Lynne Cazaly - Keynote Speaker

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What people say about Lynne Cazaly ....

“Working with Lynne has been a highly impactful and creative journey. Lynne has the ability to 'make sense' of the message you are passionate about and is then able to support you in crafting it.
I knew that I wanted to craft my content in a new and exciting way and Lynne has given me the tools and inspiration to do just that. How Lynne communicates ideas, it is truly unique and I highly recommend her to any individual or organisation”. - Kemi Nekvapil

“Once you have had the privilege of being with Lynne in any capacity she has a profound impact on the way you think. When I start to get in my own way, Lynne embodies the antidote. She is the very easy to access meme that I call on when caught in my own head to push me into action and out of inefficient doubt.” – Dr Amy Silver

“The feedback from your training session this week has come in - and it is all positive... so thanks for providing such a great session.

Not only did we receive positive feedback and results from your session, but you were so good to work with. We really appreciate the way in which you accomodated all of the needs that we had, and the way that you so easily and happily worked with the camera, the microphone (and the group) to adjust to all of the conditions, was really impressive - and very professional.

We would gladly recommend you to other groups and associations, and we would like to look at the possibility of having you present on other areas or topics.

I found the presentation to be logical, colourful, engaging and fun. The pace was perfect, and you had the whole room participating - well done!

I look forward to being able to see you speak again in the future.” - Bruce Coudrey, Benchmark Business

“Lynne Cazaly was excellent from start to finish. She worked the group of 19 participants the whole time and was constantly educating us on our presentation skills and room management. The option to present to a small group, have positive feedback provided on our style and technique, refine and present again, was an unexpected outcome from the day. All the time being coached by Lynne - what a great workshop.” - Merran, Alumni

“I like Lynne's facilitative approach. All the drawings, colours and high level of professional rigour of Ms Cazaly” - Susan Wahhab

“Thank you very much for your insightful, engaging and generous facilitation today. I've got some important hindsight as a result, some new tools in my pocket, and a stronger commitment to keep improving my communication options and methods.... Thankyou. It's no simple gig to meet the needs of such a diverse set of sectors in one room and you did so today with relevance and respect.” - Sal Dennis

“Our team thrived after your #visualthinking workshop Lynne. Best investment our business has made!!” - Belinda Fettke, Nutrition for Life

“Loved the program and your style of delivery - real-practical and no consultant "bullshit" speak
Gave me plenty to work with.” - Mark LeBusque

“It can be hard to achieve a balance between professional and fun, something Lynne seems to do effortlessly. I have never seen a team so happy to be part of a training day. Not just happy, but completely focused and excited to learn about visual facilitation. It's always a pleasure to hear (and see) Lynne speak in large rooms to big audiences, but even more so in a smaller group. Her passion and drive to educate and support people is inspiring. The world would be a smarter, clearer and fun place with more people like Lynne.” - Sally Greenwood

“Today was absolutely brilliant. I loved and devoured everything. I loved Lynne's facilitation style. I am walking away with so much to apply and use straight away. The mix of interaction, sharing and watching Lynne in action has made my "visual mojo" attainable.” - Renee Giarrusso

“I thoroughly enjoyed the training course yesterday. It was lovely to meet you and spend some quality time. It felt more like a 3 hour masterclass/mentoring session and I came away with so many tiny learnings. I spend much of my time teaching others about design thinking and visual thinking that it’s great to get into the classroom rather than learning online.” - Bronwyn Fuller

“Thank you very much for this morning's session. Unfortunately I struggled to bring up a keyboard within my zoom app today, so didn't contribute as much as I might have otherwise.

Like one of your other guests today, I am currently taking long service leave to clear my head as well as my personal backlog.

In the rush to just 'get stuff done' over the last year or so, it seems there are several practices I have let slip. I have captured a few notes on ideas I want to keep in front of mind now (as I focus on me and my family), as well as in future (when I return to my colleagues).

Today's session has reminded me that in addition to visualising all the things I want to achieve (to lighten my cognitive load), I can also celebrate my accomplishments and recognise when I have achieved an outcome. So I am off now to post some photos of this week's big outcome, thank the people who have helped and promote the next tasks that have been enabled as a result.

Thanks again Lynne.” - Kimberley Garoni - Business Analyst, MYOB

“Thank you so much for the session just now – your energy and incredible demonstration of how it can work when all the four quadrants of your model come together was fantastic.

I think this is just what we all needed right now. Without much of a “wind down to Christmas” this year, it’s great to take some time to re-energise and think about how we can get more out of all this time we’re spending online.

Really looking forward to the hybrid session next year too!” - Charlotte Mills - Chief Services Officer and Chief Risk Officer, VMIA

"Best facilitated online session during COVID; The most engaging facilitator I’ve seen; Lots of good stuff and fun at the same time” – DPM Team and Linda Pickering - General Manager Client Engagement, DPM Financial Services

“Lynne, your programme and your constant support have been vital as I went through this journey. I am so glad I took this up. The key thing it did for me, aside of giving me a simple and realistic system to follow, was to stop me from stalling and giving up at any stage.

As I move into the final phases of getting this out there, I just wanted to thank you and Myra for the amazing support throughout. I think it would be very appropriate for me to say - I couldn't have done this without you.

Thank you so much and I will keep you updated as I forge ahead.

To Lynne Cazaly whose book writing programme I signed up to as part of writing this book. You are an awesome human. Your constant guidance, appreciation and encouragement went a long way in me getting this done.” - Ganapathy Iyer - Projects Coach and Director, GD Consulting Services Limited

“Just wanted to say I am enjoying your book writing course - thank you so much. It is really helping me gain more clarity so far. Very motivating. I feel like I have you with me - which is so good!” - Cynthia Mahoney - Director, Cynthia Mahoney Associates

“The incredible Lynne Cazaly CSP just ran an amazing masterclass for my Elevate community this week about creatively thinking in this ever-changing, challenging environment.

As coaches, consultants and business owners we have to get curious about what is really going on right now for our clients - existing and new - and explore how to engage better, influence better and drive change better - how we can work more in partnership to future proof our clients businesses.

Lynne's session was a masterclass in challenging existing thinking, getting us out of our boxes of "this is the way I've always done it" and unlocking the creativity that exists in every one of us to sense make, ideate and decision make differently so that we can serve and partner with our clients to help them navigate these continuing uncertain times.

I loved her 5 step framework of:

1. Start before you are ready
2. Like surprises
3. Try something else
4. Go co
5. Be curious

Along with permission to tweak, shuffle and nudge.” - Janine Garner - Business Mentor, Professional Speaker, and Best-Selling Author

“The room is better with Lynne Cazaly in it. When i see her arrive, I think, 'Ok, we're all going to be good now, Lynne's here!' Being in the same room as Lynne Cazaly is my nirvana.” - Marion Farelly - Award winning Film and reality television producer of Big Brother, Dancing With The Stars, The X Factor, The Celebrity Apprentice, The Farmer Wants A Wife, co-creator Q&A

“I have always believed that we can't become successful (whatever that means for each of us) on our own. We need to surround ourselves with empowered and empowering people. Today I spent some time in Melbourne with one of those empowered and empowering people in my life, a former mentor Lynne Cazaly CSP. There's something very energising and affirming when we find someone who is on the same page as ourselves. The too and fro conversation between Lynne and myself today will motivate and inspire my work for at least the next few months until our next planned get-together at the YouYangs at Lara. Lynne has a wealth of experience to share. She is author of 10 books, keynote speaker, work futurist and mentor exceptionale. I recommend all my colleagues and connections here look at her website and follow what she is doing.” - Maree Harris, Ph.D., Leadership Mentor and Coach

“What can I say? Your session was amazing and your flexibility with the changing conditions on the day was greatly appreciated. The feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive and we could easily see your influence when they presented their projects. We would love to work with you again.” - Adam Stiles, Senior Learning Consultant - Skills & Design, Arup

“Bright, vivacious, energetic, engaging, funny. Good timing with points. Good visuals.” - Michelle Donahoe

“Love Lynne's energy and a variety of approaches used to keep the audience engaged. Fun! Thanks Lynne.” - Anna Olyanskaya

“Thanks for sharing and making sense of the change process and making it relevant for todays world. I have been experiencing this sense of chaos for the past two years and had to lead the team through change.”

“Animated, informative, able to take many keypoints for work. Enjoyable.”

“Loved the stories and humor but making some really thought provoking challenges to the audience.” - Jane Fraiser

“Put simply, very relevant when endeavouring startup teams and customer engagement. The path methodology is simple, practical and well-delivered visually.” - Rosa Frigel

“Lynne is an entertaining speaker and delivering her message and knowledge in a simple and effective way. The entertainment aspect is so important when trying to engage those that are resistant to even listening to or embracing change.” - Branka

“Lively energetic presentation. Memorable for your creativity and use of different mediums. Stories, character voices, drawing and humor. Very talented.” - Sharon Leadbetter

“Lynne has an excellent way of presenting concepts and ideas. She makes linkages far easier to comprehend and to understand how we can all work together better” – Eileen Keane, Health Purchasing Victoria

“A fantastic session Lynne – can’t wait for the team to put this all into practice. Thanks for a wonderful, well-paced, informative presentation.” - Paul Heppell, Woolworths

“Such an engaging session! I particularly enjoyed the content on engaging people to collaborate. A memorable session that will make a difference.” - Kim Garoni, MYOB

“100 degrees! Hot! Hot! Hot!” - Liz Dorsett, Baw Baw Shire

“It was a fantastic session - so many tips, so inspiring”

“Packed room, lots of laughter, great energy”

“Too busy in Lynne Cazaly's presentation to tweet!”

“Great talk by Lynne Cazaly - very inspiring.”

“I really enjoyed the course today and will keen to test out the new ideas” - Eleni Spiridonos - Marketing Manager, Stryker

“Lynne's presentations are amazing. There is so much in there. Not a word is wasted.” - Annie Collins - Learning and Development Specialist, Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand

“Thank you so much for passing these on! I thoroughly enjoyed my session yesterday 😊

Through all of your wonderful sessions and our interactions, you’ve reminded me of what my true passions are and have re-ignited my love of facilitation and the wonderful world we create through authentic human connection.

I feel motivated, inspired and reenergised about what’s possible for the future of my career. You’ve cleared all the confusion and tangle in my head surrounding what I truly what to achieve, clarifying what my purpose is/objectives are, and given me a clear focus on:

- Where and how I need to keep developing my current toolkit
- Where I should be directing my energy
- What I’m truly passionate about and what is going to keep reigniting the sparkle in me
- Who I am and what my unique brand is

I haven’t been this excited about what’s to come since my very first facilitation role at the age of 21. You are truly one amazing human 😊 Thank you for being you!” - Josie Iuliano - Director, Co-Lab Change

“I must say that I have really enjoyed the daily emails. I don’t at all feel overwhelmed by them. I feel they are reminders for me to stop for moment and think about my day as I enjoy reading through the ideas presented in each email.

The videos you shared a couple of days ago were also very thought provoking. Being kind to ourselves is really important, especially during current times!” - Heidi Richards - Systems Trainer, DELWP

“I didn’t realise until just now that certain presentation styles give me a feeling over overwhelm – probably the ‘highly sensitive’ part of me.
Instead of pushing through (it was a free session I was doing on my own time) I left after 20 minutes of feeling yelled at. The contrast with your style was quite impactful!

So thank you not only for highlighting sensitivity and overwhelm – but also for have a style of presenting that is welcoming and inclusive!” - Fiona Tibballs - Coach, Telstra

“She was up close and super engaged with the camera. Was fantastic. Felt like you were there!”

“Really well presented and used some visual facilitation instead of sticking to PowerPoint”

“She spoke in thorough detail and expressed great ideas, enthusiasm and understanding of the topic.”

“Ok y'all that was a great talk from Lynne Cazaly with no slides, very animated and interactive working the chat posts - best remote sesh I have been in so far - cheers @lastconf (If you missed it, the video will be up on YouTube at some point)” - Michelle Playfair - Senior Delivery Leader, Culture Amp

“Another great mentoring session with Lynne Cazaly. You're on fire today clearly! To share my aha moment - Lynne has helped me re-think and commercialise a piece of my 'old' work into a cluster that I fully expect to add another belt to my practice. Big thanks! #gratitude” - Louisa Coppel

“Awesome mentoring session with Lynne Cazaly. So much insight in 1 hour! Thank you for your wisdom and energy!” - Rowena Millward

“Following Rowena Millward, Louisa Coppel's posts, Lynne Cazaly you hit the trifecta today. After our mentoring call I was so fired up about a future not-yet-ready-to-launch event cluster that I went to a clicking meeting, talked about it, and got a commitment to sponsor it whenever it's ready to go! Thanks for the care, inspiration, insights and commitment Lynne.” - Alex Hagan

“My session with Lynne supported me to join-the-dots between my business activities.
Her ability to both visually capture thoughts, mentor and guide with a strategic mindset was both creative and constructive. Clear next-steps with supporting resources have provided the clarity and deliberate action-points needed to take it to the next level. Thank you!!” - Mary-Anne Murphy

“Lynne, I’m am constantly blown away with how on the nose you are with offering what folks need when they need it. So thankful to have met you.” - Emma Prentice

“Thank you Lynne Cazaly for your commitment to getting stuff done and your encouragement to get it out there! Your process and advice has helped immensely!” - Sharon Natoli

“I just wanted to say thankyou for your previous and current mentorship. I really enjoy the time we share, and the insights you bring. Your insight and energy always inspires me. So it is inherently part of all of my "Think-Sell-Deliver." and moving from a small business to becoming a Thought Leader. I've really valued getting to know you better. (that is more important to me than any belt).” - Rowena Millward

“As for #1 … I've saved that for last. The best thing I did was get a mentor. Working with Lynne has been a big boost to my understanding the curriculum, staying in the correct lanes, and seeing that I do have a lot to offer. At times I have gotten lost in th process and have wondered how in God's green earth have I been able to make a living for the past 12 years as a self-employed person if I can't do this damned curriculum! I'd wonder how the heck did anyone hire me, trust me with their organizations or with their mental health (In my role as a therapist).” - Rachel Gooen

“I have to say to you: your conference workshop at Euviz was the most, most, most, most important for me. I'm planning my professional future based on your methodology and I'm feeling that energy (that you have a lot!) flowing through me, showing that I'm closer to my life purpose. I've been something totally extraordinary!!! Deep gratitude for you. Love, Mila (I FOUND MY WORD!!!!!!!!!!)” - Mila Motomura

“Thank you so much for an amazing webinar on using visuals in meetings and workshops! I learned so much from you in such a short time. I will need to absorb all this and begin to practice. Here is the visual I created in Procreate...first time using this app and drawing on the Ipad! Would love to hear your feedback.

The practice I work in is beginning to do a Webinar series on Telehealth and I am revamping a 3 year old course in Research for online education so your ideas will be put to use.

Now I just need to take some time to absorb it all in my brain...a glass of wine may help! I’ve been on five Zoom meetings today. Your interaction is so much more engaging than anything I’ve seen! You’re amazing!” - Joan Elliott

“I'm not good at drawing visuals. My mind doesn't work like that. At least, that's what I'd been telling myself for years until I worked with Lynne Cazaly! Through her online workshop, Lynne showed me simple tips and practical strategies to create simple hand-drawn visuals that boost engagement and sensemaking in my presentations. Now, not only do I have the confidence to create my own visuals but I have fun doing it! Thanks Lynne. You've opened up a whole new world. Such a brilliant workshop and the skills have been a game changer for my virtual workshop delivery.” – Leah Mether

“This has been brilliant as always - thanks Lynne!!” - Michelle Bihary

“This session has been invaluable, thanks so much Lynne. I've really enjoyed this and it's so timely as I was playing around with my pre-prepped slides yesterday” - Melanie Marshall

“Wonderful Lynne - gorgeous session!” - Maree Burgess

“Best 90 minutes spent in a virtual workshop !! Lynne Cazaly’s How to use VISUALS in meetings and workshops was a masterclass on how to use virtual facilitation. Lots of great ideas on how to improve engagement with your audience using visuals. Plus tips and tricks on how function during this time when we are all using video to chat, collaborate, and work. I always come away energised with loads of new ideas to try out after a session with Lynne.” - Wendi McPoyle

“Lynne, I wanted to send you a special little thank you note for your online course I did a week ago in how to learn visuals. for online. It was the creative vibe I needed and have been very happy adding icons to my my images and texts and paying with one app on my phone. But more it think it was abut coming together and being creative that helped me. I know how full on online can be so loved seeing you work and being able to try to model some of your processes to that was special. Thanks” - Deborah Dalziel

“Greetings Lynne

Thanks you for running your workshop yesterday, I was left feeling motivated and inspired.

I learnt a lot by just watching and observing how you facilitated the session, (i.e. how you seamlessly interacted with the chat function/feature. I have recently seen many a presenter having a start/stop approach to this. I suspect that this takes a bit of practice to make it look as effortless as you did.)

I also benefited from the many hints and tips you gave throughout the session, which I have tried to visualize as my "homework" :-)” - Simon Hughes

“Thank you so much for the engaging session on Friday. It was so insightful and I am impressed by your ability to run a 90 minute session so smoothly! Kim, Michelle and I really enjoyed it.” - Balsam Al-Dabbagh

“Thank you so much again for today’s session. I learned so much!! It’s the basic tools turned into something clever. It takes the fear out of it. And of course, not having to be perfect. I’ve been facilitating for 100 years and I never learned how to write, taking my pen off the page?!! My writing isn’t too bad but this lifts it, for sure. The worst is when people write in tiny writing, arrgggghhh.” - Mary Butler

“This is an expert in her element serving the audience and sharing her amazing talents. Thank you Lynne Cazaly for your inspiring and helpful workshop on How to Use Visuals in Meetings and Workshops - online, virtual and remote.

This is an area I would like to raise the bar in for myself and Lynne showed us what is possible. The workshop was practical, inspiring, fun and so helpful.

I’ve walked away with new ideas and tools to use to help me deliver more engaging content for my participants.

Thanks so much Lynne 🙏 I feel so lucky to be able to learn from a master and I highly recommend people getting along to Lynne’s public on-line workshops.” - Cynthia Mahoney

“I was in the Friday workshop with Lynne Cazaly - highly recommend with loads of practical tips, was able to put into action with 2 hrs!” – Andrew Huffer

“I took your workshop on VISUALS and have been using your ideas successfully in my pediatric telehealth sessions! I’m finding it is really helping to engage the children when we can’t physically be face to face! Thank you for your insight and knowledge! 💡” - Joan Elliott

“Loved, loved, loved this class. It has helped me already in terms of the approach I take with my team meetings; and is helping me frame up a 4hr session I am giving remotely in a few weeks. Love your classes , your energy, your magpies!” - Margaret McDermott

“That course was excellent -exactly what I needed - I'll ping it on TLBS Central” - Anthony Moss

“Thank you SO much for the course on Friday. It was truly invaluable. I am currently up skilling – Future Proofing my business and my life so taking on lots of news things to add to my life’s kit bag of skills.
Last week I commenced RMIT’s Design Thinking for Innovation short course so all of this is well in the mix together. Lynne, I am very keen to do some of your other programs too.” - Robyn Gray

“Firstly I just wanted to thank you for the extraordinary session today, I am still on such a high, it was an incredible session so practical and full of ideas, I loved every minute and will recommend it to everyone! I am looking forward to booking in future courses with you, your facilitation is simply world class.

Now for someone who failed Year 11 and was very naughty at school (I did eventually behave and did Year 12) for NEVER handing in my homework, mine is done already. I was so excited and inspired I had to do it straight away. I have booked in a training session on procreate with my 8 year old and look forward to re thinking and re designing what I do and feel this will be especially useful for my models.

Hoping you have a wonderful weekend and thank you once again for such an inspiring session.” - Monique Richardson

“I signed up for the Work Hack Club as I’m trying to build self-discipline while working from home. I was blown away with the session as Lynne, not only held the space I needed to be productive but, collaborated with me on my ideas to help unlock their greater potential. This club has arrived at exactly the right time for me and I cannot wait for the next session." - Emma Prentice

“I just wanted to say I'm good and I am so eternally grateful for the gift of our connection.

I cannot even begin to fathom what my lockdown experience would have been like without our twice weekly work hack club calls, and your other online courses along the way.

In such uncertain times you've added such value to my life, it's provided me a structure and a framework which has brought deeper value to my own life and ironically of all the times, we've also had some moments of deep joyful belly laughs.

It's been one of the best decisions ever, so thank you.” - Robyn Gray

“Fantastic day. It will be interesting scaling down to my local management level.” - Ellen Lyne

“Thank you for the fantastic tips and new skills.” - Carolyn Woods

“Great models and use of visuals. Key messages and what not to do - hints.” - Janice Harris

“A great selection of models for preparation of speaking in public Great presenter, engaging and made it easy to understand and adopt the new content.” - Kelly Edwards

“The session was very valuable providing guidance on how to structure and present publicly. Very relevant and had great fun.” - Aaron Moyne

“What a fantastic day. I believe that I have taken away some valuable skills that I will practice. I only wish that I could do this again just to reinforce what I have learnt.” - Alison Bonjer

“Dynamic and interesting. I got a lot out of the techniques of modeling and adding stories, pictures and metaphors.” - Johanna Hansen

“Thanks so much. Enjoyed watching you present and using us and your tools to engage us.” - Merran Fyfe

“Such sharp suggestions to pull a presentation together. Thank you - you have proven I don't need to 'hide behind' the PowerPoint.” - L Smith

“Fantastic workshop. Excellent skills development. Lots of takeaways. Confidence building.”

“I feel much more confident in planning a talk. The diagrams and structures were so helpful and cover everything. Lynne was so inspiring and engaged us all day. I learnt so much about planning and body language and it was so helpful getting feedback.” - Paige England

“Lynne you are very entertaining as a presenter. I can't wait to use new tactics.” - Cathryn Walder

“Challenging my existing approaches to presenting. Something I clearly need. Lots of notes, ideas and resources.” - Bernadette Northeast

“The ultimate multi-tasker Lynne Cazaly presenting while drawing live, while having us all in stitches all the while delivering gold nuggets of wisdom” - Grace Bowe

“Oh Lynne, you are pure GOLD! A funny, creative, gracious, purposeful, smart and living on purpose author, leader and change management extraordinaire! You Rock. Beautiful Lynne, thank you for bringing your whole self to the conference. Your humour and gnerous spirt shone and you had us all in awe with your talents.” " - Nik Hatherly, Commonwealth Bank

“Lynne, you are a gun! (To clarify, that is a good thing)” - Luke Morris

“Dear Lynne a huge thanks for your incredible injection of creativity at the Women in Focus conference. We've loved having you as part of the fun and inspiration.”

“Thank you for sharing with the FOL crew on Friday. Your presentation was informative, entertaining and such a wonderful addition to the day. I personally deeply appreciate your commitment and support and trust the returns come to you from the day that you so richly deserve.” - Peter Baines

“From the start to finish was great. The graph of future, emotion, data, method is so helpful and I will use it forever! Thank you!”

“The skills I've learnt in developing better presentation skills; the frameworks; your honesty, humour and knowledge.” - Mandy Maglaras

“I really enjoyed your keynote at AgileNZ. The connection between improvisation and facilitation / leadership really blew my mind. I am going to suggest we practice improvisation with our group of facilitators at MYOB!” - Aurelien Beraud, Agile NZ

“Great closing keynote at AgileNZ. Very engaging and love the reality of ‘-ish’.” - Grant Benge, Agile NZ

“On behalf of the AME Board, I wish to thank you for the invaluable contribution you made at the AME Conference 2018. From the feedback we’ve received, the conference was a great success.

Words can't express how grateful we are. We appreciate the time you took out of your busy schedule to join us and thank you for sharing your insights and expertise with our attendees. Your keynote was the perfect way to close the two day conference.” - Laura Robertson, AME Conference

“I attended the AME Conference where you presented a 6 out of 5 on the feedback forms regarding how engaging it was and was lucky enough to receive a copy of 'Leaders as Facilitators' from you. Looking to add you to my LinkedIn network.” - Andrew Sampson, AME Conference

“I feel very fortunate to have benefited from a number of your talks and trainings personally, Lynne! Truly, your gift for cutting through the complex noise organisations and individuals work in and extract the clear gems and action points for success is remarkable. And all delivered with great insight, memorable examples, and your lovely cheeky humor!” - Carolyn Ellis

“We just wanted to say such a MASSIVE thank you for all of your help for Careers Week! The students thought the sessions were great, we've had brilliant feedback. We really appreciate your taking the time out of your busy schedule to support this.” - Thushani Lovatt, UWC South East Asia, Career Week

“Wonderful-ish I think. Thanks for all your insights Lynne. My big take away from the 'ish' talk was how liberating that can be for individuals and the positive impact that kind of thinking would have on a workplace culture. Trust that you had a safe trip home. :)” - Doug Maarschalk

“Thank you!! Message: Hello I heard you speak at Agile2019. I hope you enjoyed your trip and felt it was worthwhile. You did a fantastic job. Thank you for your inspiration. It certainly made a different to me. I purchased “ish” on audibles today and downloaded some of the resources. I have started the book, its great, and really speaks to me. By the time I got back to the ‘bookstore’ at Agile2019 your autographed book copies were sold out. I don't know how many were there, but YOU GO GIRL for selling out!! :) I can't wait to finish reading/listening to your book and ordering others. Thank you again. Wishing you all the best is everything you do!!” - Kim Rae Valentine

“Lynne Cazaly is such an engaging and captivating #keynote presenter. Terrific to experience the amazing impact this presentation had on attendees during the conference. The number of comments from people about being less fatigued over the two days was amazing. Kudos to you Lynne!

You are a star Lynne! Congratulations on a superb job. People have been raving about your keynote all day. Changed several peoples thinking and we had feedback like this, "I was still WOOHOO at the last presentation of the day. Normally, I'd be fatigued all day." - Jeff Naylor

“Great start at the Forum Jeff, Lynne Cazaly gave us insight to capturing info diagrammatically as opposed to writing bullet points and taking pictures. Much easier to understand reviewing your notes that's for sure. #cognitive #visualcommunication” - Chris Bush

“Thanks Chris, the feedback certainly confirmed Lynne with her 'Cognitive Load Coping' #keynote was a great choice for a conference kickoff.” - Jeff Naylor to Chris Bush

“The wonderfully talented Lynne Cazaly in Action delivering her opening keynote on Cognitive Load Coping at our National Forum. #cognitiveloadcoping feedback from attendees on the difference this keynote had on increasing the number of key takeaways they took from the rest of the conference was incredible.” - SIRF Roundtables Pty Ltd

“The Forum was an absolute access for me. The opening keynote speaker Lynne Cazaly set the tone for an engaging two days.” - Shaun Sunnasy

“To hear of your positive forum experience and the large number of key takeaways as a result of Lynne Cazaly's opening hashtag#cognitiveloadcoping hashtag#keynote address was exactly what we were hoping for.

A lot of thought went into the whole event and a key component to me was who we could get to open the forum. We wanted to make sure attendees were properly set up for success to increase the number & quality of key takeaways attendees could apply back at work.

When I found Lynne 'Cognitive Load Coping' keynote I just knew it was what I'd been looking for.
Its testament to this amazing lady's ability as a thought leader. Kudos to you Lynne Cazaly!” - Jeff Naylor to Shaun Sunnasy

“Lynne Cazaly enables solid attention. The processes supporting 6 sigma and lean. Meeting heaps of people.”

“The conference starting with Lynne on how to capture a lot of information in a useful handy way.”

“I pretty much followed the "Operational Excellence" speaker and was very impressed. Having the option to move between speakers was invaluable and I also really enjoyed Lynne Cazaly, Tasha Broomhall, Lewis Trigger, Jenny Kransy and of course Steve Simpson.”

“It was what Lynne Cazaly had to say about being present and also her ideas on how better to capture info during presentations. I also got some great ideas around setting up a Visual Board for our Pump O/haul W/shop. Also having two of us from the same work group at HWC attending, will enable us to implement change that little bit easier.”

“I really enjoyed both of your talks yesterday at the CPA conference. You are an engaging speaker, funny and loved your topics as they are relevant to our current workplace. And I must admit I currently use ‘ish’ on a very regular basis!” - Cathy McMahon

“Thanks for your contribution to the Congress. Your delivery style is excellent and easy to follow and listen to.” - Joanne Weir - CPA Congress

“Thank you for a wonderful talk last night at Sense Making in Uncertainty. There were so many gems of wisdom you gifted during the talk. Today I have spent the day watching the shapes people craft with their hands as they share ideas. It’s been very insightful and helped me realise while some people in our office have been talking past one another.

I would like to take you up on the offer of the Sense Making Pack. It sounds like a fantastic resource and a great reminder of some of the techniques from last night’s talk. Would you be happy to email it to me?

Thanks again for a wonderful talk and the practical strategies to implement in my work.” - Duncan Harding - Agile Welly Meetup

“I very much enjoyed your presentation about Sense Making in Wellington on Monday, thank you!

It was great to see you apply your visual mapping technique to explore an attendee’s problem of how to approach doing an audit of risk at LINZ – a topic that sounded so nebulous at the start of the conversation but then, in the space of 10 minutes, a direction / logical model materialised on the board. Terrific! I’m passionate about design facilitation (helping people explore complex problems), and would love to receive a copy of your Sense Making pack.” - Tamsin Ewing, Agile Welly Meetup

“The Sensemaking talk was fantastic at Agile Welly, and I have used some of your points in at least two meetings this week already! Really helped to set the scene, so perfect timing 😊
I’m about to start my new role as a Ways of Working Coach, here at Z, so I think your mini book and white paper around sensemaking will be an invaluable tool for my toolkit!

I look forward to seeing you again soon, and I will have a chat to my people here at Z, and hopefully one day we can get you over for a few sessions with us!” - Stacey Day, Agile Welly Meetup

“Thanks for presenting today to the Glenelg and Southern Grampians LLEN AGM. It was very refreshing and loved the reference of continue to be curious. Keep up the great work and have a ripper day.” - Leon Carey, GSGLLEN

“Listening your talk in Agile Summit on "Adoptive Thinking" was as if I am in person sitting in your classroom where developing the method (you talked) on the white board very effective to make the attendee to relive his past instance (during communicating with team)” - Rakesh Chandra Goyal on Adoptive Thinking Agile Summit

“I really enjoyed Lynne Cazaly where she brilliantly broke down agility in leadership on a flip chart.” - Rebecca Randad, Agile Summit

“Hi there Lynne, This is Belinda and I wanted to thank you personally for the amazing job, professionalism and the great fun that you brought to it. You really were amazing!” - Belinda Juric - DCJ Engagement Strategy

“- AMAZING!! a great way to start the day, set the context and bring some practical solutions to overwhelm into our lives.
- Really excellent - fitted the mood perfectly.
- Great, very clear & perfect topic for the conference & time in our lives. The slide colours were hard to discern against the light in the room (a technical problem out of your control Lynne!)
- Lynne's talks are always great. Really good way to start the day especially when she related the talk to being at the conference and how we could get the most out of the day.
- Very good. Inspiring.
- AWESOME.
- Entertaining speaker and good, easy to understand take-aways. Glad I took a photo of them.
- It's impossible not to like Lynne. She is a great speaker, with a great message - and we have so much burden and overload in our lives - so it was a great keynote to start the day with.
- Very suitable given we're coming out of a prolonged lockdown! Interesting and engaging.
- Outstanding. Well presented and well researched.
- Very good introduction, interesting speaker, practical tips that I took from the speech.” - LAST Conf 2021

“I wanted to send you a huge thank you for last night. We've had lots of fantastic feedback from our volunteer community about how engaging and thought-provoking your session was. What I love hearing is that from your presentation, people are questioning what they do and how they do it.” - Michele Scherr, ACMP-ECA Connect Meeting

“Thank you Lynne, your presentation has been incredibly eye opening and I hope I can make change as a female in younger generations entering Tafe sector. Thank you again, you are evolutionary and innovation.” - Jessica Scholes, TAFE Teacher's Assoiation

“Great presentation at VTA today. Feeling very pumped, you speak my language. Such a refreshing presentation.” - Kelly Quirk, TAFE's Teacher Association

“Good range of visual tools and interaction with the group. Comfortable working environment” - Alastair Mckenzie

“I like the variety of presentation styles and model; and overall enthusiasm. The techniques and tools will be easily applied to my work and will improve my facilitation skills.” - Lisa Stuffor

“I learnt techniques to improve my facilitation skills. I liked the interactive aspects of the course.” - Kate Oregan

“I liked that any topic, question, query, concern was on the table and we could spend time talking about it. We didn't 'park' it because it wasn't part of the training.” - Peter Kyrkyli

“Really enjoyed the whole day. Never lost interest. Great energy and all topics covered valuable in work and personal situations. Thanks!” - Loren Lawford

“I liked learning lots of techniques and tactics. I enjoyed the friendly, relaxed (yet structured) environment. Particularly permission to "go slow". The value will impact all my interpersonal activities - work, home & social.” - Anthea

“This was one of the most valuable courses I have attended. Full of great tools, advice, ideas and thoughtful information. Facilitation skills delivered as learning experience in a new way - facilitation + experiential.” - Jessica Manton

“Thanks for the last 2 days! You've given me the info I need to help with my skills. A lot to digest and think about that will give me a great toolkit. I really enjoyed the days and already have ideas for future workshops I have coming up.” - Keith Gordijn

“Don't be afraid of stepping/running into the chaos with a clarifying question to diffuse the situation.” - Renee Cumming

“Lynne I really enjoyed the 'process' and structure of 2 days. Having the nine modules was like having a roadmap and helped it all come together for me. Loved the 'push the work into the room'. Loved the analogies & metaphors used, as well as the real life facilitation stories. I'm feeling a renewed sense of confidence and drive in taking forward my thought leadership and facilitation.” - Lorissa Garcia

“I just wanted to say how great your talk was yesterday. I really enjoyed the simplicity of drawings and text to create a better understanding of information. It just makes sense. Thank you for your time yesterday and I'll be signing up to the website for some symbol ideas!” - Nikoleta Vucetic from Myer

“Thank you for your amazing session yesterday! I am a huge believer in visual thinking and think you have hit the nail on the head!” - Katie Rae from Myer

“Thanks so much for a wonderful workshop yesterday! It was certainly far and away the best creative workshop I have ever been to. It gave me some concrete skills to use and a new perspective on how to facilitate a ‘live’ workshop with interesting and fun visual support. I look forward to using some of these skills today – especially with the new icon set you promised!” - Jennifer James from FMG New Zealand

“It was great to attend your session yesterday and it has given me more confidence in running workshops or meetings in a more effective way.” - Vibha Rao

“Thanks again for a great workshop, it was very inspiring and practical.” - Hazel Bidmead from MAS New Zealand

“Wow I am so stoked right now. Just came back from my organisation’s BIG monthly management team meeting…I was sandwiched between the CEO and the HR manager, with my wee notebook from the workshop and a pencil. Have to say my hands were shaking a bit, but I managed to capture all my notes in the “new” way. Then in an “icing on the cake” moment, on my way out I got stopped by a colleague who wasn’t able to make the meeting and he asked me to fill him in…well I used my notepad as the visual clue to talk through and didn’t miss any important stuff. In just a few minutes I was able to communicate to him everything he needed to know, rather than shuffling through a long list of bullet points from an hour long meeting. Great stuff! Thank you Lynne.” - Arlene Akhlaq

“It was a privilege to have you run the workshop for us yesterday. Thank you so much for providing us with so much inspiration both at BADD and the workshop…. So wonderful to have worked with you on your “Think Visual” workshop yesterday – I really enjoyed being challenged to think differently. In saying that, I will admit I reverted to type today, but I did doodle some boxes to represent ideas, and didn't use bullet points…” - Desiree Purvis from IIBA NZ Chapter

“Thanks so much for the course on Tuesday. I thought it was awesome on Tuesday afternoon, but it wasn't until I used it today to take meeting notes, that it completely blew me away. I HATE taking notes in meetings, it's a real mental block for me. I used your method to graphically record and it was actually fun! Others in the room saw my notes and asked for a copy for their own notes....I was so inspired that I went out and got some chiselled markers and an unlined book to replace my lined notebook.....I never want a lined notebook again :)

I am planning on using a metaphor to build our project roadmap in the next couple of days....which is going to be way cooler than the traditional roadmaps and heaps more relatable to our business areas......so exciting!

Thanks again, definitely recommending to others :)” - Kim Quirke

“I participated in your 'Visual Facilitation' workshop held in Melbourne yesterday and it was the BEST workshop I have ever attended!
Not only are you full of energy, positivity and fun, you obviously know, live and breathe your work and your vibe for visual mojo is certainly contagious!
Your workshop was so well set out, energizing, fun, interesting and certainly a great learning for me as I move into a new stage of my own career.

I will be following your work and hope to attend another of your workshops in the near future or sign you up as a mentor!” - Sue Pillans

“Thank you again for yesterday. I found the course well-constructed and delivered (kudos to you!).” - Brandon Miller from Wiley

“Firstly a massive thank you for yesterday it was exactly what I was hoping it would be. I got so much from the day and it wasn't intimidating (which I thought there was the chance it could be) at all.” - Vanessa Phillips

“Thank YOU for facilitating what was probably the most interactive, interesting and inspiring session I’ve attended to date! I can’t wait to share what I’ve learnt with my colleagues, and get started with delivering more interesting sessions in the future.” - Cailie Ford from AMP

“I really enjoyed the course. It was great to get out of the right hand side of my brain and explore the other ways to visualise things. I’d say I’m very good at the data visualisation and storytelling, however attending the course made me realise I have room to improve in the “real-time” storytelling (e.g. when in a room in front of a whiteboard, rather than with days to pull my thoughts together). - Andrew Gentle , NZTE

“Excellent energy from Lynne; Very encouraging, told us we will be able to walk away being able to do it and she was right; Good length; Allows you to lead with impact; very good sessions on the speed sketching and TED talks; loved seeing how the info could be distilled simply; great tips; thumbs up!”

“Love the templates and speed sketching; I was able to sketch which surprised me pleasantly; Lynne gave a lot of info and ideas which has unblocked some things for me.” - Suhasini Vempati

“Lynne was funny and kept me engaged. I now have the confidence to do visual templates.” - Caroline Tuyau

“Lynne is absolutely sensational at facilitation and keeping us engaged. Loved the drawing, sketching, and visual tips for all things. I would love to find out about mentorship and facilitation to look into Thought Leadership.” - Jacqui Le Vieux

“Lynne is super engaging and fosters a comfortable learning environment free from pressure and nerves. Ramping!!” - Mark Garcia, CBA

“Funny, subtle humour, obvious knowledge of corp life & working ways. Very practical, good breaks. Loved the take home goodies. Best workshop I've been too.” - Catherine Matthews

“I thoroughly enjoyed the day and I hope to continue developing my skills in this area as I feel it is so valuable in my work and also to the career path I am wanting to progress. I am inspired by your skills and business and I look forward to running into you again somewhere down the track.” - Miranda Reis, City of Ispwich

“Thank you Lynne for a brilliant workshop. I am leaving with a new found confidence and I am so excited to try out my new skills. You're a star!” - Laura Howell, TAC

“Anybody struggling to unpack complex concepts and design clear visual maps for your audience simply must do this amazing workshop with Lynne Cazaly! She promised us we could draw and she was right!! I can't tell you what an asset these new skills will be to my work Lynne. Thank you for your brilliance and generosity of spirit today. You are a treasure!” - Tanya Heaney-Voogt

“I wanted to say how much I enjoyed your workshop on Tuesday. It was like watching a truly awesome movie that I wanted to watch again as soon as it finished!

Your lovely warm and vibrant approach had me intrigued from the start. You are a very smart and articulate person. And I absolutely LOVED that you were comfortable with your language. It put me at ease straight away, getting sh*t done is probably the smartest thing I’ve heard in a long time!
Thank you again, I am feeling so inspired and energised – hoorah!!” - Elisa Burgess, Melbourne Health

“I have seen Lynne speak about visual sense making at the Future of Leadership and she was extremely engaging. This workshop would be great for any leaders wanting to be more agile in how they engage their teams.” - Naomi Kemp

“I attended your Monday one day facilitation training which was really excellent. Your training was not what I was expecting at all and found it quite practical, down to earth, witty and fun. I felt quite engaged learning all these ways of communicating and engaging with people that made a lot of sense. It felt like facilitating is something anyone could do well with the right techniques and practice.” – Timothy Ting

“I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for the great session on Friday. You inspired me so much, that I went home and re-thought how we would approach the extended leadership team offsite yesterday, and I ended up doing it without slides. Not only that, we got fantastic feedback from the participants about the increased impact that this had, and how engaging the session was. So thanks again!” - Adele Keating

“Lynne Cazaly is one of the best facilitators I've ever had the pleasure to learn from. She creates light fizzy magic, puts you right at ease and take heaps of really practical knowledge, insights and tools away with you. Make most of her being in NZ” - Maya Nova

“I like your style (open, humor, honest, structured). I value your overview about where you put your focus in facilitation. For me personally more interaction or practice in the room will help me to better understand the information/knowledge you gave us. Looking forward to your next workshop in Perth.” - Margarita Betancor

“I really enjoyed the 2 workshops you did last week. We even have applied some ideas from your facilitation workshop to our meetings since yesterday! The 2 ideas we have applied are: clarifying the purpose of the meeting and the expectation we had for the other party before the meeting started; being clear ourselves on which level we engaged the other party during the meeting. I hope you can come back again for next year's conference with more workshops.” - Solihin Jinata (Agile Singapore)

“Absolutely rocked it! Love your energy and absolutely love your accents. Simple, fun and really effective. A great job!” - Blythe Rowe

“Love Lynne's energy and a variety of approaches used to keep the audience engaged. Fun! Thanks Lynne.” - Anna Olyanskaya

“Awesome energy. Love the picture journey. Your eyes come to life and are engaging. They hold the space.”

“Animated, informative, able to take many keypoints for work. Enjoyable.”

“Really enjoyed the well thought out structure of your presentation. The logical process mixed in with the lovely cartography and drawings. LOL.”

“Stellar presso Lynne! Loved it!”

“Lively energetic presentation. Memorable for your creativity and use of different mediums. Stories, character voices, drawing and humor. Very talented.” - Sharon Leadbetter

“Excellent energetic start to Thought Leaders Showcase. Lynne is engaging, real and humorous. Quality thinking supported by terrific visuals.” Amanda Webb from One Degree HR

“Loved this Lynne! Great storytelling and use of visuals. Your use of voice and role playing was so engaging. Great message deserves a thorough clear structure.” - Peita Laufer from Mercer

“Skillful storyteller in all dimensions. Delivers impact with strong visual retention in all aspects of her message.” - Richard Hodge

“Brilliant! Loved the various characters who each added to your presentation. It sets a high standard for those following.” - Corrinne Armour

“Great energy to kick start. Well done! I loved Joe! Delivery of comedy excellent! You applied everything and it was wonderful to enjoy. Very relaxed, personable and engaging Lynne! Congratulations.” – Robi Mack

“You sold your work so well Lynne! Great stuff. Put me on your newsletter list mate. P.S You're bloody funny too!” – Darren Hill

“Thank you for a great talk this afternoon, I walked away inspired! Additionally I, just now, realised that how you delivered content was amazing. It's been half a day and I still remember most of the things you said. You'll have to believe me when I say that this is close to impossible, as my memory is incredibly volatile :) IT WORKS! Wondering if I could get my hands on the mini-book that you mentioned. Itching to try ideas you shared at work.” - Maria Shvedova

“Hi Lynne, thank you so much for the session the other day. The timeliness was unbelievable... you helped me make sense of what i do, make sense for others. On top of that you also made me realise i could do it much better.” – Andy Moule