
Thank you. |
| Inspiring!
Dramatic! |
| How
wonderful! |
| Music,
the food of life, is a powerful tool not only in teaching and
learning but strategic planning. The variety of interpretations
of one presentation influenced people's perceptions and reflects
the need for careful planning coupled with a certain level of
spontaneity. |
| Boy!
What a creative way to inspire, change, and encourage strong
leadership. This was a much more effective approach -
through music and drama. I was thoroughly engrossed with the
concepts presented -ala Broadway style. It makes me wish I could
sing my way through my presentations. |
| A
wonderful way to connect issues of present concerns - leadership,
vision, relationships - through creative play. |
| This
keynote is the most novel activity to inspire educators
and leaders to bring hope and willingness to share the best
of us. |
| This
was a tremendous lift to my soul. You have reminded me
of the wondrous gift that life gives us all of us. Thank you.
I liked the spiritual part also. |
| You
have inspired my passion to bring the art of song, music,
literature, and drama to our students so that what they learn
and how deepens their understanding of our relationships with
one another. |
| These
were wonderful artists - it was a privilege to participate.
How do we move from audience to active participants and leaders?
Have the courage to risk failure and dismissal! |
| This
presentation was brilliantly conceived and brilliantly executed.
Kudos for thinking this would be good. It was! |
| Interesting!
These multi-talented artists were impressive. Nice change:
to use the arts to transmit content. |
| Nice
change of pace. It provided space for reflection and a powerful
different way of thinking (feeling) about change issues. |
| Building
music into the program brought a dynamic force to the conference. |
| This
keynote reaffirmed my strong beliefs and hopes with shared
joy! |
| Leadership
and organizational development is what I do, so I was comfortable
with the theme from my own professional experience. However,
the format and design of the presentation was very unique and
the talent and passion in the troupe were outstanding. A wonderful
experience - memorable and inspiring! |
| Whoever
paid for this performance, it was worth it! This is an experience
I will remember forever. Thank you ASCD for bringing
this group to us and to the individuals who hold the vision
to see the perfect application to us all. |
| Fabulous!
So moving and engaging. |