Testimonials

Very good overall

Useful information on project management

Some great examples which helped make it real. Practical ideas to make project management quicker and more effective.

Really engaging. Great practical exercises to cement in learning.

Great speaker, engaging and changed way of thinking about managing/delivering projects.

Interesting, engaging and most helpful

Provided tips, tricks and application for day to day scenarios.

Covered project management and staff management which was good.

Far exceeded expectations - especially high fun factor! Provided valuable tools to use for project (and life) management - particularly DOSAC, Right Track, Guiding Principles. Also grateful for access/insight into templates.

Very fun and well run course

Well-presented and engaging. Good range of content.

A good balance between theory and practical.

I would have liked more procurement policy examples for local government, and discussion around what works well.

Very engaging, great presenter. Great using real life projects. Great to network with others in organisation.

10 out of 5 - would recommend.

Great workshop - good prep by the facilitators

Good workshop, as someone new to project Management I feel like I have learnt a lot and have things to take away and use in my job.

Really fun workshop. Cool memes and pics.

It makes me really keen to move into this as a job.

Effective tools I can realistically use day to day. Was super helpful using real council projects to practice planning with.

Loved the pace and activities in the workshop.

Energising

I found it really, really useful. As someone managing a project with no given training it's really made me think about ways to improve upon it but also to take into future projects (big or small).

Great, really enjoyable and learnt some valuable approaches to negotiations.

Interesting, made me think.

Simple and practical applications.

Pretty good - nice job Frank! Love the balance of having fun and enhancing reputation.

Fun and interactive without being too far out of comfort zone

Really enjoyed the time spent with engaging, experienced and well-organised trainer. And that it was a cross-organisation group.

Excellent. Good relevant real-life stories/scenarios.

Exceeded my expectations; thought it could be above my head, but was practical and "fun".

Excellent presentation.

Learnt a lot of tools to help with planning and problem solving.

Good articulate speaker with a sense of humour and good knowledge

Enjoyed working with others from organisation, learning about their work and challenges. And the changing teams.

Another fantastic learning opportunity. I really enjoy Frank's ability to get concepts and methods across and into my head.

Very informative 2 day workshop; lots of tools to call upon.

Great use of post-it notes/spreadsheet paper. Never seen so much - very clear though. Better than Powerpoint.

Fab workshop as always. Very relateable delivery and so good to have at our place!

Very impressed with the quality and course delivery.

This course was relevant, practical and Frank kept us engaged. It was really good, highly recommend to others. Extremely useful for project management.

I found the course great. I learnt a lot and found it quite interesting about the psychology of getting staff to buy into a project.

Thoroughly enjoyed it - meeting #1 objective. New perspective on project management - more detailed and very helpful. Adding what I've learnt with the cultural aspect from Maori/Pasifika (Pacific) perspective.

Really value Frank's delivery style and real life examples. The acronyms and kiwaha were added gems alongside Debbie and the chocolate!

Well-planned workshop - interesting mix of flipchart/stickies use; presentation and audience involvement.

Frank delivered a great course. Upbeat, held our attention. Great PM concepts. Provides lots of great tips and experience to real life.

Great workshop. Wasn't death by powerpoint and kept me engaged.

Really useful for useful for me

Really enjoyed the workshop. Frank is a great presenter, lots of laughs.

Great learnings. Good pace. Practical with good insights into people.

Great job Frank! Flip charts rule

So many practical tips! This workshop was energising, motivating and confidence-building.

Great workshop, I got lots of tools from it.

5 star if more time; not reflective on content.

Practical content; well explained; engaging presenter.

Frank was a great presenter - kept things interesting and moving forward.

Good tactile stuff, eyes up look at the wall

Well-refined and targetted workshop.

Very fun and informative with lots of practical applications.

Frank facilitated the course well. He was engaging and delivered pragmatic solutions to project management.

Brilliant!

Good, felt like a bit too much information for us to take in and remember

Spending these 2 days with you was like chilling with my daddy - loved the practical tools, natural storytelling and authenticity you bring. You are so generous with your matauranga.

Just the right content and pitched just right.

Excellent delivery. Excellent tools that can be used at home and work.

Very thorough and well organised, engaging

Simple, fast, engaging, real scenarios, practical - loved the exercises.

Great style, easy jargon - rather than the formal approach. More of experienced "real life" situations rather than all textbook.

Good material, well-presented.

Frank kept my interest both days.

Brilliant! Fun, one of the best workshops I've been to!

Really enjoyed this course. Clear, engaging, FUN. It was a great way to learn about project management in a way where it kept me engaged the whole time. Sad that it had to come to an end - for now, but I have new skillsets to add to my mahi and personal skills.

Provides a solid understanding of psychology from a "buyer" perspective and useful tools to evaluate and respond to info/proposal requests.

Really good

Very good structure to workshop with excellent repetition at key concepts to embed learning. I also appreciated the use of real world and personal examples to reinforce the theory

Looking forward to the next workshop or project to build on this new knowledge. Thanks.

Papaki kau ana nga mihi kia korua. Thank you. E kore nga kupu! Just wow!!

Wondered about "compliment' of ideas with my industry (social services) - was pleased to find ideas I can use that are relevant.

Excellent workshop that is applicable to so many areas.

Good mix of presenter working and participants working

Heaps of really user-friendly strategies that can be applied across a wide range of formal and informal "projects" (big and small/work/family/other).

It was good, especially using real projects as examples, so we had an understanding of the background

As a young wahine maori, I find it hard to stay engaged, but I absolutely LOVED this kaupapa. Matua Frank and whaea Debs are AMAZING!

More disciplined approach than before. Fun and insightful, useful. Engaging in the way the course was presented.

As my role grows this information will become more useful. Thanks for sharing your expertise Frank.

Engaging and practical. Was useful using real examples

Lots learnt; had fun.

Instructor was very knowledgeable and kept the course moving and interesting

I will definitely start looking and using each tool that was introduced during the course.

Very practical. Great examples, relevant to the topics.

Some useful tools, may come together more when put into practice

Good content; good approach; great stories and analogies.

Met all my objectives (especially having fun) and learning with colleagues

Really very good. Saw Frank in Christchurch and this really built on that with a particular focus in mind.

Great course - confirmed a lot, gained a lot of added knwledge/value

Great presentation; lessons learned; very relatable for work and home; refreshing!

Great content and tools. Fantastic facilitation (very engaging).

Great presentation. Nice informal format for a very formal subject. Engaging.

Excellent course. Really helps to refresh mind etc. Learnt some new tools and will apply.

Good course content - covered a lot

High energy; very tactile; great stories.

Really useful and practical - didn't over complicate

Currently not using in my role, but some useful things and methodology to be helpful to team.

Reluctant participant expecting another woke council training delivered by a raging alternate-gender leftie. Discovered a refreshing, fun, informative and valuable course providing a powerful, efficient and pragmatic approach.

Excellent content and presentation. I have learnt a great deal, cemented some of my "old" knowledge and feel more confident in the procurement aspects of my new role. I look forward to receiving the excel spreadsheet "tools" demonstrated in the workshop.

Great explanations and examples. Humour is good!

Well balance course, practical and I can start implementing someo f the tools right away

Really fun and engaging two days. Practical tips for solving problems.

Great workshop. Bit of brain overload but once reviewed should sink in.

Useful tools gained to support existing understanding of tenders to help develop better responses.

Good practical stuff.

Thanks so much - I feel like I have a place to start to plan and this event isn't such a scary monster after all.

Brilliant! Real! Genuine!

Excellent flows well

A lot of good tips.

I have really enjoyed this course and got a lot out of it, good practical information. The reading list sounds really interesting.

Great workshop; excellent facilitator.

This has been extremely entertaining. Starting from scratch , has been a lot to absorb but very good

Course was very engaging and interesting. A lot was learnt and tips for future use

The course was very useful, well-run, with lots of tools to use.

Great, practical information with a sense of humour.

Fantastic practical tools - will be great for leading processes in my own workplace. Great to be able to download tools. My role is more theory based so I might still need more assistance in development of our policies

Presentation was great. Content was good. Found some of the instruction a bit vauge but was covered off in the activities

Very well put together

Usable, accesible, tabgible

Overall a fantastic workshop.

Practicel presentation which was very well presented.

Really enjoyed it! Learnt heaps - invaluable. Would 100% recommend

Thank you Frank. I thought you did an excellent job of facilitating, making it look a lot easier than it is. I really enjoyed the 2 days.

Very worthwhile. Learnt a lot of skills that I will be able to apply to my day to day job and also upcoming projects

Very useful, aided my refresh working in this space. Big learning: "Plan - the ROI will pay"

Frank Aldridge is a great presenter and has very good teaching techniques.

Clear, concise, and practical. Found the session easy to follow - great emphasis on the tools which will be extremely useful in the future. Good use of practical examples.

Very good

Very engaging! Lots of great lessons I can and will use on a daily basis.

Engaging and very detailed. Meaty.

Easy to understand and to the point within the given timeframe.

It reiterated my existing knowledge and skill base

Very relevant and well-presented.

Reinforced the need of early planning and the importance of documentation, keeping things on track and nipping problems in the bud early before they fester

Brilliant. Really enjoyed.

Found it super helpful. Case studies were great.

Found a lot of it useful but still have a few "yes but" chickens!

I still need to understand how to write an appropriate policy and strategy - next time maybe. But the whole process of delivering a project using that process will help me understand what I need to do and what others need to do. I might be the "teacher"

Good at getting people involved and staying engaged. Nice to work with people from different parts of the council. Handy booklet to take away/ resources on website

Went very quickly because material was relevant and I was engaged throughout

Great content and delivery

Really enjoyed it. Very engaging and thought-provoking.

Very good course for the amount of time available.

Great to see a contract come to fruition from start to finish

Love it - practical and easily implemented systems. I need more. Well-targeted to local government.

Great format, good to have mix of listeting and participating in groups

Feeling really positive after attending. Frank is a great facilitator.

Loved it. Learnt heaps, laughed lots. Loved the interaction and presenation. Low-tech rocks!

Great course! Enjoyed by all and learnt additional tools to utilise for Project Management

Good workshop

Gained really great knowledge - easy to follow

Great workshop with a broad content range covered. Very valuable knowledge and experience shared from everyone in the group.

I am very new to the "bids" proces. Still found this very useful to apply to a lot of areas (including project management).

Very well presented and flexible enough to cater to participant's needs

Very easy to understand concepts and ideas. Useful in a range of situations personally and professionally.

This has enlightened me as to what I can contribute to Project Management. My expectations have been exceeded

Great tools for project management and great engaging presentation.

Very good course, well presented and full of useful tools

Practical training that can immediately be used in my current project.

Awesome! Thank you

Gave me ideas to organise my work and maybe less stress.

Well done!

Fast-paced, interactive

Really good, simple ideas that can be easily used

Frank delivered a well-prepared and interesting course. It was fun.

Really enjoyed course - confirmed some things for me and gave me useful tools to apply the thinking in my day to day job.

Gave me a good understanding of how to approach and conduct project management in a practical way.

Well thought out content to the core and good use of examples that relate to real life situations. Walking the talk

Great templates and reminders

Really helpful, learned a lot

I have learnt heaps of tools to assist me with my projects going forward. Very happy and excited to tackle more projects now.

Excellent cousre full of insight and real tools to use back at the office.

It was a great course and I got exactly what I wanted from it - to learn basic tools to start in project management.

Well done and upbeat

I had a lot of fun. Great resources. Really enjoyed the interactive elements. These are great tools. Awesome presenter and really well organised.

Interesting, enjoyable and fun. Although I feel we already follow many of the recommendations - info mapping, always yes?but.

Enjoyed approach of Frank as presenter/facilitator

Excellent - will be highly recommending to others.

Fantastic tools for personal and project management use. Just what we were looking for. Thanks for covering our project.

Enjoyed the facilitator's methods of teaching; shared tips and tricks which will be very useful and so practical!

Really good, with practical tools I will use for my projects. Frank and Bridget are great facilitators

I now have some tools to use for my small projects and have a better understanding of the bigger projects they're part of.

Very valuable workshop where I learnt to keep things simple, especially when respondig to RFPs. Lots of common sense. DOSAC - going to develop and follow a process. Teamwork! Implement asap.

Excellent delivery!

Frank is a great facilitator and teacher. Thanks.

Loved the workshop. Day 1 I found I was a bit confused - could have just been me, but Day 2 I was on ??. Loved it - thank you.

More GETS focus than I anticipated.

Very good

Very clear speaker who understood his material well and inspired us.

Great tools that I have taken away to input into current and future projects.

Excellent

Has been good - simple, practical, active and examples

Always room for improvement.

Short, sharp "taster" course.

Good presentation and speed/energy

Could have been 1.5 days only

Practical advice, good to use real examples and work through them.

Very clear, concise and enjoyable. Great interaction.

Thank you for your assistance using examples.

Very good, more perspective and management tools on project management

Really useful, well delivered in a fun way. Lots of practical tools we can take back to work. Enjoyed working through real life projects.

Great learning.

Very clear and well-run course. Hope to utilise what I have learnt in a professional setting.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how interesting the workshop was - you made quite a dry process extremely intersting

Excellent

Frank created an easy, friendly environment where all suggestions/ideas were considered and everyone was able to participate. All sessions flowed nicely and each built on what we had learned in the previous sessions. Constant recapping meant all that was learnt will stick much easier. Access to spreadsheets/tools is a bonus.

Content was excellent, very relateable. Taking away new approaches to assist me in my role. Hopefully improved efficiencies in future project delivery.

Provided simple tools to develop systems in day to day works

Enjoyed the engaging presentation, valued all the practical tools.

The group discussion on DOSAC was very informative and my initial thoughts had actually changed.

All areas well-covered and understandable.

So many tools! Easy to implement. Provides clarity quickly.

Excellent course learnt a lot; brain is full

Very well facilitated. Was made to feel comfortable.

Loved how practical it was.

I now feel more confident to engage in the process

Great communicator - presenter knew his craft!

Very well-presented, clear, concise; and good tips and experiences.

Excellent course which provided much more than expected. Practical and useful skills I can apply.

Loved the practical tools I can enjoy.

Great energy from the moment I arrived, friendly welcome by both Frank and Deb. Great skills and tools learnt that I can adapt and apply in different areas.

Left with useful tools, didn?t expect to.

Useful insights and tips. Lucky there was a focus on our project as a real world example.

What a fantastic introdution. Practical tools I can use in my current role.

Quality

Very good workshop. Leant a lot about project management techniques.

Got us all interacting well - broke into small groups - created a collegial atmosphere.

Excellent techniques, DOSAC and scrum board

Presentation very good.

Really enjoyed it and now I have new tools to organise and manage different types of situations more efficiently.

Engaging, informative and very practical.

Great! Useful and applies to my role

Loved everything about the course. Have a much better understanding and handle on project management.

I found some difficulty in keeping up with some sessions but overall very good.

Engaging and fun.

Really enjoyed and learnt some useful tools - thank you!

A lot of useful content covered in a short period.

Gave me some good strategies to use.

Very engaging facilitator.

The workshop was well delivered, lots of good examples were used, reinforcement of the concept was well-managed by the trainer.

Frank delivers complex information in a fun and inclusive way that is highlty engaging and thought provoking

Excellent!! Best course ever!!

Really good refresher course.

Great presenter - very valuable course.

Great content, well broken down and easy to interpret/relate to. Flow and structure great with good breaks and discussions.

All good. Thank you

Fun way to learn new stuff and get you thinking about dealing with problems in a different way.

It was fun and fully enjoyable with the large amount of interaction.

The use of charts and sticky notes has shown me that there are better ways to illustrate and think about ideas instead of typing on the computer etc.

Good place but got lost at times

Food was good, ha ha!

I thought it was really good. To me it felt like it's more a course about how to be a good person. Which I think is good because a lot is missing. It added a lot of value to me but I wouldn't see it as a core project management course.

Super fun, especially with all the activities we did. Grouping different workmates with different knowledge.

Great introduction to project management for someone with no prior experience.

Great content, good presentation, clear and concise

Perhaps just a little more group activity would have been good. Excellent content and presentation

Frank was great! Informative and used several real life examples.

Loved it. Fun, engaging and effective.

I really enjoyed all the interaction and how the groups were made up. You worked with most of the group. I will take a lot of the information and will introduce in to my working life.

Teaching through each stage of procurement process is great

It was fun! Lots of good practical advice. Great examples from the real world.

Excellent facilitator and course. Very practical. Fun.

Frank clearly knows and is passionate about the topic matter! This helps bring a great mood to the workshop and makes it easier to learn.

I'm amazed at how much I had forgot from last time - learned some mistakes I am making!

Awesome!

Enjoyable and relevant; broad industry references useful.

This course has really opened my eyes to the advantages of using tools provided by the course to manage projects. The simplicity yet effectiveness of these techniques is very beneficial to projects we work on.

Really engaging and pragmatic.

Enjoyed, thank you. Informative and engaging, easy to listen to.

I have taken a lot from this workshop and think it was presented very well.

Really like all of the tangilbe examples. Clear presentation

Great stuff. Should be given at an "all council staff" level as includes relevant business relationship matters applicable to all areas.

Practical exercises and tools to use - and practical application of principles to real-life situations.

Good to get active participation in doing activites together in small groups.

Good to hear supplier perspective and impact of procurement processes on potential outcomes

Pretty good, kept us moving along, pushed us and was able to respond well to questions.

Learnt heaps, including my main objective (how to manage a team).

Fantastic 2 days spent in Wellington. Frank was awesome!

Good coverage of Project Management principles and nice chocolates!

Fantastic course - really feel I've learnt the basics of project management.

Informative and fun.

Enjoyed it. Good instruction. Real world examples

Excellent; very worthwhile.

Great vibe, great notes and references.

It was fun and well-structured. Went very fast, variety of backgrounds or jobs on course was great mix.

Really enjoying and informative.

Useful, practical - learnt skills I can use in my everyday work.

Very interesting with good tools shared, good anecdotes used to illustrate and good engagement and participation of the group.

Informative with practical examples.

Great workshop, lots of fun and interactivity. Useful takeaways and good amount of time to reflect on learnings

Covered very helpful information in an interesting format. Liked the offer of giving tools to use, e.g. template, Right Track video.

Supplier perspective was really interesting

Very relevant and useful content.

Good flow.

Great workshop. Frank gives a straight up view of project management with some easy to use tools to help you to start somewhere.

Overall enjoyed the two days understanding different tools, methodologies on project management frameworks,. Also enjoyed meeting others in the dept. Great to use real eg's

I picked up some excellent tips I will use with my own team.

Practical, dynamic and immediate relevance. Good pace.

Was a good mix of general theory and advise with practical tools and frameworks I can take away

An overview presented superbly.

Really good practical approaches

I liked the structure of the course. Good to use "live" examples. Good team work for setting workshops. Very enjoyable.
Thanks for helping me understand the stages of Project Management.

Satisfiyed with tools, learning resources and books, appreciation for facilation techiques. Like the style of hard copy books, simple language

Very helpful - a good toolkit.

Good content.

Great presentation, learnt a lot. Hope to be able to use in work over the years ahead.

I achieved my objective of collecting more wisdom and growing the tool kit.

Engaging facilitator, valued content, interachive, all lived experience - great!

Great info.

Engaging, practical and readily transferable to the real world.

Achieved all of my outcomes.

Very engaging, good information and tools to use.

Great materials, organisation and practicing tools. Perhaps too much info at time too

Really good, I liked the tips for organising ideas and working towards solutions.

A little too simplistic for my needs. I would have liked more detail on critical path analysis.

Excellent overall.

Really enjoyed learning a quickfire lesson on the scope of project management and how to run a smoother process.

Loved the workshop itself & content shared. Nothing to do with the workshop itself. Just a ling couple of days, found myself losing focus after 2pm

Was very informative. Got out some good techniques!

Great - Easy to stay engaged

The workshop blew my expectations out of the water!

I really enjoyed the training, it was fun and the day didn't drag at all. I picked up tools that I will use in work and at home.

Great, per usual.

Lots of good learning ideas to take back to work

For the short time this course ran for, it got me thinking about how to work far more effectively.

Incredibly useful cotnent, can be used everyday

Some good tools to use in the work that I am doing.

I have finally done the full Project Management training. Procurement is this another beast?

Was fun and interesting with lots of useful examples.

Very inspiringcontent. Excellent range of activities to demonstrate each concept. Great colour coding to separate thinking. Really loved breaking down siols and working with everyone in the group at same time. Rotating around real-life scenarious

Great tools and stories of experiences. Good group exercise. Would be better in a smaller group to encourage more depth of discussion.

Very well run course with excellent trainer. Content is very relevant and delivered in an engaging and up to date way.

Very engaging and interesting workshop. A lovely and valuable refresger/ revisit of skills oftene forgotten and hurried through. Appreciate the hand s on aproach. Hope to use thse skills moving forward (wish I had this last year at this time)

Good first step and would be good to have a longer workshop.

Frank has a great personality. Expectation of the course was exceeded. Thoroughly enjoyable and useful.

The post-it notes made it fun, but informative, and being visual the ideas became real, and you worked with other councils.

All concepts and ideas described with examples so I could imagine how they could be applied to what I do.

It's probably one of the most useful and practical training I've ever been on and I've done a lot

Great engagement, very wel organised and prepped, Loved life advice adding in value

Positive, practical, engaging, interactive. Can't wait to apply new insights.

Good information; was engaged throughout session; learnt heaps.

Excellent content. Good to mix up discussion, with working in groups, with presentations. Great chocolate!

Covered a lot of content in two days. Great facilitation - the group was very engaged

Really enjoyed the workshop. Frank and Debbie know how to boost your confidence and really make the effort to help you understand

Great interaction with guys.

Valuable skills for both people new to project management and more experienced staff. Something to learn for all.

Good content and interaction and lots of chocolate!

Thanks Frank and Kerry. Super engaging and practical course with heaps of good practical tips to implement.

The workshop was awesome so much shown. My suggestion (and don't have to follow it) is with the different acronyms, principles and paradigms, could we do something activitiy wise so we're able to connect e.g DOSAC activities, Personally as someone whos a hands on learner will connect more.

Short, focused, practical, helpful.

Great presentation.

Really good, learnt heaps.

Great content presented amazingly, Frank and awesome support from Debbie

Overall satisfaction: stress & bullying; playing above the line.

Exceeded my expectations. I am very excited to take these new skills back to work and operate with more confidence and understanding. I want to encourae others to attend the training. I think it would be so valuable for the whole organisation to be on the same page.

Lots of chocolate provided. I have learnt a lot of the process of planning a project. Visuals aids make it easier to see and track where things are at. Interactive groups were nice, small teams make it easer to talk.

Wonderful training (with full of energy) not another dull one?.

There should be more exercises to practice.

Good motivational speaking

Really enjoyed material, gave me a few more tools to implement and get project moving more smoothly.

Really good tools, and I thought the exercises were a good way to practice using them.

Really enjoyed the workshop - it was interactive and fun. Learnt a lot! And look forward to applying all of these skills to my project!

Great, well presented and organised, very engageing and informative

Great processes and systems to use. Bit rushed near the end.

Information and contents were relevant to my role

I need to remember this was an introductory course and doesn't fulfill every project management requirement.

Learnt some awesome tools. Had fun. Challenge will be influencing project managers with these newly learnt skills and knowledge.

Very helpful tools/templates talked through.

Excellent, practical workshop! Great group of people.

Interactive, thorough, practical tools, fun
Lots of stories/real examples shared
beautiful resources shared too

Great use of humour and real life examples/stories

Excellent course - great presenter. Fun course with smart learnings. Great practical outcome using our own project as practice.

Loved the energy, attention to detail, top tips and depth of information

Great workshop, lots of practical examaples of techniques that can be applied beyond a typical project.

Showing experience here guys, well done

I think the workshop fronted a useful overview for those who aren't experience in the procurement process. Would have been useful to have the organisational templates available (RFP)

Course and delivery are really good. NB: Having already been on a course run by Frank my expectations were high - didn't disappoint, hence rating above met my expectations.

Exactly what I have been looking for in a project management course - LG focussed, relatable, ready-to-use tools, real life examples.

Well-run workshop, useful tools and exercises.

I liked the format of the training, kept everyone engaged and on target. Learnt some new tips and will share with colleagues

Fantastic workshop, thank you!

Excellent knowledgeable facilitator, active, interesting, relevant

Great stuff?lots of ideas are already flowing!

Great stuff. Great presenter.

This workshop gave simple solutions to potentially complicated issues/problems. Kept it simple.

Most worthwhile training I've attended, learnt so much

Great enjoyable workshop, enjoyed the practical sessions and lots of tools to use

Great delivery, engaging and informative

The tools/charts are so helpful, simple to use, and I will use them

The topics covered can be related to our current environment. Principles discussed were usable and gave more confidence.

Frank was able to explain the topics very clearly and with fun.

Good learnings about psychology of people.

Interactive, informative

Really interesting presentation, lots of stories and great team all learning together. Glad the projects were relatable

DOSAC, odds of winning tenders

Great informative course

Great momentum, great energy, great style.

I really enjoyed this workshop and found it very valuable. Thanks Frank.

I learnt some valuable tools and nuggets of wisdom to be able to take back and share with my team and others

Very informative and interactive.

Set up was great, speaker Frank presented this well in short period of time we had

Very practical course, with some of the techniques being used in the office already. Spreadsheets will be a great help.

Not only from Frank, I have learnt a lot from the interactions with other attendees - their input/feedback/experience was invaluable.

Delivered practical tools and demonstrated use, good pace, good support during activity that enhanced application

Excellent facilitator and plenty of practical tools to take away

Crash course, great energy

You create a great learning environment, and are encouraging of discussion topics. Incorporating our real projects was a bonus as well.

Very well presented, easy to follow.

Lots of new things to think about and implement in the workplace. Very good on people issues eg. psychology/buying on emotion etc

Very useful informative and enjoyable

Interactive

Great facilitators - made light and fun of what could be a difficult concept to grasp

Great presentation.

Great content, useful tools to put in to practice, Frank is a great presenter

Great Energy, really enjoyed the group exercises, the delivery of the course, the stories, I've had fun!

Pretty good, I didn?t have any major objectives to try to achieve

Being new to my current role, this has been really useful

There were some very valuable and usable tools to take away. Pitched at the right level and very relevant to work I'm doing.

Good workshop to provide easy to use tools to start now. Debunks perceived challenges of project management. We need discipline to apply!

Engaging material and delivery, good opportunities to recap and practise learnings with peers

Great sense of humor. Good knowledge of topic

Useful information and provides a springboard for lateral thinking relevant to a wide variety of businesses

Frank knew subject matter well, tailored on day to suit audience; interactive; inclusive

Great examples of principles.

Engaging, relevant content, enjoyed the presentation

This workshop has been fantastic. I came into this workshop with basically no PM skills and I feel I have left with tools/strategy and a plan to get my project off in the right direction!

Excellent!

Was full on, but worth it.

Great course and instructor - Frank was awesome. Probably one of the most valuable, practical courses I have attended.

Some useful things to consider regarding evaluating your position to go to tender. Could have been more council /council format specific

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent. Enjoyed the content and delivery. Valuable and useable directly in my job.

Workshop was valuable and practical. Clear methodology that can be utilised over a variety of issues. Relevant to councils.

Active delivering

Provides tools and real-life examples. Quite a lot covered in two days.

A lot of info in a short time. Well done!

Really good course involving a lot of information and skills I willuse in and out of work. Frank is a great facilitator.

Best workshop/training that I have attended so far. Group interaction made it fun and not boring.

Good

Very, very useful and made it applicable to council.

Good structures and process shared. Good to be reminded of approach. Good to understand RFP docs are flawed.

Very informative, entertaining "fun"

Loved it!

Personally could have used more time but one of the best I have attended.

Very engaging and lots of practical learning

It was a great two days, I feel like I learned a lot.

Good pace and energy.

I didn't expect procurement training to be so entertaining and easily understood

Some of the course I found was a good confirmation of some of my existing skills, and I also learned some valuable new tools and tips.

More relationship management than project management.

Would have been good to have done this course 10 years ago.

I had fun and feel enhanced

Frank, your knowledge and experience certainly makes you the Master Builder. I enjoyed your presentation style. Debbie, thanks for ensuring that everything ran smoothly.

Useful and applicable tools

Great involvement, kept us all engaged.

Learnt a lot, very engaging

Loved the passion and energy shown by the delivery team. Really know their stuff. Would have liked to have seen a dance or exercise class at the end lol!

Very vibrant/fast paced.

Having attended the Contract Management course prior, I found I enjoyed this course a lot more - as this time around the tools/learnings were not comletely new. I feel more confident in my ability to now apply these tools and am certain they will help me to successfully run projects.

Great job

Great couple of days thanks!

Great delivery

Some good tools and advice to use in here.

Fun, really interesting content.

I am happy that I attended this training. It clears my thinking about project management.

Very interactive

Well-run and executed - concepts were well-explained with real-life examples.

Very relevant - authentic. Nice flow - helpful.

A very practical session highlighting useful tools to manage a project successfully. Good engagement by using "scenarios" and actually putting tools (DOSAC, Right Track etc) into action.

Very valuable and practical course, immediately applicable. Anecdotes were colourful but also directly relevant.

Was fun

Heaps of tools that I can use that are relevant to my work.

Well presented; lots of chocolate; lots of tools to take away; for someone of little PM experience was great insight; interactive.

An enjoyable interactive workshop that gets you to think about the issues and options in a segmented way.

Very practical and lots of hands-on stuff to do

There was a lot of information that was very valuable but a small amount of time for delivery and intake.

Taking away a number of very useful tools. Difficult in that with internal parks staff in not procuring services - more plant/materials. But do see how much of content can be adapted to suit/be used for this

Very good!

Great sessions. Upbeat and full of great advice and knowledge

Got me thinking about the planning and the process

Excellent and informative

Really good course. Project management was fairly foreign to me even though I'm tasked with this in my day to day job. Heaps of useful techniques, could be great to have a follow-up to how I'm applying this.

Very satisfied with the workshop, it will really help with my project management.

Awesome engagement, structured, informative, relevant, relateable.

Very broad course covering participants with little to higher understanding. I would have benefitted from a more advanced session.

Two days much better than 1 day course. Very relevant this time round due to my role changes.

The presenter is very entertaining.

Challenging, revealing, delightful. Good to get some common understanding across teams.

Brilliant, very useful tips. Lots of fun

Very good content and appreciate the tools and resources to take home to support our learning.

Really engaging

Good use of the two days. Content well presented and relevant

Really good, very relevant and useful.

Good solid foundation of project management. A few parts seemed a bit ouf of place/not flowing, e.g. stress/bully. Can't actually think of much wrong so upgraded to 5!

Enjoyed the process- by day 2 it was starting to make sense.

Very good workshop - learned a lot, thank you

Thought provoking and reinforced the useful tools.

Having too much fun

A fair amount of the course was directed towards the processes I don't use. It was good to get some background but I feel some of the very good ideas need to be adopted by the organisation as a whole

Really enjoyable, valuable course. Love the prolific use of post-it notes. Thanks for the great tools, I can already see how to apply for my next project.

Brilliant.

Very engaging and entertaining

Was pitched a little too low. Needed more depth

Great course, not overly prescriptive. Lots of useful tools to apply to bespoke project management projects.

It was fun and simple.

Great content - overload of information over two days

Excellent presentation and subject matter, loved the enthusiasm and sense of humour.

Very engaging, interactive and fun!! Love the tools.

Course content good, but not always relevant for me as I don't handle many bigger projects

Well paced, entertaining and informative

Good to hear opinion from the procurement side.

Great subject knowledge

Has really helped put projects into perspective.

Very well-presented and informative.

Frank outstanding; look forward to next presentations.

Information presented was timely

Practical content

Very relevant, helpful tools - can't wait to put it to use.

Very well run with interesting and informative programme and experiences.

The most engaging, dynamic workshop I've ever been to

Very informative.

Well prepared, engaged with participants, gave real life examples and back up processes and tools. Flowed well over the two days

I learned some good techniques. Frank has good energy.

Varied, well-paced and visual.

Very fast paced and covered a lot of ground. Very engaging and participatory. I will be satisfied if I remember half of it and implement half of that. Though I hope to do better than that.

Lots of info and tools and great interaction with other participants.

Enjoyed

Well worth it to reinforce concepts and improve processes we do all the time across the organisation

Some good ideas that were well presented. Lots of hands-on stuff.

Valuable content and real world insights, examples, skills and techniques.

Exceeded expectations, good techniques, useful tips

Awesome - interactive, practical and business orientated.

Good exercises and visual guidance.

First and only project management training so very informative and hopefully helpful.

High energy, not dull. Enjoyed the practical

Great 2 days - learnt heaps. Lots of networking, good practical tools and sessions, real good knowledge of local government and real examples. Loved the interactive sessions.

Lots to absorb in a short time!

Expectations exceeded

A different take on my understanding of project management A couple of useful tools worth trying.

Good practical PM tools and processes

Very good workshop that was engaging and informative presenting good strategies to implement.

Very good coverage from basics through to main issues. Good stories to illustrate issues.

Good mix of getting up and doing activities but also listening.

Enjoyable workshop - and interactive process works well.

Really engaging, interesting. I definitely learnt a range of tools and tricks for more than just Project Management

Great workshop, good range, interactive, great knowledge.

Great interactive workshop. Lots of useful tools to use to grow the business - Less Stress, More Success!

Great delivery. Neat "flow" right through. Loved the way you deviate from the programme to build the whole picture.

Excellent tools, easy to use and efficient, great ideas, simple.

Was good overview of project management, was good to do the course with others from DCC

Very informative and useful - a bit rushed in the last day sessions.

Very engaging. Great photos on slides.

Engaging, simple language with excellent examples. Packed a punch. Leaving with amazing tools ttat can be applied in my workplace.

Useful tools that could apply to everyday work. Good delivery of information to make it practical and therefore more likely to be used.

Good learning and sharing of knowledge and experience.

Workshop was really very good as it wasn't like I attended before. Quite good one with especially activities and all the stuff

Excellent course. Materials and tools to use daily. Good use of reflection and debrief on elements, to help embed them.

Practical, content structure useful, clear, easy to follow - scaleable and will teach (pay forward).

Had fun! Learnt a lot more second time around.

Powerful; fun; great ideas.

Overall a good course covering a range of useful project management tools.

Good quality

Small workshop was a bonus, especially with colleagues. Being able to work on our own projects was a huge benefit.

Great workshop. Networking great, nice interaction. Fantastic presenter. Thanks.

Informative; great??

Excellent content, really helpful with work I currently have on the go. Given me back some motivation.

Fantastic content and facilitators.

This workshop exceeded my expectations as delivered a total package of tools around procurement.

Skills useful and relevant for small projects as well

Course follows logical process line and demonstrates it's not hard. Good tools; which can be used in many areas of our lives.

Well presented. Quite rushed, but as required by short timeframe

Excellent tools and processes.

Worth the time, good 'take-away' technique

Informative and presented in a fun and engaging manner. Hands-on group work very beneficial.

Lots of strategies, scaleable for projects.

A lot learnt and very knowledgeable facilitator.

A big learning curve for myself. Exposed to a lot of new concepts.

Great interaction and humour.

Frank is a interesting presenter and made the learning fun

Brilliant - loved the visual approach.

Excellent and entertaining.

Better understanding of how people look at projects and how to work with others

I came due to a gap in knowledge in contract management. I felt that we spent too much time on project and procurement management and then rushed through the post contract award sections. However, the project & procurement management info was great and I did learn some new tools.

Useful tools, simple language and user friendly and easy to transfer to practise.

Very engaging.

Ka pai!

Awesome facilitator, great content!! Great acronyms. Learned heaps! And project management isn't scary now. 2 days flew by so fast. Yummy chocolate. Good to chat to others from around the organisation too.

Great presenters. Good number on course.

Entertaining as this subject could be. Practical. Use of real life examples.

Frank is the mantis

Great content, info and resources. Frank was easo ty listen to and presented well which kept us all engaged.

Well structured, content relevant for parts of my job - and outside of work too.

A lot of information, and practical. Like working on real projects.

Had fun the last 2 days, while taking in a lot of hints/tips and tools to use along the way.

I am new at PM so may have exceeded my coMprehension in some areas, and or fast-track learning requires common sense. Whew!

Got a lot out of it; more tools for the toolbox.

Really fantastic, thank you for letting me come. I learned a lot and really enjoyed it! Didn't fall asleep once!

Very interesting and enjoyable

The use of real life contracts/procurement situations is very helpful and makes the learning more real.

A good morning

Absolutely fantastic!

Really enjoyed this. Initially a bit skeptical but so glad I went on this course. So much can be used in life. I'm going to try a couple of things with my teenage son.

Good content, relevant. Well presented. Can be used in other areas of council not just project management

Great delivery.

Good course overall.

Fantastic!

I have gained so many tools that I can apply to both project work but also staff meetings and public workshops. Love the use of stories and examples.

Excellent course, very interesting and easy to focus on content.

Great content, learnt so much.

Helpful and interesting content

Learnt a lot of new tips.

This will make project initiaion and planning so much easier.

Really handy, easy to use tips to take back and start using straight away.

I enjoyed the session. A few more RL examples would be great

Good tools provided.

Fast paced, focussed, good coverage of topics

Very beneficial, great tools available and better understanding of the process.

Great interactive, humurous and beneficial 2 days

Very insightful and very practical.

Really fast paced and good content. Great to get up and moving

Thank you, good course.

Good life skills incorporated

Learnt new concepts and reinforced existing concepts

Learned heaps.

I learned a huge amount and thoroughly enjoyed the course/workshop.

Really good workshop covering a good variety of topics with real life examples

Excellent all round.

Frank was a great presenter, lots of practical experience and examples to offer.

Very structured layout, simple delivery with lots of visual tools mae it very engageable

Lots of fun; lots of learning; good tucker!; great practical tools.

Covered a lot over 2 days, these things are repeated in the workbook for future reference.

Great workshop. Came away with some great tools to employ back at the office.

Good strategies.

All good.

Very informative, very easy to follow guidelines

Greater understanding of what it takes and what needs to be considered when project planning.

Was the best thing that could have happened in the first weeks of a new project.

Great content over 2 day; went quick. Thought it would be a bore, was not.

Very satisfied, just felt that at time more depth could have been given.

This was an excellent course and I got a lot out of it. I can apply the learnings to the projects I am about to get involved with and I have good tools (proven successful) that I can use.

I wanted to learn new ideas - I have lots! I have been challenged and I have had FUN.

Good presentation and content

Good overview, excellent tips, actions to work on

Excellent course, well presented.

Was very engaging like the putting into practise model rather than all theory. I am new / haven?t had any practise with project management but Frank presented it in a very easy to understand way. Thanks.

A lot learnt.

Fun, interesting, concise,e asy to understand and relate to

Very valuable training.

Engaging, relevant, positive, chocolates

It was great to learn some project management techniques, although would have liked to see more explanation around the academic concepts, e.g. stakeholder analysis (maybe pre-readings?).

A bit sad to lose time - book different flights people!

Packed with great information that will be used for more than just tendering.

Good pace, repetition and use of practical tools.

The course was run well and had an excellent way it was ran.

This course gave me a good overall learning of processes, and tools I can use that are practical, easy and quick. Awesome!

Awesome day, lots of learning. Improving time strategies.

Structured. Friendly. Lots of good content to takeaway. Templates provided.

Great workshop, really good to reinforce learnings from project management course.

Interactive, with plenty of information

Very good.

Outstanding facilitation of a topic that was more than 'introduction' and more than 'Project Management'

It was satisfying.

Valued the overview/workshop and new learnings and affirming what I know.

Really enjoyable and interactive. Very practicable and relateable.

Good fast pace, clear, interactive, friendly

Would like to do the Project Management training with the Integral Group.

Contextualizing a lot of the information was often difficult for me and my role situation in the organisation, which had me losing track of where we were at times, but still very very beneficial

Enthusiastic and exceptionally knowledgeable.

Fun, engaging workshop. I was expecting some fairly dry theory but have had a great 2 days - thanks!

Kept us all focussed both days!

Exceeded my expectations - transferable learnings to sales proposals and life.

Really well done. A lot to take in, in 2 days. Recommend to others - a great course.

Excellent workshop, great content, ideas and tools

Ka pai! Informative and relateable.

Excellent interaction. Very well presented

Great workshop and facilitator

Well-paced - interactive, practical, good use of tools using real examples.

Well presented and practical. Should be able to keep up with where projects are at much more easily

Overall the whole course was interesting and there was definitely some good learnings for me.

Awesome workshop, simple effective tools and great presentation.

Good to have a double team allowing focus on the presentation not distracted organising next phase.

I would have liked a third day to allow for more exploration into some of the subjects.

Really enjoyed thus interactive session

Interesting and fast-paced.

I will be using a scrum board to get a picture of all projects on the go and tasks.

I really enjoyed the workshop, learnt a lot. Will take what I learnt back to my workplace.

Excellent!

Interesting content entertainingly presented. Private discussion of present real-life problem was appreciated.

Inspriational - we can do this

Very useful to my job. A very useful and practical workshop.

Great content. Excellent presenting

Excellent mix of practical, theory, real tools?plenty to take away.

Awesome experience in my personal development, and governance and project work.

Very practical, simple to use tools that can be used in multiple scenarios

Really enjoyed the last two days - a lot of useful info passed on.

Great practical tips / ideas

Very good all around. Real life skills. Frank knows his stuff.

An excellent presentation that provides great tools for me to utilise.

Great range of examples to illustrate the concepts

Well-run, had fun! Lots of information, quite procurementy though, compared to Contract Management.

Very clear and learnt a lot in such a short timeframe

Lots of information and backed-up with examples.

Frank cut straight to the opoint, great presenter, simplified things

Great mix of theory and practical application. Well-paced.

Absolutely loved it - great experience - learnt so much.

Lots of content and tools that can be used

I found the second day especially rewarding and insightful.

Enjoyed the experiences

Very informative, fast-paced, engaging and fun. Frank made it fun and positive.

Excellent course, well paces and fun

Great, two days felt long?

Engaging, small audience within the group. Relevant to our work. Internal workshop suitable

Great course. Great strategy and procurement. Maybe a litte more on technical side of CM and describe all CM "work strands".

Well presented. Relative content.

Had a ball.

Good food, interactive.

Great interactive workshop. Real life examples were really helpful.

Simple, clear, practical as opposed to theoretical.

Great presentation and real life examples.

Great course.

Really practical approach and easy to see how to apply in the workplace

Fast paced, personable, repitition of ideas and practical applications. Good examples.

It is helpful for general contract management skills. Thanks, another useful course that builds confidence; plus had fun!

Fun, informative

The detailed heavy procurement stuff was over my head as never been exposed to it and unlikely to be involved in future.

Very practical and inclusive. I can apply some principles to my day to day work even though I am not a project manager - so huge win for me.

Really enjoyable, with practical processes and real life examples - dynamic presentation.

Excellent information and presenter. Helpful templates and simple ways to approach problems.

Loved the facilitation and content. Immediate value add!

Was good. Good examples aused and humour. Day 2 was longer and taxing. Was good to understand the reason/theory behind procurement and best practise ways.

Great course, I have minimal experience with project planning but have a solid understanding after this course

Very enjoyable. I came with an "I don't have time" attitude, but was easily able to change that due to the delivery style and content.

Engaging - kept things moving nicely! Lots of breaks from sitting down etc

Very helpful.

Absolutely taking in the information to help with structure.

Really surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Some things I won't use and I just need to take away from the course relevant ones. In saying that, I have a better understanding now around procurement.

Fun, great content. Great workshop, thanks for using mine as one of the examples.

Excellent, easy to follow steps for great project management that doesn't need to take that long.

Really good overview of what tools to help make for a less stressful process.

Valuable, moved quickly

Getting all onto a common framework and understanding 'why', was the key objective which you and the team nailed. Thank you.

Use of examples made content easy to understand and see how it applies directly

Really good presentation of PM strategies with practical applications and examples given.

Decision making is limited to upper levels therefore need to get ELT to take part in project planning but difficult to get time commitment.

I feel like I got a lot of practical lessons that are easily transferable to a wide range of situations.

Some good background, evidence this works and key tools to improve procurement and contracts.

Great takeaways. Knowledgeable and credible.

As always, very engaging and informative session.

More from the course was relevant for me than I thought might be.

Good although quite long.

We had fun. We achieved our objectives. Lots of stuff to incorporate into our work.

I felt stretched (which is good).

We had limited time but the info packed in was great

It was really good, a lot of information to take in. The legal process part was of most benefit to me having been involved in your project management workshop.

Presenter was very knowledgeable and communicates info in a FUN and memorable way.

Really enjoyable and interactive and practical

Great clear summarised concepts

Very good, lots to take in and put to practise.

Good course, great presenter.

Wicked. Great delivery and prep.

I'm very new to contract management so a lot to take in with limited base to be building from. Would be good to return to course in 1-2 years.

Day 1 - 3 star; Day 2 - 4.5 star - for me.

Great refresher for me

2 days spent to save many hours of planning in the future - time well spent.

Found the subject matter really useful and applicable - I will be taking this stuff back to my job!

Great energy. Great content. Practical skills to implement fast.

Had relatively low expectations as to how useful this would be, but got some generic learnings that I can apply elsewhere. And although I don't do lots of contract management, it's a useful complement to procurement training and to understand the issues.

Well presented with good ideas to take away

Overall good crash course into procurement. Very helpful having previously run through it with Frank with the Pahiatua Main St designer procurement.

Thank you for a fun, informative training session. Two days is about the right length.

Enjoyed the recap and bringing of the WDC on the course

Day 1 = been there done that. Great content but could have been done in half day. Day 2 - great content, bit rushed.

Current and immediately applicable. Changed my perspective!

Pre-training comms poor.

Excellent facilitator, experience and knoweldge

Well presented - thanks.

Lots of good tools, especially DOSAC and the one pager.

Great content, practical and easy to put to use.

Facilitated well, interactive and fun. Kept the room awake and alert

Lots of info and useful strategies.

Understanding more about winning tenders. Going into more depth for winning and also starting out as a tender.

Feel like I understand procurement better and really appreciate the collaberative approach. I feel more confident using these tools to help manage our panel contract.

Repeat attendee, still enjoy seeing my peers reactions to the information

A lot to take in, but there are some good practical tools I can use straight away.

Fantastic engagement.

Awesome frameworks and timing is really good for our EMO project. Frank was engaging, level of participation/hands on great.

A lot to take in, in one sitting.

Interesting to hear about other businesses and the challenges they are faced with

Thanks Frank, really enjoyed the 2 days.

Useful tools for project management - can see places to implement

Would have liked more time on the delivery and close. Enjoyed activities and presentation.

Frank is engaging and makes it easy to take in a lot of information

Great facilitator, super interactive, technically informative

Great workshop, thank you.

Good tools, good facilitator, had fun!

A very entertaining and engaging two day session with Frank - who is a good facilitator. I learnt a lot which I can apply to my life.

This really consolidated my earning from the business case training and gave me some understanding of overall project management.

Great interactive analysis of case studies.

Really great couple of days. Very professional and thought out. Great flow and clear learning objectives.

After Day 1, I was utterly and completely lost - for a variety of reasons - But Day 2 has been much better . Some participants would need 5 days to take in content (I needed more than 2 days)

Easy to use tools for project management and day to day.

Really thorough project management overview with many tools to use in real life situations

Very interactive and well-structured.

Dynamic, fun, interactive. A bit more context for concepts would be good but I guess it was the purpose of the first part of the workshop.

Good content, fun and heaps learned.

Learnt a lot of new skills/tools and felt like I achieved my objectives for the workshop.

Really, really great course. I've learnt a lot as a project manager.

I have no PM experience so in a couple of areas I struggled to understand. Otherwise was an amazing workshop.

Wide commentary bit hard to dig down deep.

Fantastic opportunity to drill down on how to tender.

A good refresher with simple but effective tools/techniques.

Because people could self-select for this workshop everyone deals with quite different levels of projects - meaning some people were more engaged/less engaged for certain sections that were relevant to them.

It was fun; fast-paced; lots of different takeaways.

Great course.

Great trainer, great examples.

Great, really enjoyed it.

Informative, good tools suggested and demonstrated over and over to encourage memory (while being entertaining and angaging)

For myself who would use these skills on small projects within my own team some concepts went over my head. Although I like how it relates back to council. Simpler terms would have made it easier to sink in.

Excellent workshop - learnt loads and had fun in the process.

Some relevant information for construction industry. Some tailored more for government departments.

Lots of useful tools.

Really useful hands on ideas, suggestions. Collaborative learning was great.

The tools that were given to us during the training were helpful and will start to use them.

Perfect.

Engaging, content was very accessible.

Kept me engaged.

Loved the real life examples

I knew very little about procurement before this workshop. I know a bit more now and know where to go to find help when I need it.

I found the overall day interesting. I will never look at charts and post-it notes the same again.

Thank you - nga mihi. Kia Koe Frank (and to Ange!).

Powerful and compelling

Quite high level approach

Great, practical tools.

Course was relative and delivered in a way that we were engaged.

A fabulous interactive day

Exciting to be introduced to a more collaborative and positive way of engaging with and selecting suppliers/contractors.

Absolutely satisfied!

I feel a lot more comfortable in my role as a Project Manager. I can also use some of the other info, i.e. DESCA, in my role as a people manager.

Very well delivered course.

Good positive energy. We had fun!

Great to have real world examples

Enjoyed the interactiveness.

Engaging, interesting and educational.

Very good content and speed. Great delivery and real examples.

Relevant to my role and contracts, but may have not been as relevant for communities and facilities staff.

Great workshop (keep in swim lane)

Not having participated in any other workshops, project management etc I found these aspects beneficial to the overal procurement framework.

Course was very relevant to my work

Great workshop - excellent facilitation skills!

Excellent, was kept engaged at all times.

Too short! But good advice, tips

Gave me a good understanding of good procurement processes.

My expectation were different coming into this of what project management would entail. Learned some useful thing I can use

All good, awesome, informative

Thanks, felt like I have some practical skills to take home. Nice to do with our team, so more people in organisation with these skills.

Enjoyed. Great course, look forward to demonstrating to the team.

Lots of content to take in and very understandable.

Didn?t realise how effective and appropriate this would be

Understood some of the fundamental processes from P.M. workshop so was a bit repetitive. Would have appreciated more time on our policy and tools for PM and developing contracts (this is where we get screwed up).

Well delivered, good examples. Not too content heavy!

Really great course.

Really great. Learnt heaps and looking forward to implementing into my daily work routine.

Really positive experience

Engaging but not all relevant in my job.

Some double up but understandable, useful doing case studies

Excellent material, was a lot there however once we do the procurement process will then find this helpful.

Interaction as teams, the lollies!!

A very well thought out course which has provided some useful enabling tools.

Good general project management training. Widely varying levels of experience within group.

Enjoyable time. Refreshing way to return to work instead of the usual emails and bullshit.

As a beginner in this area, valuable to come up with some tools to use that are not complex. (Note at times did move into space where discussing things at a higher level not relevant to starter.)

Good mix of discussion, workshop, slides, standing up.

Great course and awesome delivery

All good.

Thank you.

Excellent presentation / workshop

Great content and knowledge of topics, loved the examples of our experience of projects!

Did a good building stage and process for me to go from the last workshop.

Very thorough and beneficial.

Easy to understand. Useful tools

Good overall with interesting points to help with my workload

Very useful - thanks!

Awesome structure, well presented thank you

Amazing 2 days

Very well run course that reinforced things that I've applied but in a simpler way.

Really enjoyed this workshop, had no idea what to expect, but have learnt some really good tools to apply to everyday life as well as work.

Well presented, very interesting material.

Huge topic - covered extremely well.

Practical, with a lively presentation and engagement style

Great course. Full of ideas and management skills. Learned new skills.

Well delivered. Good content.

Great to refresh on key principles and some good tools to take away and apply to future procurement.

I was very satisfied with the workshop and felt I received a lot of encouraging tools and knowledge to help with my time management and leadership skills.

Enlightening; and refreshed how processes should be run.

I have not been in a Project Management role so it was all new, but fascinating. The things/concepts you taught can be used in many areas/roles.

Really enjoyed Frank's delivery, tend to drift in class environments but Frank kept me engaged.

Personable, stories with value, engaging.

Great presenter, made information relevant, lots of useful resources.

Really enjoyed it.

Great, some good tools to implement

A lot of stuff I think I do but your methods are a better way to plan.

Well-presented, good use of examples from personal experience.

Had an amazing time on this course. Frank is an exceptional facilitator and made the information relevant and, most importantly, fun.

Very useful in daily office work and environment council projects.

I really appreciated the humour and enthusiasm the content was presented with. Paired with the amazing range of experience, it was a very informative and enjoyable 2 days. I loved the structures and frameworks shared.

Was a bit too much of different things.

Fun filled days. Thanks for the exceptional expertise in this subject. Enjoyed learning new skills, e.g. DOSAC and negotiations

Interaction and team work was good. Interesting and informative.

Practical and useful tools that can be used on a day to day basis for contract management/problem solving.

Enjoyed the first day more than the second as I had more energy

Great practical, engaging course!

Learned a lot. Very enjoyable.

Enjoyed the presentation style. Although compressed I liked the pace of the workshop.

Great presentation and content.

Very good, covered a lot of topics in the time. The interactivity made it a lot more user friendly than just being talked to all the time.

Usable most places - work, home, clubs, etc

Fun overall learning experience. High level and not bogged down in details.

Good war stories/examples to help understand the concepts.

Great workshop, excellent ideas.

Good to refresh/reinforce Right Track Workshop benefits and how they can be applied in the procurement space

Excellent training

Focus on practical tools. Delivered in a way it is easy to absorb.

Great project examples - made the theory and strategies make sense. Frank got overall engagement from all participants.

Good class involvement and discussion.

I will be using SPIN this week in three of my budget bids.

Always good Frank :)

Very good usefule templates. Well presented!

I am very pleased with this course. Frank brings real life project work to this course.

Great tips, tools, techniques, together with real world experience, delivered in a chatty, humourous manner

Mixture of ideas on a broad subject.

Well presented and clear with good and practical ideas. Will be recommending across WCC

Practical, lively, useful, engaging

Great! Just hope I can recall it all.

Great, interactive, interesting

Excellent good mix of practical and theory

Great info and delivery with good real world examples

Awesome interactive course. Love the philosophy and keeping things simple and always clear. Have a plan!

Open, casual, clear presentation. Not so casual as to lose professionalism; just right for this audience.

Interactive, interesting examples. Frank is funny and knowledgeable.

Frank is a great facilitator. Knows his stuff, plenty of examples, high energy, sense of humour

This course was interactive, interesting, practical for my job

An extremely well-run, informative and professionally run course. Thoroughly enjoyed it ? learnt a lot. I will use the techniques and processes we covered.

All good stuff, so much to take in. Most want in but need another 7 times!

It was good to do this the second time around with my work colleagues thanks

Enjoy the practical examples and real time scenario/case study

Excellent information very usable and can be applied to several situations

Great workshop - can be applied to any role/sector.

Well-facilitated, good pace, simple and practical approaches.

Fun workshop, good pace. Liked the practical aspect using real projects

Lovely, engaging, funny and informative

Good workshop, it was great getting another perspective than the government-centric view

somewhat confused at start then it came together as it progressed

The workshop was creative and engaging! Course material was clear and gets to the point. The mix of real world council project examples was good and gave an idea of how to approach any project.

Great course, really enjoyed it. Thank you.

I'm moving back into procurement, but it's been an age. For me, I'd get more value from this course 6-12 months into my role when I have tangible examples to relate back to

The course was very useful at KDC. I hope staff recognizes and appreciate the importance of project management

Excellently presented. Lots of visual information techniques.

Great facilitator, great relevant content, enjoyable and interactive.

Little custard, great energy and information

Gained some new tools and have some things to think about when doing negotiations

I was a bit nervous coming into this as I was unsure what to expect and thought it may not be relevant to my job, but I found this workshop fantastic. Really helpful and full of good, useful tools.

Excellent, thanks. Good clear introduction to P/M and using the tools.

I enjoyed the workshop. It has been a great experience learning about project management from Frank and Kerry. Thank you guys.

Very informative, however I feel I have a way to go.

Some really good practical skills in this course. Based on a combination of theoretical knowledge but more importantly on personal experiences.

Great workshop, nice and fast-paced.

Heaps of solutions and suggestions to take back and use immediately. Highly engaging.

Loved the passionate facilitation. As a newbie to procurement I found the workshop extremely educational.

Brilliant and empowering content. Same with the facilitation.

Workshop was very helpful with learning new facilitating skills and new tools to get the best ouf of your team during meetings. Very light-hearted and easy to follow.

Very informative and interactive.

Great workshop and lucky to have workshopped my procurement project.

I found it very clear and well defined. I found the re-cap from the previous day's summary form was very important for met o reinforce the methods and philosophies.

Always a pleasure to learn and work with Frank. All the techniques and tools are/were very useful.

Programme was well structured and didn't feel rushed.

Frank is great at getting the whole room involved. The content is suitable for a wide range of professionals

Certainly reaffirmed my current knowledge. Gave new tools and added to my suite.

Good easy tools to run through a project

Very practical solutions and great take away lessons.

Pragmatic and very engaging content.

Well paced, good content, good to meet other work colleagues.

Great course and enjoyable. Been given tools to use in everyday work environment

Kerry & Frank excellent facilitators. Very relevant content.

Interesting, relevant

I really enjoyed this course. More than others I felt like I was part of a group with shared purpose towards a common goal.

Content very relevant to my everyday job processes; handy tools to use.

It was a good workshop for project management learning

Well organised, kept to time, practical tools, interesting and relevant annedotes

Good coverage of subject matter.

Excellent course - both in terms of material - the presenters. The facility has also been excellent. Would love to do more advance course now that I understand the basics

Very well-presented and of great value.

Excellent. Interactive. Great presenter.

Great examples, templates and learnings. Lots of new ways to do projects correctly.

Great presenters.

Informative, interesting, engaging

Quality of tools that have clear applicability was great!

Another well run workshop course with good 'rural life' examples

Having not had any theory of project management, I was a bit daunted. But this has made it clearer for me

Great to have the training as a big group.

Great workshop, learnt lots, had fun.

Hands on, post it notes work well getting people up and involved

Excellent pragmatic course with real world examples and application

Learned a lot on the process and to make it easier

Frank you set up a great, informally run, extremely informative course that I can take back and use immediately

Really enjoyed it. Kept me engaged all the way through. Had fun and lots of laughs.

Fun stuff, good knowledge.

Great session with some good usable tools. Maybe didn't need to do both courses, just this one as morning session was repeated

Will be good to put ideas into practise

Great course. Very useful information

Loved observing with a different lens view. Learn something different each time.

FANTASTIC?..or should I say ?Franktastic?!

The techniques learnt will not only help with projects but will also assist in managing staff.

Frank is a very good presenter and kept us engaged

After setting up a project within my own team, this was a timely reminder

Loved the energy!! So hands-on too.

Frank has a gift or keeping things simple and fun.

Well run and good pace for learning

I've been to many workshops in my time and this rates very highly. Content relevant, delivery related and well-executed. Frank has an easy manner and is a natural facilitator. Thanks also for the booklet as a resource.

Lots of information in short time but I think I've got it now. Would be good to go over it again.

Great course for all levels of experience. The facilitators live and breathe this stuff.

Good range of content, pace, examples

Open your mind to change in process

Excellent, lots of tools and practical explanations and examples.

Awesome workshop. Enjoyed everything. So glad we got you to come here and help us out!

Most excellent course. Confirmed stuff I am doing and learnt a lot more

Very well facillitated, great exampleas used and practical tips

Great to get real life examples

Good range of information provided. Interesting examples of real life experiences

Good content, well-structured and very well-presented.

Very experienced trainer, made the course personalised and worked for our team.

Workshop was very insightful and provides tooling and skills that can be taken back to the workplace and our offices

Better, more relatable to point of my career I am at.

I really enjoyed the course. The tools I learnt I can and will take to all types of jobs/projects that I do. It was a good 2 days and I liked how we got to get in groups and work on real projects.

Loved it, need it, got it because we need to implement it.

Loved it! Very engaging. Frank and Kerry you are legends!

Interesting examples

Good content

It's great that it is interactive and fun. I have learnt a lot to take back to work. Great that it is a PM course focused on LG. Totally applicable

Well facilitated; useful real-world anecdotes.

Very happy with course, very relevant to my everyday environment

Well paced and thorough

Great presenter; postiive; enthusiastic; relevant.

Most useful project management course I've been on - very practical and engaging.

Really enjoyed the engagement from Frank and Kerry

Good overview. Could be longer with more practical but time constrained.First hour was a bit laboured - slide saying "get on with it!"

Really interesting. A lot of information that I'll need time to assimilate. Love that I will have some new templates.

Very well done course. Funny but has lots of useful practical aspects for project management. Than you very much Frank - greatly appreciated.

It was lively. Inter-group discussions good. Getting people up and about moving around. Range of real-life examples more engaging.

Great workshop. Enlightening. Kept engaged throughout. Practical skills for every day.

Great! Covered all aspects.

Fast-paced, annecdotal, good examples

The workshop was interactive, fun and lots of tools shared.

Great

A great course. Moved at a great pace.

Really enjoyed the course content and delivery. Great practical tools that I will take back and put to use immediately.

Good content. Very effective presentation - I liked thoroughly.

This course was very well facilitated and I had fun and learnt a lot

Good level of theory and practical real life examples

Enjoyed moving aroundt the room, post its. Engaged. Enjoyed that it wasn't PowerPoint

Very informative; good pace. Looking forward to getting access to the templates etc.

Well run and relevant to what I wanted to learn.

Hands on, interactive, real life examples and projects used. Lots of review opportunities with humour!

Great combination of theory and activities putting the theory into practice. Relevant information and great presenters

Really thorough. A lot covered ?. Maybe too much. Fast paced and fun.

Pretty good

Enjoyed the morning session - good learning and re cap. Afternoon session found to be too 'corporate' or 'sales' based and had to relate to my workplace! Also enjoyed the 'car sales' exercise

Really enjoyed the workshop. A lot of content due to low knowledge levels, but grew my baseline knowledge a lot. Gave me confidence.

This is an interesting human relations in project management course.

Very detailed and excellent presentation. Not rushed through.

Covered a huge amount of content in 2 days, impressive

Enjoyed the course, was interesting and interactive. Would have perhaps liked more practical situations of how to implement in our environments

Very good. I know a bit about PM but now have techniques and told to be able to implement

Good balance of real examples with information in course.

Relevant examples, engaging presentation, good venue, marv catering?..chocolate!

Informative, collaborative, entertaining, enthusiastically presented.

Great again. Thanks Frank!

Great facilitator - good workshop and techniques shown.

Sharper and more refined than 2010 version

Thoroughly enjoyed your "witty" quips and relaxed training style, layered over your knowledge of the subject matter. Thanks for including me too. I turned up yesterday to support Toni, but does make sense to be involved.

Very impressed, clear well-present; would have been 5 if you done 600.

Well structured and good content. Flowed well. Good examples

A lot of tools gained for multiple purposes in the way it was presented.

Excellent workshop with fantastic resources and excellent tools to enable better project planning in future

Useful skills covered. Got things done faster and more efficient.

Enjoyable 2 days - fun and lots of handy tricks

Loved negotiating 301; DOSAC and DESCA

Very informative and useful course. Thoroughly enjoyed it

Overall delivery I thought was excellent, using visual and interactive methods to help tap into being able to use different techniques. Being new to the procurement process I felt I was able to understand multiple aspects and hopefully put them into proactise in the near future.

Great facilitation and good focus on people and behaviours. Lots of useful tools

Really good, energetic workshop with some simple, effective tools to manage projects for great outcomes.

Was very local government focused

Fun, informative and engaging which I love. Thank you so much.

Very relatable, enjoyed Frank's personal examples.

Enjoyable, good mix of interactive sessions and 'workbook' sessions. Good examples.

Exellent summarizing of project planning which I percieved as complex. It does not need to be that hard. Learned lots of tools, simplications. Loved it very much. Loved the down to earth teaching too.

Really fun, lots of valuable tips and tricks.

Learnt heaps super engaging loved the real life examples

This workshop was so engaging and interesting. I found myself focused and involved 100% over the 2 days. Frank was AWESOME.

Great course, really useful skills

Very enjoyable learning experience.

Better than I thought! Very good practice, nice re-caps and self-learning. Most stuff seems obvious, it's just the doing!

Good realistic examples that we can practically use.

Found the facilitator to be very engaging, with awesome listening skills. Woud liken scenarios relatable!

Good general content, fairly easy to follow

Learnt some good ideas.

Gave lots of tools with practical applications.

Really engaging both days, lots of activities to practise what we learnt

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent workshop - covered a significant amount of materials - a lot to think about.

Thank you for the new skills. Will buy the book.

Awesome workshop. Informative, engaging. Nga Mihi Frank.

Really good isnight into understanding what negotiation is and good tactics for everyday.

Really enjoyed the level of experience Frank and the team have had. Helps to drive home key points.

Nailed it.

Very good to do this with my peers and colleagues

Awesome workshop. Lots of information but not overloaded.

It would be nice to see more existing procurement plans and plan templates.

The course is excellent, well planned and implemented. This informal style is conjusive to learning

Well paced presentation, plenty of interactive role playing

Very engaging and collaborative workshop. Highly recommended.

First half was really interesting and related dorectly to my role. The second half was good, just did not really relate to my specific role. 2 thumbs up though mate.

Interactive, fun, informative

Good flow, engaging trainer, learnt heaps.

Good pace, relevant examples, engaging presenter.

Loved the workshop, incredibly informative and gave me plenty to think about for my project.

Got through a good deal and was well presented.

Lots of information to take in over a short period of time, but lots of amazing stuff.

Excellent workshop , the challenge now for me is to proactively use what I have learnt.

Very well-presented - good snacks, great to have healthy and dairy-free options; good to get up and moving; good volume from presenter - not too stuffy; fun.

Great delivery, good practical tools. Relaxed welcoming delivery

Fun and engaging course with a great group of people - lots of tools that I will take home and implement.

Great workshop - kept everyone engaged. Enjoyed the examples.

Presenter has good knowledge and real examples.

Great tools and real life examples. Worked on our own project

You were a lone presenter last time - this time I felt I was even more supported because I had one of your experts walking me through the steps. This meant no wasted time trying to figure things out on my own. The day is too short for wasted time.

Really great course. Frank is an excellent facilitator and very well supported by Bridget.

Pretty quick - will need practise.

Good update - fast review which was great.

Very informative but in a fun way

You are a great and entertaining presenter.

Dynamic and interesting

Great training. Lots of life learning lessons.

Good presentation and engagement

Coming to do a course like this, you always consider the possibility that it is going to be a waste of time? or boring!! This course was neither of these. Having never done PM before, I now feel like I could run a project with ease.

Excellent

Really enjoyed it. I have done a one day project management course before and got nothing out of it, so I was hesitant this time! Also I struggle to stay focussed for long periods of time but didn?t struggle here!

Very good, prepared and practical workshop.

I loved all the workshop and learned a number of useful techniques and principles with drawing a point because: the exercise in real negotiation felt rushed and because there was no time to prepare properly it left me feeling totally useless

Interactive, diverse range of participants

Very well presented and clear guides/templates. Size was excellent. Have attended large 20ppl vs 6 ppl - smaller better.

Enjoyable and productive.

Very good training simple, smart and effective. Value for money. Excellent services and great communciation from Kerry, Frank, and Angela

Frank kept class on track and used examples of projects.

Great interactive workshop.

Very informative and engaging. Helped solidify prior procurement learnings.

Well delivered, well explained. Was not too sure what to expect.

Very well presented, not a dull moment.

Awesome - I have learnt many tools to take away with me. Huge learnings from this workshop

Awesome

A little confusing with the multiple styles however helpful as a 2 day course to learn a variety of PM tools and templates

Great workshop filled with common sense, tried and tru scenarios

Very good workshop, well presented

Excellent course. After lunch perhaps you could do an exercise where you have to get on your feet - felt my eyes drooping

Interactive, practical, simple tools

Good workshop

Great material and presentation

Excellent presenter

An excellent course, well structure and easy to follow throughout

I really enjoyed how interactive the workshop was

Good training session
Awesome energy
Love the tips & checklists

Enjoyable learning process

Great course, good presenter.

Excellent delivery - lots of fun, very interactive, heaps of learning, great tools, techniques, well facilitated, great environment. Met and exceeded all my expectations! Thanks a heap TIGL!!!

Really well facilitated.

Very interactive and easy tools to implement

Very practical, useful workshop delivering relevant tools that will help me deliver better

Frank is a great instructor and has simple ways of explaining complex stuff.

Exceeded expectations; was expecting that would focus heavily on PM process and impressed with big picture focus and tools that could be applied in many areas of life.

Great interactive workshop. Whole new appreciation of post it notes

Very well conducted in a fun way

Practical, easy tools. Easy to implement at any level, and both at work and at home!

One of the most engaging and valuable courses I have attended.

Good presentation

Engaging workshop
Explained some of the fundamental elements of setting up projects for success. Tools were explained with examples and exercises.

Learnt a lot more than I expected - and application to every day working life. Not only negotiating contracts.

Frank is good to listen to as he is clearly passionate about the subject matter and presents in a clear and concise manner.

Very good workshop.

Some bits I might struggle to apply in a real-world situation - problem solving is usually more immediate than taking a full-team consultation approach. Look forward to using some of these principles when managing discrete projects.

Great presentation.
Very informative and knoweldgeable

First time doing - learnt a lot.

Very good course with practical tools.

A lot of information to take in, in just 2 days.

Well-presented, with good information I can use as I progress in my cadetship.

Great use of flipcharts. Very visual.

Superb range of content covered in a really engaging way. Some of the best and most relevant training I've attended.

Insightful and engaging

This workshop was great in clarifying the tools of negotiation. I will definitely be implementing the scrumboard and the DOSAC.

Really useful tips on how to work more efficiently and effectively. Great tools on how to manage and track projects (i.e. everyday work).

Workshop was thorough. Frank was clear and easy to understand. Made it fun!

Very useful and helpful tools

Good fun, good collaborative teaching techniques! Helpful problem solving methods, good snacks.

Great real life content

Interesting, and great delivery style.

Very informative and enlightening.

Fantastic skills, simple to follow and use.

Well delivered and heaps of information and practical ideas

Good info and will give me lots to go on. Plan, plan, plan.

Tools emailed are very helpful, i.e. project plan, documents and spreadsheets.

A fantastic 2 days.

Really helpful and I have learnt some great skills and tools. Super helpful workshop!

Workshop was presented amazing and understood clearly

Wasn't sure how this would work with my role, but I was able to learn practical strategies, especially with the wider team functions.

As someone whoe knew nothing about project management, the first day was a challenge and it was not until I did the practical PM plan that I understood the content. Day 2 was good to consolidate and learn from others' PM plans.

I will email in more comments. This course was fantastic!

Great information.

Clear, concise, presented in a fun way

Great workshop. Very interactive and easy to keep up with.

I was at a slight disadvantage on Day 1 as I hadn't been on the first (half day) course. Would have been useful as I did not understand some of the discussion on the morning of Day 1.

It was engaging, interesting and dynamic. Lots of fun.

Great, informative workshop. Good practical examples.

Great facilitation
Mix of listening and active participation
Relevant examples

Great course. Heaps of content. Great teacher.

Good information.

Helpful and engaging

I really enjoyed this workshop. It was engaging and really hands on. I was able to apply it to our mahi and seriously feel lighter knowing that the templates will arrive and help.

Thoroughly enjoyed today. Great engagement, facilitation and loved the real-life scenarios. Thank you!

Really enjoyed the course. Feel like I now have the tools to take on a project.

Very good course with lots of great content and ideas.

Very useful information

Fun workshop, clear and relevant, facilitator who made the learnings relateable.

Excellent, thank you for the new skills.

Brilliant. There was a lot to absorb so I will be viewing website link. Is also advantageous to have other staff atttending from same organisation.

I didn't get a breakdown of what this was about so didn't really know what to expect. I'm sure the full day is fantastic.

Very good - enjoyed it in all aspects

Bloody good. I was excited about this given my big negotiation with NZTA on the Haul Road.

It was good to have done the short course prior to this one.

Great set of tips and tricks that can be easily adopted in every day situations.

More time to cover aspects further to not feel rushed

Overall super engaging and interesting course. Great balance between learning and activities.

Great. Informative.

Thank you for the opportunity. Your workshop was inspiring. I was really impressed with your delivery and you kept us engaged.

Learned some good skills.

Excellent facilitation.

Really helpful session. Great range of tools to use. Would be great to extend to other staff in the organisation. Good techniques for fast processes, speeding up complicated things.

Very engaging. Everyone was involved

Enjoyed the real stories used to cement the theory. Good content, well-covered. Great combo of PPT and hard copies. Obviously well-trialled presentation that works well - thank you!

Upbeat, positive and informative.

Comprehensive coverage on all the things I wanted to know.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this workshop. It was simple techniques which can be applied in my role and therefore of value to me. Enjoyable.

More time

Well facilitated; with a good focus on learnings.

Very useful course. Found the real world examples/ implications/discussions helpful and engaging.

Entertaining stories and useful tools

Real examples very helpful.

Does not really fit with my position but I did learn a lot that I will try to fit in

Really enjoyable, learnt a bunch of different techniques.

Good engagement.

Good course, Frank is a very engaging trainer and made it interesting. For me it was more of a refresher but I think it was really useful for my manager to hear key messages, as I was surprised by the lack of project management since joining NCC 3 months ago.

I have really enjoyed this. I've felt confidence in that my gut instincts have been right.

Good 2 days training and learning some new tools and how my own experience may align to a council setting.

Great knowledge sharing and theory with practical examples.

Fun

Very good, informative.

Very relevant and engaging.

Some sessions a bit theory-heavy without time to discuss. More time for questions would be useful. Time to consider non-cmmercial negotiation scenarios.

Great use of real life examples/applications.

Good systems and tools. Good pace - didn't get bored or distracted

Thanks

Engaging and relevant

Very comprehensive and well-developed workshop. Highly recommended!