Kudos and Raves

What People Are Saying About Motivational Speaker Linda Larsen, CSP, CPAE

THE AUDIENCE WAS JUST THRILLED!

The audience was just thrilled. They got involved with what she was doing and saying. It was wonderful. I’ve had so many positive comments. I feel like it was a huge success!

Robbie Scott
AL School Nutrition Association

..ABSOLUTE PERFECTION…

Linda totally exceeded our expectations. Her presentation flew by and she kept the women in our audience totally focused on her presentation.  They cracked up laughing, danced with abandon and left thrilled they had joined us for the day.  We had a wonderful event, and Linda Larsen was the icing on that delicious day. Anybody anywhere would be very blessed to have Linda – no doubt of that.

Pamela Rittenhouse, Director of Marketing
North Florida Regional Medical Center

…YOUR EFFORTS AND STYLE… …CULMINATED IN RAVE REVIEW…

From the moment you took the stage, you engaged the audience. The preparation you put into your presentation, from eliciting input from our established membership to viewing statistical information related to our Society, was phenomenal. The outcome of your efforts and style culminated in rave reviews from our attendees

Sandra Day, President
The Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialist

…SO MUCH ENERGY, SPUNK, SINCERITY, AND JOY.

You filled the stage, back stage, and audience with so much energy, spunk, sincerity, and joy. You are as thoughtful and engaging as you are talented. Our audience loved you. I love you. You are a sincere pleasure to work with. You symbolize the best of the best in our industry.

Dan Maddux, Executive Director
American Payroll Association

HER DELIVERY WAS EXEMPLARY!

Linda Larsen was magic. She was able to craft a message specific for our audience that combined her expertise with our immediate needs. Her delivery was exemplary. By combining humor, examples and an informal but highly focused presentation; she demonstrated her command of principles of communication and gave our leadership team immediately useful take-a-ways. True learning took place. The team left feeling excited and motivated.

Edwin Cooper, President and CEO
Acuity Healthcare

…IMPACT SO GREAT, PEOPLE ARE STILL QUOTING HER.

Linda Larsen was awesome to work with! She was high energy, funny and engaging. We have worked with many motivational speakers and have never received the type of positive feedback from participants as we did from Linda’s presentation. Her impact was so great that weeks later people are still quoting her.

Lori Prymak, Regional Training Director
McDonald’s

…RAVE REVIEWS OF OF YOUR PRESENTATION!

I have received nothing but rave reviews of your presentation!

Mary Smith, President & CEO
Hershey Harrisburg Regional Visitors Bureau

…WITH THE PERFECT MIXTURE OF HUMOR.

Linda Larsen was absolutely fabulous! She took the time to visit with employees before and during the conference. By doing her homework, she was able to drive home a great message with the perfect mixture of humor.

Amy Wieberg, Manager
Marketing & Member/Public Relations, FCS Financial

WE GOT ALL OF THAT WITH YOU.

We wanted content more than inspiration/motivation. We wanted interaction. We wanted fun and energy. We wanted something that people could walk away with and say, ‘Wow, I can’t wait to go try that.’ We got all of that with you.

Kathleen Zwart, CMP
Education Committee Chair MPI SEC

…MOST OUTSTANDING, SINCERE, AND MOVING SPEAKERS…

In my more than twenty years of managing conventions, I can truly say that Linda Larsen is one of the most outstanding, sincere, and moving speakers with whom it has been my pleasure to work.

Phil Pyster, CAE, President
Crow Segal Management Co., Inc.

YOU RESONATED SO WELL …THEY LOVED YOU.

You resonated so well with our audience and they loved you. Not only were you hilarious, but your message and stories were so heartfelt and genuine. You were the perfect choice for our closing keynote!

Ellen Ackerman, Director
Administrative Professional Conference

I AM SO GRATEFUL.

“I have read many books and seen many psychotherapists but, hands down, nothing has helped me as much as your 12 Secrets to High Self-Esteem program, and I can’t thank you enough. Your program has not only benefited me, but also my two beautiful daughters – by virtue of how much better I am. I am once again excited about my future and rediscovering the passions (writing) I had long ago given up on. I am so grateful.”

Leanne Wilson-O'Connor
Sydney, Australia

…ABSOLUTE PERFECTION…

Wow! Your presentation set the tone for our whole convention. Your entertaining style gave us thoughtful aids to face life’s challenges in a most memorable manner

Betsy Morgan
Florida Association of Residential Property Managers

WOW! & FANTASTICALLY FABULOUS!!!

Wow!! Your presentation to us was fantastically fabulous!!! It was very powerful, informative and so relevant, not only to our practices as attorneys, but in every aspect of our lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Lynne Walde Hillsborogh
Association for Women Lawyers

LINDA IS A DYNAMIC FUNNY AND ENGAGING SPEAKER!

Linda is a dynamic, funny and engaging speaker! Many of our attendees told us she was the best part of the entire event. We would highly recommend hiring Linda for your next event!

AnnaMarie Kendall MHEDA
Women in Industry Conference

LOVED IT! LOVED YOU!

Loved it! Loved you! What an incredible keynote and breakout session. Our attendees felt they received extremely useful and specific information; plus they had FUN!

Gail Winterfeld, VP Conference Administration
National Assistance League

…JUST PURE WOMAN-TO-WOMAN CONNECTING.

I couldn’t be more grateful for finding YOU! It was the perfect way to end our conference. Just the right mix of humor, motivational tips, heartfelt personal revelations and just pure woman-to-woman connecting. We got rave reviews on you!

Jody Thomas, Executive Director
National Foundation for Women Legislators

…A TRUE PROFESSIONAL …

Linda goes the extra mile for each and every client. She is a true professional and always a pleasure. Linda makes me look good to my clients for recommending her

Jo Borello, Vice President
Eagles Talent Connection

…POWERS & STRENGTHS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD …

This is a wonderful book that shows you how to tap into powers and strength you never knew you had”

Brian Tracy

…LAUGHING OUT LOUD A COUPLE OF TIMES …

I really love this little book! You had me laughing out loud a couple of times. But best of all is the insight behind it all.

Tom Avrutis
Attorney

…A MOVING AND POWERFUL BOOK …

True Power is a moving and powerful book. The insights and real-world strategies it contains will benefit you greatly.

Mark Sanborn, CSP
CPAE

…POWERFUL, MEANINGFUL AND ENTERTAINING…

Wow! Your message was powerful, meaningful and entertaining. What a package deal! You really took our Education Day to a new level. The members couldn’t stop talking about how much they enjoyed your presentation. Thanks for making us look good and for making my job easier.

Vicki Mabry, Association Director
Assoc. of Fund-Raising Distributors

…ENGAGING AND FUNNY …LEARNING VALUABLE LESSONS…

Linda is so engaging and funny. I don’t think we realized that we were learning valuable lessons until the next day when our sides had stopped hurting

Terry Stringer, Learning and Development
El Paso Corp

…WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE MOST ENTERTAINING & EFFECTIVE…

Over the years, we have had a lot of different presenters but we can say, without a doubt, that you have been the most entertaining and effective. Thanks to you, I believe we are all going to start focusing more on the outcome and setting those goals.

Cheryl Murphy
Tower Management Company, Inc.

…THE WORD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE…

The participants loved your presentation and the word spread like wildfire that we had a great speaker in the program.

Linda Quebec, Training Team Leader
Digital Federal Credit Union

LINDA WAS MAGIC TRUE LEARNING TOOK PLACE.

Linda Larsen was magic. She was able to craft a message specific for our audience that combined he expertise with our immediate needs. By combing humor, examples and an informal but highly focused presentation, she demonstrated her command of principles of communication and gave our leadership team immediately useful take-a-ways. True learning took place.

Edwin Cooper, President and CEO
Acuity Healthcare

…ABOVE EXCELLENT!

Attendees rated Staying Right Side Up When Everything’s Upside Down as ABOVE EXCELLENT!  They also said, ‘Linda was great! Please ask her back,’ ‘Outstanding!’ ‘Linda Larsen is the best!’  I look forward to working with you again in the future!

Allison Boyette, COO
North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association

JUST THE RIGHT MIX… …OF HEARTFUL PERSONAL REVELATIONS…

I couldn’t be more grateful for finding YOU! It was the perfect way to end our conference. Just the right mix of humor, motivational tips, heartfelt personal revelations and just pure woman-to-woman connecting. We got rave reviews on you!

Ody, Thomas, Executive Director
National Foundation for Women Legislators

..START LAUGHING EARLY… …KEEP LAUGHING UNTIL THE END.

Linda is a dynamic speaker who works very hard to get the audience into the palm of her hand.  And I have seen her do just that time after time.  Her humor and her sincerity are her greatest tools for reaching every member of the audience.  The first time that I heard Linda speak, she had me laughing so hard that I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Since then, I start laughing early and keep laughing until the end.  She is sure to please any audience!

Kay Alexander
American Heart Association

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ENERGY YOU BROUGHT…

Thank you so much for everything! We totally enjoyed your entire presentation and working with you! We appreciate all the energy you brought to the table – Everyone has raved about you!

Megan Bell, Front Office Director
Tidewater Dental

…OUR ATTENDEES HAD GLOWING COMMENTS…

Our attendees had glowing comments to make on their evaluations about you. ‘By far – best yet’, ‘She was cool’, ‘She’s the Queen’ and ‘Awesome’ were some of my favorites

Sally Scott, Assistant Dir.
Education National Apartment Association

…FUN PERSONABLE, POSITIVE APPROACHABLE AND AN ALL-AROUND JOY

Linda totally captivated our group! She brought such positive energy to our Customer Service spring conference. She was funny, personable, positive, approachable and an all-around joy. The relevance she brought to our members in such a creative fun-filled experience was still being talked about a year later at this year’s conference.

Stephanie Cunningham
Chemicals & Allied Industries Customer Service Management Group

…ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING, SINCERE, AND MOVING SPEAKERS…

In my more than twenty years of managing conventions, I can truly say that Linda Larsen is one of the most outstanding, sincere, and moving speakers with whom it has been my pleasure to work.

Phil Pyster
Crow Segal Management Co., Inc.

…THE BEST PART OF OUR EVENT – RATING HER 4.8 OUT OF 5!

Many of our attendees told us that Linda Larsen was the best part of our event – rating her 4.8 out of 5! We would highly recommend hiring Linda for your next event!

AnnaMarie Kendall
Materials Handling Equipment Distributors Association

…HUMOR & CONNECTION…WAS REMARKABLE AND UP-LIFTING.

From our first contact, I was very impressed with your professionalism and enthusiasm and your thorough preparation for the event. Your humor and connection with the attendees was remarkable and uplifting. We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback on your presentation.

Nancy R. Harris
Chevron

…YOU HELD EVERYONE’S INTEREST…

Your delivery, without doubt, was incredibly entertaining and held everyone’s interest – even the terminally serious ones. It was the most fun delivery I’ve seen and your message was so very important.

Nili Clifford, Manager of Administrative Services
UNC Dept of Family Medicine

…TROUBLE-FREE-FLEXIBLE, DEPENDABLE AND DOWN-RIGHT FUN…

Not only do our members love your presentations at our conferences, but you are one of the most prepared, trouble-free, flexible, dependable and down-right fun speakers I’ve worked with. I guess that’s why we’ve had you back 6 times!

Linda McNamara
American Business Women’s Association

…BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR MESSAGE & DELIVERY …

Thank you for the fabulous kick off to our annual conference! Your energetic style and poignant stories hit all the right elements for our attendees. They were blown away by your message and the delivery. The session had the right mix of visuals, anecdotes, note-taking and ‘take-aways’ to make it meaningful for everyone.

Wendy Mann, Director Of Communications
National Telecommunications Coop Associations

…RECIEVED THE HIGHEST RATINGS…

You had the toughest position on the agenda – last. And yet, you received the highest ratings on our evaluations of all the speakers. You left a lasting impression that will stay with our customers for a long time.

Joan Orentlicher, Association VP
Meetings & Conventions, LOMA

…FAVORITE SPEAKERS OF ALL TIMES…

I’ve been in the association management business for almost 20 years and have hired professional speakers for most of those years, and I have to tell you, you rate as one of my favorite speakers of all times. More importantly, you exceeded the expectations of our convention attendees. The majority of our attendees told us that you are the best speaker they’ve ever heard, whether at our convention or any event.

Ginny Sutton, Executive Director
Texas Self Storage Association

…ABSOLUTE PERFECTION…

She was absolute PERFECTION. Amazing, Wonderful… I am getting incredible feedback and can’t go 5 feet without one of our $20k Sponsors, or registrants or other sponsors stopping me to say how fabulous she was. I am sitting here in the afterglow of an incredible conference. Linda was a pleasure.

Kim Fuller
North American Association of Commencement Officers

…POIGNANT MESSAGE AND FANTASTIC DELIVERY WAS PERFECT…

Linda Larsen’s poignant message and fantastic delivery was the perfect combination to bring us near the close of an outstanding meeting. Attendees left the meeting knowing that they controlled their destiny by the scenes they write for themselves! Linda was an absolute delight!

Sarah J. Kaelberer
Business & Estate Advisers, Inc.

…ENERGETIC, WITTY UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING…

Linda is an energetic, witty, uplifting and inspiring speaker – the total package! She mingles with the crowd and they love her. We received rave reviews!

Becky Garnett, Program Director
Midlands Technical College

…EXUDE JOY AND HAPPINESS IN ALL…

Your talk was entertaining, humorous, heartfelt and moving! You exude joy and happiness in all that you do and extend to others.

Marlene Hauck
International Mental Health Research Organization

…EXCEEDED MY WILDEST EXPECTATIONS!…

I was so happy to have Linda as the keynote speaker at our staff development day for the 2nd time. She nailed the topic with interesting examples and kept the audience laughing while providing lessons they could take back to work and use immediately. I would go out of my way to hear her speak!

Margaret Beck, Executive Director of HR
State College of Florida

YOU ROCK CUSTOMER SERVICE!

A big thank you shout out, curtsey and happy smile/dance to Linda Larsen. The crew at Cannons Marina so loved your team building talk, humor and wisdom. You rock customer service! Thank you for helping us learn to be a better version of ourselves!

Lucille Miller, Co-Owner
Cannons Marina

…CAPTURED THE ATTENTION OF THE AUDIENCE…

If you are looking for a moving, engaging, motivational and funny presenter for your audience or your nursing staff, I would highly recommend Linda Larsen! She got everyone involved, laughing, clapping and moving, and also made herself available to attendees throughout the entire day. She has an incredible message and captured the attention of the audience from the moment she began her keynote, until the very end.

Gail P. Clark
Littleton Regional Healthcare

…IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND ENTHUSIASM.

I was so impressed with your professionalism and enthusiasm. You came to our event well prepared and you were a delight to work with. Thank you for your FANTASTIC kick off to our user conference in Las Vegas! The feedback was Aces across the board—“The absolute best keynote speaker in recent years!” Your high energy level and passion were just what we needed to get everyone energized for the conference. You genuinely care about the audience, as was evident by your interaction with them before and after your session. You’re the best!

John Natishan
LexisNexis®

…THE REVIEWS ARE STILL POURING IN…

Thank you very much for your contribution to the success of our administrators Summit – the reviews are still pouring in – you were awesome!

Conniece Wilkins
Chick-fil-A

…LEFT THEM RENEWED AND READY TO WORK!!

Working with Linda and Kate was seamless and they made it one of my best planning experiences ever! They have the tools in place to answer all the questions immediately so it may my job easy! Thank you, Linda, for presenting one of our most successful closing sessions! It was spectacular!! Taking the words from one of our participants – Linda’s session left them renewed and ready to go to work!!

Robbin D. Broome
NCWorks Training Center

…FAR EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS…

Linda far exceeded our expectations, which were high because of all we had seen and heard about Lindain advance. She was engaging, funny, challenging, motivating, insightful, authentic and all we had hoped for!

Dean Tenpas
LearningRx Franchise Corporation

LINDA LARSEN IS DYNAMITE!

Linda Larsen is dynamite! Our clients said she was our best speaker ever – and they were right!

Jack Wolff, President
Investment Financial Services

…YOU’RE AMAZING!

Five years ago you helped us set the tone and define who we are in terms of customer service and team work. Having you back again last month to speak to our new team, I am reminded that your unique ability to make us laugh while helping us learn is beyond wonderful. You’re amazing.

Diane Weiss, MS
Weiss Pediatric Care

…SET THE STAGE FOR BEST CONFERENCE YET.

Linda Larsen is by far one of the best all time keynotes AADOM has ever had the privilege of working with. Her wit, empathy, and energy make a winning combination for her fantastic presentations. She connected with everyone in our audience.  Her keynote set the stage for what was AADOM’s best conference yet.

Heather Colicchio, President
American Association of Dental Office Managers

“…AWESOME TO WORK WITH!”

Linda Larsen was awesome to work with! She was high energy, funny and engaging. Her captivating style made it easy for the audience to relate and understand her message. We have worked with many motivational speakers and have never received the type of positive feedback from participants as we did from Linda’s presentation. Her impact was so great that weeks later people are still quoting her.

Lori Prymak, National Training Manager
McDonald’s

…TOP SPEAKER FOR THE BEST EVENT EVER!!!!

You will forever go down in history as our top speaker for the best event ever!!!

Veronica Vicars
eBay Women's European Leadership Initiative

“…BLOWN AWAY …YOU MADE PEOPLE STOP AND THINK!”

We were blown away… You made everyone laugh and some even cried, but the best part of it was, you made people stop and think! Every day now when I am in conflict I think of your words and it helps me slow down and regroup.

Patrick Christiano
Women’s Council of Realtors, Rochester NY Network

“…MAKING ME LOOK LIKE A STAR PLANNER!”

Your presentations were among the best received for our 3 day conference! Attendees found you to be funny, insightful, energetic, motivational and much, much more! You truly engaged our audience and they left the room feeling they had the ‘Power to Perform’. As a meeting planner, I truly appreciate your quick responses, clear communication of expectations and needs and for making me look like a star planner. You were fabulous!

Anna Jenkins, Dir. Of Education
Texas Apartment Association

…JUST PURE WOMAN-TO-WOMAN CONNECTING.

I couldn’t be more grateful for finding YOU! It was the perfect way to end our conference. Just the right mix of humor, motivational tips, heartfelt personal revelations and just pure woman-to-woman connecting. We got rave reviews on you!

Jody Thomas
National Foundation for Women Legislators

“…POWERFUL, SOULFUL ND WILDLY ENTERTAINING…”

You closed out our convention with a powerful, soulful, and wildly entertaining keynote that brought a full house to their feet with a standing ovation. You filled the stage, back stage, and audience with so much energy, spunk, sincerity, and joy. You are as thoughtful and engaging as you are talented. Our audience loved you. I love you. You are a sincere pleasure to work with. You symbolize the best of the best in your industry.

Dan Maddux, Executive Director
American Payroll Association