"[You] provided a level of leadership and vision I had never seen before. [Shelley Stienstra]… helped us design and structure a program of content and sponsorship that advanced our strategic goals. Kathryn Durant compiled and executed a worldwide marketing campaign, including advertisement design and market research, that increased event awareness around the globe. [Other services included] best-in-class financial management… and excellent logistical and on-site service. [You] understood and sustained our vision of an industry-changing event throughout a long and complicated planning process." David Rodier, Chair, Global Mining Initiative Conference |
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"[You] went above and beyond the call of duty in every way… [you brought] I.T. skills and event experience to bear, and enhanced every aspect within [your] portfolios of service. …[D]ays before the event was scheduled to begin, when the SARS outbreak in Toronto forced us to postpone the event… and relocate to Winnipeg… [w]ith total commitment, on impossibly short notice, [the team] helped us bring this change about effectively and smoothly."
Doug Thomson, CEO, Canadian Orthopaedic Association |
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"I would like to thank you for the strategic abilities and experience that you contributed to our management team…. a genuine alliance of interests, not just a business contract. You… were dedicated to making ITSWC the best event it could possibly be, and you spared no effort in work towards that end. That dedication is what made the difference to our event, and I must thank you once again for your commitment…."
Colin Rayman, Co-Chair, Finance Committee, Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress |
"[You have] taken PDAC's operations to an entirely new level of efficiency and effectiveness. …The PDAC staff, and the Board of Directors, have found [your] event management skills – technical, financial and logistical – to be of the highest caliber. [You] have integrated seamlessly into our team, and it remains a pleasure to work with [you]."
Lisa McDonald, Convention Manager, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada |
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"[This event] equalled or even surpassed its predecessors in Europe and Japan – a challenging task, to say the least. …I can confidently state that [your] enthusiastic participation, partnership and skill raised the Networks Symposium to a new level of success and effect. [Your] combination of technological sophistication, hands-on experience and common-sense ingenuity were invaluable to [our] success… [We] cannot express [our] appreciation of your ability highly enough."
International Scientific Committee, International Telecommunications Network Planning Symposium |
"…you and your partners never once failed to impress… with your professionalism, can-do attitude and attention to the many minutiae that made this event a success. …I feel I have dealt not only with professionals but with a group of people who with their pleasant attitude made my personal involvement easy and a pleasure."
Neil Huddlestone, Communications Chair, World Telecommunications Congress Steering Committee |
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Clayton Diggs, the program's lead facilitator, has struck gold and wants to start a mining project near the town of Diggsville. But how can the competing needs of the company, the community and the environment be effectively met? Working in groups of 6 people, team members take on the role of various stakeholders and score points by completing a series of challenges. 