What clients are saying about Richard Loreto's presentations on demographic trends ...

"Richard, your demographic analysis of our work force gave us a realistic picture of the challenges we will be facing over the next few years. From this analysis you gave us sound recommendations to follow as we work on developing solutions to address our concerns. You did an excellent job in interpreting your findings to senior management and individual workgroups and explaining how it will impact each department of the organization. Thank you for providing us with a report that will be very useful as we continue to deal with this issue."

Bill Walker
Protective Services Director
City of Grande Prairie

"We worked through the 3 scenarios and although the Board found the process a bit difficult at first, in the long run they found it a worthwhile exercise. The information you provided truly set the stage so it was well pulled together. The evaluations we had the Board complete at the conclusion, based on a scale of 1 - 10 - with 10 being the highest - your ratings ranged from a couple at 7 with most in the 8 and 9 range. I did hear comments to the effect that you made what could have been a boring subject very interesting and informative. You had a very comfortable and at times comic way of getting your information across. I would have to say - well done!"

Sheryl Wherry
Vice President
Niagara Credit Union

"[Y]our presentation … was very well received by conference delegates. It clearly provided excellent facts and details regarding the current economic climate, the demographic make-up of the Canadian labour market and the challenges pending." Direct feedback from the participants included:

Excellent data and presentation
Made me think about understanding real challenges
Dynamic, fact-filled presentation
Very good presenter with good content
Well-prepared, good delivery and interesting point of view
Liked his humour
Fun presentation style
Meaty content
Gave me good insights to take back to the job

Overall an informative, dynamic presentation with delegates rating it 4.8 out of 5.

Elizabeth M. Lengyel
Program Director, Conference Division
The Conference Board of Canada

"Thank you for your participation in the recent meeting of the Conference Board's Council for Performance Excellence. Your presentation on demographics was, as usual, an absolute success. Members of the group have already given me much positive feedback on your portion of our meeting.

Your insightful analysis on the impending demographic crunch was eye opening for the audience. As I have told you in the past, I was once again impressed with the way that you took the theory and made it real for members of the group, with ideas for dealing with these eventualities. Your facilitated dialogue brought out a rich exchange between the executives in the room. …

This was our third time together, and I remain impressed."

Derrick Hynes
Senior Research Associate
Organizational Performance Group
The Conference Board of Canada

"We commend you on your ability to translate complicated demographic information into logical terms for the participant and we all appreciated the humour."  Of the 89 evaluations received, your presentation was rated Excellent (46), Good (42), and Fair (1).

Pat MacDonald
Conference Chair: Canada's Nursing Crisis - Emerging Trends and Opportunities
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba

"One of the strengths of the Canadian Association of Exposition Management's Annual Conference is that it provides a forum for and encourages the sharing of knowledge, new ideas and experience.  Through your contribution, you not only assisted delegates in their quest for professional and personal development, you also provided them with practical and up-to-date information that will be of immediate use in their respective business environments.... Your participation was an important part of the conference's success."

Carol Ann Burrell
Executive Director
Canadian Association of Exposition Management

"Thank you for the excellent presentation to City leaders.  It has positioned us well to tackle this issue.  I also wanted to let you know how much I appreciate the flexibility you showed.  Under difficult circumstances, you rose to the challenge.  Well done!"

Jeff MacPherson
Manager, Human Resources
Corporate Services
City of Edmonton

"WOW!! The Food Industry Conference of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs was a smashing success!  A key objective of the conference was to provide staff of the ministry with provocative, stimulating and leading edge information for them to take back to their workplace and use in their efforts to grow and support the food industry in Ontario.

Dr. Loreto did this for us.  While his demographics information illustrated the trends and potential future of the industry and pointed to areas where we might turn our attention, his presentation style was light, easy going, and personable.

On behalf of the organizing committee, and from me personally, thanks Richard for a job well done!"

Chuck Bokor
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs

"The Durham Elementary School Administrators' Conference Committee wishes to thank you for your presentation, Demographics in the Durham Region.  It provided excellent information that our delegates could take away, digest and use to support school improvement.

Your sense of humour and interpretation of the data made your presentation easy to understand and relaxing to listen to."

Gord Whitney and Glenda Leedle
Conference Committee Co-chairs

"Richard, you made an excellent presentation and your performance was outstanding.  The participants at the meeting all told me that you were one of the top conference speakers that they have seen.  Once again, thank you for what you did."

Robert Guinta
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Kruger Inc.

"I was just delighted with your program.  You were great, a pleasure to work with, informative and thorough!"

John Farrell
Pulp and Paper Human Resources Network

"I want to thank you very much for your two presentations. There was much food for thought in what you said."

Joan Pierce
The Arthritis Society

"Your presentation was certainly effective and greatly appreciated by our members.  Your contribution has assisted us in making this event result a resounding success."

Yolande Chéné
Executive Director
Réseau Capital

"It was such a pleasure to have you provide relevant statistics on the changing demographics of our country, and specifically how it relates to health care workforce planning at our recent conference, Canada's Nursing Crisis.  You received outstanding comments on the evaluations, with many participants stating that they had never heard statistics presented in such a meaningful way.  It's always a pleasure to work with you..."

Pat Frederickson
Executive Director/Registrar
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta

The Capital Care Group, 2002 People & Progress Conference, Comments by Selected Participants:

• Fabulous information.  I will share this information with my office.
• Made a dry topic fun, interesting and relevant.
• First time that a demographics presentation kept my interest and attention.
• Made boring stats fun and interesting.  Thanks.  Awesome presentation!
• Dr. Loreto made a generally difficult subject, stats, interesting, easy to follow and meaningful to all areas of practice.
• Took a dry topic and made you want to listen to the end.
• Made statistics fun!
• Anyone who can make stats interesting is great!

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