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Ellesse Piper

Working with Van has been an amazing experience - she is engaging, kind, and motivating. I appreciate her communication and approach to keeping creativity relevant in the sphere of teams and the workforce.

Amy Eshuys

Van and the Worksmart team provided an incredibly fun, interactive session, and helped us utilize our strengths and creativity to build a stronger team at my organization.

Van is an energetic, professional and engaging speaker, and the framework created by Worksmart was well designed and practical. I would highly recommend Van Lai-DuMone and Worksmart for your next interactive talk or team development and leadership training session.

Maia Jenkins

Van and her team ran a wonderful workshop for our group at BeNext, all about creativity and harnessing your potential to think differently in order to have impact - in life, business, everything! It was large (90+ people) virtual session across many different timezones that Van and her team kept high energy, engaging and dynamic throughout. We learned a lot and kicked off some fantastic discussions among our groups. If you're looking for an effective, impactful and engaging session, Van and the team are the way to go!

Dara Freedman

I highly recommend Van, particularly her "Bring Creativity into the Work You Do" workshop. We worked with her to present this workshop to our employees as a part of our monthly "Barkiversity" series, and this was one of our best-attended sessions. Not only was Van engaging the entire 45 minutes, but our employees walked away with tools they can incorporate in their day-to-day at work and in their personal lives. After the workshop, my slack was flooded with thanks and praise for Van from the attendees! Van was a joy to work with leading up to the session, and I look forward to finding ways to work together in the future.

Jennifer Nguyen

I am so happy that I got the chance to work with Van. She guided me through various challenges and encouraged me to try new approaches to creativity, problem-solving, and leadership. She showed me how to use my fullest potential/skill sets in life and work! She also helped me discover my self-worth and strengthen my confidence. Thank you so much for everything Van!

Leah

Van brings her creative energy to every group she works with, taking your unique organizations needs into consideration to tailor a bespoke workshop that is engaging, introspective, educational, and fun. Her approach sparks playful, open, and curious exploration of self awareness and team dynamics. Participants develop better understanding of healthy and positive communication, conflict resolution, and collaboration strategies. For months after Van met with our group, we were discussing how much we enjoyed her workshop, what we learned about ourselves, and how we applied those learnings to solutioning for business challenges. 10/10 would have her come speak again, on a variety of topics.

Genein Letford

I have had Van from Worksmart train our leadership team and she is the best! Her method of delivery is flawless and the team has learned so much from her teachings. She even taught my students from my non-profit and they loved her spirit and level of connection. She's the best!

Mary Stuart Lawrence

Van is an incredible facilitator of team building initiatives and activities! She is very creative in her programming and a joy to work with as well. I highly recommend her if you're looking to build a positive and collaborative company culture.