What people are saying about Suzanne…

• “For our Women’s Leadership Network, Suzanne Stevens created a session on influencing, differentiating and engaging, specifically aimed at women.  Suzanne herself is an excellent role model for other women and the session was a big hit!  Her presentation was engaging and the content was interesting, relevant and thought-provoking.  Every participant enjoyed themselves and all of the feed back I received was positive.” (Nancy Forrester, Manager, IT – ERP & BW, Canadian Standards Association (CSA Group) Canada)

• “The students still talk today about that event over a year ago.  Some of them feel their skills in persuasive communication have been enhanced forever.  I know that Suzanne has received notes of thanks from many of them.  The word on campus is, “When will Suzanne Stevens come back and do that again for those of us who weren’t there?”  We have often had guest lecturers and speakers visit our international college from all over the world.  The unique thing about Suzanne was her innate ability to quickly identify how a particular community works, figure out how to craft communication to be effective in that context and then show students how to use those skills.” (Lois Shaw, Africa International University (AIU) Kenya)

• “Suzanne Stevens is a most captivating and capable business trainer and motivational speaker.  I’ve had the pleasure of engaging Suzanne to support corporate objectives at two companies (NGRAIN Corporation and Engenuity Technologies Inc.) and both sessions have been well worth the investment.  I have never met anyone who is so keenly aware of her own presence and presentation.   She is tuned to her audience, and provides exactly what is required to bring home the critical behaviour or objective.” (David J. Miller, President and Chief Operating Officer, NGrain, Canada)

• “Suzanne brings an incredible amount of focus, enthusiasm, and motivation to her audience. I can’t remember having a speaker who’s had a stronger understanding of their concepts.” (Eric Strokov, Sales Representative, Hanson Brick, United States)

• “Suzanne Stevens is a dynamic presenter who has a unique ability to engage, motivate, and teach influential communication skills in a friendly and conversational manner. Suzanne can educate, enhance confidence, and bring about real change in people…regardless of their title of level of experience.” (David R. Groobert, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Environics Communications, United States)

• “I admire your style; extremely energetic, good role model for myself. Thank you!” (July Orr Lawrence, Financial Training Specialist, SAS Institute, Canada)

• “The session moved quickly, was exciting and energizing. Suzanne talks the talk! It is wonderful to see a Speaker practice what they teach.” (Martha Lowrie, Director of Marketing and Communications, Seneca College, Canada)

• “Suzanne is top notch! She knows her stuff inside out. It was a pleasure to learn from her.” (Robert Roy, Account Executive, Astral Media Radio, Canada)

• “Suzanne communicated very effectively. I aspire to interact with others as gracefully.” (Kimberly Hicks, Marketing Manager, Newcomb & Boyd, United States)

• “On behalf of the management team at the Canada Revenue Agency, we wish to thank you for your presentation! The feedback from the attendees was overwhelmingly positive.  Your ability to shed new light on techniques and methods needed to communicate effectively with staff was refreshing and insightful.  The audience was engaged and enjoyed the interactive nature of your presentation, “The Art of Influence”.   We appreciate the high degree of professionalism you exhibited.” (Lia Karlos, Manager, Specialty, Canadian Revenue Agency, Canada)

• “Our team at JAZZ.FM91 was recently exposed to a an exhilarating day of  workshopping and learning with Suzanne F. Stevens.  What impressed me most was her ability to formulate the training session to speak to such a diversified group of people.  The seminar included employees from all facets of this media business.  Sales, on-air, fundraising, and administration.  It was all about the common elements associated to being successful in the “service” business. We had an amazing day, and I would highly recommend Suzanne!” (Al Kingdon, Director, Sales & Marketing, JAZZ.FM91, Canada)

• “Our firm decided about two years to increase our investment in our technical staff to develop their communication and management skills. Upon the recommendation of another technical consulting firm, we contacted Suzanne Stevens to present one seminar, and have since invited them back for four additional seminars and have plans for more. The programs that Suzanne presents are tailored to our business and our firm, are energetic, get us involved, and provide us with the training that we need to help us be leaders in our industry. We know that Suzanne has made a difference for us.” (Steven C. Severini, Associate Partner, Newcomb & Boyd, United States)

• “I had the pleasure of hearing Suzanne Stevens speak at a CNW Group internal conference and recently at IABC luncheon. On both occasions, Suzanne inspired the audience to think, while engaging us in a conversation. Her highly dynamic style, flow and information all contribute to bringing the audience to the desired goal.  People leave with clear actions to take that will impact our personal and business life.” (Elisa Schupp, Vice-President, Central Canada, Canada Newswire)

• “Suzanne Stevens came to speak to our Women’s Leadership Network and we thoroughly admired her endless energy and insight into how women can be successful in all areas of their lives.” (Allyson Kinsley, Vice President Strategic Business Development, MasterCard, Canada)

• “Suzanne F. Stevens and her team have shown they know how to inspire our members and to provide them with the communication skills that are becoming a core competency for success in our industry. Not only does Ignite Excellence offer exceptional training opportunities, but Suzanne is an accomplished presenter and speaker in her own right. Having organized industry conferences, both locally and internationally, I have utilized Suzanne as a keynote speaker, session panelist and facilitator – always with outstanding results. Suzanne has become an important strategic partner and resource for our association.” (John D. Gamble, P.Eng., President, Association of Consulting Engineer Companies (ACEC), Canada)

• “I want to thank you for your incredibly informative session at our National Sales Conference! I’ve read every sales book available and none of them have been able to give me as much direction with my sales calls in as little time as your seminar did.  You have a really great talent of condensing decades and decades worth of sales training into a relatively short time period and I truly believe that differentiates you from the pack. You have a real enthusiasm for helping others and it shows.  I’ll look forward to hearing more from your firm. Thanks again!” (Tim Holley, CIM, Inside Sales Manager, Advisor Channel, RBC Asset Management, Canada)

• “Suzanne Stevens invested a lot of time understanding our business and the unique challenges we face, before she began designing our training day.  Her preparation, excellent knowledge base, and well-honed communication and presentation skills made the day everything we had hoped for – and more! If you are looking for enlightening, relevant and engaging training I would highly recommend Ignite Excellence.” (Victoria Sanjana, Director of Finance and Administration, JAZZ.FM91, Canada)