“Many thanks for the great job you did at our Annual Conference in Williamsburg … the participants gave you the best rating of all our speakers … we want you to join us next year. I know you are happy in
Washington
for all the right reasons, but selfishly wish you were still here in
Virginia
.”
Larry Sartoris
President
Virginia
Hospital
Association
“Your session, ‘Building Better Boards and Board and Board Relationships’ at our VHA Leadership Conference in Chicago was rated among the very best of over 50 sessions with 2400 attendees … 4.87 (speaker) and 4.83 (content) out of a possible 5!!! We seldom see evaluations this high.”
Sue Adams
Manager, Education
VHA, Inc.,
Irving
,
Texas
“Denny, an absolutely stellar performance at our system-wide governance conference!! You energized and challenged members of our boards. UPMC’s governance system is complex and cumbersome; we look forward to working with you in streamlining it.”
Jeffery Romoff
President and CEO UPMC Health System
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
“A brief note to let you know how much I enjoyed - and benefited from - your presentation in
Phoenix
. I learned more about my REAL job as a hospital trustee during your brief session than I had in 15 years on the job.”
Art Eulene, M.D.
Former health anchor NBC Today Show
“Thanks so much for conducting a wonderful board retreat. Your facilitation and speaking skills (use of imagery, stories, illustrations and anecdotes) is incredible. I don’t think anything could have been better. The retreat exceeded everyone’s expectations.”
Jean Haskell
Senior Vice President
Emanuel
Medical
Center
Turlock
,
California
“I would like to thank you again for doing an outstanding job at our retreat. All of the feedback I’ve received from the directors has been uniformly AAA+. The value provided far exceeded your fee.”
Tom Myers
President and CEO
Physician’s Insurance Companies
Seattle
,
Washington
“Denny, I really feel great about the retreat; you did one-heck-of-a job for us. I spoke with____ (board chair) this morning about how we should get moving with the process of identifying stakeholders, better understanding their interests/expectations, and getting the board moving with reformulating the vision and key goals. We are wasting no time!!”
Milton R. Siepman, Ph.D.
President and CEO General Health System
Baton Rouge
,
Louisiana
“Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed, and learned from, your ACHE seminar on “Building Better Boards and Board Relationships.” Indeed, it was one of the best College events I have ever attended …. You have changed the way I think about my future and who impacts it.”
Vanda Scott, Ed.D., FACHE
CEO Select Medical
Knoxville
,
Tennessee
“Thanks for an excellent retreat. You accomplished everything that ___ (board chair) hoped we would. I have had numerous comments from members of the value received; not only for Infirmary, but also for the other boards on which they sit.”
E. Chandler
Bramlett
President and CEO Infirmary Health Sytem
Mobile
,
Alabama
“Why can’t all my presenters be like you?? Our members loved you at last week’s Commit to Governance conference … they want more. Credit for the best-ever attendance in some years goes to you. We will definitely plan future endeavors for many years to come.”
Carol Brown
Vice President - Education
Virginia
Hospital
and Healthcare Foundation
Richmond
,
Virginia
“I want to thank you for your most able facilitation of our board retreat. We have just analyzed the evaluations (attached) and you received a 9 out of possible 10 across the board … unbelievable evals from a bunch of highly critical docs!! I have enclosed a first draft of our follow-up plan to address issues raised during the retreat and would like to talk with you further about a few of them.”
John W. Oberlies
Executive Director
Rochester
IPA
Rochester
,
New York
“Thanks for a truly great keynote address at our 66th annual meeting. You were the highest rated speaker (by far), scoring an almost perfect 10. Some of the written comments were: “more on governance” … “Dennis Pointer = class act” … “He’s been there / done that and is totally credible + one of the finest speakers I’ve ever heard.”
Linda Klein
Director of Education
Washington
State
Hospital
Association
Seattle
,
Washington
“WOW! What a great job you did with our board of directors. The level of interest, participation, thinking and planning was phenomenal. I have sat at the feet of a master.”
Sharon Andre
Vice President - Development
Martin Memorial Health System
Stuart
,
Florida
“Dennis, we did it! We have finished the implementation phase of our governance redesign and development initiative (and almost on schedule). Thank you so much for directing the assessment, analysis and recommendations phases of the project. We have leaner and far better governance because of your leadership and (quite frankly) holding our feet to the fire.”
James Cullen
President and CEO St. Raphael Health System
New Haven
,
Connecticut
“Personally, and on behalf of those who attended the FSC system-wide governance conference in
Santa Fe
, thank you so much for your provocative and empowering session; I have never seen anyone conduct a “conversation” with 200 people. The formal evaluations (a summary is attached) clearly indicates that you “knocked one out of the park.”
John W. O’Connell
President Franciscan Services Corporation
Sylvania
,
Ohio
“GAP is the best board assessment tool we have ever used. It is rich, precise and comprehensive enough to focus the board’s attention on what must be done to improve … rest assured, we will be using it in the future.”
R. Timothy Stack
President and CEO Borgess Health
Alliance
Kalamazoo
,
Michigan
“The most profitable two days our board has ever spent together …. You helped us produce a practical and actionable plan to get moving. Your personal class, constant good humor and willingness to be appropriately confrontive made one heck of a difference.”
Roger Gilbertson, M.D.
President and CEO MeritCare Health System
Fargo
,
North Dakota
“It was a pleasure seeing you work … I picked up a lot of “pointers” (no pun intended) for facilitating my next board retreat. GAP is a terrific assessment tool, and the way you guided our board through the action planning process was superb. We are now formulating a task list; I’ll forward you a copy in several weeks. We have our work cut out for us.”
Don Arnwine
Board Chair
Baylor
Medical
Center
-
Irving
Irving
,
Texas
[Don was the founding President and CEO of VHA and is now a governance consultant]
Full reference letters available upon request.
For additional information regarding this speaker, please call (406) 586-8775.
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