The following is a list of organizations and clients with whom Michelle has worked as instructor or presenter. Response has been overwhelming satisfaction as seen in the surveyed response and quotes of those involved.
April 2008
Central Michigan Ministers Fellowship
Speaker "Correctly Handling Referrals and Stress Management in Ministry"
January 2008
Hillcrest Elementary
Gratiot Medical Center's Alma Public School Staff Education Series
Speaker "Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder"
November 2007
Gratiot/Isabella Co. RESD and Gratiot Medical Center
Youth Leadership Conference
Speaker - Healthy Body Image and Self Esteem
October 2007
Sheriden Hospital's Diabetes Health Fair - Syndey MI
Speaker - Coping through Balance Living
"Great! Very Useful." - participant
96.6% of participants rated it "excellent" or "good"
September 2007
Community Christian Singels - Owosso, MI
Speaker - Peace through Balanced Living
"She blends great insight, humor, audience participation, in sharing important keys to such a vital topic as living a balance life!!" M. Enlow, Director Community Chritian Singles
February 2007
Middle of the Mitten Christian Singles - Alma, MI (mmcsingles@yahoo.com)
Speaker - Living a Balanced Life
"This was very good. Thank you for opening up our minds. Thanks" P.B. - participant
Nov 2006
Michigan LPN Association Annual Conference, Frankenmuth, MI
Speaker - Shining a Light on Seasonal Affective Disorder
96% responding participants agreed completely or nearly completely with the statement:
"content will enable me to improve my nursing practice."
"Very informative -learned things I didn't know or realized" - LPN participant
"Very interesting with usable information" - LPN participant
"I think this is so-o good." - LPN participant
"Interesting and relavent subject. Excellent speaker - kept attention well" - LPN participant
"I enjoyed her enthusiasm" - LPN participant
Nov 2006
Gratiot Medical Center, Alma, MI
Grand Rounds Presenter
Verbal Crisis Intervention
100% of MD and PhD participants rated presentation as "good" or "excellent"
Oct 2004
MidMichigan District Health Departments District Wide Staff Development Day, Ithaca, MI (mmdhd.org)
Keynote Speaker
Wholly Human Seminar
Survey results showed this presentation to be the favorite of the day.
2003 and 2004
Gratiot Medical Center’s Pressure to be Perfect, Alma, MI
Workshop Speaker
Healthy Body Image and Self Esteem
"Michelle's interactive presentation really brought home to the girls that the "perfect" model body is not perfect. Through her visuals and fun comparisons with real body types in the room, the girls got how unhealthy a goal that look is." P. Bray, Vice President for Fund Development, Gratiot Medical Center
Spring 2005
Family Health Psychiatric Clergy Support Group, Alma, MI (fhpcc.com)
Workshop leader
Wholly Human as a Clergy
Satisfaction Survey: 100% found information useful or very useful for personal life
“Good presentation… nicely done Michelle!” - clergy participant
“Topics were both personally and professionally helpful.” - clergy participant
1998 and 2001
St. Louis Church of Christ, St. Louis, MI
Grief Management Seminar
Group Facilitator and Educator
Satisfaction Survey: 100% found leadership was “Very useful”
Participant found most useful “Your understanding of our needs. I feel that you are very good at what you do. Keep up the good work! Thank you for helping me!” -group member
2003-2008
Gratiot Medical Center, Alma, MI (gratiothealth.org)
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - monthly courses
Certified Instructor
"Michelle combines humor and education. She does a great job." - RN participant 2007
“Michelle does such a wonderful job teaching CPI…I thoroughly enjoyed her course.”-class participant
“Michelle keeps it interesting. Good presenter!”-class participant
“Michelle does a wonderful job – keeps the pace up – makes sure everyone is knowledgeable … keeps staff on their toes. Good job!”-class participant
1995-2007
Northeast Michigan Art Council, Standish, MI (nemac.com)
Performing Art Summer Camp Instructor
1997-2008
Academy of Performing Arts, Alma, MI (apafrancis.com)
Creative Movement Instructor
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