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Baltimore Early Childcare Conference
2024 Keynote and Breakout Session
The experience was great for the participants. Brandi is prepared and effective!!! The participants enjoyed her attentiveness and ability to be vulnerable. Our conference would not have been complete without her!!!
Tracy Harris/Baltimore, Maryland
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POGIL Project
2024 Training
Not only is Brandi is receptive and responsive to the organization's needs, she is absolutely delightful to work with and presents the program in a positive and affirming way.
The participants were enthusiastic and we received a lot of comments that it was clear that the session was designed by an educator for educators. I think they came away with some great strategies to employ in their classroom practice.
Marcy Dubroff / Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Connecticut Association of Schools
2023 Keynote and Breakout Sessions
Brandi's keynote and breakout sessions provided the space for administrators to reflect on their routines—both individual and organizational— with the goal of creating awareness around the need for communities of care.
It was a pleasure to work with her. She was open to our ideas and responsively gave suggestions and/or made adjustments.
Participants appreciated the vulnerability that Brandi modeled in her keynote as well as the practicality of the strategies presented in her breakout sessions. We would recommend Brandi as a speaker to others invested in creating communities of care.
Alicia Bowman / Cheshire, Connecticut
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Danville District 118
2022 Training
The whole experience working with Brandi was top notch!! The training we had was powerful and positive. She explains things in a fashion that is relatable to real life... both personally and professionally.
Staff all said they want her back for more!! :)
Jodi Davis / Danville, Illinois
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Nationwide insurance
2021 Three Virtual Keynote Presentations
Brandi's message is authentic. It touched a cord, and she was able to connect with her audience. They loved how relevant and transparent she was. She makes her offerings very personal and speaks from experience.
Patrice Bordron / Columbus, Ohio
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Mount Pleasant Public schools
2021 Training
Brandi provided ways for our staff to take care of themselves and to connect with our students.
She is knowledgeable, professional, and relatable. The tools she offers are easily implemented and can be very helpful as we navigate these challenging times.
Deb Mielke / Mount Pleasant, MI
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Vermillion Association for Special Education
2021 In-person Training and Virtual Coaching
Training with Brandi was an awesome experience! It was the best self-care professional development I have attended. I am still using the tools and teaching them to others!
Christine Whitaker / Danville, Indiana
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BAll Charter school
2021 Keynote Presentation
Every single attendee that I spoke with loved Brandi's training. In fact, multiple people expressed that they wished it was longer. :) Many people said what Brandi talked about really hit home and resonated with them. I know several also were doing her breathing techniques later in the day as well. I am hoping to schedule more trainings with Brandi.
Jamie Bradley / Chandler, Arizona
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Incarnate Word Academy
2021 Virtual Training
Collaboration with Brandi was an easy process. I knew from the first time that I made contact with her that she was going to be beneficial to our faculty. She worked to tailor the presentation to our needs at the present time.
I would highly recommend Brandi as a speaker. She was attentive to our needs and her presentation was real world. It was a great value for those who attended.
Darla Montana / Corpus Christi, Texas
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Prevention Action Alliance
2020 Virtual Keynote Presentation and Virtual Workshops
Our members, consumers, and statewide partners highly enjoyed the sessions with Brandi. They found her to be informed, easy to learn with, and she offered tangible practices that were easily implemented and effective.
Being able to meet the needs of our consumers in the moment was paramount to the collaboration and Brandi not only met those needs, she superseded them.
Bobby Persinger / Worthington, Ohio
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Washington Court House City Schools
2020-2021 Virtual Trainings and Consulting Services
Brandi was exceptional to work with. She listened to the needs of our organization and designed a program to not only meet our needs but fit within very tight time constraints.
Brandi taught us not only tools and strategies to help our students, she focused on teacher self-care. Our staff said this is exactly what education needs right now!
Tracy Rose / Washington Court House, Ohio
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Cincinnati Museum Center
2020 Virtual Training
Brandi made setting up a virtual training with our staff a breeze. She was a joy to work with and was always quick to respond to questions. I would recommend Brandi to others. I appreciate the content that she shared with our staff and found her presentation style to be personable and professional.
Angie Smorey / Cincinnati, Ohio
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ServeOhio
2019 Keynote and Workshops
It was wonderful to collaborate with Brandi as our keynote presenter. She was very open to meeting in advance and provided really helpful and thoughtful feedback for the keynote and opening session. I heard nothing but very positive feedback about her keynote and breakout sessions.
Volunteer administrators are overworked, underpaid, and overwhelmed. It was great to provide them with strategies to pause, reflect, and connect - to center themselves and be present for what is truly important.
Rebeccah Verhoff-Kiss / Ohio
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Ohio Reading and Ohio Math corps
2018-2021 Annual Staff Training
Our AmeriCorps Members and program staff have greatly benefited from Brandi’s sessions on mindfulness and on strategies for building strong relationships with students.
Brandi offers a welcoming, friendly presentation style which our team always enjoys. She has a great ability to connect with the audience and to tailor the information to meet their interests.
We always look forward to Brandi’s trainings, and we always find them interesting, timely, and salient. She is one of the first presenters we try to land on our calendar each year!
Sean Noe / Ohio
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Hilliard City Schools
2019 Training
Brandi understood what we wanted for our staff. She heard our request and helped fine tune what we could focus on during our staff meeting. She was able to be flexible and par down a huge topic to a manageable PD session.
It was the beginning of a good conversation about setting healthy boundaries which fits with our theme on building resilience in educators. Brandi is a great listener, facilitator, and trainer.
Tamar Campbell / Hilliard, Ohio
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Hilliard City Schools
2019 Training
Collaborating with Brandi was amazing!!! She was very creative and was able to develop a program tailored to our specific needs. Staff loved looking at setting boundaries. It was a great reflection time for our teachers to recognize areas they can grow.
Hilary Sloat / Hilliard, Ohio
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NAtionwide Insurance
2019 Keynote Presentation
Brandi went above and beyond in flexing to our needs and listened to what was truly at the heart of the subject we were asking her to speak on. Participants loved the subject.
Our SVP sent a message out afterwards with his takeaways & appreciated how the talk ended with, "Everyone has a story; we need to keep that in mind during our conversations & interactions.”
I highly recommend Brandi as a speaker. She always comes highly prepared & engages with the audience. Her talks resonate well with things we've all been through or may be personally experiencing in the moment.
Jessica Thrush / Columbus, Ohio
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penzone salon and spas
2018-2020 Consulting and Training
Collaborating with Brandi was insightful. Our team felt they were able to be open and honest about their thoughts and feelings with a neutral party guiding the meetings. It provided a safe space to be open about areas of opportunity within the company.
I would absolutely recommend working with Brandi. She is mindful and offers a different viewpoint for teams to think and work through ideas and problems within the organization.
Tiffany May / Columbus, Ohio
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Pickerington Schools
2017-2020 Consulting and Training
Pickerington Local Schools has included the idea of instilling a growth mindset in students and staff in our strategic plan, and we are thrilled to have Brandi be a part of this work in the district.
Brandi has helped us to survey current needs and establish professional development to address the concept of mindfulness and growth.
The staff that has been involved in Brandi's sessions: workshops, in-classroom work, and job-embedded coaching, have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have found it to be transformative and rejuvenating. This work has never been needed more in the field of education!
Maggie Buckley / Pickerington, Ohio
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Hilliard City Schools
2017-2019 Consulting and Training
Brandi is a fantastic collaborator and partner! We thoroughly enjoyed being able to discuss and tailor programs to meet the needs of our participants!
The feedback was outstanding. We consistently heard that Brandi's sessions were many participants personal highlights!
Brandi brings a real and practical approach to engaging in mindfulness practice. She understands her craft and has the unique ability to provide a safe environment for people to be authentic and open. This results in participants taking action on the learning focus and their growth is the result.
Brian Lidle / Hilliard, Ohio
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Worthington schools
2019 Training Series
Brandi is positive, energetic, and has a wealth of knowledge in her area of expertise. Her references to data are well positioned throughout her sessions with staff.
Her sessions provided us a recognition and validation that adult self-care is important. Working in a human industry, we are worn out easily and quickly. Providing simple and easy to use strategies were beneficial.
Allie Seiling / Worthington, Ohio
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The Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of race and ethnicity
2017 Training
Brandi came to the Kirwan Institute to present on how mindfulness practice can help reduce the stress associated with doing social justice work.
She was an inviting and engaging speaker who made everyone feel comfortable by sharing personal experiences and anecdotes. She is truly talented at making connections with people and encouraging gifts in others.
Kelly Capastos / Columbus, Ohio
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The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio
2016-2018 Training
Brandi’s ability to connect with participants, her true dedication to personal growth, her kind spirit, and her thoughtful listening skills, all contribute to her ability to create and support rich learning environments.
It has been a privilege to call on Brandi to share her knowledge and passion for mindfulness and growth through professional development opportunities here at the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio.
Rachel Lang / Columbus, Ohio
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The Wexner Center for the arts
2015 Training
Brandi is an energetic and curious professional who is able to ground her knowledge of mindfulness in the practice of classroom teachers, making her an exceptional choice of facilitator for a teacher professional development work.
She deftly combines critical reflection to improve mindfulness and self-awareness with a range of arts activities from writing and discussion to hands-on practices. She is also responsive, creative, and an easy collaborator whose love of learning enlivens her teaching. It was a pleasure to work with her on the 2015 Capital Day Workshop.
Verónica E. Betancourt / Columbus, Ohio