Testimonials

 

I'm collaborative and flexible.

• Having Susan create a comprehensive evaluation plan for my AmeriCorps program has been such a learning experience and absolutely invaluable! She took the time to listen and genuinely understand all the ins and outs of our program so she could create exactly what was needed. Susan continually impressed me with her ability to create and transform evaluation tools so they generated effective, valuable information and gave feedback on the true impact of the program. And because she asked that I be equally involved in this process, I feel empowered. I learned a tremendous amount about program evaluation and I feel that, down the road, I will be able to confidently reflect upon what is still working and what’s not. She’s incredible at this work and I highly recommend her. Evaluation has never been so enlightening!

Amarylis F. Morrow, Program Director, Partnerships for Student Achievement

• "The two things I appreciated most about Susan were her collaborative approach, and her ability to flex with our needs. When it looked like we would not be able to fill all of the focus groups, Susan went the extra mile to survey principals to find out what it would take to encourage more educators to participate in our groups. When we had trouble honing in on focus group questions, she contacted key informants to help guide our thinking. Susan handled every challenge gracefully and with fidelity to our project goals. We’ve since distributed the final report to legislators and senior level educators in the state and I’m so pleased with the feedback we’ve received about how relevant, timely, and usable the report is. It's just what we wanted to hear!"

Elaine Gantz Berman, Colorado State Board of Education

• "Susan listened carefully to my thoughts and goals for the data to be gathered, did a first-rate job of coordinating and working with others to ensure that high quality data were collected, and handled the raw data in such a way as to ensure that the information developed was valid and reliable. The work we did together was extremely informative. The information confirmed some of my hypotheses while raising other important questions and lines of inquiry."

David Nowels, MD, MPH, University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center

I work with sensitivity and dedication.

• "Susan helped us reach out to small business owners throughout the state, gathering their ideas and opinions about health care for their employees. A critical topic, often highly charged, and yet Susan handled the focus groups in such a professional manner. Her finely tuned design, facilitation, and analysis skills helped us deliver a quality product to the Governor's Office for statewide policy-making."

Carolyn Tressler, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

• "Susan does whatever she does with rigor, dedication, integrity, and sensitivity. She's shown me what a huge difference that can make to the fate of any grant-funded project."

Ken Terao, JBS International

• "I enjoyed working with Susan. She's been ruthless about keeping us in the process. I've learned so much from her and she was willing to learn from us as well. "

Judy Brock, Mesa County Public Health Nurse Visitation

 

I'm conscientious and professional.

• "I have yet to find any other consultant who practices with as much integrity and conscientiousness as Susan does. Her skill reflects not only her intellectual understanding of the principles that define this field of practice, but also a deeply rooted sensitivity to the intra-and inter-personal processes that come into play."

Doug Easterling PhD, Wake Forest University, North Carolina

 

I go the extra mile.

• "Susan Eliot's work conducting focus groups with our physician specialists has been of great value for our project team in developing and refining our newborn screening performance measures. I'm impressed with her talent for synthesizing useful information, insights, and perspectives into meaningful and concise reports. In our initial work meetings, it was evident she had extensive knowledge with focus group research which she successfully applied to our project needs and objectives. Collaborating and working with her was easy and, most importantly, she made it an enjoyable experience for our team."

Mirsa Douglas, Texas Newborn Screening Performance Measure Project, Texas Department of Health Services

• "Susan is an excellent choice for those looking to investigate complex issue through focus groups. We were extremely pleased with the research and final report written by Susan Eliot. She is a true professional. She worked diligently and thoughtfully with my organization from the beginning of the project, when we were still defining the scope and objectives of the research, till the end, to make sure we followed the best methods for focus group inquiry and reporting. She also went the extra mile to research our organizational history and the complicated topics the focus groups would tackle, just to make the research and report that much stronger. We were so pleased with her guidance, expertise and passion for conducting reliable and representative focus groups studies. Thank you Susan!" 

Dina Hasiotis, Director of Education Policy, Common Good, Washington DC