"What you did was extremely useful as an eye-opening kick in the head to remind me of what most of my presentations are all about. I wish I could have bottled your presentation. Thank you for allowing me to scarf the marker sheets!"

Joseph H. Mitchiner, Attorney
Mitchiner Law Firm, PLLC

Physicians

"I would like to express our thanks for your excellent presentation on techniques at improving our public speaking at our National Conference 2005. Your presentation was informative, enthusiastic, and very entertaining. You have a natural ability at enticing an audience with words"

Sunil Budhrani, MD, MPH, MBA
Medical Director
EmCare

"Thanks for all of your help! At least 3 people told me how they really liked how I started with a story/questions and ended with answering those questions. That was your suggestion and it really worked because it really ended things elegantly. Everyone that I talked to afterwards really liked my slides and the content."

Sujata Ghate, M.D.
Asst. Professor of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Duke University

Professional Speakers

"You stood out from among the many 'emcees' I have observed over the years because you found the right blend of attention to detail, elegance and humor ... I hope that you continue to user your very considerable verbal skills, humor, and talent to delight speakers and audiences everywhere"

Dr. Dilip Abayasekara, DTM, AS
Past International President
Toastmasters International

"Sidd Chopra ... did an outstanding job serving as master of ceremonies at the [TechEngage] conference"

Barrett Joyner
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
(former President of SAS North America)

TechEngage is a non-profit organization. The conference was 5 full days with lectures and courses geared towards helping the 270 unemployed attendees find jobs.  Mr. Joyner and the Honorable H. Martin Lancaster, President of the NC Community College System were keynote speakers.

"Not only was your content relevant and interesting, but the students just cannot stop talking about how great you are... I have never seen a group of Communication students so enthusiastic about [a] guest speaker!"

Dr. Lynda L. McCroskey
Professor of Communication and Author
California State Univ. Long Beach

Dr. Michael P. Carter
Associate Dean and Author
Graduate School
North Carolina State University

 

"Your topic was very useful to our audience. Your presentation was powerful and very memorable. For me, personally, I was able to use the exercise to do a very difficult thing the following Monday. You really had us going with your introduction. If only you could have seen our Executive VP's face when she ran up to the head table thinking something was terribly wrong with you; that alone was worth it!"

Bill Blevins, PMP
Director, Large Systems Engineering
BlueCross & BlueShield of NC

"We really appreciate your presentation and it addressed our needs of a quick overview of MS Project. Your presentation was beneficial to our staff, and we hope to have you back again."

"We appreciate your willingness to speak on such a short notice."

Clayton Murphy, CPA
NC Office of the State Controller

"I really want to thank you very much for the work you put into being MC for the[Annual Event]. Your experience ... gave the event real polish and I really appreciate it."

Allan Mills, MPM, PMP
President
North Carolina Project Management Institute

The 1,700 member NCPMI is the local chapter of Project Management Institute, a non-profit organization with over 150,000 members worldwide. The Annual Event is a 12 hour conference with over 400 attendees and volunteers. See their website at http://www.ncpmi.org/.

International Audiences

"I never realized that I should do so many things before deliver a speech even in my own language, I think your presentation really gave many of us a lot instructions in making a good speech."

Yao, Junhui
Bohai Development Geoscientist
ConocoPhillips China Inc.
China

Educators

"Cary Academy students are destined for challenging jobs and leadership positions. Many of them will become managers, organizers, speakers who will influence a great amount of people. Strong public speaking skills are a must for this population."

"Two students in my second period who are very shy and retiring actually took risks to use gestures and show some emotion in their speeches when you had them rehearsing. Students also remembered quite clearly the principles you taught when I asked them to review a few days later. So far, presentations in 2nd period have been animated and well done."

Lyn Fairchild
Former Head of Upper School English Department
Cary Academy

"I thought the presentation was great - the students were very interested in every word. The hands-on activities (peanut butter, reading James Bond's voice) were very well planned. They were activities in which the students could relate. They are actually still talking about the peanut butter sandwich activity. Your presentation was extremely animated and you modeled important public speaking skills that they will (hopefully) use in upcoming speeches."

Carol Swink
3^rd - 5^th Grade Teacher Hunter GT Magnet Elementary School