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She is fantastic – she should be here every year!
Your closing keynote was fun and funny, informative and inspiring! You gave our
nurses some very practical suggestions for using humor to deal with stress at
work and at home – they could really be applied to any profession. Here are just
a few of the wonderful comments you received from our attendees:
- Very funny, kept my attention even at the end of the day
- Awesome – great way to end the day.
- She is fantastic – she should be here every year!
- Appreciated that she included medical/OB stuff
- Hysterical!
- Above and beyond
Robyn Gude,
RN, MSN
Network Administrator
Southern Illinois Perinatal
Network
View evaluation summary and attendee comments (PDF)
A long standing ovation from 500 college juniors and seniors
"If you can get a long standing ovation from 500 college juniors and seniors once
in your lifetime, that’s really saying something. You’ve gotten it all 6 years that
you’ve spoken at our summer state conference. The students love all the group
interaction and all those surprises, but most of all, they love you!"
Gladys
Graves
Director
North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
View attendee comments from 2008 presentation (PDF)
Delighted with Emily’s closing presentation
“Colleagues, I want to let you know that we highly recommend Emily Ballance if
you're looking for an upbeat, humorous, energetic and interactive conference
speaker-- who's also easy to work with and makes a point of learning about the
audience and organization. We were delighted with Emily's closing presentation,
the spot where we want a speaker who can send folks away feeling good. She
definitely did! Some comments on evaluation forms:
- Loved Wednesday lunch speaker - Emily's a great way to end the
conference.
- (What I liked best) Emily - very funny
- Emily Ballance was fantastic!!! Come back next year!!!
Of course, we Yankees are a pushover for speakers with Southern accents!”
Chris Deyss
Executive Director
Prevent Child Abuse New York
A beautiful, professional, comedic presentation
“YOU did a great job! Thank you, thank you for more than fulfilling our
expectations! You have a lovely, lovely way of making us all feel loved and fun -
it's a gift and a craft. Everyone talked about you during lunch – yes, that group of
90% men! Thank you, Emily, for a beautiful, professional, comedic presentation
that lifted us all for the three-day meeting. Can you meet with me once a week?
Angie Crone
Sponsorship Director
North Carolina State Fair
Upbeat positive message in our world full of negatives
”It was a pleasure having you with us at our Women’s Luncheon. The audience
loved you. It was so refreshing to have an upbeat, positive message in our world
full of negatives. We look forward to having you back again with us in the future.”
Freddine Crabtree
Director of Business Development
High Point Chamber of
Commerce
Fit the occasion like a glove
"Emily, you did a wonderful job for us at the Illinois state conference. You fit the
occasion like a glove. We were very, very pleased."
Roy Harley
Executive Director
Prevent Child Abuse Illinois
Sincere respect for people of different ethnic groups
"Emily, your sincere respect for people of different ethnic groups is reflected in
your ability to speak with ease to diverse groups – and to connect with them. I
loved your presentation style, your adventurous spirit and your unique ability to
transform obstacles into challenges. Your presence and your humor added so
much to our California conference. Thank you!"
Dr. Gerda Govine, EdD
Diversity Consultant, Expert Witness, Sexual
Harassment and Discrimination
Pasadena Women’s Conference
The best speaker we’ve had yet
"The Girl Scout way is to do an evaluation after everything we do so we have
immediate feedback. You received incredible comments such as...
"Awesome!...The best speaker we have had yet...Super... Excellent!...Very
interesting and entertaining...Wonderful!...Not just talking but speaking from her
heart!...Enthusiastic and inspiring!"
Pat Wright
Executive Director
Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council
View attendee comments (PDF)
Great speaker, great info, helpful and thought-provoking...Made my day!
"Here are just a few of the wonderful comments we received about you and your
presentation on our feedback forms:
- Great speaker, great info, helpful and thought-provoking...Made my day!
- Emily Ballance was awesome and very
uplifting – a great way to end the conference – with a smile!
- I really enjoyed this
session!
- Great, lively speaker!
- Super! Great use of personal stories!
- Awesome! Just what I needed! Hope she can come back again!
- Excellent
speaker! Have her back!
There were lots more, but I think you get the point.
Thanks so much for being part of our state conference!"
Colleen Yeager
Elementary Vice President
North Carolina School Counselors
Association
View evaluation summary and attendee comments (PDF)
Served up chuckles, giggles, and sidesplitting belly laughs
"Emily Ballance served up chuckles, giggles, and sidesplitting belly laughs during
a presentation on the physical and emotional benefits of laughter. Surely, there
wasn’t a tense muscle left in the room."
Garnet Bass
Newsletter Editor
Raleigh Professional Women’s Forum
Related well to both the staff members and the college students
“I just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed both of your
presentations. You related well to both the staff members and the college
students. I appreciated your versatility, sense of humor and enthusiasm. And I
was glad to see that everyone in the audience was having a good time and that
there was such great participation. The exercises were hilarious and a lot of fun.
Thank you for making us laugh and for providing us with helpful information to
improve our lives.”
Cheryl S. Jenkins
Director of Student
Activities and Leadership Development
Meredith College
You knocked their socks off!
“What a pleasure it was to have you at our child nutrition meeting yesterday. You
knocked their socks off! The evaluations were very impressive with lots of
positive comments. We accomplished what I hoped to accomplish – reminded
everyone that life is not perfect and we are in control of how we react to it. And
we found out that it is healthy to laugh! I would be honored to recommend you to
future clients. You speak from the heart using your life experiences which
enabled you to connect with our staff. Thanks for being here to brighten our
day.”
Lyn Holt
Director of Child Nutrition
Person County School System
Presentation was awesome, very inspiring...Bring Emily back
“Emily, here’s a sample of the feedback you received from our 500 conference
attendees:
- Excellent speaker. Great way to end the conference.
- Emily’s presentation was awesome; very inspiring.
- Fun visuals, fantastic humor!
- Emily was wonderful. I loved her sense of humor.
- Bring Emily back, she made my day.
- I loved Emily Ballance!
Thank you!”
Amber Russell
ICAPP Program Manager
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa
Ability to speak to listeners as individuals, even in a large audience
"Your humor and honesty combine to make your presentations unique and
memorable. You have an uncanny ability to speak to listeners as individuals,
even in a large audience."
Dr. Robert Morrell
Physician
WakeMed Health and Hospitals
You have such a comfortable, down to earth style...dry sense of humor
"Emily, I feel very privileged to have heard you speak. You are definitely one of
the most entertaining and inspiring speakers I have ever heard. You have such a
comfortable, down to earth style and that dry humor of yours took me by surprise
every time! I now understand the different generations in the workplace much
better, thanks to you. You gave me valuable information and good ideas to help
me work more effectively with each, as well as tips to help me keep my sense of
humor when it doesn’t go as well as I had hoped! We’ll be talking with you soon
about coming back to California."
G.I. Vallone
Director of Sales and Marketing
AMG Enterprises, Data Processing and Direct Mail
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