Instructor was fantastic and engaging. Very knowledgable about the subject matter, and we will be able to take back the information we learned and put it to work.

I enjoyed the seminar and received a lot of great information. My hopes was some of the focus would have been based on team/department basis and not at an organizational level.

The course was well laid out & very interactive. The instructor was knowledgeable and kept us engaged at all times. He also added to the material in the course book (as opposed to just merely reading along with it). The class brought clarity to my previously murky understanding of Strategic Planning. The cost is a bit high for a three-day course, but other than that it was all positives.

While the content of the course looked excellent and the text will help me, I was very disappointed by the quality of the teaching itself. The seminar leader did not teach or lead. He alternated between storytelling that was not entirely relevant to the material, reading the slides himself, or having us read the slides. There was little discussion or value added to the material. He skipped most of the group exercises and, instead, had each of the eight attendees relate to the class as a whole their "aha moments" for each section. It would have been so much more fruitful if we had been able to drill down with a partner on the topics at hand, after a clear and concise description of the material in each section. He did not provide definitions for terms, other than what was in the book, saying things like "you all know the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning so we'll skip that." All in all, this was the worst AMA seminar I've attended and I am frustrated at waste.

Good interaction between seminar participants.
Seminar leader kept it going and on tract.
Good set-up at San Francisco location.

The seminar on 'Strategic Planning' helped me think deeply and reflectively about my own professional challenges in the public sector. Denise is profoundly engaging leader and she helped us think strategically drawing upon our own unique experiences and intuitive insights. I really enjoyed the methodology and input from the other members. The cordiality and openness of the atmosphere further facilitated our interaction and we were able to share our perspective without any hinderance. Denise organized the seminar quite strategically and designed the training material quite skillfully in a manner that along with the journey through academic concepts, our practical experiences are blended, so that we may realize the extents and limitations of different approaches and school of thoughts. I will rate my experience as outstanding.

This seminar was very valuable to me and my professional development. The class allowed me to think outside my current box and see far beyond my current vision. Thanks for such a great experience.

This was an excellent seminar!! I would highly recommend it to other organizations.. Was thoughtful , detailed and comprehensive in the content and delivery of the information. Thank you AMA!!