Testimonials for Public Speaking

"Your presentation was thoroughly inspiring -- I’ve been thinking/acting differently ever since! Your seemingly easy style of presentation made your whole subject something I wanted to listen to. That is a gift encouraged by some very hard work I’m sure."

"Thank you again for your tremendous contribution to the success of our breakfast seminar... I just wanted to feed back some of the initial positive comments from the attendees.  We have heard nothing but glowing praise on your presentation. The insights and points you made just resonated with the audience and many commented the content was pertinent and well-delivered. I think they especially enjoyed the nice touch of role play which kept the presentation powerful and engaging.  We were very fortunate to have you share your valuable expertise and knowledge ... It provided a huge amount of value to the attendees and everyone had so much to take away from it."

"Dr Darryl Cross conducted a one hour lunch time forum for the city business community by invitation of Scots Church, North Terrace, Adelaide. The forum was on the topic, "Less Stress? Yes! Finding the work-life balance". The audience commented very favourably on the presentation and the leaders of Scots community were delighted with the research, content and clarity of thought and delivery of this presentation."

Rev'd Gillies Ambler

"I invited Dr Cross to present to a group of successful senior people from Professional service firms in the UK.  Having seen Darryl present in Australia I had no doubt of his ability to engage, enlighten and educate! his audience.  Darryl speaks with humour, candour and a depth of knowledge that is extremely impressive.  Even in a short space of time Darryl has managed to change 'ways of thinking' and we will now endeavour to find more opportunities for him to speak at our meetings.  I highly recommend Darryl to anyone looking for expertise in this area."

"The training topic was Communication Skills….Darryl was selected based on recommendations of his outstanding skills in this area….At the sessions, Darryl clearly demonstrated his knowledge and experience as a Psychologist and skills as a professional presenter. His planning and forethought was evident and the examples used came from Darryl's understanding of the business and its operations. Darryl was energised and enthusiastic regarding the topic and this momentum transferred to the participants. Darryl was responsive to staff questions and comments and allowed time for interaction all the while moving to plan. Darryl included workshop to of provide opportunities the role play and the application of learned skill. From feedback from participants indicated they ranked sessions as excellent. They indicated Darryl presented in a refreshing style and made a 'serious' and important subject most interesting. They found Darryl approachable and enjoyed his excellent presentation skills, interactive approach and ability to remained focused on learning outcomes".

"Thank you very much for your presentation to our parent community on the theme of 'Educating parents of our senior secondary education and parenting adolescents'. I have had extensive parent feedback from the evening, all of which has been very positive, to the point where a large number of parents have requested a summary of the information you presented throughout the evening to be able to discuss it with their families. Staff were also very impressed with your abilities to entertain, while imparting important information".

Leanne Johnson-Bryan
Director of One Ninety
PULTENEY GRAMMER SCHOOL, ADELAIDE

"I would like to express my appreciation to you for the excellent workshops that you presented to the staff and volunteers of Noarlunga Community Legal Service. People found the workshops practical and beneficial. I enjoyed working with you and commend you on the warm, friendly and professional manner in which you presented the workshops and for making everyone feel part of a team".

"Darryl was a primary speaker at our first 'Best Practice Counselling Skills For Pastors' seminar. We found Darryl to be a very professional and skilled speaker, and we received extremely positive feedbacks from the attendees on that day. We will most certainly be approaching Darryl in relation to future speaking engagements".

"Dr Darryl Cross addressed the parents of the Year 9 students on the topic of 'Parenting an Adolescent'. Dr Cross kept the audience informed and entertained throughout the presentation with comprehensively researched data, anecdotes, professional and personal experiences. The presentation concluded with an enthusiastic question session from an obviously satisfied audience. Further feedback from parents, and comments from their siblings, has been most complimentary with suggestions that Dr Cross expands his discussion at a later date. As Director of the Year level, I have been impressed by the response from the parent body which seems to reflect the obvious knowledge, advice and enjoyment gained from their participation in the evening".

"Thank you for conducting the short training course 'Dealing with Difficult Clients and Crisis Situations' for welfare workers. It was pleasing that so many attended, and a number have contacted me with very positive feedback in terms of what they learnt and the way the course was presented".

"Thank you for your stimulating presentation at our Bullying Conference. It provoked some interesting discussion and we have had excellent feedback from our participants. We look forward to inviting you to present at future conferences".

"Dr Darryl Cross has been engaged by this company to conduct a series of sessions on Stress Management. Darryl's style and delivery are engaging and energetic without being too invasive or heavy. He is very deliberate and approach and uses humour with disarming accuracy".

"Darryl's presentation to 200 primary principals was considered highly relevant and most informative. His presentation style was warm, humorous and very engaging. I recommend Darryl as a high calibre speaker".

"It is with pleasure I write to you on behalf of The Secretaries to the Medical Profession to thank you for your very interesting presentation at our meeting. Our attendance for the night certainly was an indication of the popularity of your topic and gave many of us an insight into coping with stress. Thank you for giving us a most enjoyable meeting and helping to make this one of our most successful evenings".

"I wish to thank you most sincerely for your input at the National Conference of the Christian Schools Association. As I said at the conclusion of your address your material and presentation met, no exceeded, my hopes for the session. Dealing with stress has become an increasing dimension for executives, as well as others, and all need to be aware of the implications. The comments I have heard from a number of delegates confirm my own views of the significance and impact of your address.

I am attaching some of those comments from our formal conference evaluation:

"Darryl Cross' presentation on 'Overcoming success fears' at our recent Mindshop training weekend was excellent. He certainly hit the mark with our audience of senior consultants and facilitators who are themselves experience presenters. Darryl spoke with a great deal of passion and experience on the topic and engaged attendees with his in-depth insights and examples. His presentation had a lot of energy and group involvement which lead to him receiving tremendous feedback from all attendees".

James Mason
Managing Director
MINDSHOP INERNATIONAL, MELBOURNE, VIC

"On behalf of staff from the Vietnamese Community in Australia / SA Chapter Inc., I would like to thank you for the training on "Managing Challenging Behaviours" that you provided to our staff in March 2006. It has been two months now and our staff still talk about that training; that it was informative and most useful to their work. I agree with them as I have personally attended your training on the very same topic about 5 - 6 years ago and it certainly helped me to develop appropriate skills (as well as prepare me mentally) to deal with people who have challenging behaviours."