Testimonials

Thank you so much for your time on Monday, we all got a lot out of your session and im sure it will prove to be extremely invaluable to us. I’m already finding I’m more productive with my emails! My inbox has gone from 1,500 to 3!! I look forward to receiving your newsletters.

I am not surprised to see you get a very favourable comment.  You have come out tops in our survey of delegates at our conference.  Of the workshop presenters you have the best response with the following ratings. No doubt your enthusiasm and great subject knowledge give your seminars that edge to make them stand out for delegates.  Thank you and we look forward to working with you again sometime in the future.

“I have to pass on a huge thank you to you for the great presentation yesterday. The response of the room and afterwards as everyone excitedly signed up for your books showed that what you had to say, we all wanted and needed to hear.

I have waited a long time to hear you present and it was certainly worth the wait. I am continuing on with the conference committee and I am keen to work you into the program again next year with a workshop prior to the conference and another topic for the conference. We have received feedback from the delegates that this was the best conference yet and this is in no small part due to you. Thank you so much.”

Your tips for successful emailing and database management made such a difference to me.  Apart from being huge time savers, it really helped me to free up the time, so that the rest of my business operations became very smooth.

‘Rocio and I greatly enjoyed your session at AIBTM last week. In just a half an hour, you were able to show us solutions to some of our most time consuming e-mail processes.’

We were fortunate recently to have Debbie meet with us recently to give us some guidance and training on how we are communicating and how we can make the most of the technology and programmes we are using.

The care and attention to detail she has shown has been fabulous; from meeting with us before the in-house training day to get a clear understanding of what we wanted and the programmes we use to following up with us afterwards on how she can help us further.

Debbie showed great insight when meeting with our team in terms of their different levels of ability and understanding of the programmes and helped us get a clearer picture of the areas that we need to focus on.

Debbie, thank you for the generosity you have shown us – your time, depth of knowledge and wide range of resources that you share with skill, and a sense of fun!

All of the sessions were fully subscribed and some, where extra numbers could be accommodated, were looked after and the overall feedback was amazing. The sessions were sponsored by AgriFood Skills Council and verbally I have heard from them that they were extremely happy with their engagement through these sessions as fitted their criteria exceptionally well.

A number of industry people who I have seen since the event have mentioned that these sessions were much appreciated as they were able to hone their business skills and gain some confidence in areas which will be invaluable to them in the future. At the event I was approached by a number of people who had attended one or more of Debbie’s sessions who commented that the concept was excellent, that they had learnt a lot of new techniques and that Debbie was one of the best engaging presenters they had ever witnessed.

It takes a lot of skill, experience and knowledge to seize the attention of 50+ people in a room and capture their attention over a 1.5-2 hour session and then to do that over 5 sessions on different subjects over a 3 day period and this puts Debbie Mayo-Smith in a special category and worthy of many accolades as a speaker and educator.

Kudos Debbie….

The first year I hired Debbie as a presenter for the Conference and her presentation was outstanding and really well received by the audience. She was so well received that she was only one of a couple of presenters that we asked to come back the following year.  She gave another brilliant presentation that was well received by our audience.  Her presentation both times were original but focused on the audience’s needs so they could get as much back from the presentation as possible.  Follow up feedback was also well managed by Debbie.  She is an excellent presenter and I highly recommend her.

Debbie provided training at the IHC Volunteer Coordinator’s  National Team meeting.  Her approachable style, ability to engage and wonderful sense of humour was appreciated.  Our team is spread throughout the country and yet we operate under a set of national guidelines and procedures.  This means that a standardised approach to our work is required.  Debbie took the time to connect with each coordinator prior to the meeting and adapted her training accordingly.  Highly recommended speaker and trainer.

It was a fantastic masterclass, carefully tailored to a retirement village manager audience, all of whom have databases of potential residents, and they relished the opportunity to learn how to maximise that valuable resource.  The interaction within the class as well as the take-home resources added to everyone’s enjoyment, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive about your session and the conference as a whole.

You are on the top 3 highest rating speaker at the conference (94% of delegates rated you as very good). I think your presentation hit the mark for so many delegates because it’s very practical – there were clear steps, tips, instructions, how-to, etc. We know that people love tips and tricks – something they could implement in their workplace straight away – and your presentation was exactly that, so it was very relevant to them. Your presentation was engaging, well-delivered and very clear.

For a high performing, successful fundraising organisation the ability to have timely and meaningful dialogue with our donors is paramount.  As we have grown and upgraded technology there is much to learn and maintain our high standards.  Debbie ran a team session recently for Starship Foundation to help us with time-saving tips and to get the most from our Outlook and related MS tools.  We learned a lot from Debbie in a relatively short period to be more efficient in a myriad of ways that will enhance our donor relationships immediately.  We can’t thank Debbie enough for her professional, no-nonsense, friendly delivery that engaged the wider team and inspired us all to save time and improve our performance.

We were fortunate to have Debbie meet with us recently to give us some guidance and training on how we are communicating and how we can make the most of the technology and programmes we are using. The care and attention to detail she has shown has been fabulous; from meeting with us before the in-house training day to get a clear understanding of what we wanted and the programmes we use to following up with us afterwards on how she can help us further. Debbie showed great insight when meeting with our team in terms of their different levels of ability and understanding of the programmes and helped us get a clearer picture of the areas that we need to focus on.

Debbie, thank you for the generosity you have shown us – your time, depth of knowledge and wide range of resources that you share with skill, and a sense of fun!

I just wanted to let you know our progress since you generously came and gave your time to us. We have a new database with so much more data on it. I learnt a lot from your visit, that has me thinking on a whole lot of other areas like youth pastors tracking their young people and engaging with the ones that haven’t been for a while etc. What I’m trying to say is… THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your investment in us is paying off and of course it will continue to grow.

Big thanks Debbie. Your presentation skills are super. I heard many of the delegates give you an excellent wrap.

You know it was a good session when one; the staff talk about it and two; we implement changes because of it. so thank you so much!

Debbie Mayo-Smith is a speaker who walks her talk – she is a dynamo!  Her knowledge and content is always current, and presented in a style that the delegates walk away with knowledge they can immediately put into practice to allow them to deal with the challenges of productivity in their jobs.  She is so well received by attendees because of this.  Debbie is an engaging and captivating speaker, and a joy to work with because of her down to earth style, and the great impact she leaves on her audiences.

It was a fantastic masterclass and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive about your session and the conference as a whole.

I have recommended Debbie in the past, she did our Childcare Conference a couple of years ago.  Great tips regarding time management, better use of outlook and microsoft office products and also marketing and database usage.

If you are looking for a good presenter for conference who will provide very practical and usable strategies, I would be happy to speak to you further about my recommendation.

I’ve been to a lot of Conferences now with good, engaging speakers however your presentation and books have probably helped me in a practical way more than most so the endorsement is genuine.  Hope we can get you along.

Everything you said at the conference was extremely helpful. Just simple things like taking the time to set up folders for emails to go to has made life soo much easier!! So simple, but so busy didn’t even stop to think about doing it! So thank you for your great ideas! Everything else seems to be going well.