What they say…

“I would like to thank you and your team for providing excellent sessions for our team building event in September. Providing us 5 sessions in 3 days was a challenge and your sessions were beyond our expectations. Employees were able to take away new ideas to be more collaborative in the workplace, enhance their creativity and ways to communicate with others who they don’t work with daily. Thank you for a job well done!”

Kristen Day 
HR Employee Representative
Research In Motion Limited – Waterloo

“This years Staff meeting went off with a bang and a boom! Boom facilitated a management session for Butterfield Bank. Teams of Managers were challenged to create a musical piece based on their learning from management development training they attended earlier in the year. I was amazed and thrilled at how easily Boom connected the main learning outcomes of the courses into their facilitation. It was a great way to conclude and summarize a management development program . The feedback from participants was awesome and I have never quite seen anything like it – another huge success.

Samantha Nehra, Manager of Learning & Development
Butterfield Bank Grand Cayman

“The session was just terrific! I was anticipating an event that would focus on collaboration and communication, but I never expected it to be so much fun. It was the next best thing to being at Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro! Even more amazing was that it was my staff I was hearing and not a group of professional musicians. That you could get a group of non-musicians to play like that after a long, tiring business day is simply magical!”

Romi Schutzer Vice President,
Corporate Marketing and Communication, IMAX Corporation

Paul, thank you so much for your energy and creativity in putting together a program that so perfectly met our needs. Our team left your session energized, excited and with a new take on their roles as communicators in a high performance team. Of particular value was the brainstorming exercise you led us through to come up with the theme for our final masterpiece. It was a great event from start to finish, and we would highly recommend Boom! to other teams!

Katherine Ward, Director, Internal Communications,
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)

“Discovery Channel thoroughly enjoyed our Boom experience. We learned new ways of cooperating together to establish order from chaos. Everyone came away with a deeper understanding of how each team member can contribute to the overall success of a given project.”

Sally Basmajian, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing
Discovery Channel

“The session was a wonderful way to bring across some of the main themes of our conference. It delivered in demonstrating the power of teamwork, collaboration and the effects that one person can have on a system. Our attendees’ feedback indicated that 94% of the participants rated the session as very good or excellent. I highly recommend this session to anyone seeking to add a unique touch to their meetings, I would love to do it again!”

Cynthia Majewski, Executive Director
Quality Healthcare Network

“I cannot over emphasize the value you brought to our team by showing us how important we are to one another in achieving our future success. Your lessons in communication and listening are terrific examples for us to use in our organization. Boom was the perfect exercise!”

Ted Starkman, Executive V.P. & General Manager
The Shopping Channel

“The beauty of BOOM is that it transcends physical, language and corporate barriers. It enabled us all just to play for the day while embracing a really powerful metaphor…we all play an important role in setting, keeping and adapting to the rhythm in our environment, our colleagues and ourselves.
In doing the pre-work Paul listened to our business goals & philosophies and researched our culture resulting in a great session that resonated with all the participants. The “2006 Rhythm Sessions” were delivered to great success… a phenomenal concept to integrate everyone into a team event. Thanks for the new insights…”

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Paul, I wanted to take this opportunity to convey how thrilled we were with your interactive presentation at our 2007 Annual Conference. You captured the interest of every person in the room. Who needs coffee in the morning when Boom is around! The audience turnout was impressive for a morning session, as was their participation with the instruments! I’ve had a few people contact me asking me how they can get in touch with you. I’ve given them your phone number and referred them to your website.

Paul, once again, thank you for such a great presentation and for a wonderful experience!

Dina Sibellino Manager, Conferences & Meetings
Ontario Real Estate Association

Our conference brought together people from across the province who deal with diverse challenges in their day to day activities – including reaching across large geographical distances, varying work environments and the ever-changing and challenging landscape of farming in Ontario. Paul picked up on those themes immediately and was able to connect our experiences to the power of drumming and music. I was heartened to see how quickly all of us fell into the same rhythm, and could grow and adapt it together. I believe that this is a good analogy of how we work together now and how we can continue working together in the future.

Len Senyshyn – Manager, Nutrient Management Branch
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

“We have had nothing but praise for your BOOM presentation. Our president was extremely happy with the engagement techniques used and was equally impressed with the knowledge and enthusiasm you showed in the presentation. Our staff was ready for more. The presentation was a perfect start to our employee event day. Thank you.”

Tammye Bedard The Insurance Institute of Canada

We received very positive feedback about your session – not only from a learning perspective, but it also helped to build relationships within a team that is relatively new. We very much appreciated your creativity and professionalism and will look for opportunities in the future to once again use your services.

Lisa Camey Harris Bank P&C Product Operations US

“The theme of our conference was “Master the Rhythm of Growth”. Our Market and Product Development team spent two days learning, planning and strategizing for the future. “Boom” was the glue and “pause” in our planning that bonded attendees. The experience involved all in drumming, self expression, listening and performing together. Paul Houle and his team did a great job of leading us through exercises. We felt the power of one person’s expression as well as the collective voice. We discovered synergies in rhythm. Small changes in our own performance influenced the performance of others. The response to “Boom” was overwhelmingly positive. Our teams came back from the Conference reenergized and eager to tackle the challenges that lay ahead.”

Kay Hubbard,
Manager Organization Effectiveness, Carswell

“What a great way to wake up our conference attendees and get our message across… In addition to giving us an exciting start to our day…The Boom experience certainly added an air of celebration to our conference and the team came away feeling stimulated, confident and ready to tackle the challenges ahead.”

Steve Dorman
Senior Vice President, Sales, Universal Home Video Canada

“We greatly appreciate how you were able to take into consideration all of our needs and to create a program that suited our goals for the day. It was fascinating how you were able to link your musical exercises to successful business practices. You were able to challenge us, yet make us feel comfortable in our new roles as musicians. Aside from being a tremendous amount of fun, your program showed us how much a group can achieve when they’re focused on a common goal and working together. “

Kris Emmett
V.P. SME – Bell Ontario

“The theme of our meeting this year was “Performing in Rhythm”. Your event was not only a fun teambuilding activity, but also proved that each and every one of us has a talent to explore…we left knowing that our team can perform together beautifully, no matter how varied our talents and experience! That was the goal of this event and it was overwhelmingly met. “

Susan Deefholts
Marketing Events Coordinator, Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd

“I think I speak for everyone in attendance when I say that the musical session was just outstanding. The energy and excitement of the rhythm exercise was invigorating, and I know each of us took away a little something about teamwork and cooperation from that unique experience”

Roger Maloney
Chief Administrative Officer, Region of Peel

“… our conference was a long 5 day event, packed with presentations and speakers. I asked your group to participate as I hoped it would lift the team spirits, bond them together as a team, and provide a more relaxed enjoyable afternoon to break up the conference. You did just what I hoped and your session was the highest rated event on our feedback forms. It was amazing to see their faces go from perplexed to intrigued to excited to passionate. You truly transform people.”

Carl G. Smith
Regional Manager Eastern Canada TD Private Investment Counsel

“Paul, I think that in the past 14 years in this business I have had two or three events actually surpass my demanding expectations. Yours was one of them. Somehow you managed to take 200 delegates and turn them into a rolling mass of percussive bliss in less than 60 seconds. That was truly impressive!”

Matthew Ives
President, Rave Up Productions

“I was amazed at how much energy you inspired in us while you facilitated our listening and cooperation skills. Not only was it fun, but you could really hear improvement over the session and see the results of people working well together.”

Donna M. Hayes
PRESIDENT & C.O.O,
Harlequin – Children’s Supplementary Education Division

“On behalf of all the participants from Creativity Camp, I would like to thank you for your amazing talent to bring out the best in people, and capturing their creative imagination. I am still receiving wonderful feedback from your experience. “

Ian Hardy
Inkblot Communications, Creativity Camp