January 2012 testimonials from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

• "A treasure trove presented in an energetic and delightful style."
• "Best presenter I have had in all the CA courses I have taken."
• "Instructor offers high entertainment value."
• "Engaging speaker."
• "Very current information."
• "A lot of info in one class!"
• "Blown away from the insights and tools."
• "Great presentation."
• "Great presentation (not a dull moment)."
• "Nice to take a productivity course."
• "One of the most useful courses I’ve taken!"
• "Lots of information to review and use in my working and personal life!"
• "Instructor was very knowledgeable and had put together an amazing handout/reference package – wow!"
• "Instructor was very interested in his material which made his delivery of the material very easy to listen to! Nice to see someone who loves what he does!"
• "Best presentation! Extremely interesting."
• "Very practical, instructor’s style very good."
• "Very well presented, fast paced."
• "Excellent presenter."
• "Great approach in mix of material, survey of net features, techniques, interesting sites."
• "Terrific."
• "Garrett had excellent examples and good up front introductions and even better summary of key point takeaways."
• "High energy, interesting, focused presenter, fantastic handout material, on time, respectful of time."
• "Exceeded expectations."
• "Fabulous instructor."
• "Instructor evaluation?  "6" out of 5.  Overall course evaluation?  "6" out of 5.

February 2011 testimonials from Chartered Accountants from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Saskatchewan:

• “I was surprised and impressed by the amount of material that was covered - Garrett really knows his stuff.”
• “Awesome presentation.  Reminded me a lot of Ted Nugent.  Full of energy and enthusiasim for the subject.  A wealth of knowledge.”
• “Garrett was extremely knowledgeable and very passionate about the subject.”
• “Garrett was an excellent instructor, high energy and very entertaining.”
• “Overall, this course was excellent and would recommend to others.”
• "Garrett is an excellent presenter. He made things interesting with examples and I really enjoyed his presentation and found it easy to pay attention throughout.”
•  “The course will be immediately useful and save me research time - the binder information is written in a way that will make it easy to apply what was taught.”
• “Garrett keeps up to date on new developments and is updating course accordingly.”
• “Lots of excellent practical solutions.”
• “The course was very interesting and informative.” 
• “How current the information was.”
• “Identification of a lot of very useful internet tools!”
• “Found the material very interesting - different tools for google, setting up alerts, having the information come to me instead of searching for it.”
• “Presentation was awesome.”
• “A lot of useful, practical material was provided.”
• “Garrett was funny and the material was useful.”
• “Garrett made the subject very interesting and very lively.”
• “Tons of ideas and data presented.  Excellent course.”
• “Very good tips and techniques were provided.”
• “Garrett was engaging and entertaining.”
• “Suggestions on where to find good resources on the web. Learning about the many tools that Google has to offer to save time.”
• “Very thorough course materials.”
• “Lots of practical tips for everyday use.”

January 2011 testimonials from Chartered Accountants from theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta:

• "This is the best class I've had in years."
• "Best course I have attended in years."
• "Garrett is the most enthusiatic and captivating instructor I have ever encountered."
• "Garrett is my favorite instructor."
• “This was long overdue … research is (or should be) a big part of an accountant’s life.”
• “This material could have been very dry and irrelevant ...but Garrett used many real-life examples to demonstrate how important this really is.”
• “Highlighted amazing ways to obtain information efficiently.”
• “Garrett has a crazy knowledge of Internet tools.”
• “Truly fabulous, entertaining useful course.”
• “I would highly recommend this to anyone.”
• “Far surpassed expectations.”
• “5+++”
• “Wow!”
• “Garrett was the best.”
• “Phenomenal content.”
• “All instructors should be this engaging.”
• “Improved my web efficiency.”
• “Superb resource materials and course handout.”
• “Binder will be on my desk and very handy.”
• “Highly entertaining and informative.”
• “Garrett has a great sense of humour.”
• “Very useful for work and non-work life.”
• “Covers a lot in a short time.”
• “Absolutely amazing!”
• “Fun and relevant.”
• “Very practical.”
• “Love all the quick tips.”
• “Caught me up with latest available tools for online research.”
• “Fast paced.”
• “Covered both macro and micro aspects of search.”
• “Cute Internet song at beginning!”
• “Outstanding presenter and course.”

December 2010 testimonials from Chartered Accountants from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario:

• “Garrett is the most interesting, engaging and entertaining speaker that I’ve ever had!”
• “Best course I’ve take in years! Excellent!”
• “An exciting presentation! Garrett’s passion for technology made this a great course.”
• “Garrett very knowledgeable, passionate about subject area – would recommend this to anyone.”
• “Thanks, Garrett! I’m blown away by this stuff.”
•  “The number and variety of research tools is amazing, I had no idea of the capabilities of Google.”
•  “Fantastic overview from an expert.”
• “Tonnes of new sources of info and insight into internet search.”
• “Garrett’s dynamism kept me involved all day.”
• “Clear and concise, enjoyed every moment.”
• “Very engaging, well spoken, funny, interesting.”
• “Very relevant information.”
• “It went quickly, my brain is hurting – there is so much information.”
• “Very well done session, one of the better ICAO sessions conducted.”
• “Very educational and entertaining.”
• “Far more than I expected, thank you.”
• “Very applicable to our work and practice developments.”
• “Extremely comprehensive.”
• “Deep knowledge on the part of the instructor.”
• “Garrett is a very enthusiastic presenter.”
• “Opened a new window for me.”
• “Excellent seminar and reference material!”
• “Lots of ideas to follow up.”
• “All of it, very interesting.”
• “Examples extensively used.”
• “Use of real life examples on how you can use it for accounting business.”
• “Very visual presentation.”
• “Garrett, great delivery and knowledge.”
• “Excellent presentation style.”
• “Tempo and pace were excellent.”
• “Garrett  not boring, very knowledgeable.”
• “Really good overview of an emerging technology – with both what’s good and what’s not so good.”
• “Excellent take home resource.”
• “Excellent resource manual.”
• “Very passionate presentation.”
• “Most informative.”
• “Very engaging presenter.”
•  “I loved that lots of content was covered in such a short amount of time.”

November 2010 testimonials from Chartered Accountants from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba:

• “Garrett was fabulous. Really knew his stuff and was an excellent teacher that had enthusiasm."
• “Please bring Garrett back anytime. I will sign up for ANY course he does. He is that good! What a great guy and great instructor for us accountants."
• “Using the Internet and Google are things that we should know how to do really well but no one (except Garrett) teaches. Truly an excellent learning tool."
• “Garrett makes you understand, brings you up to date on current happenings (as much as you can with the Internet) and makes it applicable to your life."
• “Crucial to have Garrett as instructor. Fabulous.”
• "Great ideas that I have not heard of that have real value."
• “Everything about the course was great."
• “Garrett’s 'color' added real value."
•  “Learned new search techniques."
• “Vast amount of information in short period of time.”
• “Dynamic presenter.”
• “Lots of reference material.”