Companies

Sport Zone - Porto, Portugal, November 2018

​"It was a real pleasure to work with Edite @ our Marketing Open Day meeting. ​

She brought an out of the box, challenging, dynamic and fun approach, that allowed the team to go further than expected. Definitely a method to repeat!"
Carla Pires - Culture and Internal Communication manager at Sport Zone

IF Insurance - Vilnius, Lithuania, December 2015​

"It was a pleasure to meet and work with Edite during a training session on creativity and 

positive psychology.Sparkles in her eyes and enthusiasm she fulfilled the session with made me enjoy both theoretical part of the session as well as the practical exercises. The way Edite feels and handles group dynamics, her sense of humor, and communication skills are admirable!"
Džiugas Šaulys - Head of Marketing Department at If P&C Insurance

"Edite surprised me from the very first contact - I have never met such a caring and curious training professional before. She involved me from the very beginning when I accidentally found her in internet - giving serious tasks and homework to me, trying to understand what was the real need and purpose of the program. Receiving answers to her well thought through questions, trying to involve herself personally and collecting from me only most important keywords, Edite created a very structured and essential tailor made program for a group of very different business managers. Key components of the program were positive leadership, thinking big, unblocking creativity blocks, impact, meaning and purpose. 
What attracted me mostly was Edite's passionate personality and huge professional knowledge as well as ability to integrate theory of psychology into pragmatic business needs and one's own personal meaning. A 6 hours long workshop was so engaging and dynamic and it gave so many insights to us that even after 3 months we still remember and continue exchanging ideas and experiences inspired by Edite with our teams and colleagues. 
"You are what you share"; is Edite's moto and philosophy. She means it. She lives it. She shares all of herself with her students. 
I strongly recommend to hire Edite if you want to stimulate your creativity and positive thinking in whatever you do. Edite has what to share! She will open your minds."
Žaneta Stankevičienė - Head of the Branch in Lithuania at If P&C Insurance

Rebis Consulting - Lisboa, Portugal, July  2015

"I know Edite for several years, and was able to get to know her passion on her work. 
About 6 months ago had a chance to work with 

Edite on a team building and dinamics for our team, and was great. Good fun, inspiring, good outputs and most of all, helped us getting goals! Great work!"
Nuno Ferreira, CEO of Rebis Consulting

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Cofidis Spain - Barcelona, Spain, March 2013
"I worked with Edite in 2013. Together, we designed a program for 40 people with the aim of potentiating motivation, initiative, and positive psychology technics applied to groups’ management.
It was a really amazing experience for all the participants. Edite has an energy and a positivism that inspires others. An inspiration that transforms. Much more than a training. Thank you Edite on behalf of all of us."
Carolina Calzada, Marketing, Brand and Development Manager, Cofidis Spain

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Docensa - Pontevedra, Spain, December 2013
"Edite is one of those professionals about whom you can tell that enjoys what they do. In her case, you can tell that she's passionate about: training and imparting knowledge to other people.
She is highly committed to her work, as she prepares, designs and customizes each of her trainings so that these accomplish what is required, and are always supported by some graphical examples of her own personal and professional experiences lived in some of her continuous travels around the world.
Another very important feature of Edite's is her knack for interpersonal communication (in addition to speaking perfect Spanish, English and, obviously, Portuguese - her native language).
Other adjectives that complete her personal description include being a woman that is positive, expressive, creative, consistent and upright... In other words, a true gem! "
José Luis Bouzas, Director

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Galway Education Centre - Galway, Ireland, 2013
"Teenagers give compliments in single words! When you get a group of 15/16 year olds enthusiastically saying a presenter is “great”, “cool”, “inspiring”, “brilliant” then you know they are talking about someone really special. When you have a 16 year old emailing you to praise the session and a mother contacting the school to say how much her daughter benefited from the workshop, then you really know that the workshop has been a success. When you find yourself booking a repeat workshop with a presenter before that presenter has even left the building, you realise you have been in the presence of an extremely charismatic, inspirational and brilliant person not alone presenter. Edite is such a person! Meeting Edite is encountering one of the most skilful communicators you will have the pleasure of meeting. Edite exudes energy, enthusiasm and a charisma which is infectious. Edite’s great skill is the fact that she can transfer these attributes to a roomful of people no matter what age. The group of teenagers she worked with here in Galway Education Centre gained insights and knowledge of themselves and people of their own age group. I was privileged also to watch Edite weave her magical interpersonal skills in a room of energy and enthusiasm but also of worries and fears for their future. I witnessed young people accept their challenges, develop optimistic perspectives of the future and leave with a new found self - confidence. Thanks Edite for the positive contribution you made to all those young peoples lives.”
Bernard Kirk, Director of the Galway Education Centre

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Estrella Galícia -  A Coruña, Spain, 2012
"Edite is an example of professionalism, adaptability and customer empathy. The results of the training were excellent. As a trainer she is a 10 - she demonstrated great experience managing groups and the trainees were fully satisfied. As a Training manager she is another 10... She prepared daily reports of the trainings, a comprehensive and detailed final report, and broadened her project by presenting economic and innovative solutions in order to adapt to us as customers. As a person, I only wish to say that it is a real pleasure to work with people like her, it definitely makes everything a lot easier.
As a trainer of a group of more than 60 people in Communication skills, her best qualities were excellent results, expert and creative."
Rosa Botas, HR in Estrella Galicia

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APMHIS - Lisbon, Portugal, 2012
"Edite's collaboration has been a true asset to the work of "Música nos Hospitais" through the workshops she has given to our musicians. By using the body as an instrument of self-knowledge and development of relational skills, followed by moments of reflection, Edite has undoubtedly contributed to enrich the way the musicians perform their work."                            Nuno Cintrão, APMHIS's Training manager

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MRW - Barcelona, Spain, 2011 
"Our technology team has done a public speaking training and it was a success – improvements could be seen almost immediately. Edite Amorim leads the sessions in a professional manner, with zest, innovation, and passion. It is unquestionably a training that we will repeat on all levels."
Sònia Yanguas, HR director at MRW

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B:SM.SA - Barcelona, Spain, 2011
"Edite has worked for Barcelona de Serveis Municipals in several training projects, always with great results!  I would highlight the energy she conveys and her huge involvement in each project. Top skills: Excellent outcomes, good quality-price relation, creativity. Hiring Edite ensures the success of a training”             
Joan Catalá, Department Manager of BSM.SA


“Edite is a symbol of trust and excellence in results. If you are a creative and innovative person your good feeling with her work is guaranteed. Admirable energy and optimism. Excellent outcomes, creativity and great integrity."
Isabel Martínez, HR Training and Development Manager of BSM.SA

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Giving Europe Spain, SL -  Mataró, Spain, 2010 
“Edite delivered a great training program in our company - a personalized training for our sales people on how to deal with difficult clients. Efficient, surprising and very enthusiastic.”  
Mark Spitz, Manager of Giving Europe Spain

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Individual participants

Participants on a Conference on Feira do Empreendedor, Porto, Portugal, November, 2014
"Trying not to be pessimistic, I thought it unlikely that a conference could catch and delight me so much. It was a wonderful surprise to be able to watch and listen to Edite, working as proof that I need to leave the door open to let the unlikely enter in my life, without ever forgetting that "it is better done than perfect". Thank you."
Luisa Freixo (Portugal)

"In my opinion, your experience and dedication as an entrepreneur caught everyone's attention and was very important for the motivation of all the participants that are looking for the strength to start as entrepreneurs, losing some fears and taking risks with responsibility.  Your contribution exceeded all expectations, being for me the best of the day, being very clear, practical and realistic. I really appreciated the way you presented the conference. Congratulations!"
Miguel Garcez (Portugal)

"What I liked the most about your conference, more than your irreverence and passion when talking about your project, was the way you got me thinking about what I can do differently, to take risks, to try and not be afraid to fall and more... that we depend on the others to function properly. And this, the network concept, is absolutely essential!"
André Oliveira (Portugal)

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Participants in the workshop at the Service Design Global Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2014
"Edite is a highly captivating personality and performer, with or wihtout slides. Her very portuguese (in the warmest sense of the word) workshop facilitated learning in an almost seamless way and sparked a healthy dose of curiosity to go on with. In my mind, she belongs to the distinguished group of people who give post-it's a good name."
Mihkel Virkus (Estonia)

"Edite introduced me and the audience at the SDGC 2014 to the power of Positive Psychology. The workshop was great, really inspiring. Edite and her collabo Rita had all our attention in a snap because of their innate ability to engage people. Professional and funny. Edite did it well." 
Cesare Bottini (Italy)

"I've attended Edite's workshop about Positive Psychology at Service Design Network Conference 2014. Although I just met her once, I could already feel her essence of reliability and empathy. She is a psychologist from inside. And the workshop clearly showed how optimism and interconnectedness can enhance communication, thus it would be a pleasure if companies could have a chance to experience her training sessions."
Linh Duong (Vietnam)

"We met during the Service Design Global Conference 2014 in which I participated in her workshop. It was a concise story for a true global audience. Edite fascinated her listeners by her approach how to use Positive Psychology as service designers within teams, as an individual professional or as a person. Even more important, she achieved that all members - coming from all over the world - in the workshop connected with each other at a personal level within 60 minutes. At the workshop I got an impression of how applying the concepts can make things better. And is this not what designers, managers, your staff members and humans all strive to achieve? I'm sure Edite can assist you in this challenge." 
Fred Zimny (Germany)

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Participant in the workshop at the European Conference of Positive Psychology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2014
"I met Edite at a congress on Positive Psychology in Amsterdam where I followed her workshop. I was impressed by her creativity in stimulating the participants becoming very active in a very short period. It was amazing how fast we have been made enthousiastic especially in communicating and contacting. I have enjoined this workshop very much".
Richard ten Hoedt (Netherlands)

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Participant  in the conference at FNAC Marshopping, Porto, Portugal, June 2012 
"I would like to congratulate you for your presentation, last Friday, it was really interesting and it focused on many interesting and practical aspects. The presentation was really amazing and you were able to keep everyone's attention, as everybody was learning something from it. It's like you have "filled" people with a lot of energy, optimism and positivity for all the weekend! You made us think about our life ambitions, our ideas. Thank you for having enriched me, I took a lot from it to my daily life!"
Bruno Nunes (Portugal)

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Participant in several activities in the company, Barcelona, Spain, June, 2012  
“I have had the chance to enjoy the professionalism of Edite Amorim on three occasions: a training course on public speaking, one on positive leadership and a lecture on her THINKING-BIG project. In all three cases the outcome was the same, an injection of inspiration thanks to Edite's orientation towards creativity and innovation, and her optimistic and energetic way of sharing knowledge and skills. More than a Motivational Speaker, an Inspirational Talker!"
Alfonso López (Spain)

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Two participants from an Entrepreneurship workshop in ANJE, Porto, Portugal, 2012
"After the training, we've just stayed there, thinking about all the things we've heard during the day and about our own project. It was an intense training, full of activity. Thank you for sharing with us your life perspective and your optimistic and positive way of facing life and problems. 
It was really good to see in first person that, if we believe in ourselves and act according to it, we can live our life the way we imagine it. We really have to give value to things that have value and live a positive life. Thanks for sharing! On our side...We keep on believing!"

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Participant in the "Positive Attitude in Costumer Service" training 
- Barcelona, Spain, 2011
"I leave the training with a sense of dynamism and willing to develop a proactive attitude and courtesy towards clients. I also feel more focused on how to perform my job's duties - the importance of offering a good service by helping our clients more and of paying attention to their needs. It gave me new and eye opening perspectives on customer service and on my life as well.

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Participant in the “Expressive techniques to public speaking” workshop - Lisbon, Portugal, 2010
“This workshop brought me so many things... Being with other people in this context really made me realize the importance of the human touch, of being closer to the others without losing individuality. I became more aware of my body and of my surrounding space and it made me more comfortable about myself and with others.

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Participant in the “Be happier, sell double” workshop - Colorado, USA, 2011
"I would highly recommend participating in any class that is instructed by Edite Amorim.  She gently connects to the participants, drawing each unique individual into a wonderful and engaging experience. I was fortunate to attend the “Be Happier, Sell Double”  training which shined a new light on how I see myself and how I perceive others, especially those I work with. "  
Pattie Olson - Zoom’n Dog Productions (USA)

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