The Topic and Approach that Reaches Every Audience:

Getting Down to Business

“WOW! What fun! You two are amazing! Your presentation(s) were insightful, valuable, educational, entertaining and tailored for your audience. My goal is to bring you back to Indiana soon!” –Carol Marquiss, President, Zionsville Merchants Association “The best concurrent I attended--congratulations! Well organized, well presented, a terrific handout and lots of useful ideas...well done!” –Mark Sanborn, Denver, CO, author of The Fred Factor “The information they shared in today’s workshop is going to save me hundreds of hours a year in my office.” –Timothy Bishop, Executive Director, Ellensburg, Washington Downtown Association

“Thank you for the seminar (truly). I work with a bunch of youngsters that always know everything and I got to tell them a thing or two when I got back. That was cool.”

–Deborah Williams, President, Design & Image

“I would say I enjoyed your presentation but that would be understating the obvious! Your tips will solve the very frustrations that I felt in using the internet for business.... too many hits and not enough time. Thank you for all the helpful ways to get the job done when using the Web.”

–Bill See, Business Development, Heath Construction

“Terrific – informative, educational & fun! I plan to try newly learned tips tomorrow.”

–David Lamoreaux, Transportation Logistics Management, Inc.

“Exciting – it opened huge new opportunities just waiting for me & my business”

–Pat Wilkes, Attorney

“Fantastic! I have 8 years of Internet product management experience and was skeptical about the class; but I learned a ton about great tips and new sites!”

–Samantha Reeves, Prestige Real Estate Group

“What did I learn today? Everything – you made an intimidating subject simple.”

–Kathy Millisor, CEO, Longmont Chamber of Commerce

“I turn to two colleagues who teach entrepreneurs how to save time and boost their expertise through better use of the Internet. Michael Benidt and Sheryl Kay appropriately call their company Golden Compass.”

–Barbara McNichol, Barbara McNichol Editorial, Phoenix, AZ

“You never fail to deliver – information I can use today!”

–Rebecca White, Boulder Community Hospital

Other Speakers Applaud

“Getting one idea from any program I attend is considered a success. Well, how about a dozen! Michael Benidt and Sheryl Kay deliver strategy after strategy in their information packed programs. I've seen them twice and can't wait to see them again!"

–Shep Hyken, St. Louis, Missouri, author of Moments of Magic

“WOW! What a superb job of giving vital information for SPEAKERS! Thank you so so much. You’ve done more to help me:

1. cut down my frustration with the internet
2. get the information I want and not the junk I don’t want
3. Stay in touch and in-the-know with my clients and potential clients
4. Get more bookings
5. Earn more income sitting at my desk

Your workshop was absolutely the best with no nonsense practical take home ideas.”

–Judy Buch, Tolland, Connecticut, author of Mastering & Marketing Your Performance

“I went to see what I might not know about Google and left boggled!”

–Robert Menard, Flower Mound, Texas, author of You’re the Buyer – You Negotiate It!

“You took my learning curve on internet research off the charts in your 2-hour session. Imagine what would happen if I'd been with you all day. Move over, Albert Einstein!”

Jean Palmer Heck, Zionsville, Indiana, author of Presentation Tool Box

“You guys did as great job of making Google searching interesting. You gave great value while being organized, funny and gracious. The way the two of you give and take is fun to watch. I gained a lot of insight and will check out some of the great websites and resources you so generously provided. You guys exemplify the spirit of Cavett. We in Colorado are proud that you represented us, as well as yourselves, so well.”

–Doug Stevenson, Colorado Springs, Story Theater International

You two rocked yesterday! Seriously, you were the highlight of the meeting! Everyone was buzzing about it and the content was amazing and extremely helpful!

–Sarah Michel, Colorado Springs, Colorado, author of Perfecting Connecting

Keep the Meeting Organizer Happy

“I came into your workshop with enough knowledge to be dangerous; I came out with enough to be powerful. This workshop alone was worth the price of the whole conference.”

–Marilyn Ross, author of The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing

“I am a superstar for having you present at our meeting. Thank you and Sheryl Kay for being our guest speakers last night.”

–Rose Chamberlain, American Business Women’s Association

“Wonderful interaction between the 2 presenters. Wonderful play-off each other, ping-pong of stories, great humor and content.”

–Marcia Pessemier, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and National Speaker

“Michael & Sheryl not only reach our audiences and deliver what they promise but do it in a fun, interactive learning environment. We evaluate each of our programs and each time we get extremely high & positive ratings! Thank you both for your high energy & positive results.”

–Joan Beloff, Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, NJ

Students, for Goodness Sakes!

“One of your tips – I should have learned it 6 months ago and my life would have been a lot easier!”

–Gabriel Tramiel

“Even though I felt I knew a lot, it turns out I knew nothing!”

–Derek Stanek

“Practical things that can be put to use immediately in daily life. I didn’t know half of the points.”

–George Towers

“It showed me that even though I’ve used the Internet for years, I still learned 10+ more search ideas.”

–Zach Moar

“I thought I had a good grip on technology, but I was blown away with some of the stuff I learned today.”

–Justin Armstrong

“I thought Michael & Sheryl’s session was fabulous & informative. They were lively, enthusiastic & very knowledgeable about new wave technology. Overall extremely helpful & educational.”

–Leah White

“Excellent. It was entertaining, but at the same time very useful. First time the class didn’t put me sleep.”

–Mike Muscatello

Every Audience – and Every Person in the Audience

We have our own great volunteer computer program. Michael and Sheryl reached the beginners AND our volunteer experts!

–Peter Laverty, University Medical Center, Lubbock, TX

“Wow, who knew? Sheryl and Michael gave detailed instructions on using this ‘invisible Internet’ that will be very helpful in getting to the right people in my large company prospects. Thanks!”

—Helen Wilkie, Toronto, Ontario, author of The Hidden Profit Center

“I have been with the 55PLUS program for eight years and in that time your Hidden Treasure seminars were some of the best learning events we have ever had.”

–Martha Johnson, Orlando Regional Healthcare Foundation

“I’ve already used my newly acquired knowledge! I was searching for information on Hispanic Demographics and I got one of those “Page not found” messages. I used the “Cache” option and found a great paper on what I was looking for. Little did I know, I wish I had known about that cache option earlier. Thanks guys.”

–David Slade, Lanza Language, Boulder, CO

“I told our library director, Liz Abbott, how impressed I was with your presentation. You and Sheryl are very skilled in not only organizing and presenting information that people obviously are eager to learn, but you have a talent for getting people excited about it.”

–Melinda Mattingly, Boulder Public Library

“Without Golden Compass, I would have never found the New World and none of you would have been here today.”

–Christopher Columbus

“We would have found ourselves hopelessly lost in the wilderness without Golden Compass.”

–Meriwether Lewis and William Clark