Testimonials
"Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, a unit of the Nation Park Service, engaged Kandiss’ services to facilitate a multi-day meeting of the park’s management team. It was a new experience for many of the team. Many were new to the park and some were a bit reserved about the idea of having a facilitator involved in internal and sometimes personal and/or sensitive discussions. The personal warmth, sincerity and professionalism shown by Kandiss in carrying out the 3 day session resulted in total acceptance of the process by the participants, and the achievement of all the goals we set out to accomplish."
"Kandiss’ commitment to the process including her extensive efforts to get together before the session to develop meaningful goals and objectives, and her outstanding follow up efforts in the documentation of results, produced a product that was extremely valuable to the park as a planning tool for a number of years, and set the pattern for annual management team retreats which have been maintained since that time. I would highly recommend Kandiss as a facilitator for any kind of process I can imagine that might benefit from such assistance."
Steve W. Chaney
Superintendent, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
National Park Service, Department of the Interior
"I've had the pleasure of working with Kandiss over the past 7 years in several different capacities. No matter the exact topic or scope of work, Kandiss is consistently professional, up beat, responsive to our work needs, and fun to work with.
"Most recently, Kandiss worked closely with our research team on developing a facilitator's guide for a strategic planning process aimed at improving school environments and policies around issues of physical activity and nutrition. The final product was user-friendly and very professional. Kandiss would definitely be my first choice if a project like that one presented itself again.
"Since then, we hired Kandiss to do a team building retreat with our staff of approximately 20. We had a fun day learning about each other with True Colors. Since that training, I have been applying things I learned about my co-workers. For example, now that I know our administrative coordinator is mostly "orange", I try to find new and different opportunities for her so that she feels energized. A few weeks ago I invited her to join me for a meeting outside of our office. She was thrilled to get away from her desk and do something new. I think the True Colors session is a helpful tool for getting to know co-workers and to better appreciate their styles and needs. Kandiss helped us have a fun and productive day."
Elaine S. Belansky, PhD
Director of Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center
University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center