– He is by far one of the best speakers (professional) — "the bomb" – Excellent presenter, enthusiastic, passionate about topic and kept the audience's interest. – Very good workshop. I am looking forward to tomorrow. – Excellent. Real world advice and examples; very motivational – Excellent with making it relevant to individual programs. – Needed to be a little longer. Too much information to cover in a short amount of time. – Very dynamic! Relevant, realistic, rare – Very motivational/energized presentation, good speaker – This workshop offered several great ideas for working with youth and embracing their culture to work for them rather than against them. – Use his expertise in organizing next year's conferences. Use him for stuff, try thinking more out of the box – Excellent. He is the best – keep him involved. Have him as a consultant to the whole conference – Mr. DeJesus delivered a presentation that provoked thought about issues regarding dealing with the youth in a way that is effective. I left this training with several great ideas that I can take back to my program and implement. Thank you for sharing your time. – Excellent motivator and commentator. Information provided was realistic from a different perspective. – I would be interested in purchasing audio tapes or CDs of your presentations if you had them. May want to consider providing audio of presentations. – The session forced me to think outside our youth program guidelines. – Ed is a great speaker. For people who have not seen him outside of this, they need to. Much more effective when you can spend the day with him in your local area. – Make Ed's workshop longer; the whole day even – Good ideas to take home and implement for engaging youth in new ways; helpful insight and reminders to try different strategies. – Empowering speech – it definitely woke me up and put ideas in mind for change. I would love to hear him speak again and/or work with him to make change. – NYS hire Ed as a consultant for Youth Programs – This was an excellent presentation. Will definitely talk with supervisor about this information. – The presenter was wonderful. It was great to finally attend a workshop where someone was passionate and truly interested about the well being of people and not just numbers! – It would be very beneficial to have this type of presentation given on Center in Glenmont. This would be very motivating to personnel and students. – Would like to see additional training on more in–depth curriculum training on this model – Youth workers need to attend a training workshop to implement the program. – Very inspirational speaker. I would like training for Great presentation… very informational – Thinking outside the box regarding programming is always positive. How of information staff to help implement some of the models discussed – Excellent! – Great presenter – passionate and real – It is a great paradigm shift from the traditional curriculum. The information and activities I enjoyed very much – The concept is new and more information is needed. Reinforcement needed. – You are excellent, you back your knowledge with “heart”. Our youth need more like you. – Would like to see additional training in ways this could be used on faith–based and community agencies. I felt like this was an excellent workshop that was informative and eye opening. – He was awesome! Spoke real facts about real people. Message was fascinating! – Excellent speaker who understands the youth he serves. Meet the children/community where they are instead of making them (sic) – Mr. DeJesus was a very dynamic speaker. His vast knowledge and his candid attitude is refreshing. We have a lot of work to do… – Inspiring – great presenter – love to hear more from him. – Very engaging, very thought provoking, very real vs. just a bunch of research. Can be applied to work very easily. – Very inspiring keynote and I was fortunate to choose him for a workshop. – He was excited about his topic and I liked the part where he spoke to each table. – Very inspiring speaker – good choice. – Very motivating. – Very entertaining and informative. – Edward DeJesus was a fantastic speaker. He made me excited about this conference and entertained me throughout his speech. – He is a great speaker and very educated both school wise and street wise. – Very relevant info challenging and made you think about non–traditional strategies. Well versed in subject. High energy kept participants lively and engaged. – Bring him back. He should mentor others in the fold. – ED WAS EXCELLENT!! THANK YOU!! – Understands the needs of the youth in the community and how to address them. He knows what he is talking about. Very informal and easy to talk to. – Real facts, real data, great attitude. Very impressive! Needs a duplicate in CT. Creative. Innovative. Excellent! – Pure excellence – down to earth – “real talk”. Impressive – definitely knows his material. Straight to the point – very real. – Great content, very knowledgeable, enjoyable! Taking back a lot of information. Very energetic, very honest and down to earth. – Very good speaker, I would love for him to come to my school and speak to my fellow classmates. He really knew what he was talking about! You can tell that he is very passionate about what he does and he really opened my eyes about the problems that the “youth” like myself face everyday! – Good, thorough background on the issues supported with research. Very enthusiastic and passionate about the topic. – Fantastic, tremendously encouraging and full of innovative ideas. – Inspiring! Great presenter. Thank you! – Very helpful, I learned a lot today. Very original. – Awesome – Gave me real insight on the attention needed not to youth violence but changing their view of life in order to eliminate that violent aspect. Extremely intelligent and delivers the information in a way that allows you to wrap your mind around his thoughts. Awesome energy. – There is no way I can get enough – Gimme some mo! Extremely enlightening, innovative and informative. Very engaging. – I loved it. Ed knew what he was talking about. Everything was excellent. – Very encouraging and motivating. Very knowledgeable. Great loved it – Different for a change – need more like it. – I love the content discussed in this workshop because Ed touched on many overlooked youth issues in the urban communities. His education and experience allows for much information to be taught in this area. Ed DeJesus has a unique teaching style. His interactive “Keep It Real” attitude made him that much more captivating. –His energy level is excellent!! – Very insightful. Enjoyed the discussion, want to know more. Loved his views and the way he expressed them. Interesting. – It was interesting, he did a great job at making the presentation both interesting and relevant. – Very thought provoking, great points. Lots of experience. Very engaging, very funny. – Very meaningful for me and my role in the agency. – Great content! Great! Great speaker/very knowledgeable. Very motivated/alive! – I wanted to go more into marketing ways and connections. Kept the class engaged.   © Copyright© 1995-2008 YDRF, Inc. All rights reserved.