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“Victoria delivered. Pure and simple. She is funny, poignant, dramatic, visual – in short, the total package. I highly recommend Victoria for a program of any size, for any industry, global or domestic.”

Peter Lazaroff
IBM
VP Marketing & Communications

The talk and “WOW” of my Sales Meeting. My entire team got great working tools that they can take into their daily lives to make a positive and measurable difference. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for a great performance that we will never forget.”

Rob Freeman
Starbucks
Sales Director

“She is direct, insightful, committed, fun to work with and results oriented.
Victoria has been my ace in the hole.

Jon Roskill
Microsoft
Corporate Vice President

“Wow! High tech can be perceived as boring or just too complicated. Your tools helped a bunch of uber geeks like us confidently forge ahead. We must communicate with urgency, passion and interesting storytelling. We need more of what you’ve got.”

Michelle Dennedy
McAfee
Chief Privacy Officer

“Victoria has a rare gift to engage and connect with a HealthCare audience so desperately in need of inspiration and a pathway forward. She brilliantly weaves in and models communication skills and strategies that transform her audience every time without fail.

Brian Lee
Custom Learning Systems
CEO & Founder

“Victoria doesn’t just connect; she inspires you to reach for the stars. An amazing, moving experience that will challenge you to look at your skills in an entirely different light.”

Todd Fithian
Legacy Company
CEO

“Victoria’s half day with my senior leadership team was outstanding. Qualitative comments were “amazing”, “fantastic” and “pertinent”. She spent a great deal of time preparing & customizing. The session far exceeded my expectations.

Brad Kime
Irwin Financial Corporations
President

“Victoria’s closing keynote sent our members off with a positive attitude and skills to thrive. She spoke their language, acronyms and all. A consummate artist who captivates an audience with stories, movement and comedy, then ties everything together in a ribbon of practical wisdom.

Arlene H. Olkin
Association of School Business Officials International
Director

“The entire conference was all abuzz! For two days, your wonderfully wise, funny, and moving speech came back to us again and again. It was the perfect start of a great two days…inspired and energized. Thank you for really working to understand the audience. Nobody does it better.

Roxanne McCreery
Assoc of Briefing Program Managers
President

“In no uncertain terms Victoria was BRILLIANT! Her enthusiasm and charisma were captivating and engaging. Our attendees were motivated, entertained and trained. She spent the time to understand our needs. A dead-on presentation.

Curtis Hoehne
Natures Sunshine
Director of Events

“Victoria always made us feel like we were her most valuable client, by giving us special, personalized attention. Participants were excited that SHE knew about THEM and the challenges they face. Victoria helped us reach the next level – and surpass it!!”

Adam Palmese
Orange County Public Schools
Senior Administrator

“It was amazing to see how you brought your performing arts background to the sales process. From listening, questioning, and of course speaking, you covered it all. Thank you for helping to make our annual sales meeting a huge success.”

Steve Bunger
Steve Bunger
President & CEO

“Unlike any other presentation! Victoria completely broke the mold of the typical speaker. She put on a show that wove together customized humor, film, and inspiring theater. People are still talking, and more importantly, practicing her practical and useful tips and techniques!”

Jill Kallmeyer
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Co
VP Organizational Development & Learning

A tour de force! A whirlwind performance. It was stunning to see you transform the messaging of your material into points that related so well with our technology-minded audience. Thank you for sharing your skills, talents, abilities, and spirit! A memorable experience.

Tom Taylor
Sun microsystems
Marketing Manager

“Unquestionably the most inspiring & moving speaker I’ve experienced in my 15 years as CEO. Every person she’s touched within our company has walked away in awe and is now able to realize more of their potential in life. Victoria has done 19 sessions, impacting our entire company throughout N.America.”

John Ohanesian
Bosley
President & CEO

“A consummate keynote professional with a truly unique style, Victoria will outperform your expectations. She releases the audience’s full range of emotions through movement, comedy and storytelling. She is whimsical, funny, and very smart.”

Cinda L. Daly
Focus Marketing Events
CEO

“Beware! She will not leave you unchanged.”

Phil Cubeta
The American College
Chair in Philanthropy

Relevant, fun, entertaining and practical. Victoria’s sessions were consistently rated 5 out of 5. If you’re in the business helping people improve their client relationships, Victoria will definitely not disappoint.”

Kelley Oke
London Life
Director

“Your information and creativity along with your energetic presentation style captivated our sales associates’ attention, while at the same time providing meaningful content for them to take back with them. Thank you, Victoria!”

Elton Ash
Reimax
Executive Vice President

“Victoria, you did such a fantastic job at ADP’s conference. I was profoundly touched by your artistic performance. In five years of ADP conferences, I can honestly that yours was THE BEST.”

Stan Chambers
ADP
Client Advisory Board

“In addition to being thoroughly entertained, I was touched personally with your performance, as were many others in our audience.Your message clearly resonated and you provided us a fantastic finale to our conference.”

Karl Krumbholz
GSA
Director

“Our main concern: how to deliver this all-important message to our audience? Well, we found the way: Victoria Labalme.

Tony Paris
Panasonic
President, Visualize Inc.

“Victoria captivated the room with her energy and precision. Over 600 people sat riveted as they went from laughing to crying to applauding. The “buzz of enthusiasm” lasted. We’re still getting emails about her keynote and the convention’s success.”

Fran Goldstein
naps
Conference Chair

“Your address was an inspiration to our audience! You left us with a renewed sense of purpose and teamwork, and a fuller appreciation for the vital role customer service plays at HHS’s acquisition community.”

Nancy Gunderson
Dept of Health & Human Services, USA
Deputy Assistant Secretary

“Victoria spent a lot of time researching our company. Her ability to relate to what we go through was truly inspiring. Our attendees talked about her presentation for the next two days.”

Martha Fry
Manager

“McDonald’s would like to send a heartfelt thank you for sharing your talents, professionalism, flexibility, open-heart with our 4000+ managers. You can be guaranteed that you will be in their hearts and minds as they lead with presence and with purpose.

Katie Schelp
McDonald’s
Training & Communication Events Manager

“In spite of all the time and money I’ve spent on ‘presenters’ I can recall only one – Victoria Labalme. She lit up our stage and her message lives on in the daily lives and actions of my team.”

Randy Drake
24 Hour Fitness
Senior Vice President

“We put Victoria on stage in front of 900 sales and marketing team members. Her extensive preparation allowed her to speak “our language.” She was relevant, entertaining, exciting; what more could we ask!?”

Steve Ashby
intel
ASMO Geo Training Manager

“A phenomenal job! I don’t think I have ever worked with anyone who has so completely and efficiently immersed themselves into our organization and customized their approach to our groups as you have. You were a HUGE hit and you delivered in a big, big way.

Guy Williams
Director of Dealer Sales

“Victoria opened our MDRT Annual Convention and captured the imagination of the whole audience. She was a real hit. Incredible value. A can’t miss option for any program.

Guy Baker
MDRT
President

“Thank you for the outstanding presentation you gave to our leadership team. People are still buzzing, talking about how meaningful it was to them. Your messages from that day are still resounding.

Karen Morris
BlueCross BlueShield
Communications Manager

“If you’re looking for an unforgettable speaker experience, I enthusiastically recommend Victoria Labalme. She’ll make you look great! A year later, attendees still reference Victoria’s messages.”

Sally Hogshead
AAA
Manager, Travel Communications

“Brilliant. Inspiring. Client centric. And uniquely talented. Not only did Victoria energize and inspire our PayPal team, but her techniques from the performing arts helped us perform at the highest levels…and unlock hidden genius in our top talent.”

Hill Ferguson
Paypal
Chief Product Officer

Victoria's Clients Include

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1-Day Rochester
24 Hour Fitness
AAA
Accuro Health
Aderans Research Institute
Administaff
ADP
Aegis
AHIMA
Akron NY State Nutrition
American Assoc Critical Care Nurses
American Family Insurance
American Heart Assoc.
American Society Of Healthcare Risk Management
American Society of Military Comptrollers
Arizona Multihousing Assoc.
Ascensus
Association of Briefing Program Managers
Atlantic Health
Baptist Health of South Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Bosley
Brearley School
BST Solutions
Business Women’s Forum
Busy Body Fitness
Buy Gitomer
Canada Life
Canadian Assn. of Professional Speakers
CAPCO
Capital Speakers Club
Certified Management Accountants
Chase
Chick-fil-A
Christus Health
CIO Roundtable
Citrix
City of Kitchener
Cole Schotz Law Firm
Construction Financial Mgmt. Assn.
Credit Union National Assoc.
Crown Council
Cydcor
Darden Restaurants
Datatel
Delta Community Supports
Delta Point, Inc
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Ecology & Environment
El Dorado Study Group
EMC
Emergency Nurses Assoc.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Entrepreneurs Organization
Equinox Fitness Clubs
Express Scripts
Financial & Insurance Conf. Planners
General Motors
Genius Network
Global Clinical Supplies Group
Great-West Life
H.D. Vest Financial Services
Health, Work, & Wellness
Help Desk Institute
High Point University
Hobson Associates
HR Southwest
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Human Resources Prof. Assoc.
IBM
Innovative Mgt Care Systems
Intel
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Co
Irwin Union Bank
ITIM
JCDecaux
JetBlue University
Jewish Community Center
John Hancock
Kansas City Life Insurance
L’Oreal
LEO Pharma
Les Mills
Logomark
London Life Insurance
Lowe’s
Lowe’s Women’s Summit
McAfee
McDonald’s
McKinsey
MDRT-Focus Session Presenter
MDRT-Main Platform
MetLife
Microsoft
Microsoft Business Track
Microsoft Exec Communications
Microsoft WPC
Mindshare Summit
Mobile Mini
NAILBA
NAPS
National Dance Institute
National Institute Case Mgmt.
National Portable Storage Assoc.
National Speakers Association
Nationwide
Nature’s Sunshine
New School University
New York Life Insurance
New York University – Tisch
NRECA
NYPD
Omnicom
Ontario Hospital Association
Ontario Network of Empl. Skills Training
Ontario Real Estate Association
Ontario Teachers Insurance
Optum
Oracle – Leadership Summit
Oracle – Oracle Women’s Leadership
Orange County Public Schools
Pacific Life Insurance
Panasonic
PAR
Partners Financial
Paylocity
PayPal
PNC Bank
Polycom
Precor
Professional Convention Mgmt Assoc.
Prudential
RE/MAX
Redemtech
Riverbed Technology
Santa Fe Mountain Center
ScanSource
Serenic Software
Service Alberta
Servpro
Shepell·fgi
SII Investments
Simmons Leadership – Encore Series
Simmons Leadership Conference
Society of American Florists
Society of Diagnostic Medial Sonography
Stanford University
Starbucks
Suez Water
Sun Microsystems
Sylvan Learning, Inc.
TAHPERD
The Legacy Companies
The Nautilus Group
Toronto Law Office Managers
Tracy Women’s Forum
Trillium Health Centre
Trimega Purchasing Association
United States GSA
University of Western Ontario
U.S. Dept. HHS
UTI/Pratt & Whitney
ValMark Securities
Vancouver Island Health Authority
Verizon
Western Union
WEX Health
Witness Systems
Wolters Kluwer Health
Women in Business
Women in Management
Women’s Leadership Forum
Women’s Entrepreneur Org
Workday
World Bank
Worldwide ERC
xMatters, Inc.
YMCA

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