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Fleishman-Hillard Canada worked with Andrea Holwegner on a Canada-wide media tour for a client in July 2005. Fleishman-Hillard Canada was engaged in June to conduct a media tour in July. This was exceptionally tight timing, especially given that our client's national mandate meant that we targeted eleven English-speaking markets. Throughout, Andrea was accommodating, professional and an exemplary spokesperson. Her passion for healthy living, paired with her confident and enthusiastic delivery resulted in extremely positive, well-messaged coverage. We look forward to working with her again.
Anne Yourt, Past Associate Vice President, Marketing Communications,
Fleishman-Hillard Canada, Toronto
Andrea Holwegner is a leading expert in the field of nutrition. After numerous successful television segments on Global Morning News, we asked her to be a regular monthly guest expert. Over the past year Andrea has continued to bring forward current issues and topics relevant to our viewers. She understands media, comes well prepared, and is both entertaining and energetic. We look forward to continued work with her as a regular guest on our show. Thanks Andrea!
Angela Kokott
Co-host Global Morning News Calgary
"I attended your keynote seminar at the Calgary District Dental Society annual event and I just wanted to let you know I thought you were great! I left your presentation renewed in my commitment to the way I feed myself and my family."
Barb Olson
Dental Hygienist & Mother of 4
Andrea Holwegner has been a welcome addition to the Weekly Check-up feature in the Health section at CBCNews.ca since it launched almost a year ago. Her insightful writing speaks to our audience: she explains the complexities of food and nutrition in a way that anyone can understand. Whether she's talking about simple steps you can take to avoid packing on calories or offering advice on how to get healthy school lunches into your child, you will learn something that you can apply in your everyday life. Her writing is crisp, concise, to the point - she provides news you can truly use.
Peter Hadzipetros
Consumer/Health Producer
CBC News Online
April 02, 2008
On behalf of Alberta Health and Wellness I would like to recommend the services of Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc.
Alberta Health and Wellness contracted the services of Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. from October 9, 2007 to January 31, 2008 to revise the content of the resources Healthy Eating and Active Living for Your 1 to 5 Year Old and Healthy Eating and Active Living for Your 6 to 12 Year Old, and to redesign the handouts Food Guide Serving Sizes for 1 to 5 Years and Food Guide Serving Sizes for 6 to 12 Years. In order to revise content and redesign the handouts, this project involved outsourcing for content experts, organizing reviewers and working within pre-determined timelines.
Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc.'s organizational and time management skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with key stakeholders within our health regions contributed to their ability to complete this project and provide Alberta Health and Wellness with an exceptional final product.
I would not hesitate to recommend the services of Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. If you require additional information, please contact me by phone at (780) 427 5249 or by e-mail at patricia.martz@gov.ab.ca.
Patricia Martz
Project Manager
Alberta Health and Wellness
+ PDF Reference letter from Alberta Health & Wellness for consulting work.
"Excellent presentation! What a refreshing change to have a speaker inspire rather than "lecture" about nutrition. Your captivating stories, tips and overall approach to healthy eating uplifts and puts people at ease. It was great to hear we don't need to strive to be perfect eaters, and that small changes really can make a difference in how we feel and in our health. Thanks to Andrea, we have solutions to our every day nutrition challenges that can actually work in real life!"
Tina Tamagi
Human Resources, ARC Resources Ltd.
The Registered Dietitians of Health Stand Nutrition Consulting Inc. (Andrea Holwegner and Carole Dobson) provided outstanding consulting work for a research study and book we are developing. They were able to achieve an extremely tight timeline and strong attention to detail in the menus and recipes they were analyzing and editing for us. We appreciated the high quality of work and look forward to engaging them further in future consulting projects.
Pam MacDonald
Penscott Medical Corporation,
Danville, California
Andrea,
We can’t thank you enough for your contributions to our HealthCare Education day, especially on such tight timelines. The amount of work you put into tailoring your message and your presentation to our crowd was very clear.
Your presentation was an incredible opportunity for our customers to take something away not only for their professional lives, but for their personal lives as well. Additionally, your energy and ability to relate to the audience was invaluable as a presenter. Your presentation truly transcended age and time, and everybody was able to relate and walk away with something to help them out. Thank you so much for inspiring that in our customers and in us. We hope to have you back again.
Thanks so much,
Christopher Sprentz
Marketing Manager, SYSCO Food Services of Calgary
"Andrea, your high energy keynote session delivered at our conference was right on target! Your positive contagious energy and humour generated optimism with our group. Your stories and practical tips not only captivated the attention of our group, but inspired us to take charge of our health. We learned that eating well doesn't have to be difficult, and that small changes can really make a difference in how we feel at work every day. Your fresh approach to healthy eating and philosophy that all foods can fit really allowed you to connect with the audience. We look forward to having you speak to our group again. Thanks!"
Debra Watt
Manager, Court Services, Alberta Justice
It is with pleasure that I write this letter of endorsement for Andrea Holwegner.
I am the current President of the Calgary Dental Assistants Association. Our organization acts as a liaison between the Registered Dental Assistants of Calgary and the College of Alberta Dental Assistants. At this time, all of our members are women who work in the dental field whether it be chairside assistants or administrative assistants within the dental industry. Our organization holds bi-monthly meetings to help bring education to our members to in turn educate the public about dental health.
We were fortunate enough to have Andrea come and speak with us for a morning session about Power Nutrition for Women.
This was a very great topic for our members as we are all women and it was helpful to know what kind of things we should be eating even if we do have hectic schedules as working women and mothers.
Andrea was able to separate our larger group into small groups and do some hands on activities and group participation. She was able to keep everyone interested in what she had to say and was very energetic.
I would definitely recommend Andrea to share her knowledge of nutrition and health with everyone: men, women, and children. She is very knowledgeable and fun!
Sincerely,
Tina Spector
President (2008-2009)
Calgary Dental Assistants Association
"I admit I went to see Andrea with somewhat of a closed mind, thinking she was going to be some "granola feeding dietitian". Was I surprised! Andrea's practical approach and acceptance of human nature helped me to lose 40 lbs and 6 pant sizes; and this was the absolute easiest way to lower my cholesterol. Andrea's tailored program allows me to eat whatever I want. The ongoing consultation and having my wife join the program definitely made a difference in my life."
Mike Podovinnikoff
One-on-One Coaching Client
"I have taken many nutrition courses and read many articles but this is the first time I have ever heard anyone apply common sense to nutrition. You provide a great approach to healthy eating that we can all relate to. Thanks!"
Lanny Watkins
Senior Tax Analyst, ARC Resources Ltd
"Andrea's session was the most highly regarded by all participants. Feedback received from participants stated "This was awesome! Very inspiring! Excellent information I will apply; When is the next session?"
Dawn Keith
Instructor Lethbridge Community College
"Andrea's enthusiasm inspired everyone to take their personal health and nutrition into their own hands. Everyone who attended her talk left with something that they could incorporate into their daily nutrition plan immediately and easily."
Alexandra Lys
University of Calgary Medical Students Association
"Thanks to Andrea we were allowed the opportunity to refocus our attention to our own personal needs so that we would then be able to focus on our newly acquired energy for our jobs."
Kevin Kohle
Principal, St. Rita's School