What other people say about Kate

Just what we needed. Thanks. Fantastic night. Very informative. I want more information. Great. Thankyou! :-) Great start. Educational meeting. Very helpful session. Thankyou. Great. Thankyou. Very informative. :-) Thankyou. Fantastic. Useful. A relief. Hopeful. Positive. More please! it was such a relief to have the introduction of efficient and clear thinking from an 'outsider'. Same for dealing with the 'issues' like the Code of Conduct. It was great to discuss in the way you did. Thankyou! It was great! Thanks. Loved your facilitation and all your support. :-)

Thankyou for the training day Kate. In our General Meeting last Tuesday there was a marked difference in morale, solidarity and willingness to assume responsibility and we have begun implementing the changes straight away.

Congratulations and thank you on the training Kate. I thought it was well prepared, well presented, well organised and well led. In speaking to some members over the past few days the feedback is very positive and generally a spirit of togetherness and co-operation is coming forth in those members. Your strategic plan is detailed and again a thoroughly useful document for us to follow and put into action. Muchos gratias, Look forward to using your guidance, teaching skills, knowledge and leadership in the future. In the spirit of co-operation, Anthony.

What did you like most about the workshop? - Kate's style was clear and informal, - Open discussion, - It was strategic and tailor made for our Co-operative's needs, - The level of productivity achieved, - It was totally relevant to our current status, - It gave us energy to move forward - That we emerged with a set of clear objectives and actions - Really helpful and needed - Kate, - The workshop was well structured and fulfilled the Co-op's agenda and the course needs, - Well informed and great for our Co-operative, - Getting together and having the discussions - All of it! - Presenter wad energetic, interesting and informative, - We learned a wide variety of things.

Just a quick note of appreciation for a really good session yesterday. Everyone was in agreement that it was very worthwhile indeed, raising all sorts of important points and questions which we would not have managed to bring up or focus upon otherwise. President, Professor Emeritus Wilfrid Prest, BA (Melb.), DPHil (Oxon.) , FRHistS, FAHA, FASSA,

Kate was very available and approachable and always reliable in terms of meeting with myself and our Assistant Chair. She was easily accessible in terms of email and phone calls. It was excellent timing that we were booked in to do the Effective Meeting Procedures training between the two General Meetings that Kate assisted us with. I felt we were easily able to convey to Kate the problems and issues particular to our Co-op and she provided pertinent and relevant advice and support with these. I felt like Kate modelled more effective ways of managing the meetings then stepped back and enabled me to try these methods in a way that I could learn by trying them out for myself while still feeling supported. The templates for meeting agendas and sub-committee reports are invaluable tools for us to use to streamline our meetings and thus contribute to the smooth running of our Co-op. Thank you so much Kate. Chairperson, Hindmarsh Housing Co-operative Inc.

I very much appreciated the seemingly easy way you got a grip on all the issues that we needed some help with and the manner which which you dealt with them. From the Secretary's viewpoint - thanks for the templates on agendas and reports and the advice on how to get our meeting procedures working effectively. There's no doubt that the benefit of your input with be ongoing. Secretary, Hindmarsh Housing Co-operative Inc.

Thanks for all your help Kate. You generated a lot of thought and discussion around important topics and helped to clarify our future directions. Pam - Centre's Community Development Officer.

Q1. How would you rate the presenter? 17 Excellent 1 Good 0 Average 0 Poor Q2. What did you like about the presentation? Comments were: • Interactive, involvement. • Engaging. • Involved everyone. • Easy to follow, fun and very informative. • The whole presentation/format was good. • Interactive, engaging, encouraging. • Very informative, all useful information I will use in the future. • Relaxed style that involved everyone. Open to questions. • The day was engaging. The presenter managed the group and the material well. • Entertaining. Kept my attention all day. • Engaging and met my expectations. • Good mix to keep me interested. • Pleasant, clear voice, relaxed, engaging, presented at the level of the audience. • Dynamic, interesting and good content. • Encouraged participation in a non threatening way. • Interaction with learners and Youtube examples. Everyone had a turn at a presentation and group work. • All good. Q3. How could the presentation be improved? Comments were: • Couldn’t have improved. • All good. • Maybe do over 2 days if there are a lot of attendees who need to go. • I can’t think of anything! It was a great workshop. • Can’t think of any improvements – excellent. • Nil – but could have had an exercise that showed us how to write a good speech. Excellent. • N/A. • Not sure.

What did you like best about the course? - Kate's engaging presentation style. Thankyou. - It was concise and applicable. - It gave us a broad overview of the entire Co-op's role. - The style of the delivery of all the information. - The way we were all encouraged to participate in the discussion. - It was easy and concise considering how much we needed to get through.

What did you like best about the course? - Kate is brilliant! I love her style, her sense of humour and her knowledge. - Covered everything that we needed in our Co-op - Very helpful and informative. - Clear and speedy - Kate's clear, informed approach. - Kate was very easy to listen to.

Hi Lyn and the fantastic Coro team!!! I just wanted to congratulate you on last night's strategic planning session. As usual another valuable and productive Coro event. From where I was sitting it went off seamlessly - which of course means there must have been a hell of a lot of planning and preparation to make it so. Kate was a great presenter moving things right along without any feeling of being rushed. I look forward to seeing her summary of the evening. And of course the food - how you got us to sit down again I'm not quite sure. So well done, well done, well done!! Helen

To the funding body - just a note to say thank you for providing us with Trainer Kate Reynolds, to assist us with training in by-law and policy review. We has recently formed a working panel to proceed with this review and Kate's input was gold to us. Her training gave members of the working panel: a) clarity and understanding of the issues involved b) firm direction with structures to follow c) a clear and realistic timeline within which to work d) a sense of being energised with an increased capacity to carry out the numerous tasks associated with such a review. This training will greatly increase the likelihood of success for the panel as well as the Co-operative. Once again thanks for this important input to our Co-operative.

Kate - thanks for all of your support throughout the Partnering Workshops - your clear thinking, sense of humour and commitment are really appreciated.

What did you like most about this course? - Thanks for putting so much energy into this. I believe that this has been fundamental in putting our organisation back on track properly. THANKS! - Kate's frankness - Instructive and constructive - Kate was excellent! Great with structure. - Good control over the group - Well run.

What did you like MOST about this course? - Everything - It was well presented and kept my interest - Clear and comfortably paced - Understanding what was explained to us - Much needed information was supplied and explained - Learning! - The session was extremely helpful and relaxed.

(To the funding body) On behalf of the Frederic Ozanam Housing Association Inc I would like to convey my appreciation for the excellent workshop conducted by Kate Reynolds for the Tenant Advisory Committee on Wednesday the 23rd February. The workshops achieved a number of outcomes. These were: * Reinforced the commitment of the attendees to being active members of the Tenant Advisory Committee. We now have 7 members including a Board member. * Clarified the role of the committee members and its relationship with the Board of Management. * Empowered the Committee to formulate actions. * Provided achievable actions for the Committee to undertake. Thanks once again for supporting this initiative.

All the members accepted our new By-law at Saturday's meeting! Thanks for all your help and expertise. We really appreciate it.

Thanks very much Kate, very much appreciated. I thought you did an excellent job and I've had very good feedback from various people about your facilitation skills.

Thanks Kate. You have captured it all very well and the document will be very useful for the Board and team in planning for future... Many thanks again.

What did you like most about the course?

• Interesting all the way through
• Comprehensive coverage
• Informative
• Explanation of queries on different subjects
• All of it
• Method of presentation
• Laid back style but all information presented
• The presentation and presenter

What did you like most about the course?

• Presenter – ease of discussion
• Well structured and stimulating
• Clear, concise, informative
• Practical advice on what changes or enhancements we could make

It was very specific to us so we could ask the most relevant questions. Kate was very helpful.

What I liked most about the course was the engaging and enthusiastic approach of the facilitator. She was excellent!

Kate is great! She’d make any course go well.

What did you like most about the course?

• The tutor’s clarity and delivery – no time wasting, no unnecessary anecdotes!
• Kate has a very easy approach.
• I liked the lively discussion!

Congratulations on keeping the pack together today. Just thought I'd let you know I appreciated the way you kept energising the group by layering positivity over the negativity. The time went really fast and once again I learnt a lot.

Dear Kate, Thankyou. We all enjoyed the session and got the outcomes we wanted.

• The trainer made it a relaxed and comfortable environment
• I liked the easy manner and the information that was imparted
• The spread of activities kept my attention throughout the course and kept it interesting
• The presenter made the session interesting and interactive
• The information was clearly and concisely delivered
• We gained a lot of interesting knowledge and insight into child protection issues
• Difficult subject matter was made easier via the activities Kate arranged for us
• Great presenter, clear, interactive!

• I liked how casual and interactive the course was.
• It wasn’t boring!
• Most of all I liked the trainer – the variety, sit down, get up, the DVDs, the group discussion and activities – Kate kept me interested the whole day!
• Kate was engaging – she knew her material and ‘kept it real’, was always able to explain further. I really enjoyed her presentation and will ask her back again.

Thanks very much for facilitating Saturday’s meeting. It was extremely useful and informative.

Thanks so much for your work for the event.  We certainly did capture a lot of Challenges and Opportunities on the day, and it all helps to set the scene for future consultations and partnerships across the region.

Good work – thanks again Kate – this is a huge move forward.

Thanks for presenting the Public Speaking Skills session for our members… the feedback was excellent.

What did the presenter do well?

• Explained all concepts very well and gave great examples, tips and techniques
• Very engaging and knowledgeable
• Very friendly, knew her subject. Excellent content, lots of interaction which allowed group to share experiences
• Communicates well and has experience to talk knowledgeably
• Everything
• Interacted well and interesting
• Made it fun and interesting
• Interactive
• Good practical examples, interesting anecdotes.

What did you like best about the course? - information about other organisations - protocols etc. - handouts - knowledgable instructor - customisation - well organised and fun - clear and useful - Kate is a gifted and dynamic speaker. Impressive! - the role play of a meeting - ideas about how a meeting should be run - clear and direct delivery of the course - the presenter's excellent preparation - group discussion - gaining knowledge re procedures around reports and minutes.

What did you enjoy most about the workshop? - Knowing that we are in a good position going into the National Regulatory System process. - What we need to do is now clear. - Lucid instruction style. - Fast pace with non nonsense. - Finding out what other people's responses were - knowing that we are doing well. - Knowing that it's more about identifying areas of need than pointing fingers of blame. - Lots of relevant information. - It was relevant and interesting.