Pinky Agnew::Nautilus Celebrancy
Comments from my corporate clients:
Pinky was awesome, fantastic - an excellent closing speaker who had done her homework very well. The audience related to her presentation as it provided a serious as well as humourous in sight into the business we were in. Would thoroughly recommend Pinky as a speaker.
Jefferie J Tippen
Secretary, i-SITE New Zealand
Thank you very much for your excellent work as our MC. We have received loads of comments back from conference attendees that the MC was brilliant!!
Fiona & Alistair Gillespie
Capital Property Investors Association Inc
2006
Pinky is one of the better professionals we choose to work with. If we see a need to change or add to her role Pinky takes it in her stride and delivers as if she has been practicing for months. The words unflappable, professional and entertaining are what mostly comes to mind for us. This makes Pinky an easy choice for us when looking for an MC.
Lisa Garrity
Managing Director,
Clockwork
2006
In 2002 Pinky Agnew gave a keynote presentation [to 250 of the Chief Executives and Senior Managers of the New Zealand Public Service], supported by audio visuals, on where New Zealand has come from and where it is going over the next twenty years. It weaved together matters such as demographics, national identity and economic performance. The presentation was light-hearted and entertaining, but with a serious purpose. In effect the intention was to inform through entertainment.
In my view Ms Agnew carried this off to a very high standard. Her presentation provided an upbeat mood for the day and helped participants place the contributions of subsequent speakers in a broader, and important, context.
Entertaining and informing at the same time is not an easy balance to strike. My personal judgement, and the formal feedback from conference participants, confirmed that she got it right and this was a highlight of the day.
Michael Wintringham
State Services Commissioner
In undertaking her duties as compere of this function, [Royal New Zealand Air Force 25th anniversary of the integration of women into the Service] Pinky struck a superb balance between the dignity required of the formal Vice-Regal element and the more light-hearted atmosphere surrounding the reunion segment. Her enthusiastic participation was entertaining, well-balanced and highly sympathetic to the setting, theme and the audience.
Ms Agnew has an engaging personality, is discriminating and has an infectious enthusiasm and drive. I have every confidence in her ability to produce a high quality performance in a variety of settings.
JHS Hamilton
Air Vice-Marshal
Chief of Air Force
[Three times MC at annual awards dinner for Association of Consulting Engineers] We were impressed with Pinky’s diligence and patience in researching our organisation and our needs, so as to provide the best quality service possible. We found her approach to be highly professional.
And she delivered!
Displaying multiple talents, she excelled not only at facilitating our prestigious annual function, but also delivering appropriate and valuable entertainment. She also provided a natural ability to mingle with our guests. She has an unerring ability to make people feel at ease, and completely charmed the audience, including some of our more conservative engineering colleagues. It is not an easy task, making engineers come out of their shells.
Enrico Vink
Chief Executive
ACENZ
Pinky’s brief was to write and perform an entertaining comedy presentation at the ceremony [an awards presentation for staff at Sky Television], and hand out prizes to staff members. She did this with absolute professionalism and the result was a hilarious event which people at all levels, from management to service staff, enjoyed.
Pinky also excels at “off-the-cuff” humour, incorporating elements of our company culture, and this added even more enjoyment. The show finished with a beautifully sung song, which demonstrated Pinky’s versatility.
Tony O’Brien
Director of Communications
Sky Network
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for your excellent performance on Friday evening.
I don't think I have ever laughed so much. You were just fantastic and made a special evening into something quite extraordinary. Everyone appreciated your performance greatly.
Leticia Chuck
Conference Organiser for Australian Pacific Tours (NZ) Ltd
Nelson North would like you to know that we really appreciated you making the time to come to Nelson and the tremendous effort you put into making the night so successful. From the applause on the night and the feedback since, we know that everyone enjoyed themselves immensely and that selling our next debate will be much easier.
Please accept our heartfelt thanks for the part you played in making the debate such a roaring success.
Tim Seward
Secretary
Lions Club of Nelson North
What can we say? You were sensational! Seriously, thank you sincerely for being a part of our conference. Your after dinner address was perfectly targetted; a great way to introduce humour to a group who are struggling with change to their structure and responsibilities. The team received extremely good feedback, compliments and comments about how much you added to the enjoyment of the evening.
Marie Blundell
eventsxtra limited
Wellington
On behalf of the staff here at Corporate office, we would like to thank you all for a great function and superb entertainment last evening. As our nation's leader, we understand your time is precious, and Mitsubishi Trust Ltd feel your visit was not only timely but extremely enjoyable in times of dramatic change.
Michael Moore
Just a quick note to say a big "thank you" for your performance at the Perioperative Nurses Conference on the 7th. Your speech was a great hit and helped make the whole evening a glittering success. Your speech was perfectly tailored to the audience and 1 heard nothing but praise from the nurses afterwards.
Claire McConchie
for the Conference Committee
On behalf of Te Whare Rokiroki and Wellington Women's Refuge, thank you so very much for joining us and making What's In The Kete a huge laugh and successful night. Didn't we all do well - you certainly did!
We were very pleased with the turn out of a huge and diverse audience. Your presence and performance was very professional, funny and entertaining. People's feedback has been very positive.
We're extremely confident that our guests left with a memorable image of Women's Refuge and how we like to entertain supporters.
Parekotuku Moore
Appeal Week Coordinator
Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women’s Refuge
I am writing on behalf of the organising committee to thank you for your marvellous contribution to our NZSTA National Conference. The warmth of the applause following your performance was as heart-warming for us as it must have been for you! As organisers we were absolutely delighted to have such a great finale to the weekend.
We were particularly impressed by your professionalism. Your performance was not just enormously funny and inspiring, but also, clearly, very prepared and polished. The evaluation forms we asked trustees to fill out before they left the conference all came back with your performance rated as brilliant, and a real highlight of the conference.
Margaret-Anne Barnett
Conference Convenor
NZSTA
Your Sunday morning presentation was extremely well received by those who attended, as you will have no doubt been aware. While your presentation was hugely entertaining, your serious messages about self-esteem and self-acceptance touched the spot for many in the audience. Judging by the comments on the evaluation forms and comments 1 have heard since then, your presentation certainly made an impact.
Janet Kelly
President
NZSTA