Kevin E. O'Connor

I want to thank you again for the excellent job you did leading the first session of our Physician Executive Leadership Training through ACPE here in Oklahoma City. As advertised, you are indeed an excellent speaker and presenter, but you also have a talent for engaging the audience and for appropriate, well-integrated humor. Your presentation is also chock full of wisdom, easily digested, and without subsequent reflux. I’ve heard nothing but similarly glowing remarks about the day from the physicians I’ve encountered since then. I couldn’t have hoped for a better start for our group.

"How very thoughtful of you to follow up with lots of good, positive advice so that together we can continue to grow in our thinking, our research, our product development, and our product-related services to students who are blind or visually impaired. Your encouragement and real life advice helps us to make progress as we develop instructional and assessment-related products for the individuals we are here to serve. Keep up the great work! Thank you very much for your words of wisdom."

"As the Executive Director of a not-for-profit agency, I have found Kevin O'Connor's consultations over the past two years very helpful in stimulating important professional growth and development in our organization and me. At my request, Kevin conducted an anonymous evaluation of me by the agency’s staff. I found the information I received and, more importantly, the reflection and guidance from Kevin on how to respond to be beneficial in evolving new methods of management."

I have learned to have high expectations of Kevin's presentations and he delivers! It was a great talk (I don't like the word lecture as that is what I did with my kids…). I had dinner with 5 trustees that were in the audience and they truly enjoyed the presentation and indicated it was the high point of the day. I look forward to my next opportunity to see Kevin.

Kevin did a nice job in making our retreat memorable and valuable. Everyone seemed to enjoy the day and had positive comments. Although I'm very outgoing with people I know and within my own department, I am usually a listener in mixed groups. For me to offer up several comments at the conclusion of the program is somewhat out of character for me and a tribute to you. I was immediately putting to work what your seminar was about.

"Kevin's opening keynote was just what was needed. It set the tone for the conference and was positively received by all. One person commented, 'You know it’s a good conference when the keynoters are quoting each other!' Colleagues were so impressed with your presentation, insight, and challenge to add a degree. "We are very grateful for you generous support of our vision (and deaf-blind) community and for helping us all to recharge, refocus and know why we do the work we do."

Kevin's seminar titled "Possibilities, Probabilities and Creative Solutions" was very impressive and instilled new ideas. The highlight of the session was the interview with one of the attendees, a young CEO of a hospital, who shared a personal story that influenced his family to build a hospital. It was mind blowing. This is my third face to face ACHE seminar that I attended; without doubt, I can say that ACHE provides the best face to face education through such eminent speakers.

Thank you for not being boring! I was worried a full Saturday of lectures was going to kill me - its been a while since medical school! But you held my attention the entire time. I actually enjoyed it.

Thanks for the outstanding continuing education event. Your ability to present new concepts and facilitate learning by tapping into the knowledge and experience of our entire group was impressive. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at this seminar. It will definitely make a difference in the way I collaborate, communicate and problem-solve for the rest of my career.

As you know at this point in our careers it's very difficult for us to sit through an all day lecture! However I did not find it difficult at all today! Your techniques for group involvement and constant moving was a perfect tool. Your content was practical and usable. There are numerous ideas that can be taken back to our world - both professional and personal - to help enhance our relationships. Phenomenal!