Charmaine Hammond

I hired Charmaine to speak at our flagship event and was consistently blown away at her inventiveness, her creativity, and her incredible commitment to delivering content that changed our attendees lives. Her presentation style is immaculate and her ideas are on point. She went above and beyond, repeatedly, to ensure that our attendees were given everything possible to succeed. We hold our speakers for the Grow Retreat to incredibly high standards in terms of who they are personally, the content they bring to the table, and the commitment they bring to supporting our attendees growth. Charmaine was everything we hoped and more. Hire her for your event or consulting...she'll deliver more than you imagine!

I was incredibly fortunate to see Charmaine Hammond share her brilliance, insightfulness and connection powers. She and I presented at the same event and I watched the audience become more and more engaged as she provided truly effective and creative ways to utilize sponsorship within your business. Her smile and energy are contagious and she'll keep your audience wanting more. I highly recommend Charmaine as a speaker and a facilitator for your organization's events and workshops.

I am grateful to have hired Charmaine to facilitate learning discussions with our front-line employees. It was easy to forget we were on-line as Charmaine was engaging and lively. She used the chat and break-out rooms with ease. The participants found value in the conversation about working better together as close colleagues as well as cross divisional colleagues. And, her presentation includes a booster session after a few months time, so it is not a one-and-done event!

I recently had the pleasure of working with Charmaine at one of our professional development events. Although, it was a virtual presentation you could feel her energy and engagement leading up to and during our event (via the engagement in the chat and breakout sessions). She was so flexible and customized her presentation to tie in with our corporate values and messaging and pulled different elements of the whole event into her presentation to really help tie the event together. I would highly recommend Charmaine for future events as her professionalism, energy and engagement made our event a great success.

I am a professor teaching Organizational Communications to third-year business students. Charmaine has taken time from her very busy schedule to offer excellent information by presenting to my two classes. She has willingly now spoken to six classes and offered a continuing promise for the future. The students (and I) are incredibly grateful for Charmaine's expert advice and the added time she spends answering specific conflict questions from the students. Without a doubt, the students found Charmaine to be one of the highlights of the course, as they take away so many golden nuggets, giving them confidence in handling conflicts at work and their personal lives. Charmaine Hammond is generous, calm, and precise with her information and advice. She is truly a Certified Speaking Professional.

I had the privilege of producing and hosting a monthly member event for ICF Toronto where Charmaine was our guest speaker. Charmaine blew our audience away by generously sharing her practical, state-of-the-art tips on creating relationship with corporate clients. I can't recommend her highly enough if you're considering booking an engaging speaker.

Charmaine's key note presentation was a highlight of our event. In an online environment Charmaine was engaging and connected with our large audience. The feedback from participants showed they found value in her presentation and the tools she shared. I appreciated the effort Charmaine made to tailor the presentation to our unique audience. Overall I would highly recommend Charmaine as a presenter!

Charmaine provided mentoring for me through a WBE National project - Atlantic Cohort for Supplier Diversity. Charmaine was incredibly professional, knowledgeable and dedicated. I appreciated her support and guidance. Charmaine took an interest in my business and in me. Charmaine is a solid expert in her field. I would highly recommend her services. Thank you Charmaine.

I had the privilege of working with Charmaine on a number of projects, including participating in her training on Navigating Workplace Conflict. Charmaine is an exceptional, dynamic and engaging facilitator who not only brought storytelling into her training but brought fun and laughter! She has a strong ability to foster an inclusive and interactive learning environment which led to the opportunity for our team members to ask great questions and further the learning. I have also worked with Charmaine on developing some additional training programs and she has always gone above and beyond to support and suggest ways to implement training successfully.

Charmaine’s keynote brought a dynamic and insightful perspective that truly resonated with our team. She not only captivated our audience with her delivery but also provided perspective that has helped reshape our individual mindset and how each of us fit into the organization. She wove together a narrative that connected with our team members on a personal and professional level. Her follow-up session is only one example of her commitment to ensuring that the principles and lessons shared during the keynote are not just fleeting moments of inspiration but catalysts for lasting change. Charmaine is easy to talk to and work with; every interaction left us feeling positive, uplifted, and roaring for any challenges ahead. She embodies positivity in her actions, messaging, and follow-through. Charmaine focused on goal-setting, accountability, and human connection but it is very obvious we only scratched the surface of her knowledge and expertise.

What can I say about Charmaine? She is an extraordinary person of vast experiences, yet so practical and connecting that you can't help but leave a session with her sated! I run a Peer advisory group in the GTA. She wowed us with her workshop. Her ideas, tricks and tips were put immediately to use by two of my members. All left with "aha's" and a practical takeaway. She is not just entertaining, but connects with authentic presence and awareness of each person in the room.

The Canadian Payroll Association hired Charmaine to be a keynote speaker and to present a breakout session at our Spring Payroll Summit held on March 2018 in Richmond, B.C. She was such a hit as a keynote speaker, people not originally registered for her breakout session decided last minute to attend because they just couldn't get enough of Charmaine! She went over so well at the event I decided to hire her to be our keynote speaker at our roadshow of National Payroll Week events in September 2018 and was very well received at those too.

Charmaine Hammond has recently delivered a presentation at the ASQ Vancouver 5th Annual Quality and Business Excellence Conference. I got to know Charmaine during the preparations for the conference as I was in charge of selecting and coordinating the speakers. It has been a great pleasure working with Charmaine since day 1. She listened carefully to our needs and expectations and worked with us to prepare a presentation that was a perfect fit for the purpose and the theme of our event as well as the size and the composition of our audience. Charmaine was on time with her deliverables and prepared highly effective visual aids to support and illustrate her points. On the day of the conference, she awed us with her engaging manner of delivery, warm natural speaking style and her knowledge on the subject of Collaboration and Alignment Agreements for Business Results. I would not hesitate to invite or to recommend Charmaine to speak at any professional event again.

On behalf of Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) Vancouver Canada, I would like to acknowledge Charmaine Hammond's inspirational and enlightening messaging. Charmaine's interactive and collaborative style in facilitating motivational speaking events truly uplifts everyone in any network. Charmaine's presentations does not ever fail to touch a person's mind and heart; and she also ensures there's always a call to action. At WIL Mentorship Program - Vancouver Summer Special 2018, we are grateful for Charmaine's collaboration in action! Charmaine gave lots of insights on the timely topics of Resilience, Power of Collaboration and Negotiation. Her material was useful to our current business needs. Her presentation style is interactive, engaging, and thorough. She is friendly, focused, exceptionally knowledgeable, and relaxed. She inspired and motivated members and our guests, many of whom noted as feeling more engaged into our Mentorship Program. Thank you, Charmaine!

Charmaine is one of those speakers that delivers over and above. She is generous with her knowledge, practical with her information, efficient in her delivery and one of the most professional people to work with. I feel fortunate to have Charmaine on my roster of speakers who consistently deliver the goods.

Charmaine is an event host's dream! From the moment of our partnership on the Unleash Your Business seminar, Charmaine helped filled the room, promote the event and delivered exceptional over-the-top value through out the entire day! Charmaine knows how to create "light bulb" moments on sponsorship, and is easily the expert in this undervalued domain that she sees being the gate-way for entrepreneurs to raise their dreams more easily. From LinkedIn Recommendation June 27, 2018

I recently attended the Global Influence Summit where Charmaine is one of the founding partners. I have to say, I was absolutely blown away by Charmaine's knowledge, generosity, and power she brings to a stage. I've attended a lot of events and seen thousands of speakers (I work with speakers myself), Charmaine is definitely one of the shining stars in the speaking world. I also had the pleasure of having Charmaine speak at my event - a true professional and crowd pleaser. I look forward to having Charmaine back as a featured guest laster this year and look forward to working with her more personally as I build my own business and sponsorship. From LinkedIn recommendation May 15, 2018 from Davide.

Charmaine Hammond is a tour de force in the world of sponsorships and business practices. She is a walking, talking example of integrity and professionalism, wrapped in a thick coating of collaborative mentality. She is also smart as hell! I am so pleased to provide my most sincere and authentic recommendation for Charmaine and have no hesitancy whatsoever is saying that working with Charmaine is an effective, efficient, and pleasant experience. From recommendation from Rosemarie Barnes on LinkedIn May 10, 2018

Charmaine is absolutely brilliant. I have had the pleasure of hearing her speak several times and every time she delivered excellent information. She has a real gift for breaking down strategy so the audience are able to implement right away and get results. I am especially very impressed with how she explains how to relationship build, collaborate and land sponsorships in a way that feels genuine. No fluff when it comes to Charmaine. She is truly a remarkable leader, speaker, consultant and human being. From LinkedIn Recommendation from Cindy Ashton May 6, 2018

Charmaine visited Caps Calgary offering a value- packed, content- rich workshop on sponsorships that many of our speakers were not only inspired by but took action on immediately. As President of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (Calgary) I would highly recommend other chapters take advantage of Charmaine's expertise in this area. This is definitely a workshop that any speaker, author, meeting or conference planner or entrepreneur would benefit from. From LinkedIn recommendation provided by Tina Varughese February 20, 2018.

Charmaine has a depth of knowledge and experience that she readily shares with others. She is articulate, gracious and generous with her ideas and resources. Thoroughly enjoyed learning about the art of sponsorship. Thank you for your presentation at CAPS Calgary! From LinkedIn recommendation from Freddi Dogterom February 2018.

Charmaine is a true rock star when it comes sponsorship expertise. I had the pleasure of sitting in on a presentation she delivered to the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. Her engaging delivery and content-rich presentation hit the mark with everyone in the room. It was packed with content and relevant, immediately doable ideas that any professional speaker, author or innovative entrepreneur could put to work immediately! She earned a rousing and well deserved standing ovation from the audience. I highly recommend Charmaine, particularly to any speakers or authors who want to learn the ins and outs of leveraging sponsorship in their business! From LinkedIn recommendation from Michael Kerr February 2018.

Charmaine was recommended to me as a speaker for SOHO Victoria by a previous speaker. After watching some of her previous talk videos I was impressed enough to add Charmaine to the agenda. What an awesome decision that turned out to be. Not only did Charmaine deliver an outstanding talk filled with unique and actionable insights, she and her team went above and beyond in their support of the event via their social media and other channels. If you are looking for an inspiring, engaging and knowledgable speaker for your next event I would highly recommend Charmaine. From Chris Burdge LinkedIn recommendation Jan 30, 2018.

Charmaine is one fantastic speaker!! Every single time I have heard her speak, she had me engaged and ready to take action after hearing the great information, tips and ideas she shared! After the first time I heard her speak, I knew I had to have her at my Conference, the Empower Women in Business Conference and our audience LOVED her!! Thank you for everything you do, Charmaine. You are a wealth of knowledge!! I would highly recommend Charmaine as a Speaker for your next event! From LinkedIn recommendation from Ashley March 2016.

Charmaine is an expert at helping others to Bounce Forward. She does this in exponential leaps and bounds in her business. She has deep wisdom, amazing insight and is a natural catalyst for making things happen. She cares about her clients and colleagues; over and over again I have watched her share her knowledge and give back to the community. It is a great pleasure to call her friend, colleague and mentor. She is an engaging & inspirational Speaker. Look into On Toby’s Terms and GPS Your Best Life. Both will move you.

Charmaine was on our panel of entrepreneurs at our H.U.B Inc Durham Holiday Soiree, and she was phenomenal! She flew into Toronto and taxied out to Oshawa at our beautiful venue just for us which made us feel honoured. We had been trying to make our dates work for a while as she is booked up in advance for Toronto. Her answers to our guests questions were inspirational and extremely beneficial advice for our audience of some new, and some well established entrepreneurs. I heard the buzz and saw the connection she made with the women, empowering them to keep going and sleep for 8 hours a night if they could!! Our theme was pampering so her advice was from her personal story. The other two panellist's were very different and Charmaine read the two of them very well so that the information wasn't repeated it was enhanced and original. Thank your for being one of the highlights of our event

We recently had Charmaine as a keynote / presenter at our Women In Leadership and Business Conference. She had the tough "evening dinner spot" after a long day, and she handled the experience brilliantly! She led us through a session on Resilience, and managed the session with humour, honesty, relevance, and tremendous insights that our group could understand and apply on the spot. It was the perfect end to a transformational day! Charmaine is easy to work with, connects the learning from other areas of the conference for increased relevance, and she generously gave of her time to participants as they kept her long after the session ended. We were thrilled to have Charmaine as part of our leadership conference I and would highly recommend her!

Charmaine is extremely organized, focused and dedicated to her work. She works with the highest level of integrity while ensuring clients and stakeholders feel welcome and heard. Her relationships with not-for-profits like the Canadian Mental Health Association are and outstanding testament to her kind heart and hard working attitude

I had the privilege of attending a workshop facilitated by Charmaine at the 2019 CSSEA conference. Charmaine's approach to conflict management and courageous dialogue was insightful and provided us with concrete steps and strategies to manage difficult situations and conversations. We also explored ways to keep your cool during those critical moments. Charmaine did an amazing job, was engaging and provided many real world situations for discussion. I would highly recommend her.

It was a delight having Charmaine Hammond join us as a guest expert on the Authentic Marketing Summit™! Charmaine provided a super practical and brilliant training session on sponsorship for our audience of entrepreneurs and small business owners. Her content is incredibly relatable, achievable and authentic. She was generous with her insights and super easy to work with! Thank you, Charmaine!

Charmaine is an absolute delight! She facilitated an amazing interactive training workshop on conflict resolution that was tailored impeccably to the audience. Her keen insight and ability to navigate complex and sensitive topics is beyond compare. I was blown away by the number of useful, practical applications that she offered in a two-hour session and can't wait to learn more from her. Our only regret is that we didn't book her for a longer session!

Charmaine was a guest speaker at an Ambition In Motion workshop in October where we discussed how professionals can determine when the right time is to pursue additional education, as well as when is not the right time to pursue additional education. Charmaine did an amazing job and made a huge impact on our community and I am extremely grateful to have hosted her as our guest. I highly recommend Charmaine as a speaker and influencer.

Charmaine led a session at the Community Social Services Employers Association in October 2019. "From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs" focused on conflict resolution skills and touched on multiple communication skills that support realistic approaches to handling conflict in our workplace and in our daily lives. Charmain led a very impressive workshop - her stories were relatable and she has a sense of humour without belittling others in our sphere of influence. I would love to work with her and learn more about how to communicate better and how to face differences and not avoid them. Charmaine offers a depth of experience across a wide variety of settings and I look forward to working with her again in the future

Charmaine's presentation at our Conference was engaging, sincere, and highly informative. She had a wonderful sense of humor and the ability to resonate with the entire group. I would highly recommend her to organizations/business small, large or a sector level to provide guidance, support and education on Conflict Resolution

Charmaine has a well developed program to help Service Clubs and Nonprofits raise funds through strategic partnerships. She does an excellent job of helping Service Clubs and Nonprofits think creatively in terms of raising additional funds through strategic partnerships not just in the short term but over an extended period of time. I would highly recommend Charmaine and her program to any service club and Nonprofit organization

Charmaine Hammond is a genuine speaking professional and her expertise in sponsorship, partnership, and collaboration is truly priceless. You'll be delighted that you booked her. From LinkedIn recommendation from Ron Tsang May 2017.

Charmaine ran a three-part speaking series aimed at helping travel advisors deal with difficult clients. The first two sessions were live online, and the third was an interactive Q&A, also live online. Her messaging was clear and concise, even though she was along on screen her personality shone through and our viewers loved it. Her responses to questions for the Q&A session were well thought out and timed to perfectly fit into the allotted time. We will most certainly hire Charmaine again in the future.

I recently had the pleasure of working with Charmaine during our 2021 Virtual Conference. Charmaine impressed me with her professionalism, collaboration on content, and the ease she introduces to the delivery of her messaging. I am looking forward to working with Charmaine in the future!

Charmaine facilitated an online workshop on handling workplace conflict to our members. She was a fantastic host and provided clear takeaways which many people crave in workshops. She was extremely knowledgeable on different workplace conflicts and situations. Would highly recommend and love to have her back!

We booked Charmaine to deliver an online workshop for our community of women leaders on Conflict Resolution. She delivered an incredibly valuable presentation on the hot topic and what I really loved about her delivery, was her authenticity. She is a storyteller and made the material very relate-able and interesting! I am really looking forward to working with Charmaine in the future on other projects.

Charmaine Hammond was a recent guest on my podcast, "The San • IT Project Podcast", and she was amazing! Charmaine spoke on Communications and Conflict Resolution in the Workplace and boy does she know her topics well! Charmaine Hammond is THE expert on Conflict Resolution and provided much needed insights and strategies to my audience. This podcast episode with Charmaine will be around for a long time because no one will want to miss her beneficial perspectives. Thank you Charmaine Hammond!

Charmaine worked with me as a speaker in my role as an event producer, and participated in the 2019 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (IEEE WIE ILC) virtual track of online sessions designed to inspire mid- to senior-level women in technology. Her presentation on the panel session "The Resilience Factor is Your Super Power: Change Management and Dealing with Conflict" was exceptional, and very well received by our audience. Charmaine's knowledge and poignant personal experiences in dealing with conflict, change management, and the resiliency of women in leadership roles is invaluable. I would HIGHLY recommend Charmaine for a speaking engagement for any organization's next event!

Charmaine is phenomenal on so many levels. She's the best ideas person I have ever worked with, very passionate about helping others, has crazy good connections and experience, and is always going above and beyond to help. She has been a key player in helping me and Great Parenting Simplified Nonprofit Cooperative with our dream of helping connect parents to each other and the key parenting information they need. With her in our back corner, we've been able to keep adapting and refining what we are doing, while having a lot more fun!! I honestly can't say enough about how crucial and instrumental her help has been for us, and I know so many others.

Charmaine is THE expert on conflict resolution. Her methods for successfully resolving issues in the workplace are practical and immediately actionable for leaders in any position or industry. Run, don't walk, to work with Charmaine if you need assistance on conflict resolution in your organization.

I had the honour of leading an online retreat for the Evolutionary Business Council (EBC) with Charmaine as one of our key speakers. Charmaine is a real asset to work with. As this was our first online zoom retreat, Charmaine's professionalism, generosity and reliability was paramount for the success of the retreat. Her delivery was engaging and relevant and impactful. I have worked with Charmaine on various projects and can reliably count of Charmaine to deliver the above and beyond. Jill Fischer, International Speaker

I have had the pleasure of seeing Charmaine speak at live events in the past and found her to be authentic, dynamic and generous with her wisdom. I was not surprised when she was a guest on our weekly Sisters Supporting Sisters zoom call that she had everyone engaged, laughing and learning. Charmaine is a woman who is able to distill even the most complicated information and deliver her message so everyone understands. I am thrilled to attend any event where she is a speaker, either on or off line

Charmaine is one of those speakers that you can always rely on. She comes ready prepared, knows her topic and in her personable way, gets her message across and teaches her topic well. I have used Charmaine several times at my conferences, and she always goes that extra mile, delivering more than promised. I would highly recommend her, plus bonus - she's fun to work with.

It has been such a pleasure learning from Charmaine in multiple settings: as a participant in the Raise a Dream program, at CAPS, Global Influence Summit and EBC Deep Dives! Every time I hear Charmaine speak it is phenomenal - I have learned so much about sponsorship and Charmaine was so much fun to work with. She certainly knows her stuff and and organizes the material into all the steps necessary to succeed! I am deeply grateful for all she has taught me and her generous offers of advice, encouragement and mentor-ship.

Charmaine is a skilled speaker who delivered an engaging virtual presentation on conflict resolution for our Strategic Capability Network group. She made good use of virtual meeting tools (polls, chat, breakout groups) to create an interactive online session. She provided a clear framework, practical advice during a rich Q&A session, and followed-up with several valuable resources. We had very positive feedback about the session from our attendees.

Charmaine delivered a virtual professional development session for women in our company called 'Communicating For Success'. The session was very informative and we had lots of positive feedback from attendees in different roles in our organization. This was the kind of session it seemed many of us needed, even if we didn't know we needed it! There were lots of good takeaways and over the past 2 months I continue to hear positive testimonials on how helpful this session was for some of our employees. I would highly recommend Charmaine as a speaker to other organizations.

I worked with Charmaine with her being a guest speaker to host a session with Nutrien WiNTER (woman in non traditional roles and environments). This session brought together woman across Canada the United States and Trinidad related to improving our communication skills. She was very professional to work with and exceeded our expectations for both the preparation and delivery of the session. Highly recommend her to anyone looking to hold such a session or event.

Charmaine was hired to speak to two different CEO/COO Peer Based Business Forum Groups I moderate. The needs of the two groups are different even though Charmaine's presentation topic was very relevant. Presenting via Zoom due to the pandemic has challenges in keeping the group engaged in the material over 1-2 hours. Charmaine's presentation material and style met both groups where they were at and her ability to include and engage the group members throughout was fantastic. She's an expert in her field and shares a wealth of knowledge and practical tools for integration into organizations of any size. Both groups rated Charmaine very highly and have contacted her regarding additional work. I highly recommend Charmaine as a speaker for your leadership team and as a consultant to to truly shift your culture to a healthier and less costly place.

Charmaine was a wonderful podcast guest on my Mindset Of Steel Live Show. She shared her journey from being a correctional facility officer, book author, corporate conflict resolution trainer and most recently executive producer of "Back Home Again" - a movie based on the 2016 massive wildfire the size of New York City that swept through the community of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada and forced the largest evacuation in Canada's history. I was also amazed how she's helping businesses and non-profits fund their projects with new revenue streams via RaiseADream.com.

If you are looking for a kind, enthusiastic, engaging, and easy to work with speaker, Charmaine is your person! Sheridan Alumni invited Charmaine back on campus (virtually) to speak to Sheridan students and alumni during our Career Ready Speaker Series event. Our goals for these talks are to educate, inspire and motivate Sheridan's students and, ultimately, add to their career readiness, and we can say without a doubt, that with Charmaine's help, we were able to achieve these goals. Through her amazing storytelling abilities, students and alumni gained valuable tips and insight into teamwork and collaboration, and how it can help them in their future careers. Charmaine's energy and smile are contagious, and you just can't help but pay attention to her while she is speaking. I would HIGHLY recommend Charmaine for any speaking engagement. You will not be disappointed!

As a speaking agent, I was thrilled to have Charmaine present to one of my clients. Her virtual presentation was "Sponsorship for Photographers". Her presentation was professional with high quality audio and visual and was loaded with actionable content. She provided tips for photographers to grow their businesses by tapping into partnership and sponsorship and how to creatively find sponsors for everything from clothing to locations hairstyles venues, graphic design and more. She taught viewers that sponsorship for solopreneurs is absolutely possible at every level. I highly recommend Charmaine as a virtual presenter.

I recently had the opportunity to work with Charmaine on a project and I have to say, WOW, what an experience. She so over-delivered. I rarely ever provide recommendations, endorsements, or testimonials and I guard them heavily, but Charmaine is the real deal and that's what makes it so easy for me to recommend working with her if you ever have the opportunity. You won't regret it

Charmaine was our featured guest at a recent Female Wave of Change Canada virtual meeting and she skillfully and thoughtfully engaged with our audience. Charmaine shared her wisdom and broad experience related to sponsorship and collaboration and modeled collaboration in action. I would highly recommend Charmaine as a speaker, radio show or podcast guest, trainer or consultant to any organization or group who is interested in learning how to build and maintain collaborative partnerships and successful sponsorship relationships.

Raise a Dream truly has the pulse on how to build strategic partnerships and raise sponsor money in a way that is all about connection and creating a win-win. I am always blown away by how innovative and effective their strategies are. And I love that they walk the talk. They themselves have raised millions for their own projects for over 20 years so they really know all the ins and outs