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Transport | Other Testimonials are also available on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/cathyodowd Cathy's testimonials in the last six monthsFeedback from Diversey was excellent! Rafael got a lot
of compliments, and he has told me you were the best of the three speakers. The evening was perfect and you hit a home run! ... your
presentation was terrific! I absolutely loved your presentation and how it can
relate to our personal and professional
lives. sincere thanks for your efforts ... Your presentation
was exceptionally well received.
la conferencia me pareció extraordinaria, felicidades
The feedback I received from all participants was extremely positive and
inspiring, with many feeling it was the best conference main platform session
that they had ever seen. I could only agree with that assessment.
wonderful presentation .. You have created an extremely positive impression with
the hosts and the delegates.
It was great having you at our event - our guests truly enjoyed it & we received
a lot of very positive feedback (internal & external)......it will be difficult
to top ourselves at the next year's women event!
...excellent presentation... I’ve received very positive feedback from a number
of managers and employees already.
It was a pleasure having you on the programme again, the participants were truly
impressed.
the lecture was a big success! The management very well received your lively
style and the exciting content. It was easy for each assistant to transfer the
different scenarios of success or failure to his own task as a CEO. Even after
the lecture lots of conversations referred to your lecture and other
experiences.
awsome performance ... You captured the audience, passed the messages perfectly
according to BSI brief, made us cry. To tell you that it was highly
professional, it would not be enough. Technology sector
another very good speech. Our client ... was very pleased
... wonderful job, [the client was] extremely happy with your
motivational, insightful and inspiring session. Cathy went down a treat – bang on message and huge applause at end. Everyone
really happy. It's been a great journey you have put us through. Especially the Q&A was very
valuable, as you left people with the impression that you know what you talk
about. we all enjoyed your presence and your presentation very
much You were
fantastic, a real inspiration to us all. You told an incredibly moving story in
the most remarkable way and we were all moved by it. It was also fantastic that
your presentation incorporated so many of our conference themes, and I
appreciate how subtly you were able to incorporate them. It was exactly what we
were looking for and our partner community loved it.
everybody was sold on your presentation... It was a great motivation.
The delegates found it all very interesting!
Your session was spot on and the feedback has been excellent! ... you were the
right person for the event.
I’ve received a lot of good feedback that they enjoyed it very much. great speech ... It was a pleasure working with you and I will not hesitate
to recommend you for future events. All the comments
were really good and our client said that your presentation was just incredible.
They really loved it ! “Cathy has set a milestone”. [We] had speakers in the past you have beaten
them all by a length. This is the first time we had a speaker who is not a
"traditional business" speaker and I am happy to say that it was one of our
biggest successes. For the first time the comments from our audience... were
unanimously positive. Excerpts of the feedback we received included: many evaluations/feed-backs ... are all excellent, to say
the least! You were very, very, very well received!
The content was perfect and exactly what I expected ... You had many symbols we
were able to use afterwards in the workshop or even in the future. The combination of teamwork ideas and Everest stories was spellbinding - your
presentation style is electric ... the Monday keynote (i.e. you) received the
highest rankings of all the 100+ sessions through the week. The whole audience was really impressed and we received only the best
feedback from our partners. This is not as a matter of course, ... the audience
was full with arabic and other men from patriarchic cultures which are not used
to listen to a woman. CATHY WAS A HUGE HIT We would also like to thank you for providing us with such a fantastic
keynote presentation. You were definitely noted as an excellent speaker by all
including our US counterparts and executives. I really enjoyed your presentation
and you were so polished in your delivery. Many thanks for the superb presentation on our recent events. All feedback
forms indicated a very positive response to your pitch, many thanks for helping
to make the event a success. I was delighted with the buzz it created and hopefully you picked up on
everybody's enjoyment over the dinner. It was genuinely among the best
presentations I have heard in a long time and your quiet professionalism in
flying over and getting to the venue in such a self-sufficient way was
incredibly helpful. From my perspective and the feedback that I received directly, your
presentation was received extremely well - execution and content! In fact
I have come straight back to the office and recommended you to all of my
colleagues in case they ever need a speaker! I have received nothing but positive and appreciative feedback
on your talk - our delegates were enthralled, absorbed and inspired by it and I
am certain that they all took away many of the messages which were contained in
it. We got very positive feedback about your presentation in Lucerne. Thank you
very much for your effort. I hope there will be soon another opportunity for a
presentation here in Switzerland. The audience was totally impressed by your speech. If we ever have the
chance we certainly try to invite you again. You achieved in average a 4.6 [out of 5].
This is an excellent result and for sure as one of the best in all the seminars
I conducted. Congratulations - the swiss bankers are very
strong with their ratings. ... your brilliant keynote
... was a tremendous success, and your story was a true inspiration to the sales
force. It showed; as Rob mentioned to you on stage already, a standing ovation
of our "tough" European audience means a lot! …we are happy to inform you that you were evaluated to 99% satisfaction. … to say people were impressed is an understatement! You managed to mix the
business speak in, without it sounding trite- you acknowledged the buzz words,
without decrying the language of business. You were able to relate your (what is
an extreme scenario, when all said and done) experience to the business world. Great, fantastic and impressive presentation... I have evaluated the feedback
(the ranking range was 1 for "excellent" to 4 for "not very interesting"). Your
ranking was not only 1 but 0 and -1. Thank you for an incredible presentation. I was very moved, your style of
presenting allows one to actually feel part of the expedition, strange as this
may seem.
The atmosphere in the room afterwards was amazing, charged with emotion! All
were so totally absorbed in your story that it was if nobody wanted it to end. Great, interesting presentation, kept the audience’s attention, motivating. Thank you so much for an absolutely wonderful event ... It was thoroughly
enjoyed by all who attended and we have had very positive feedback to date. the client was extremely satisfied with the event, all participants she spoke
to were full of praise the feedback from my folks here in Meteor was outstanding The results are in! You were a hit! A sampling of comments.... Cathy O’Dowd’s recent presentation ... was exceptional! Her delivery was
fantastic and her lovely personality won over everybody – she was absolutely
brilliant. If you have clients considering using Cathy and they need to talk to
someone, please don’t hesitate to refer them to me, I will definitely use her
again. Banking & InvestmentYour presentation was impressive and the way you have delivered it stunning. Excellent presentation. She's an amazing women, the speech was perfect. The audience was extremely
enthusiastic. They at first intensely listened and than asked many questions.
Thanks again for your excellent contribution to our event! The feedback ... was great! ... you had sparkles in your eyes and that
you have the great ability to people loved your piece and it was by far the most well received part of the
conference – so thanks for playing such a big part in its success. I hear feedback from many of my colleagues that your speech really
invigorated them and ... your presentation was so interesting, touching and instructive. You have
a real talent for expressing emotions, fear, courage and all participants were
taken by your fantastic story. one of the highest [evaluation] scores we have had - well done! the team loved it.!!! ...the
feedbacks of the guests were "great, brilliant, excellent" some with exclamation
point! feedback was excellent. The audience was in
between delighted and enthusiastic. ...your presentation, or better performance, has been perceived and received
as excellent. You have the ability to keep the full attention of everybody from
start till finish. The issues you brought up fitted very well with our own
contents of the conference. ...we only received positive feedback in line with all the comments on your
website. Many
thanks for your marvellous presentation.... Our clients were delighted! Thanks again for your
valuable contribution to our conference. The average rating for your speech is
9.45 out of ten possible points - very good! I have got a lot of additional
positive feedback from my colleagues. Thank you not only for great delivery of a great story but more importantly
for interpreting my brief so well and aligning your message to our conference
theme. Your presentation on stage was overwhelming and has deeply impressed all of
us. Feed back was exclusively positive. Thank you for ensuring us such a
highlight. ONLY (!) very positive feedback. The best talk ever. She attracted the
audience's attention for the whole length of the speech. I can only commend you on how you succeed not only to "tell nicely" about
your Everest trips, but also on what lessons for "Corporate Life" could be.
Being a trained clinical psychologist as well as a theologist, I myself was most
impressed by "failure starts in your head". Coming from you, it wasn't just a
statement - it was experience. Quotes
from audience members of MeesPierson: As an executive you are regularly exposed to so-called motivational
speakers...at best they tend to be a reasonable break from daily tedium, usually
they are just plain meaningless. Thank you so much for your time out here - you won't believe the responses we
got on your presentation.... The slides were incredible and the tragic moments
added to the reality of it all. All in all you made a very common topic -
teamwork - more real and vivid and everyone took a lot away. Feedback from Goldman Sachs audience members:
…the evaluations we received from members who attended your session were
overwhelmingly positive. In my opinion your presentation was the best of all of
our general sessions… Your technique and speaking skills are excellent. Feedback from CUNA CFO Council audience members:
...the one word that came through over and over again on the following morning
from delegates: "Stunning!" An incredibly interesting presentation - the guests really enjoyed it and the
setting could not be better. I will definitely recommend this to any of my other
divisions. Feedback on Cathy
O’Dowd presentation from World Council of Credit Union meeting participants,
PARIS: Accountingyour presentation was one of the highlights of this year's academy brilliant
– loved every minute of your speech/presentation. Anecdotal feedback is extremely positive indeed. Comments such as '' the best
ever talk like that'', ''inspirational'', ''the best presenter i have ever
seen'', ''captivating'' are some of the specific comments made to me without me
prompting. … Thank you very much for your inspirational speech at our event. I think it
was delivering all the right messages on teamwork. I will definitely recommend
you.
It was a real honour to listen to this amazing story... Just hearing your epic
story and seeing those breathtaking slides will remain in my memory for a long,
long time. I will continue to draw inspiration from your account of moving ever
onward and upward. Insurancethe client [was] delighted by
your presentation and commented on the great visuals ...very inspiring... We were somewhat nervous as we have had negative
experiences of 'inspiring' speakers in the past. Your style and stories came
across very well with our audience.
The client was delighted with your speech.
inspiring and excellently delivered presentation ...wonderful and sometimes breath taking presentation. There is a lot to be
converted to our daily business. ...a
lot of people consider Cathy as the best speaker of the conference. From thumbing through the forms I can tell you that your feedback is very
positive. Feedback from both delegates and hosts has been extremely good, with many
describing your presentation as the best we have ever had. I would be happy to
provide an endorsement for any company that is considering you as a presenter
for their function. ... an enriching presentation. She has an uncanny ability
to quickly draw her listeners into her story in vividly descriptive and
illustrative way. On the lead up to the mountain and on the mountain face
itself human strengths and frailties surfaced fast with life and death often on
a knife edge, and with the knife sometimes winning. Pharmaceuticals & Medical
Your presentation was very well received, and often referred to during other
presentations. Story, reference to our situation and also the way it was
presented were really very appropriate and everybody could relate to it.
excellent presentation ... You have really thrilled the guests, everybody was
very enthusiastic about your presentation. They liked the way you told your
story but also allowed the transfer to management-processes.
Your presentation ... has received rave reviews from every participant who
filled out the evaluation form. You consistently received a 5 (=Excellent) (and
sometimes even 5+) - from every participant. Your presentation clearly resonated
with the team.
I have had very good feedback on your presentation. People really enjoyed your
talk.
... exceptionally professional, motivating and stimulating
The onsite feedback was extremely positive.
The customer was very satisfied with you and will recommend you as a very good
speaker.
... we’d like to thank you for delivering a truly inspiring and high-impact
speech.
your inspiring presentation was very well received and greatly enjoyed! Our
people were very enthusiastic!
...great presentation. It was clearly a highlight of our meeting and people were
talking a lot about the presented ideas the following days.
...the feedback we received from the participants on Cathy's presentation was
overwhelmingly positive. She has truly helped to make the whole congress a
uniquely memorable one for all.
Your presentation was truly inspirational, very well linked to what we all
live and go through (even if not such an extreme environment). I liked very much
how relevant your experience story is even for women working in an enterprise. Your presentation was fantastic... I knew you would end the meeting on
a bang. Your style and communication abilities were prefect and all comments
from the participants were consistently extremely positive. Your life messages
that you learned from your experiences were connecting, for example, I received
comments that people were rethinking their approach to their jobs. Your speech was absolutely sensational. We were very pleased with Cathy as speaker. Everybody was impressed by her
story and her way of telling it. ...all the feedback I got was very positive. Although the adventures you
experienced are of a total different nature than our business, obviously
:-), you managed to turn it in such a way that every single person present was
able to take out the points to his/her interest and could apply it to his/her
job, attitude, way of thinking…. And it fitted in the Kyphon spirit perfectly.
It was exactly what we wanted to achieve, it was the message we wanted to pass
to our sales force. A lot of people congratulated me for finding you :-) ... People are still talking about it and I have no doubt will be thinking
about your story for a long time....I have had such lovely feedback from so many
about how fascinating and interesting you made the story..and I myself found it
very moving. ...thanks again for your marvellous speech. We asked the participants to
complete a feedback form and .... you reached the highest scores of all.
...very absorbing and inspiring. You made a hit with us. It was a different approach to team building and leadership and I personally
liked it very much. My people
have been really impressed by your speech and I had many people coming to me
during the week telling me how much they enjoyed it. So a big part of the
success we had with our NPI was due to you. Thanks again ! You were the highlight of the meeting, just as we planned it. By far the best talk I've ever heard; motivational, inspirational, very
touching at times,... all ingredients were there to capture our team's
attention. I can't forget these moments when the silence in our meeting room
(with 200 people) was as deep as it can probably be up there...amazing! ...an extremely inspiring presentation ... We have so much
positive feedback from our delegates about your presentation, who were amazed at
your experiences - it certainly makes the Avandia targets seem more achievable!!
Outstanding! Very positive feedback from the audience. We learnt how to follow
the game plan and maximize your equipment. The hidden obstacles of complacency /
stress / fear and the hidden challenges of communication / commitment / focus /
trust / teamwork / passion were all very appropriate and motivational. We know
we must share our skills and knowledge and give each other feedback. Food productsWe have been very impressed with Cathy's story as well as the way she has been
presenting. Certainly one of the highlights of the meeting and many lessons that
also apply to business! Everybody enjoyed your speech and your photos. I heard only positive things
about you and your presentation. Our whole event was with your support a great
success. Cathy made an excellent
presentation (she was rated 4.5 / 5). the comments from the delegates are as
follow: ..realmente me encantó. sus
palabras hicieron mella en mi, y creame que m hizo reflexionar sobre muchos
aspectos de la vida.-ud es IMPRESIONANTE!!!
Your presentation was very much appreciated. ... many people have asked about
you.
an excellent presentation...
The feedback was very positive, although some people challenged me whether you
were a real mountaineer or just an actress judged on the excellent timing of
your presentation.
Her speech was really excellent, powerful and motivating. Cathy story provides
us energy till the end of the speech day and for the long time will stay in our
memory.
Our employees enjoyed your
presentation very much and all feedbacks, which I received were extremely
positive.
...people were very touched by you as a person and by your presentation. So many
participants confided to me that when seeing the program they had thought: Why
on earth a mountain climber? After they had heard you, they all felt you were an
excellent presenter, able to translate the experiences from the world of
climbing into the world of business. You gave them the answer to their question!
Overall rating: Very Good It was great to have you on the programme. Since the event people have Thank you for a very enjoyable and easy going way of working together ... The
feed back on your presentation was very good. The presentation inspired our management to reach the summit of our own Everest.
Cathy’s commitment and dedication was a valuable lesson to all of us present at
the talk. Consumer products
La presentacion de Cathy ha sido todo un exito. Fue verdaderamente
impresionante! Ha dejado a toda la audiencia impactada con su historia, la cual
ha sido relevante y muy apropiada para la reunion. Tambien fue un placer para el
grupo compartir unos momentos con ella durante las actividades en la nieve asi
como en la cena.
you live her story when she speaks!
thank you for your excellent contribution
The audience was fascinated by your lecture and all the reactions were extremely
positive! Congratulations!
My client was delighted and the feedback since has been tremendous. Delegate feedback from Independent Newspapers, DUBLIN:
thank you again for the outstanding session back in Santa Monica. Truly
inspiring and incredibly memorable. a perfect speech and well received by our top management. The feedback from our delegates has been very positive and they were
extremely impressed with both your style of presentation and the obvious passion
you have for your subject. ...an excellent presentation... It went down extremely well and provided the
motivation and inspiration the team were looking for... our leading Distributors... said that your experience and journey was a great
example and a perfect analogy of their challenges. You presented everything
powerfully that they need to be confirmed at. they and I found the presentation hugely inspiring and motivating and
it provoked a lot of thought and discussion amongst the group. ...the presentation was fantastic - the audience reaction must have told you
that! ...the feedback from your presentation was simply positive
from everyone I talked to. I can't really give you anything but high marks on
all fronts. In spite of the late planning to include you it worked seamlessly
into our theme and the entire week.
FANTASTIC!!! I, and many of the delegates to whom I spoke, can only say to you that your
presentation was the most professional and inspiring that we have ever
experienced. It was the highlight of the event. ... you received great ratings. Better is impossible. We could not stop talking about you, you defiantly left your mark on all of us.
I felt as if I was on Mt. Everest with you. It was a wonderful opportunity
meeting you and hearing you was an absolute honour. …the standing ovation and feedback we received was incredible. People continue
to ask us how we will top it the next year. Just as incredible was your
interaction with our staff and participants. Many were honored that you took the
time to spend with us. Clearly the determination and persistence required by yourselves to reach the
top of Everest are two vital ingredients required by our salesforce to ensure
them reaching their sales targets. This parallel will be used often throughout
our training in future. Having met you in person strengthens the concept. Everyone was enthralled with the presentation ... the parallels between your
expedition and our year ahead are clear to see. Overall rating: Excellent Our delegates were enthralled by your incredible journey and wonderful
photographs. You are obviously a natural born story-teller! Absolutely fantastic! The feedback I have had from everyone tells me you got it spot on. At the end
they felt uplifted by your talk, moved at times, and enthused to get on and meet
their own challenges. Legal
We received great feedback.
a wonderful and inspirational talk Executive Education
the participants were all very impressed, they couldn't stop talking about it
till late evening and even [the next day]
an excellent and awe-inspiring presentation ... The feedback has been incredibly
positive and people were very much taken by the honest and open account of your
journey.
stimulating and
thought provoking
feedback was extremely positive and you explained very well with slides and
words the most important rules of human relationship
we have had an overwhelming response from the delegates of this year’s
conference. The thank you e-mails, text messages, and phone calls of
congratulations have been never-ending since the day of the conference, made by
the women who benefited most from your speeches and workshop sessions.
very good feedback
outstanding contribution Feedback regarding yourself and the presentation was
excellent They [the delegates] were very impressed. Your presentation was a real high point, and ended the conference on the best
possible note. fascinating contribution... The audience absolutely loved you! the evening was a great success and wonderful experience Your presentation was superb - interesting, funny, moving, poignant and
utterly professional. ...people have liked your presentation VERY much and considered it excellent!
Overall effectiveness: 4.8 out of 5. Scope and depth of content:
4.8 out of 5.
You are an outstanding speaker and I could see that, through your
presentation, you touched every member of the audience in some way ... we have
been receiving emails commending our "fabulous luncheon keynote".
you did a superb job.. the evaluations scores were very strong. No exact number
but most were 5s. The visuals, the style, and content were all excellent. ... a very inspiring and for me moving speech ... the q and a session
really helped bring out I
found your story weaving all the interpersonal dynamics into the trek truly
wonderful. I kept thinking this is Energy
Los comentarios de todos los alumnos ... han sido muy buenos. Con seguridad se
presentaran fechas para próximos eventos. The presentation was excellent - particularly the style of presentation which
kept the entire audience engaged all the time and conveyed the message. ...an excellent presentation. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and I
share that view. The content of the presentation is very relevant in the
leadership and team context and entertaining as well. The audience was most impressed, and the topic fit into our theme even better
than I expected. You were
You were the highlight of our conference... The most amazing thing you did in
your presentation (apart from all the gripping facts and pictures of the
mountain) was to make your experiences directly applicable to our daily teamwork
in the business world. This made it so much more valuable.
...they liked very much your conference! They are very content with the event.
[The Marketing & Communication Manager] told me that you are very expressive and
intense!!
the feedback I received on your work was wonderfully positive. They were touched
by your story/stories and found numerous learning points at multiple levels.
Many of the subsequent presentations (including mine) made reference to your
keynote. Other
the client ... was extremely pleased. They loved you and your speech, you
exactly focussed on the most important topics (team, challenges...) and
everybody was enthusiastic about your inspiring and sweeping presentation. And
that you have taken the time to stay for the evening event was perfect and the
top management was very very pleased.
The feedback from the group was really great. On our survey most people filled out : Excellent…. I would recommend you to
any event. Everybody was emotionally touched and our people will keep you and your
extraordinary presentation in mind. I think that it is difficult to make that
men have tears in their eyes - but you succeeded! very good Just like last time in Portugal, your speech was very highly rated and
appreciated. Again a big success. I have got only positive comments on your speech! ... you made our meeting a
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