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WHAT
PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT PATRICK DONADIO, MBA, MCC
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Corporations
Health
Care
Associations
Non
Profits
Libraries
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"...Yours
was the best business talk we have had since the beginning of our company in
1978...Exceptional from a content standpoint and delivered in a manner that was
enjoyable to listen to..."
Joe Bowman - Century Resources, Inc.
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"I
was very pleased with the presentation that you offered in Las Vegas, on
"Communications in the Workplace." I have been a participant in many
seminars, and classes on numerous subjects; I found you to be one of the most
talented and dynamic speakers I have ever observed.
I
would be pleased to have an opportunity to hear you speak again, and would
strongly urge others to take advantage of your presentations, as well.
David N. Rogers
Director of Operations, Keller
Bros. Inc.
International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE)
v
"This
was the first time we scheduled a "motivational" speaker and the
response from our customers was outstanding! The
overwhelming majority of the evaluation forms ranked your program as #1 -
Excellent. They felt that they had
really benefited both professionally and personally. Some like you so well they
would like an audio or videotape to help motivate them in the future.
Thanks again for sharing you energy and enthusiasm with us... and for the
positive motivation! It was time
well spent.
Doug Grise, President
Teeters Products
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"A
note of thanks for a most memorable end to our Sales Meeting last week! Your
motivational message and your tips on how to be successful were just what our
sales team needs in this competitive and volatile market."
Brooks A. Burton
Vice President & General
Manager, UtilCorp Energy Solutions
"Mr.
Donadio was enthusiastic! …Should be a required course for all staff. …Kept
us interested with exercises, questions, etc....Excellent presenter!
Surprised how well he related it to our field...Gave concrete ways to
improve...Enjoyed style. He kept
the audience informed and attentive...Handout was great..."
Attendee Comments
Central Ohio Regional Training
Center
HEALTH
CARE
CLIENTS
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"What can I
say except GREAT JOB at the 2000 OHA Education Summit! we appreciated
the time, effort and energy you invested in the keynote address. The comments
about you were really positive and I heard a lot of them. We estimated 450
people heard you. When an audience is that size, if they do not like the
speaker they leave, NOBODY DID! Thanks again, we look forward to working with you
again in the future.
Patricia Pitcher
Ohio Hospital Association
"You
were a hit as the keynote speaker for Nurses' Week. ...A number of people sought me out and congratulated me on
finding such a wonderful speaker. The
evaluations were filled with words like: great speaker, humorous, energetic,
dynamic, powerful applicable ideas, motivating and bring him back."
Janet Miller, RN, MS
Children's Hospital Medical
Center of Akron, Ohio
"Patrick's
energy and enthusiasm-as well as sharing of personal experiences - create a
powerful and positive felling among participants. He has an innate ability to
identify audiences’ needs as he presents. Extremely well organized and
responsive compared to other speakers. His
experience shows!"
Kathy Wilson
Respiratory Care Conference, OSU
Medical Center, Columbus Ohio
"You
have received rave reviews from the staff at the hospital.
From housekeeping to nursing, everyone enjoyed your program and learned
from your creative ideas how to make their little corner of the workplace a
better place to be. You succeeded in customizing the program..., which was
obvious in the way you included them in your examples.
Carol Quackenbush, MSEd, RN
Department of Education, The
Bellevue Hospital, Bellevue, Ohio
"I
liked Patrick's upbeat style and storytelling ability. Don't take my word here
is what the Women's Health Conference attendees had to say... 'Patrick Donadio
was an excellent choice for presenter'; 'Very interesting and funny'; 'A topic
that could be talked about for hours was discussed well in 45 minutes.' "
Christine Weaver
Group Health Associates,
Cincinnati, Ohio
"Thank
you for keynoting at our conference: Health Care Management, Staff Development
and Education: Strategies for Success."
Evaluations - 0n a rating scale of 5-1, with 5 being equal to Strongly
Agree, Patrick's scored 4.92.
Sandy Walden
Center for Professional Nursing
Development, Columbus, Ohio
"Great!
Upbeat, positive, informative, funny yet professional.
We liked Patrick's humorous yet usable advice".
Lynn
Schmeling
Children's Hospital of Columbus,
Columbus, Ohio
"On
behalf of our Corporate Education Department, I would like to express my sincere
appreciation for your participation in our Ninth Annual Pediatric Nursing
Conference." Evaluations - 0n
a rating scale of 5-1, with 5 being equal to Strongly Agree, Patrick was
consistently rated '5' by 95% of the attendees.
Sandy Hayes, RN, BSN
The Children's Medical Center of
Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
"Patrick
made us laugh, think and learn all at the same time. On our evaluation form both
of your scores were a 4.6 (on a 1-5 scale). Thanks!"
Jody Fitch
Board Retreat, Children's Medical
Center of Dayton, Dayton Ohio
"After
you excellent presentation at the Ohio Council of Home Care Spring Conference, I
was motivated to try some of your suggestions. The suggestion of using photos with news releases was
particularly effective as you can see ...(by the attached clipping).
Thank you for your outstanding presentation and the motivation to try
your successful techniques."
Karen Newlon
Buckeye Home Health
Ohio Council of Home Care
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"...Your
debut was a hit! We look forward to
working with you on many future business management education projects."
Susan Duck, ASA Management
Institute
Bedford, TX
"Thank
you for your enthusiastic keynote (Empower Yourself) and seminar on Niche
Marketing... All the participants
thought your presentation style was captivating and energetic, and many
expressed interest in your return to future conventions. This energy is exactly
what we were looking for to kick-off our weekend!!
Mike Retenour, Convention Chair,
Ohio Council
Painting and Decorating
Contractors of America
"Enclosed
for your reference are attendee comments: Outstanding seminar-One of the best
you offered in the 10 years I've been attending; Bring Patrick Donadio back. The
is the quality presentations that we need to advance the skill level of this
industry."
Kim Novak-Dukes,
Director-Education
Promotional Products Association,
International
"Patrick's
presentation was outstanding! I received numerous comments from the meeting's
participants...He was most informative and entertaining as well, while facing
the difficult task of serving as our first presenter AFTER lunch.
Patrick was well prepared to specifically tailor his remarks to OUR
group. The advance work done in
preparation was obvious to all. I highly recommend his presentation and skills to most any
group.
Rob Rankin III
Ohio Outdoor Advertising
Association
"Thank
you for your participation in our Annual Management & Technology Conference.
Your overall rating was 5.74 out of 6. Here are a few comments from the
evaluations..."Great information - a lot of tips to take back to the
office"; "He was great!"; "Lots of good, concrete tips I can
use.". Thanks again, your contribution was great appreciated."
Mary Anne Knapke
Ohio Society of Association
Executives
"You
were a hit!! I heard numerous comments from teams about the fun they had at the
Team Rally-how they really enjoyed the chance to "ham" it up ad get
top know some of the other team members! The
OMA staff members who attended said that this was one of the best programs
they'd seen at the Team Rally. I
really appreciate all of the time and effort you put in to preparing for the
program."
Christine Merritt
The Ohio Manufacturers'
Association
"I
came to your seminar 'Maximizing Your Media Coverage' and was very impressed.
I want to thank you for the most enlightening and enjoyable seminar I
have attended in quite some time! You
have such charisma when in front of an audience...too bad the seminar only
lasted three hours.
Connie L. Casperson
Society of Design Administration
Business Marketing Association
"I
have found most speakers at seminars informative, but to hear one who could hold
my interest is rare! Yours was
refreshing, entertaining, dynamic and certainly informative. I have put many of the ideas you suggested into action and
can already see a difference."
National Association of Credit
Management Conference,
Salt Lake City, UT
"As
has been the case (for the past four years), participants rated your workshops
very high and found your presentation to be professional, entertaining, and
extremely useful."
Office of Funding/Program
Assistance, State of New York
"It
was very nice to seeing you again in Biloxi, Mississippi. I admit that I laughed at that Japanese toilet story all over
again. Patrick, you have an
enviable delivery style that gets the information across in a fun and memorable
way. The responses to (your)
sessions were fantastic to say the least. In
fact, they we the top rated sessions of the entire conference."
Majorie Crosley
Keep America Beautiful
"Patrick
is very versatile, entertaining and professional. No one ever leaves the room when Patrick is presenting.
You know he has something important to say and teach his audience.
He has a gift for training that we can all benefit from.
Compared to other trainers/speaker, you are among the top 2 or 3 we have
used in the last 10 years."
Becky Lyons
Keep America Beautiful
"WOW!
That was one of our best luncheons ever thanks to your presentation,
Dream Building-Turning Dreams into Reality...I believe in my heart that the
inspiration from that meeting will carry on for a lifetime..."
Employment
Connections Program
Friends of the Homeless, Inc.
"The
search for quality speakers is a task we worry and slave over for a year before
each conference. If all our
speakers were of your caliber we wouldn't have to worry at all."
Governor's Conference on Crime
Prevention, Albany, NY
LIBRARIES
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"As
you can see by the enclosed summary, attendees appreciated your ability and
willingness to share you knowledge and insights. Here are a few excerpts:
"Patrick's energy is contagious! Ask him back...", Excellent program,
great practical ideas, methods and systems. Thanks",
"He's an excellent presenter - enthusiastic, informative,
stimulating humorous." Pat did a fabulous job, God Bless Him!"
Elaine Terman
Cleveland Area Metropolitan
Library System
"I
have been to many workshops - yours are always fun and practical, never boring.
I was on cable TV last night and recently had a 75th anniversary open
house with many newspaper articles before and after the event...obviously a
graduate of Donadio's "Powerful PR" presentation."
Mary S. Novak - President
Miami Valley Library Association
of Ohio
"Patrick
has a great style. His energy level
is very high which keep his audience's energy level up. His information was up to date and very useful. I have
experienced many consultants/speakers and I'd rate Patrick a 10 out of 10!"
Jeannine Willbarger
Toledo-Lucas County Public
Library
“You top the list when it comes to presenters we have
had at our location. Thank you
Patrick for providing a program that fit our needs exactly. This was our most
successful Team Karl program to date. Everyone
who attended became more aware of themselves and the people they work with and
you really helped increase the sense of team. Patrick was perfect!“
Mary Campanelli
Columbus Metropolitan Library Karl Road Branch
“I have never seen more
enthusiasm from CCPL employees. You struck a cord with them and I knew that the
universal response was overwhelming positive.
Many staff members came up to me after the program to thank me for
bringing you here to speak with them. Many
more wanted to know when you would b coming back.
Thank you very much for making a difference.
I think that people sometimes come to such presentations with a jaded
attitude. It takes something very
special to shake them out of this sort of lethargy.
You achieved that and much more in your short time with us.”
Nick Cronin
Adults
Services Manager – Cuyahoga County Public Library
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Brief Highlight Of Organizations Empowered By Patrick Donadio
Akron Children's Hospital
American Society of Women Accountants
American College of Healthcare Administrators
American Women in the Metals Industry
Andersen Consulting, LLP
Automotive Management Institute
Ashland Chemical
Bank One
The Bellevue Hospital
Business Marketing Association
Case Western Reserve University
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Center for Professional Nursing Development
Central Ohio Regional Training
Center
Century Resources, Inc.
Children's Medical Center of Dayton
Children's Medical Center of
Columbus
Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library
System (CAMLS)
Columbia Gas
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Doctor's Hospital
Group Health Associates
Hospital & Health System Association of Pennsylvania
Huntington
Bank
International Taxicab & Livery Association
International Credit Association
International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE)
JC Penney Catalog
Keep America Beautiful (KAB)
KY Organization of Nurse Executives
Louisiana Bankers Association
Miami Valley Library Association
Mead Paper
National Association of Credit Management Conference
Nationwide Insurance Company
National Institute of Pension Administrators
National
Regulatory Research Institute
National Tour Association
NY Governor's Conference on Crime Prevention
Ohio Council of Health Care
Ohio Council of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Health Care Association
Ohio Hospital Association
Ohio Manufacturing Association
Ohio Pharmacy Association
Ohio Outdoor Advertising Association
Ohio Society of Association Executives
Ohio State University Medical Center
PageNet
Painting and Decorating
Contractors of America
Promotional Products Association, Int'l
Professional Secretaries International
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Southeast Georgia Health Systems
SYMIX Computer Systems, Inc
Teeters Products
Time Warner Communications
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
United States Postal Service
USS/KOBE Steel Company
UtiliCorp Energy Solutions
Women in Communications, Inc.
Weatherhead School Of Management
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