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TESTIMONIALS: FREE INTERNET RESEARCH BREAKFAST BRIEFINGS

Here is a small selection of comments from previous attendees:

"I was very impressed with the overall presentation and learned quite a few new tips re: how to find senior executives through the "back door". Well done. I would attend another session in a heartbeat! Many thanks for offering those of us in the executive search field such a constructive agenda."
Virginia Sisson / Green Collar Earth (New York)

"Fantastic information, very useful, easy to follow along - thank you!"
Jessica Henselmann / Jamesbeck Global Partners (San Francisco)

"The best 90 minutes I have invested in my business this year. I learned more about technology/web based search techniques in this session than from any other source other than sheer hard work and I enjoyed it as well!"
Philip Burn / Green Ventures Search (London)

"Very informative & lively presentation. Glad I attended."
Marq Lim / The Chapman Consulting Group (Singapore)

"Very useful and to-the point presentation with relevant content. I enjoyed the session and found it really helpful. Thank you!"
Ute Suenderhauf / Dr. Thomas A. Biland Executive Search (Zurich)

"I found the presentation extremely useful. I learned several techniques that will surely improve my search efforts!"
Debora Wagner / EMA Partners International (Toronto)

"I thought the content was incredibly useful and informative. I also found it interesting to see how FILEFINDER works and was a bit jealous of the people who have it. That research tool is amazing."
Andrea Hostetter / The Gerson Group (New York)

"I'm really glad I attended the session today as it was definitely well worth the time. The information provided will help to enhance & broaden our research capabilities."
Adeline Teo / Excalibur Associates Pte Ltd (Singapore)

"Useful and valuable research information in a clear and humorous style. I learned more than I expected."
J. Michael Loscavio / Rusher Loscavio Executive Search (San Francisco)

"Well organised, compact briefing! Learned a couple of new things again today."
Norbert Meijer / Interconsultants Executive Search BV (Amsterdam)

"Excellent presentation. I've done boolean searches in the past with mixed results and your examples showed me some of the "errors" I had been making in searching for data."
Doug Seville / C-Paths (Chicago)

"The course touches on areas which broaden the search capability of the search consultant, which is very useful. The sharing session has been enlightening and enjoyable."
Ling Loh / TCP Group Pte Ltd (Singapore)

"Thank you very much. It was an very informative meeting and I have learnt a few new things about research techniques. I' am sure that we will implement these in our daily business."
Sabine Denner / MPB Executive Search (Zurich)

"I found the training session to be very informative. While I would consider myself to be well-versed in internet research I definitely found this session to offer valuable insights into improving the way I approach internet research."
David Squires / TRUENORTH Executive Search (Toronto)

"Very informative, tons of "tricks of the trade" tips. Presented at a good pace with very good real world examples. I would not hesitate to recommend the session."
Fred Thompson / Fred Thompson Executive Search (San Francisco)

"This presentation was extremely helpful. I would recommend the program to any person I knew who needed help searching for information on the internet. Thank you again for such an informative experience."
Katie Andrews / Sterling Resources International LLC (New York)

"An excellent training session. Highly recommended for anyone."
Mark Gardner / MG Group

"I was very pleased with the session. The information was very specific and relevant for my work as a researcher and consultant and I could not wait to try out some of the search techniques that were demonstrated."
Galimir Dilkin / O'Connell Marketing Recruitment (Amsterdam)

"Very nice briefing. Short and concise. I learned new tricks! Very useful."
Daniella Scheggia / Ken Clark International (Zurich)

"I thought it was a great breakfast seminar. It was a lot of new information to me, presented in a great and "easy-to-undersand" way! I have already used some of the information new to me this afternoon in my search work. Many thanks!!"
Helen Bennet / Penna Plc (London)

"The presentation was excellent. I definitely learned new search tips and can see how the software would be more effective at uncovering more targeted candidates and their details."
Linda Kral / Kral & Associates (San Francisco)

"I've considered myself fairly proficient at internet research, though there were several topics covered in the presentation that made full use of certain search functions I didn't think about utilizing as effectively previously. This has been helpful and keen to test and develop into my search routine."
Jonathan Chen / Sheffield Haworth Ltd (Hong Kong)

"Very informative and good opportunity to learn simple yet effective tips in maximizing searches."
Aylwin Miranda / Kerry Consulting Pte Ltd (Singapore)

"I thought the information was very useful and want to learn more about using these tools to produce a higher level of quality and quantity of candidates. This opened my eyes to new areas of getting material I didn't know was available for free. Thank you."
Brian Cedar / New Capital Careers Inc. (New York)

"I thought that the information provided in the breakfast briefing was extremely interesting and I can't wait to begin using the different search formulas."
Jennifer Sanders / Trans-Logic Executive Search Group (Toronto)

"Excellent - found it very useful and informative!"
Christine Loughrey / The Research Bank (London)

"Very well done. Great from a content perspective, well articulated and clearly explained. An hour well invested - thanks!"
Margaret Rikhof / KennedyFitch (Zurich)

"I found this seminar to be really valuable; definitely one of the best capturing a broad capability of the internet search process. Very enjoyable."
Diane Dombeck / Kennedy & Company Inc. (Chicago)

"Excellent presentation! Very useful information provided in a clear and concise manner. Thank you!"
Monica Vida / Sheffield Haworth (New York)

"A very well hosted event with useful tips on internet search. Thank you!"
Bastiaan Fontein / Finanstaff (Amsterdam)

"Very interesting and touched areas of Internet-search that I was not aware of. Thanks a lot!"
Juan Oldani / Ken Clark International (Zurich)

"I found this session very informative and helpful. The amount of information shared was direct and not overwhelming."
Rickie Bryan / Bryan, Jason & Associates (Toronto)

"The most informative session I've been to on how to get the best out of the web, when seeking out top quality people - I thoroughly recommend this briefing to everyone involved in all search disciplines."
David Kidd / Hamilton Blake (London)

"Excellent - started using the Google search tips same day."
Daryl Hodes / Carmichael Fisher (Hong Kong)

"Entertaining and insightful event of excellent content! Thank you for the invitation."
Sabine Steinhorst / Dr. Bjorn Johansson Associates Inc. (Zurich)

"Overall it was a very useful session. Good information given at a good pace and with enthusiasm. You can't ask for much more than that in a presentation."
Douglas Brown / RSVP Group (New York)

"Found the session very useful and certainly learnt a lot, a very worthwhile use of time."
James Coleman / Perrett Laver (London)

"Arguably some of the most useful information I've seen helping recruiters and researchers get to most valuable information. Thank you thank you for helping us all do better."
John Dugan / J.H. Dugan & Company (Chicago)

"It was great to get an updated session on search techniques for the internet. I learned new techniques that I look forward to applying."
Linda Kirkland / EWK International (Toronto)

"Superb meeting! Learned a lot of extremely useful tricks."
Roland Steenvoorde / Harvey Nash (Amsterdam)

"Outstanding presentation - the best of its kind I have attended in the last 2 years. Many search professionals would gain from this session. It also made a clear case as to why FILEFINDER would be a great asset for some organisations without becoming a long marketing exercise. Top marks."
Gaston Dolle / Heidrick & Struggles (London)

"I thought the presentation was perfectly paced, interesting and enlightening. I can't wait to get the material to use as reference."
Deb Sperco / Ken Clark International (New York)

"Very good introduction and well presented. The event was very useful and showed me functions that I never knew was possible for internet search."
Peter Lee / Kinsey Allen International (Hong Kong)

"One of the most to-the-point, effective, knowledge-rich presentations I have ever taken place in. Absolutely relevant content, excellent organization. 5 out of 5. Well done!"
Sandor Fuleki / SpenglerFox (London)

"This was one of the most informative sessions I have attended on this topic. Thanks for sharing."
Ron Deitch / The Burling Group Ltd. (Chicago)

"I thought it was great! Very helpful. The length of the session was perfect & the speakers were excellent. Many thanks."
Marie Owens / Janet Wright & Associates Inc. (Toronto)

"Hugely helpful. I am not surprised these sessions have been so well received and they can only improve your already very impressive profile."
Zanni Young / Eban (London)

"Thanks for showing me how to search for useful information in Google, especially the ways to identify the users of private LinkedIn profiles. It's a great event to attend and I gained a lot of internet searching skills."
Eddie Cheng / Hudson Global Resources Limited (Hong Kong)

"Fascinating and frightening all at once.. Who knew there was that much information at our fingertips!
Really enjoyed it."
Laura Cinicolo / Barrett Webb (London)

"Excellent! Well presented, very useful information, great job!"
Ned Thomas / American Real Estate Executive Search (Chicago)

"The breakfast briefing held yesterday was very informative and superbly presented. I have picked up many extremely useful tips which are going to help me manage my time in a far more efficient manner."
Robert Leonard / Karlsen-Hicks (London)

"Very useful presentation even for someone with a Research background. Covered most of the key points from using Google to navigating Linkedin."
Dhiraj Mirchandani / Search Technology Partners (Hong Kong)

"I found this to be an excellent briefing & well worth the time attending. It was exactly the kind of information that will enhance our research processes and well presented. Thank you."
Hilary Cullen / Chapple (London)

"I thought the session was great. It definitely showed us some new search methods that we weren't aware of. Thanks for hosting!"
Karolyn Leonard / Kensington International Inc. (Chicago)

"Terrific, interesting, and delivered with excellent pace, timing and humour. We learned some refined new ways of researching which I will be trying out immediately. Left wondering what other "secrets" there might be if there had been more time. Thank you."
Kerene Begg / Banister International (Hong Kong)

"Very useful course. Picked up lots of useful tips and this will definitely save me time and money!"
Stephen Hockey / Vita Associates (London)

"Some of the techniques you shared were truly great. Can't wait to try them out on the projects that have recently been giving me considerable headache. Thanks!"
Ruzanna Tantushyan / Cook Associates (Chicago)

"The presentation is very good and useful for recruiters like me, especially the part about Linkedin search. The demonstration at the end of the presentation about the latest version of FILEFINDER is quite attractive as it can speed up the search time. I'll recommend my company to find out more about it."
Sacha Wong / Transitions Asia Ltd (Hong Kong)

"It was an excellent session. I though I knew a lot about Google and searching but was surprised to find out I really don't. Really helpful, thank you."
Adam Treanor / True North Human Capital (London)

"Very interesting presentation. I really enjoyed learning about all the different ways to search in Google. I never knew these tricks before!"
Claire Waiksnoris / Alford Group Executive Search (Chicago)

"Definitely an interesting topic for us. It will definitely be helpful. Even though we already knew some of the search methods, it did help us understand better. Also we felt interested in the new version of FILEFINDER with the integrated search function."
Kitt Chan / Neumann Leadership Asia Pacific Ltd (Hong Kong)

"I'd previously attended a course on Internet search techniques (Boolean strings etc) but seeing your program with the pre-loaded searches was fantastic, particularly the ease of transfer of search results to FILEFINDER database...."
John Heagren / TPD Associates (London)