Testimonials

Subject: Heart and Stroke CEO Reception

“Thank you very much for attending our recent Heart and Stroke Corporate CEO Reception held at the Royal Bank of Canada corporate offices. It meant a great deal to me and our guests to hear about your incredible experience – you shared your story with sincerity, feeling and a little humour – all of which is most compelling in its delivery.”

Rocco Rossi
Former Chief Executive Officer
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Subject: Phoenix Systems 30th Annual Customer Appreciation Day

“Each year we take great pride in selecting a keynote speaker that is relevant to the types of businesses we partner with.  Your story inspired our partners, and to this day, we have had many customers express their appreciation for sharing your touching journey with heart disease.  But most important, we were all inspired to reflect a positive attitude in our lives, both business and professional.”

Sandy Stone
General Manager – Phoenix Systems

Subject: Uxbridge Public School – Hoops for Heart Campaign

“The stories you shared about your three daughters were extremely powerful as the students could relate and reflect on how they would feel if they were in that situation.   I know they also very much appreciated the time you took to answer their questions and share your knowledge on living a healthy lifestyle and listening to one’s body.”

Christina Gibb
Teacher – Hoops for Heart Coordinator
Uxbridge Public School

Subject: LEAP Toastmaster Youth Leadership Program

“The speech Brian delivered to our youth leadership group was very informative and motivational.  From his speech, the youths learned all about heart disease, the warning signals and how they could help to prevent this from occurring in their lives.  I am looking forward to hearing Brian speak again.”

Anthony Ko
YMCA
LEAP Coordinator

Subject: Bob Rumball Association for the Deaf Leadership Summit

“I want to thank you for speaking to our leadership team.  I think the “glass half full” message really resonated with our team as you will see from their completed surveys.  I am hoping as a team we can really hold onto your positive messaging.  I think it’s great when someone like you can take their own not so fortunate circumstances and turn it into something others can truly benefit from.”

Karen Chambers
Executive Director

Subject: Heart and Stroke Foundation Fiscal 2011 Conference

“The stories and experiences you shared during your keynote address were simply inspiring.  Your moving account of how you were empowered after your surgery to communicate the importance of living a healthy lifestyle to your family, friends and colleagues and how they too can make a difference in their communities was powerful.”

David Sculthorpe – CEO
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Subject: Rotary Club of Newmarket

“It gives me great pleasure to thank you for your very informative and inspiring speech on “Surviving Heart Disease”. Our members I’m sure will benefit from the realizations and lessons learned from your experiences from your triple by pass surgery. Nothing can be more persuasive than hearing from one who has survived the ordeal.”

Darryl Wolk
President
Rotary Club of Newmarket

Subject: 12th Annual Vic Oliver Tournament

“Your message of inspiration, awareness and journey through recovery resonated well with our audience. I personally received compliments from my partners, clients and executives on just how impactful your address was, and how it helped make this year’s event special from our past tournaments, and importantly, a truly memorable experience for all involved.”

Todd Irie
Director of Marketing
NexInnovations Inc.

Subject: Heart & Stroke Ontario Program Coordinator and National Area Manager Kick Off

“Your story was so beautifully delivered as always, and it fires and inspires us at every turn to push ourselves beyond our goals in our fight to prevent and reduce heart disease and stroke.  Brian, thank you for the many speaking engagements to which you’ve told the personal account of your struggles and wins in overcoming your brush with heart disease.  You have given us a most superb gift of time, energy and most of all, passion for our cause that goes beyond words.”

Joanne Cullen
Manager, Parent Brand Marketing
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Subject: Princess Margaret Weekend to End Breast Cancer 60K Walk

“I would like to take a moment to comment on the exceptional keynote address you delivered as the guest speaker at our closing ceremonies. Your talk on how you leveraged training for this 60km walk as a part of your recovery from open heart surgery was both touching and inspiring.  I would suggest that any organization that is fortunate enough to have you as a keynote speaker will not be disappointed.”

Paul Alofs
President and CEO
The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation

Subject: Heart and Stroke Foundation Program Coordinator Training

“I wanted to thank you for presenting such a moving and motivational speech during our Program Coordinator training last week.  You are truly an inspiration and many of the attendee’s commented on how impactful your presentation was.”

Cindy Katz – Program Training Specialist
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Subject: Heart and Stroke Foundation 7 Summits Charity Climb

“Thank you again for your various contributions to the success of this year’s event, especially your inspiring speech to open the event.  It’s fair to say your words fired up our participants for their 7,700 steps.  And as I mentioned on the day of the event you struck such a great balance between delivering a serious message and injecting some humour into the proceedings.”

Andrew Steele
Program Coordinator
Heart and Stroke Foundation

Subject: Heart and Stroke Foundation 2010 Community Leadership Forum

“Although you have spoken at Heart and Stroke Foundation events many times over the past several years, your personal story and pathway to being such an empowered leader continues to be an inspiration to other volunteers, staff, and donors.  Feedback from attendee’s at this year’s Community Leadership Forum has been very positive indeed!  You are a speaker extraordinaire.”

Dianne DiMichelle
Community Volunteer Development Manager
Heart and Stroke Foundation