Some comments about specialized programs I have presented:
"Thank you for your participating in Celebrating CNAs! The 6th Annual Conference for Direct Care Workers. The ratings for your workshop were excellent, 97 percent gave you an overall rating of excellent. The conference is particularly rewarding for everyone involved, thanks to you.
"We appreciate your sharing your expertise and caring spiriting...Thank you for joining us and keep up the great work!"
Maggie Mental Schaver and Leslie Randolph,
Education and Outreach Programs
School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University
Springfield, IL
"Bethany taught us how to really relieve our stress."
"She really empowers people and validates them. She lives in reality! Good motivator!"
"Bethany is an outstanding speaker!"
"I would listen to her again."
"Bethany is brilliant. I learned a lot."
----Comments from individuals who attended Bethany's workshop, "Living a Balanced Life"
From Atlanta, Georgia, the Mariner Health Care Annual CNA Professional Council Meetings
"Bethany, I cannot thank you enough for supporting and contributing to Mariner Health Care's CNA Professional Council. As always, you have uplifted their hearts and nurtured their souls. You are a wonderful person for sharing yourself with others. Thank you again,"
----Jennifer Scully, RN, CCM, CLNC, senior vice president, clinical services, Mariner Health Care
On a five hour workshop for the Ancora Speaker Series, in Naples, Florida:
"Bethany exuded an air of peace and contentment and made me feel the need and desire to find the same for myself both personally and in business." ----Patti, a participant
"The Ancora Speaker Series focuses on helping business executives become more effective. While business executives continually learn techniques to help them become more effective in business, they often overlook their personal needs. Bethany's outstanding presentation connected the business (professional) and personal sides. She taught the participants how to lead a more balanced life by first focusing on personal health and wellness and then using this strength to create a healthy workplace. Her caring and kind personality was evident in her presentation style and was greatly appreciated by the participants. Every business executive needs to hear this presentation."
----Barbara Monti, founder and CEO, ANCORA - A Division of Monti and Associates, Inc. Continuous Learning Programs for Business Executives, Naples, Florida
From New Jersey
"Dear Bethany: It is a real pleasure to write this letter of thanks to you for your OUTSTANDING session at our May 15, 2002 Salute to CNAs. We received a multitude of exuberant comments about the program.We continue toreceive great feedback on the program. Several administrators contacted usto let us know how much their CNAs enjoyed the program. One administrator got hugs all around for sending his staff!"From the evaluation forms (where Bethany was ranked as presenting a positivelearning experience by 192 of 193 participants!):"I have learned what I do is a very important part of the nursing staff. Before I came today, I felt unimportant because I was 'only a CNA.' Now I realize how important my job is! Thank you!"
"We need a tape of this so that we CNAs can enjoy it at home and at the workplace."
"I learned I am a peacemaker. I would encourage Bethany Knight to speak next year."
"This made me know and feel how important I am as a CNA. I will continue to be a loving, caring person."
----Judy Collett-Miller, Vice President New Jersey Association of Non-Profit Homes for the Aging
"Thank you so much for giving the keynote address at The Seventh Annual "Celebrate the CNA" Conference. Your presence and words helped to make the day a great success. It was a joy to read the evaluations at the end of the conference. They were all very positive and had such comments written as: "I had never thought of my job as a profession before. Now I will look at myself and my job differently." and "I feel so proud to be doing the work I am doing." I know these comments were written from hearing your uplifting thoughts and words. Thank you.Also, thank you for traveling such a distance to get here. I realize that after all the events in the world, leaving home and flying is not always pleasant.I wish you the best in and hope we will be able to work together again."
----Susan Foster, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush University, Chicago, IL
"She was incredible! A rare talent, you have to have her back again. Great! Great speaker, very relaxed, good people skills, great sense of humor. She kept my attention all day.""The speaker was very inspirational. Great ideas and motivation. Great workable ideas and lots of insight and awareness. She had a powerful message. Very inspiring. Great perspective. Great stories. Wonderful! Fantastic!"
----Ohio Provider Resource Association (mental health workers) Annual Meeting
"Thank you so much for a wonderful program! Everyone is raving about your work, and we're all inspired to do great things for ourselves and our global community. I feel fortunate to have met you and look forward to keeping in touch! Thanks again."
----PATCH, a community action agency, Hardwick, Vermont
"Reading both your books and they are certainly wonderful. Have quoted you multiple times and just read a passage to some of our supervisors. They were impressed.I'm sure you are kept busy as we have all been---your work has made our work more joyous. You did make a great impression on our staff, and we look at our work in a different aspect. God bless you and your work!!"
----Janice Latz, DON, St. Patrick's Residence, Naperville, IL
"Bethany Knight possesses a true gift and ability to reach and touch people. Her deep-seated insight into other's needs is shared with gentle and provocative reminders for each to be aware of self--and the absolute necessity of peace in mind, body and soul. Our staff will not forget Bethany and her message."
----Helen Cordelli, L.N.H.A., Administrator, Lackawanna Health Care Center, Olyphant, PA
"I have never heard anyone like Bethany, she is the best speaker I've ever heard. She put a part of me back in that was missing.”
----Toji Moore, CNA, Wichita, Kansas
California nursing assistants say:
"Bethany was inspiring! I think an all-staff speech/meeting would do wonders at our facility with Bethany."
