Working with Students/Schools
“This was the second year we invited Katherine Burks into our classrooms to teach visioning. She designed a classroom experience this year for our students that went beyond my expectations. The new Life Visioning for Students guide and curriculum were the best parts of her program design. The overall process that she has developed is great! She is quite the professional to work with – dependable, responsive, creative, collaborative and flexible.”
Damaris Pearson
Career Counselor, TAF Academy
“Last year I invited Katherine Burks to Technology Access Foundation Academy to help our 129 students to learn about how to think bigger and create vision boards that are personal and inspiring. This year we invited her back and she delivered an even stronger program. Along with visioning, our students learned how their beliefs are created and how they effect what they can achieve in their lives. Our students respond to Katherine’s enthusiasm, are inspired by what they learn, and have fun along the way. I highly recommend her.”
Trish Dziko
Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
“I know my son struggled the first few days with “seeing” a vision inside his head but by the end had developed a vision board that was truly reflective of his interests and strengths, and a picture of a bigger purpose for himself and his preferred future. The project was great!”
C. Wilson, parent of a 6th Grader
“The vision board project required our students not only to dig deep and to push past any doubts or naysayers, it also taught them new technology skills and concepts. The completed boards...are the first component of the electronic portfolios our students will be building later this year. They are beautiful and moving... A deep and heartfelt thank you to Katherine Burks for sharing her expertise (and) envisioning this project with us...”
Kara Wentworth
Technology Access Foundation, TAF Academy Program Manager
“It has really made me think about how I want my future to look like; and I am really happy it has, because now I can look for ways to make this vision board become a reality.”
9th Grade Student
“I do like the idea of the vision board. I hope this will work and give me a head start for college...”
9th Grade Student
“I liked getting to put in (my vision board) what I want in life and how there are no boundaries.”
9th Grade Student
“I liked how we got to think from the future as if we were already there.”
7th Grade Student
Working with Businesses
“Katherine has an amazing process that she guided me through to quantify and solidify my business and its relationship to my life goals. I was so impressed with her intuitive, practical suggestions and insight.”
Naomi Kakiuchi,
Owner, NuCulinary
www.nuculinary.com
“As the managing partner of a small business, I discovered that the issues I face involve relationships as often as they do commerce. Katherine has been invaluable helping me strategize how to manage these associations. In a few short hours, she has taught me how to be more direct and professional. I really appreciate her ability to illuminate a confusing situation, to communicate clearly and kindly, and to work toward a solution. I highly recommend her.”
Lynn Maslen Kertell, Managing Partner, Bob Books Publications, LLC
www.bobbooks.com
“In just one consultation Katherine Burks gave me the tools to identify the specific focus and purpose of my business so that I could prepare a solid 30-second elevator speech and create a more effective website.”
Cindy Akana, Speaker/Facilitator/Workshop Leader
www.akana.net/cindy
“This was the second year we invited Katherine Burks into our classrooms to teach visioning. She designed a classroom experience this year for our students that went beyond my expectations. The new Life Visioning for Students guide and curriculum were the best parts of her program design. The overall process that she has developed is great! She is quite the professional to work with – dependable, responsive, creative, collaborative and flexible.”
Damaris Pearson
Career Counselor, TAF Academy
“Last year I invited Katherine Burks to Technology Access Foundation Academy to help our 129 students to learn about how to think bigger and create vision boards that are personal and inspiring. This year we invited her back and she delivered an even stronger program. Along with visioning, our students learned how their beliefs are created and how they effect what they can achieve in their lives. Our students respond to Katherine’s enthusiasm, are inspired by what they learn, and have fun along the way. I highly recommend her.”
Trish Dziko
Executive Director, Technology Access Foundation
“I know my son struggled the first few days with “seeing” a vision inside his head but by the end had developed a vision board that was truly reflective of his interests and strengths, and a picture of a bigger purpose for himself and his preferred future. The project was great!”
C. Wilson, parent of a 6th Grader
“The vision board project required our students not only to dig deep and to push past any doubts or naysayers, it also taught them new technology skills and concepts. The completed boards...are the first component of the electronic portfolios our students will be building later this year. They are beautiful and moving... A deep and heartfelt thank you to Katherine Burks for sharing her expertise (and) envisioning this project with us...”
Kara Wentworth
Technology Access Foundation, TAF Academy Program Manager
“It has really made me think about how I want my future to look like; and I am really happy it has, because now I can look for ways to make this vision board become a reality.”
9th Grade Student
“I do like the idea of the vision board. I hope this will work and give me a head start for college...”
9th Grade Student
“I liked getting to put in (my vision board) what I want in life and how there are no boundaries.”
9th Grade Student
“I liked how we got to think from the future as if we were already there.”
7th Grade Student
Working with Businesses
“Katherine has an amazing process that she guided me through to quantify and solidify my business and its relationship to my life goals. I was so impressed with her intuitive, practical suggestions and insight.”
Naomi Kakiuchi,
Owner, NuCulinary
www.nuculinary.com
“As the managing partner of a small business, I discovered that the issues I face involve relationships as often as they do commerce. Katherine has been invaluable helping me strategize how to manage these associations. In a few short hours, she has taught me how to be more direct and professional. I really appreciate her ability to illuminate a confusing situation, to communicate clearly and kindly, and to work toward a solution. I highly recommend her.”
Lynn Maslen Kertell, Managing Partner, Bob Books Publications, LLC
www.bobbooks.com
“In just one consultation Katherine Burks gave me the tools to identify the specific focus and purpose of my business so that I could prepare a solid 30-second elevator speech and create a more effective website.”
Cindy Akana, Speaker/Facilitator/Workshop Leader
www.akana.net/cindy