The right facilitator can transform a group meeting experience. Our clients are here to tell you firsthand…

Camp JRF

“I want to thank you for the wonderful training session you facilitated with the Camp JRF Board. You struck the perfect balance between practical and theoretical – and there was even fun! You have truly helped to push us forward and I can’t wait to see where we end up!”
– Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, Director

Camp Young Judea Midwest

“I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for all the hard work you must have put into the presentation you gave on Sunday. I was really surprised by how much detail and concrete content was in the training (and pleased to collect $70,000 in pledges from the work we did by close of business Tuesday!!!) I, and several others who had been in your training, was completely blown away by how much better your training had been compared to many others we have attended in the past. We are very lucky to have found you, grateful for all you have done and are doing, and even more impressed with your value.”
– Amy Beth Hamermesh, President

Jewish Federation of Greater Houston

“Thank you so much for 3 great sessions at the Federation yesterday. Feedback has been nothing but positive and I hope that we can definitely work again in the future.”
– Rene Cartagena Kariel, Director of the Jerome Robinson Family Young Adult Division

Jewish Federation of Greater New Jersey

We brought Amy into the Federation to present to volunteer leadership and to coach our day school development directors as part of our added value that we provide to our Jewish day schools. The session was well attended and Amy handled questions with expertise and an impressive knowledge base. The coaching she provided to the development directors was priceless: the topics brought to her were wide ranging, the advice was spot on. Amy was able to identify areas that the schools need to work on that was helpful to us as a community. I wouldn’t hesitate to bring her in again”
– Laurie Siegel, Senior Legacy Officer

Junior League of Kane and DuPage Counties, Inc.

“Thank you so much for facilitating our board training last Saturday. Having now gone through five board trainings this was by far the best one. You could just see the light bulbs turn on in the room. I really feel like your training has set the tone for a very successful year. I can’t wait to work with you again in fundraising.”
– Christina Brady, Board President

Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

“The Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation retained Giving Tree Associates for a board retreat. We worked with the two partners and they proved to be extremely organized and on task in developing the agenda and retreat materials. They were very effective in actually running the retreat and provided many good strategies on how our organization could raise more charitable dollars and leverage our funds.”
– Lynda Robbins, Executive Director

Prizmah (formerly Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education)

“Amy, thank you so much for facilitating two informative, interactive sessions for lay and professional day school leadership at the North American Jewish Day School Conference. We received excellent feedback on your workshops. Again, thanks for empowering and engaging our attendees! We look forward to working with you again soon.”
– Erica Cabag, Program Manager

Share our Spare

“I just got the best feedback from the meeting you facilitated last week. Everyone took their plan very seriously; they have been productive ever since. Better yet, everyone was engaged the entire time and left feeling like it was one of our most organized meetings ever! We owe it all to you and cannot thank you enough.”
-Amy Kadens, President

The Bais Yaakov School

“After hearing you at other ELI training sessions I was really looking forward to yesterdays program and you were outstanding. Your approach is always concise and realistic and you are always very encouraging.”
-Rabbi Ephraim Blumenkrantz, Vice President, Development

Twist Out Cancer

“Thank you so much for providing us with such a meaningful retreat. I think you did wonders for board morale and you helped motivate them in a big way. I am so looking forward to working with you over the next few months. Thank you for all of your hard work. The group is literally on such a high from today!”
-Jenna Benn Shersher, Executive Director and Founder