"Denise Brouillette offered a workshop on Six Ways to Power for our UC [University of California]Women Leaders 2008 conference and was a huge hit! Participants' comments ranged from 'This was the single most powerful session of the conference and worth the entire day!' to 'Wonderful presentation, great sense of humor. I loved her.' We will definitely bring her back!" Amy Levine, EdD, Executive Director, UCSF Center for Gender Equity
"You made quite an impression on those who attended. Your energy/passion, knowledge on the subject and overall effectiveness in presenting the content made an impact on everyone! Here are some of the comments from the group, "I wish this session never ends! This is just so impactful and useful!" "Denise is great; able to coach negotiation in the various situations presented." "We could use a session like this for our personal life too!" "The tips were so very helpful." Vivian Ramos, Director, Franklin-Templeton Investments
"It was so great to see you in action again. Your engaging style and presence is always pure music to me! I have spoken with several women who are enamored with you and saw the session as so valuable. I just cannot thank you enough." Les Taylor, Executive and Accelerated Development, Symantec Corp.
"Denise is authentic and inspirational. She helped me identify my deepest aspirations, precisely define my goals and gave me a roadmap to achieve them." Betsy Flanagan, Entrepreneur, StartUpStudio.com
"Denise's presentation engaged my heart and mind in a meaningful exploration of what was really important to me; she helped guide to to where I wanted to go, both personally and professionally." Maura McGinnity, Development Director, Stanford University
"Be prepared to ask yourself some difficult questions and be challenged; and expect to feel pretty exhilarated both while you're there and afterwards." Kimberly Kupiecki, SVP, AR-Edelman
"When can we have her back!" Your style was warm, inviting, professional, and your message was clearly delivered. We all left the presentation feeling more prepared for negotiating than when we arrived." Comments compiled by Brenda Sterling, President, Marin Association of Female Executives
"It was great having you here. I hope you'll come back soon." Jean Phillips, Cadence Design Systems' Women's Group
"The session yesterday was absolutely wonderful - the feedback has been overwhelmingly (although not surprisingly) positive! Thanks, as always, for such a fantastic experience and presentation!" Sue Flautt, Managing Director, QOS, Kaiser Permanente
"Excellent value for my time and money." Marcie Martin
"I found this session to be empowering in that I received valuable tools and was reminded that I also already have gifts, talents and strengths that can be genuinely used right now. On the one hand, I want more time with this amazing information, and on the other, keeping it to an hour was easy to fit in my schedule." Erika Gabaldon
"You were just amazing. I mean, I've seen you speak when you've been great - but this went beyond that. I loved this session - I'm all stirred up. But that's right where I oh so want to be." Lisha Driscoll, VP Private Welath Management Technology, San Francisco.
"This event showed up at the exact time for me. In short, I felt welcome - I got clear on some important intentions in a short period of time - I met some wonderful people and made connections - and I just can't wait to see what unfolds. Thank you, Deni!" Christine SilverParticipant, Personal Brand"Thank you for a fantastic session! What an energy in that room, and what an amazing group of women!" Participant, Personal Brand
"I found the event clarifying, practical and inspirational." Sue Johnson-Poulsen
"This topic on Power was more than I had assumed it to be. I could grasp the concept because of the structure of the rules and how it was discussed. Great first topic. Really excited about the other two." Participant, Six Ways to Power
"The session and you both rock!" Participant, Political Intelligence
"I often don't plot out the political environment for decisions that I want to influence and this was helpful to raise my awareness and provide guidance on how to go about thinking about this. It's not what you know, but WHO you know!" Participant, Political Intelligence
"I like the one-hour format for discussion leadership issues and challenges." Participant, Six Ways to Power
"Politics isn't something that comes naturally to many of us, so this session was a great way to start thinking politically. So often in work it's not just about being smart or working hard -- you have to combine that with being smart politically!" Participant, Political Intelligence
"I thought this hour was a great mix of theory and practice." Participant, Six Ways to Power
"The session was inspirational on many levels and really helped me re-frame the way one might think about goals and aspirations. Thank you!"
"Deni has created a wonderful process in a safe and spirited container, informed of years of experience and her own innate wisdom. How great it was to come together with a roomful of powerful women from a diversity of backgrounds to discover, state and be accountable for my intentions for the year ahead. Did I mention that I met some dynamite women?!" Participant, Annual Intentions Event
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