What People are Saying About Laura’s Book and Hearing Her Speak!
“Still in awe over how well you connected your comments to our mission. You spoke as if you’re a YWCA “lifer.” It’s not often that a speaker will go to such lengths to really know us and deliver a message so compelling. You did and you nailed it. Thank you so very much!”
“I’m emailing to share with you a bit of good news. I’m not sure you will recall, but the technical assistance man who helped the evening of your presentation, Adam, just finished reading your book and stopped by my office to tell me how much it has influenced him and how he has found the techniques useful in the past two weeks. He is amazed at how easy and how very relevant your book is to his career life and to life in general. He wanted me to send you his thanks. What you are doing is changing people’s lives!”
“Laura–thank you! I can’t thank you enough for making the event so amazing! Today, people have been raving that this was by far the best event they had been to for our organization. You made it that way! THANK YOU!”
“I enjoyed your speech and am currently reading your book, Eat, Drink & Succeed. It is such a wonderful reference book! I don’t think that I have ever read anything so clearly organized, concise and clear!”
“I just wanted to thank you so much for your wonderful presentation yesterday. You were FANTASTIC! Everyone I have spoken with just loved it and had wonderful things to say about you, your speech and how well it all tied into the YWCA’s mission and work. We cannot thank you enough!”
“Thanks again for such a wonderful address yesterday! The preliminary numbers show that we made nearly $6000 on the event! We are thrilled!” You are an outstanding person to have on the YW’s side. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into your speech, for staying late and speaking with guests, and for being so lovely to work with. I hope we can collaborate again soon!”
“I attended the YWCA lunch today and was so impressed and inspired by your talk. I literally found myself resting my chin on my hand as I listened to every word! Your words and delivery make me want to give back to our community.”
“Your presentation was an eye-opening reintroduction of the strategies I need to resurrect, while at the same time, introducing me to new techniques that will further aide me in grabbing my new city by the horns. Thank you!”
“Your presentation and insight was exactly what our chapter needed to start appealing to a higher caliber of potential members, while retaining our existing ones.”
“I truly enjoyed your seminar and was able to pull some great points from it. I especially enjoyed the social diagram, and have plans to work on mine this weekend. Plus, since I checked CNN.com/ticker (per your advice) this morning, I broke the news about Freddie Mac’s CFO in my first class today!”
“Your presentation was fabulous – I thoroughly enjoyed it and I took away lots of great networking pointers. As a matter of fact, everyone is still buzzing about the meeting.”
“Being self employed and having to re-network into a new industry I found your presentation “Re-Introduce Yourself to Networking” really applied directly to my situation.”
“My team that attended the meeting, took so much away from your lecture.”
“It’s always refreshing to speak with people who have such great energy!”
“As a woman, I find you and your success very inspiring. As I am graduating in December and am just starting my journey, your story gives me true motivation to accomplish great things.”
“I look forward to your next life-changing presentation!”
“Your presentation was fantastic and I know you made a real impact on a lot of people.”
“Thank you so much for your time and the incredible lecture! You Rock!”
“I wanted to send a note thanking you for taking the time to speak to our membership this week.
There were a lot of greats points that I am sure our members will take back with them.”
“You were awesome at that fashion show and did all of the kids justice.
Thank you so much for your participation and giving.”
“I wanted to let you know how great it was to spend time with you earlier this week in Las Vegas. Your passion and excitement for everything is addictive. In short, you rock!”
“I was able to get through most of your book on my flight back to Atlanta yesterday. I’m really enjoying it, you are right on target!”
“I recently finished reading your book and definitely have learned quite a few tips from it. I think The Name Game section will help me the most as I as I am horrible at remembering the names of many of the people I meet at events.”
“I was, indeed, a pleasure to see your presentation yesterday. You topic is timely and your delivery was memorable. Thank you for providing so much valuable information and so many good laughs for our members.”
“After listening to your examples of turning every meeting into on opportunity, I am even more motivated to investigate every opportunity. I think you even made the guys think that they should be attending more of the different association meetings we are invited to!”
“When you write your next book please make sure to let me know, so far Eat, Drink, and Succeed, has been really inspiring. I have to be careful when I start reading it because it is hard for me to put down. I was always told that when the student is ready the teacher appears and you and your book could not of come at a better time. So thank you.”
“First, I want to say what a pleasure it was meeting you today! Your story is incredible as well as inspirational. I had a great time hearing about your journey and I especially enjoyed the advice you gave us on taking initiative and learning by observation. I am and will continue to take your advice to heart! You are such a hardworker and such an inspiration!”
“I ran into you last week after the IREM luncheon and I wanted to say how impressed I was with your talk. It’s not often that IREM has a guest of your caliber who was able to keep a captive audience like you did.”
“I’ve met with my students after your great presentation to my class and they were raving about your story. I think they felt you were someone they could identify with and were able to internalize much of what you said. Thank you so much for your time and effort spent for me and my students. We very much appreciate it!”
“You are wondrous and very much a fabulous role model for the students AND the “grown-ups!”
“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I am just reading the summaries that my students have written regarding your class presentation. You truly WOWED them!!! You gave a wonderful presentation that naturally was filled with energy, good content and was an inspiration to all!!”
“We met a few years ago in Chicago at a seminar you gave to young women at the YWCA. I still use the advice you gave and just wanted to stay connected. I own an event planning company based in NYC now! Thank you!”
