"Your tools are amazing, and your perspective and expertise are invaluable."

"Just wanted to thank you so much for everything you continue to do for ASTEP. It has been invaluable to have your wisdom and support as a resource for us, and in the past few weeks, I know it has been the thing that has held us together. Beth speaks of you almost every day, and recently called you her 'nonprofit therapist' when things were really rough.

I won't ever be able to properly repay you for the amazing things you have made possible for us. "

"Very promising process... very engaging, I'm excited!"

"Thanks to SEED, we now we know how to keep teams on track, and we're rolling it out. We're doing weekly meetings with youth and volunteers; we formed a youth advisory board, and a parents' board. SEED helped me formulate and structure all that."

"I wanted to also add my voice in thanks for an extraordinary experience on Tuesday. You both have the amazing ability to simultaneously create a sense that things are wide open and yet also provide structure and a sense of momentum- it is quite a gift. We're all looking forward to engaging in the process and to work with you both again."

"I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated Tuesday's workshop, and the diagnostic work that we had done together before that. Your process, questions, and facilitation style really seem to tap into our creativity and strengths. Thank you for working with us in such a sympathetic and attuned way.

Melinda's ballet dancer analogy became a crystallizing metaphor and helped all of us tangibly understand what it means to think Nationally and act locally."

"The poem, the public forum [on access to education for low income adults], the way you helped us shape it, and the way people conducted themselves, really helped. SEED's influence is the major reason that the representative from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance was willing to meet with us again-knowing that we were approaching her as a partner and not as an adversary."