Quotes from Happy In The Moment Customers

"As a company of training specialists, we have high expectations. Cynthia and Terrrill did an excellent job of engaging our staff and facilitating thought-provoking activities. Your preparation, familiarizing with our audience and our needs, made the training more valuable. Because you provided realistic examples, we left with clear ideas for integrating new concepts into our daily work routine. The training was both authoritative and fun."
-    Joel Hobbs, VP of Services, Fusion Learning Systems, Inc.

"We thoroughly enjoyed the comedy performance you all provided for our Senior Management Conference this year. The staff needed to laugh after a hard day of planning and budgeting. It was obvious that you and your partners had put measurable time and research into the preparation of your sketches. It was tailored to our business and sometimes specifically to our employees. We chuckled about the 'Risk Management Man' sketch throughout the following day."
- Timothy B. Smith, President - Alex Sheshunoff Managment

"You have a wonderful gift and your ability to take an idea and run with it as you did, write an entire script and then present the material so effectively is a real talent. The evaluations of that evening were almost straight 6's the highest rating there was and the audience loved your performance!"
-Madelyn Mertz, CMP, Encore Productions

"The immediate result of their training was the increase in involvement [by the participants] during meetings. Everyone seemed more engaged, outgoing, and confident in their voices - which is why we did the training in the first place. They liked the fact that Cynthia was not the typical, energetic "training-in-a-can" type of leader - she gave a very personalized and meaningful presentation....I have had nothing but positive experiences with In The Moment. They bend over backwards to help us achieve our goals."
- Manny Pandya, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at St. Edwards University

"Late Night with Ellen Degeneres and Donald Trump presented our committees in both an entertaining and informative format. I reached my goal in receiving committee members' commitments that night, and I'm happy to say that I was not 'fired!' Thank you, Mr. Trump!"
- Ed Howard, Sales Manager at DoubleTree Guest Suites Austin.

"The Terrill-Cynthia duo was exactly what our white-collar jobseekers needed to help them survive the holidays.  They received excellent information presented in a downright hilarious manner.  They'll be grinning thru February.  I especially liked the idea that understanding and using the components of comedy (paradoxes, rolling with the punches, etc.) is empowering.  People who've been laid off feel out of control; you showed them how to take charge. Ba-da-bing."
- Kathleen Lansford, WorkSource Austin

"They were able to make their performance apply to all of the employees at our agency instead of having to narrow it down to a specific division. Their presentation skills were right on target—they made their points clearly and in a fun way that kept the audience’s attention."
- Letty Torres, State of Texas Dept. of Agriculture

"Successful speakers, trainers and consultants, not to mention salespeople, human resource professionals and parents must be able to think on their feet to meet the spontaneous opportunities and challenges they face. There is no one single exercise that can give you faster, more effective tools than Improv. I use these techniques in so many different ways, and for me, the best part is all the fun I have while turning people on to new ways of thinking. No better teacher lives than Terrill Fischer!!!"
- Kay Baker, Kay Baker Assoc. & 2004 NSA Colorado President

"What I'd like others to know is that you all brought creativity to me in a safe and fun way, added with a mixture of respect for learning and an awe for tapping into some of our unknown strengths. I don't know how you do it, it was more than just the words you used to suggest exercises and games. It was your reverence for what you were doing combined with the doing of it."
- Philomena Blees, Austin Chapter President of the American Creativity Association

"Terrill is funny, articulate, and clever. He's especially good at creating interactive training programs that really get the participants involved and engaged. His background in media buying and closing business deals gives him credibility and really enhances his presentation - he's actually been through the experiences that he talks about in his programs."
- Tom Carroll, Sematech

"[In The Moment] uses improv comedy to improve team relations and communications within companies. I had heard about this and recommended that we have Cynthia as a guest speaker in our class to teach us more about interviewing skills, thinking on your feet, and communication with co-workers/classmates. Basically, for about an hour and a half, we went through many group exercises that helped us to communicate better with one another and to get to know each other. The dynamic of the class was immediately improved, I thought, and has seemed so in the days following as well."
- Casey C., University of Texas

"I think you did an excellent job of relating the experiences of working in a fast-paced, high tech, business environment with the practices and strategies used in improvisational comedy. There are similar rules to understand and techniques to apply in both domains, which allow an interactive, funny, and engaging experience. Therefore, I believe my retention of the information presented will be further enhanced."
- Nick Begleris, Western Regional Sales Manager, Planar Systems Inc. Commercial Business Unit

"With very short notice, Cynthia was able to assimilate the learning objectives for our team meeting. She led a session that used improv and activities to teach and reinforce the learning objectives. The team had a great deal of fun - AND they learned. Cynthia's prior work experience, passion for improv and her graduate educational pursuits make her uniquely qualified and well-suited to develop and deliver fun and meaningful corporate training programs."
- Carrie M., Senior Human Resources Consultant, Planar Systems

"I want to extend a heartfelt thank you! The conference was a success once again and you played a key role in helping to make that happen. Participants' comments included: "great end for the day," "very engaging and memorable way to present information," "I liked this as the closing session" "leave em laughing!" "Would like to hire them." "First time I enjoyed the whole audience appreciation thing! Thank you for the belly-laugh."
- M. Wilson, IAEM Crossroads

"I found the improvisation training very insightful. Game playing in a safe environment was a fabulous way to experiment with my own decision-making style. The model that Cynthia presented about drawing from distilled experience to make rapid decisions is already proving useful to our team. Don't let the word "improvisation" scare you - everyone in our group, from the shy to the gregarious, participated fully and benefited immensely. I would highly recommend her workshop for any group that is looking for experiential learning and a great team-building experience."
-Jennifer Davis, Operations, Planar

"I hadn't realized just how long it has been nor how good it is to hear co-workers laugh. The laughter didn't stop after the show either, and it is music to my ears to hear people laughing in the halls again."
- Steve S., Lower Colorado River Authority

"I am amazed that even with a short period of time, you could deliver such important lessons and reminders to the entire team. Everyone participated, understood the messages, and had a blast! I am certainly more in tuned to the level of complexity in our workplace, how many balls we're all juggling, little things I can say and do to support my colleagues, and what I can do to help make things run more easily. And, I'm looking forward to next time!"
- Kimarie Wolf., Marketing Programs Manager, Planar

"Terrill Fischer pumped up and excited the employees at my agency - the Texas Department of Health. His finesse with improv techniques drew our trainees into the experience of learning something new and working with each other in ways not imagined before. Terrill is well versed in adult learning, organizational development and team issues. This allowed me to collaborate with Terrill on the choice of exercises that were tailored to our agency's learning objectives. Terrill understands how to use improv and humor to build creativity, morale, interdependence, collaboration, and subtleties of communication. His program is the best "stress management" pill we have taken in months. Just plain fun!"
- Steven Fearing, Org. Dvlpt., Texas Department of Health

"The sales teams are EATING UP the training that [In The Moment] is doing and it's contagious (attendance is great because the word is spreading)! [The training] is clear, engaging, very entertaining.... I may never feel qualified to lead a training class again!"
- Kelly Shannon, Dell Online Manager

"[In The Moment] brings energy, perspective and real-world examples while building a very creative learning environment."
- Mayme Biegler, Dell Online Manager

"Every participant who responded to the survey indicated that you were very dynamic speakers who held his or her attention for the entire session! You were such a hit that everyone requested that we invite you back next year if we hold another conference."
- Barbara Truesdale, Comptroller of Public Accounts

"Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed your workshop and what a pleasure it was working with you. Your presentation is far better than many of the over-priced motivational/instructional speakers that I attended in the past."
- Janet Owen, Marketing, Visiting Nurse Association, The Methodist Hospital in Houston

"Friday was one of the best in-services program we've had in a very long time. If all our gatherings could be as entertaining as this one, you would have standing room only."
- Anita Alexander, Austin Independent School District

"What an absolute treat you provided for our counselors.....The evaluations were great!!! Some counselors even wrote..."this is the best professional development we have ever had" and "could we have more like this?" Your presentation was like "group therapy" for all of us. First time I have seen them leave a professional development feeling good and smiling..
- Diana Groves, Austin Independent School District

"I had so much fun, and I was very impressed with your quick wit and fast feet thinking. Great Job!"
- Dawn Deena Allen