100% are ‘meeting their goals!’ Leapfrog regularly elicits feedback from session participants. When asked to what degree they accomplished their goals, over 94% say they more than met their goals and the other 6% said they ‘met their goals’.
Quotes & Raves
"We got it right when we chose Leap Frog Training and Facilitation to guide our board and organization through a structured strategic planning process. Thanks to her expertise and wealth of experience, Adrienne was able to quickly understand our vision, assess how far we had come, and help us map a course that is moving us down the road to success. She was very well organized, met every deadline, and made what at first seemed a daunting process understandable. We couldn't be happier with our choice of Leap Frog!"
--Ken Wilhelm, Executive Director, Executive Director, United Way of Deschutes County
"For many years Adrienne has been a very
popular presenter at our events. As we train nonprofit board members her
experience, enthusiasm and presentation style bring attendees back to her
sessions over and over again."
--Katherine DeYoung, Executive Director, Financial
Stewardship Resources, Inc.
"Entire [strategic planning] program was
interesting and productive. The 'Hedgehog Concept' activity was especially
useful and intriguing. The facilitation was superb. The skill with which you
prodded, guided, encouraged, was amazing. At our Board meeting this week, Bill,
our Board Chair, asked for feedback on our strategic planning experience [with
Leapfrog]. It was the consensus that this was the best experience of this type
that members had been involved in. For me it was head and shoulders above
others."."
--Mary-Curtis Gramely, Executive Director, Family Nurturing
Center
"Fantastic board training! Wonderfully practical and
inspiring too!".
--Christopher Liam Moore, Board Member, Jackson Co SART
"Great use of time
management, knowing when to transition from one topic to another and move off
of the agenda when the group needed to. Nice tool box and
'next steps' to move forward with."
-participant, organizational planning retreat for Kids Health Connection
"Adrienne developed an Appreciative Inquiry
process to assist us in creating a vision and pathway to deal with the lack of
workforce skills in South Douglas County (OR). The process was a very
positive experience and much improved over the traditional strategic planning
model. Our group came away from the process with a very clear vision of
what we want to accomplish in the region. I would definitely recommend the
AI process and Adrienne's excellent facilitation skills and will use them both
in the future!"
--Pete Bober, Director of Workforce and Community
Education, Umpqua Community College
"Thank you, Adrienne, for leading us so clearly, vibrantly,
and creatively through a valuable and crucial clarifying and visioning
process."
--BetsyWarriner, Volunteer Connect Executive Director
"Excellent job! The best facilitator I've experienced!"
--PUR Board participant on Building Your Fundraising Team
"Wow!
Your casual approach made for a meaningful presentation which kept things
moving along at an exhilarating pace, while giving the group the critical
opportunity to participate and open themselves up to learning. Your skillful
navigation through the process kept things moving from start to finish."
-Donna Sack, Senior HR Director, So. OR
Goodwill, 'SUCCESSion Planning' participant
"Great workshop-a lot of info pressed in to
one workshop. Allowed me to see other areas I need to focus on. I'm leaving
feeling that I have new tools to go back to the workplace and use."
-Supervisor 'Know-Wow!' participant
"With Adrienne's skillful facilitation of
large groups, ideas and experiences were shared through thoughtful activities
that helped members see how they can continue to make a difference."
--Rebecca Nesbit, Program Director, CPSVAWSC-Americorps
on the Manage That Project!
"I appreciated your energy and enthusiasm.
You had some good tools/techniques to keep people engage and involved
throughout the day (not easy for an all-day session). Thanks for keeping the
program on time."
-Oregon Tilth, Manage That Project! Participant
"We
were able to cover everything in detail-favorite seminar so far".
--Supervisor as Coach participant
"Adrienne is well versed in the fundamentals
of Project Management. In addition, she does a good job of drawing input
from her audience to make the course interactive."
--Calen Higgins, Manager of Training and Employee
Development, Columbia Sportswear Company
"Keep
the same energy, inspiration, support, sense of fun & safeness. Atmosphere
was terrific, conducive to learning."
-Team retreat participant, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
"I
appreciate Adrienne's willingness to 'shift gears,' depart from our model, and
help us get to our underlying issues."
--Management Team Retreat participant
"Your energy is great-you do a good job at
providing insight and keeping us on track."
-Organizational Planning Retreat participant
"Getting folks involved was
excellent-excellent work."
--Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers Board participant on Building Your Fundraising
Team
"From start to finish to follow-up, working
with Adrienne Graham of Leapfrog was a pleasure! The intake
questionnaires and interviews were thoughtful and thorough, her handouts and
PowerPoint presentation were professional and easy to follow and the pacing was
well-suited to our group. I especially appreciated the energy and care
Adrienne put into setting the stage and appropriate ambiance. Little
touches that make people feel more relaxed and comfortable go a long way
towards helping build consensus among 20 individuals in a conference room
setting. Adrienne also puts considerable effort into making sure her
presentations resonate with all types of learners."
--Cari McMahon, Executive Director, Ross Ragland
Theater
"You
seemed to understand us and were able to keep us on task while being flexible."
-Strategic Planning participant, Victim Services
"The pace of the training was quite ideal.
Sharing with partners was nice, and all of the information was relevant and
useful!"
-Manage That Project! Participant
"Adrienne was organized, patient and
knowledgeable. She really has a great ability to move people through the agenda
and activities."
--Anna D'Amato, Managing Director, Victim Services (on strategic planning)
"Superb guidance through most critical stages of pre-planning; great outline of overarching
strategies."
-Board member, Community Works, pre-strategic planning retreat
"Adrienne got excellent reviews from the
board members at our afternoon retreat. She was able to lead us (without inserting
her own views) out of an unproductive approach to a difficult issue to a much
more positive course."
--Mary Korbulic, Women's Crisis Support Team board
chair
"Many organizations are looking for the
fundraising strategies and techniques that Leapfrog Training so expertly
imparts. Look no further!"
--Dick Lemming, Board Chair, K-Falls Gospel Mission
"Adrienne Graham worked with skill, tact
and perseverance with our board and partners to tackle some of the most
important and difficult tasks in order to help position us to sustain our small
non-profit. Sessions were carefully structured to meet our needs and
resulted in energizing our volunteers and staff for challenging times.
She is especially skilled in listening to our concerns and tailoring her
facilitation to meet our priorities. She is respectful of all of the
participants while also offering a high level of organizational analysis and
assistance to the process. We would definitely recommend her to work with
groups looking to make meaningful change in their organizations."
--Tere Tronson,
(past) Director, NCFCC
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