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Testimonials and feedback
“Can a scientist be inspiring, vibrant, witty, interesting and provocative? This unusual Australian Geneticist is all this and more. Dr Judy Ford will delight and educate your audience as she teases out the facts and makes sense of science. Her talks, always full of stories and laughter, are powerful and life changing”. Judy is happy to talk to your audience on any of these topics but please ask her about other topics – related to health or her life adventures that you would like to hear about. Links to Judy’s “Speaker Resources” can be found by clicking the links below the Testimonials.

Some wonderful testimonials are listed below but I (Judy Ford), in turn, would like to thank all the wonderful audiences who have inspired my speaking career and made it so enjoyable. I have had quite considerable experience working on both TV and Radio as well as with live audiences. The photo above was snapped from their TV – by a friend – from an interview on the ‘7.30 Report’.

EXAMPLES OF TESTIMONIALS:

Topic: Secret of Youth: How to live longer with more agility of mind & body
“Thank you for your time and brilliant presentation at the recent Rotary District 9500 Conference. Judging from all reports, your address fascinated the delegates and inspired many to adopt a more healthy lifestyle”   Brian Stone, Deputy Conference Director, St Agnes SA

“This note is a follow-up from your talk to the Science Teachers Association in Sydney last Sunday. First, I should like to say again that I found your talk to be enthralling and splendidly delivered. There is little in our culture that is more enjoyable than listening to a real story-teller with a good story to tell about matters of destiny…….”  Mark Cosgrove

Topic: How to Strengthen Yourself against Cancer
“Your thought provoking presentation certainly opened my eyes to the many simple lifestyle changes which can make a difference to our health. The positive comments and the rush to purchase your books and CD’s showed that our guests were also similarly inspired by your talk”   Debra Webber Westpac Women in Business SA

“The feedback from your presentation has been very positive with many people discussing the issues you raised around work stations and over cups of coffee! The overwhelming comment was that your presentation very clearly explained a difficult area of science in a way that we could all understand and act on”  Jo-Anne Deuter, Partner, Minter-Ellison, S.A.   

“Green” your home or workplace
“Your focus on the non obvious factors affecting health and safety and the link to outcomes was enlightening and instructive…… Judy, it was a real pleasure to have an eminent and articulate scientist present an important subject in such a delightful manner. The audience was captivated. You made the complex simple and understandable”.  Bill Anschutz,. Chairman, Amcham, Adelaide SA
 
“From Mendel to meddling: A Cautionary Tale”
“Your presentation “From Mendel to Meddling” was excellent. For me it represented the very best of what Science in the Bush has to offer. The issue of genetically modified organisms is so critical for everyone that it was a rare privilege for a lay audience to hear someone with your high level of education and experience. Being able to talk in lay person’s language and with such a warm and friendly presentation style you were able to put the audience at ease and really connect with them…… The feedback from was unanimously positive.”  Allison Leigh. Manager, ‘Science in the Bush’, Balmain NSW.     

 “Please accept my sincere thanks for your keynote presentation at the Rotary International District 9810 Annual Conference. Your presentation “From Mendel to Meddling’ was very stimulating, informative and well-received. It was an important contribution to this very successful Conference which was attended by over 800 delegates”. Patrick Hartley, District Governor 9810.
  
 ‘The ticking clock: the health implications of delaying reproduction’
 “Thank you for your valuable contribution to the National Science Teacher’s Congress. Many delegates asked for a copy of your presentation to take to their schools and universities throughout the country. International organisations requested information with a thought to you providing a similar Key Note address in their own countries”.  Marj Colvill, Program Convenor CONASTA 43 Launceston,Tasmania

From TEC (The Executive Connection, Australia)
Some feedback from popular keynote presentations are given below. TEC (The Executive Connection) members have enjoyed Dr Ford’s workshops on “How to live to enjoy the benefits of your success” so much that they have invited her back over 50 times.
The feedback is extremely good with most ratings from 54 workshops between 85 and 95%. There have been wonderful letters of feedback from the Chairs of the various groups.
Two of these are:
Phil Kerrigan, Chair of TEC 19 wrote “Once again TEC 19 would like to thank you for delivering such a wonderful session to our members and partners. To a person they found the session extremely informative……Personally I rated it the highest of any session I’ve seen in recent times. Your delivery style was most appropriate, well-paced, easy to understand visuals, outstanding practical content yet you come over as not only an authoritative presenter but friendly and approachable as well”.
Derek Hodge, Chair of TEC 3 wrote “The topic was perfect both for my members and their partners and I thought the session went extremely well which was mirrored by the comments I got both after the meeting and on the evaluation forms. Overall the average rating given for your presentation in terms of skill and content was 94%…………On the most positive note however the wife of my longest standing member who has in fact been going to this type of spouse session for 15 years told me after the meeting that in all the years she had been going to spouse sessions yours was the most relevant and valuable of all those she had attended, a real compliment to you.”