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Sample Letters of Recommendation
Your
"Great Grammar on the Go!" POWWer Lunch and Learn programs were
excellent and have definitely started a positive dialog about the
grammar-related issues we face every day in our practice and in our
efforts to produce error-free work.
I've heard nothing but rave reviews from the staff, who really enjoyed
learning more about grammar with you through a variety of activities
and media. Having personally participated in most of the sessions, I
was able to experience firsthand the high caliber of instruction you
provide and the positive, interactive, cooperative learning environment
you create.
Scheduled conveniently during lunch time once a week for
several weeks, your "bite-size" sessions were perfect for reviewing and
learning practical content that could be and was immediately applied in
the work place. Thank you for sharing your expertise in a warm, engaging style that
truly involved all the participants in a dynamic process.
As President
and Managing Partner of Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, I highly
recommend you as a trainer and your "Great Grammar on the Go!"
programs, which are ideal for any law firm as well as any business that
cares about the quality of the written work product produced by its
employees. We look forward to inviting you back to conduct additional
training programs.
—Cynthia A. Trangsrud, Esq., Knapp, Petersen & Clarke
“I observed Susan’s Grammar/Writing course and
found her to be highly responsive to student needs, extremely conscientious in
her lesson preparation, and encouraging of student participation. Susan’s
students have given her high evaluations…they specifically noted her clarity,
helpfulness, and sense of humor…Susan is professional, conscientious, and
dedicated…I highly recommend her.”
—Tara Neuwirth, UCLA American Language Center
“A stellar job
with the Technical Writing course at
Neutrogena...With your ‘passion
about the topic,’ unbending commitment to focused hard work, comprehensive
knowledge of the subject, boundless enthusiasm and fun sense of humor, the
managers have nothing but great things to say....”
—Janet Keefe, Senior Training Director, California Training Cooperative
I wanted to thank you once again for your outstanding,
results-oriented training program "Organized to Be Your Best!" for
University Credit Union management and leadership teams this year. The two-part
program inspired our staff to streamline their organization skills and systems
particularly in the area of organizing their intense paper-based and electronic
communications.
The program’s accountability action plan and follow-up session insured
that participants demonstrated measurable results. The outstanding evaluations,
as well as the many positive comments I have personally heard long afterwards,
further attest to the value of your dynamic program.
Your award-winning
business book, Organized to Be Your Best!
Simplify and Improve How You Work, continues to be a valuable resource for
the participants.
Thank you, too, for your custom presentation and your warm,
engaging style. It was a pleasure to work with you. I appreciated your ability
to be organized and flexible—willing and able to meet our needs.
All in all, I
highly recommend you as a dynamic trainer and recognized organization expert
who truly knows how to bring out the best in others!
—Troy Achong, former Director of Training and Organizational Development,
University Credit Union, and former President, ASTD Los Angeles Chapter
She has skillfully conducted a variety of classes for the
Center ranging from one- to five-day formats in the following subject areas:
supervision, management, leadership, writing, grammar review, presentation
skills, memory/listening, and stress management.
With complete confidence, I recommend Susan Silver to anyone
seeking a trainer and speaker who relates extremely well to participants, who
presents classes that are informative and enjoyable learning experiences, and
who exemplifies the epitome of integrity, intelligence, and complete attention
to detail.
—Dr. Marlene Caroselli, Director, Center for Professional
Development
I
want to take this opportunity to thank you for the fine training work you’ve
provided for the County of San Bernardino since 1999. —Lynda Cook, Retired Director, Performance, Education and Resource Center, County of San Bernardino Your "Great Grammar on the Go!" POWWer Lunch and Learn sessions were a big hit with our legal support staff. I've received all positive comments about your outstanding training program. Thank you for the three wonderful "Grammar on the Go" classes. Everyone who attended the classes commented on what a great teacher you are... all of us learned many new grammar issues. You are a joy and a delight to be around. Please come back soon. I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your classes. I thought it a great idea to have the "Power Lunch" where you sure had our attention. You also made a very dry subject quite fun.
We
have an established relationship with you and love working with you. In
addition, your classes get such great evaluations. We’re so pleased to be working together and we
heartily recommend you to other organizations that are looking for an
experienced, enthusiastic, and conscientious trainer of your caliber.
We all enjoyed the training and learned a lot. I liked the way you took grammar, punctuation, and capitalization and made them fun, accessible, and practical through hands-on activities, clear slides, and useful participant materials. You also helped generate great camaraderie among our support staff at each session. We look forward to having you back soon for more training programs.
It was a real pleasure to work with you. I appreciated your willingness to tailor the programs to meet our needs and time frame and to incorporate the use of The Gregg Reference Manual, the main style guide we use at our firm. Thanks, too, for providing clever copy for the initial announcement email of the training program as well as for the reminder email before each session; it made the job of communicating with everyone quick and easy for me.
—Training and Support Specialist, law firm
—Secretary, law firm
You should also know, I find your handout a great source of quick reference. It's been a help to me already.
—Secretary, law firm
“Your course is consistently excellent from beginning to end. Course content is well organized. Everything I learned is not only informative and mind-expanding but applicable to my role as a manager/supervisor.”
—Linda Leib-Baker, Deputy Chief of Protocol, U.S. Air Force
“The course was
outstanding. You did a topnotch job at really delivering leadership concepts to
the individual manager to go forward with confidence that they have the tools
to succeed at leading their people to success.”
—Capt. Kris Wood, Training
Systems Program Manager, U.S. Air Force
"Grammar
overview, punctuation, parts of speech, syntax, usage, and vocabulary…my
business writing skills have improved as a result of this course”
—Candace Whitesel, U.S. Navy
“Learned new techniques that I was not aware of…good
techniques for getting people comfortable with speaking—from individual, to
small groups, to larger groups and from short presentations to long.” “Her friendliness, enthusiasm, and energy, and caring was
wonderful and inspiring. I feel more comfortable in public speaking and felt
that I learned a lot from this class.” “Excellent content and depth of material for a one-day course. Exposed me to structured, methodical approaches to reaching decisions both in personal and work related areas.” “Good structure/good presentation. Very well prepared and presented.” “Susan, Super job! Thanks for the great facilitation!” “Made me
stretch myself to different types of thinking. I liked the simulation; made me
think more about details.”
—Eugene Kaszubowski, U.S. Navy
—Le, Phuong, U.S. Navy
—Frank Jalteco, Sr. Engineer, Product Support Branch, U.S. Navy
—Bob Kolesnik, Aerospace Engineer, Maintenance Planning Branch, U.S. Navy
—Steve Goad, Black Belt, Integrated System Evaluation, Experimentation and
Test Department, U.S. Navy
—Allen Larsen, Team Lead, Software
Engineering Branch 3, U.S. Navy
—Eva Fortney, Housing Director, Department of Defense
(Copies of original letters and evaluations are available on request.)
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