Recommendations for Jim Slaughter, Parliamentarian

Client Comments About Jim Slaughter

	Your attendance and participation in our National Convention and seminars have been the most important additions to our program in the last decade. After using your services for the past several years, I do not know how we ever got by without you. -- President Scottie B. Hicks, National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
	Your presence and authority at that meeting helped save us from total chaos. -- President Tom Brogan, Laurel Valley Property Owners Association
	Your guidance and more particularly your style, allowed me to preside over a number of complex meetings that dealt with a multitude of issues. You made me look like a pro in the process! -- President Ted E. Kelly, North Carolina Association of Realtors
	Your contributions to the Spring Representative Assembly were critical to its success. We appreciate greatly your expertise, diligence, flexibility, and good humor. -- Kramer & Thomas, LLC, General Counsel, Georgia Association of Educators
	Attendees commented that you made the duties and responsibilities of a presiding officer very easy to understand. -- Sherry Harris, North Carolina Association of Realtors
	I'm still amazed at how well and smoothly the Delegate Assembly went. It was our best conference ever and you get five stars for your part in it. -- Dan Farley, Arkansas School Boards Association
	I have always enjoyed working with you and admire the unobtrusive fashion with which you make whomever happens to be in the chair appear to be a master parliamentarian. Your knowledge and STYLE are impressive and welcomed by anyone faced with the daunting task of conducting a large and often confrontational meeting. -- President Ted E. Kelly, North Carolina Association of Realtors
	Mr. Slaughter's knowledge of Robert's Rules of Order has helped our presidents to effectively move our conventions forward in cases where there could have been total chaos. I highly recommend Jim Slaughter to you as an excellent parliamentarian in whatever capacity he can be used. -- Drew W. Allbritten, Executive Director, Georgia Association of Educators
	Your expertise and knowledge enabled us to run our meetings in an orderly manner. The parliamentary procedures that you pointed out were not familiar to me and I think it contributed greatly to our success. -- President LeRoy F. Saunders, American Council of the Blind
	We were fortunate to have you there to ensure proper procedure and to allow us to use our energies on content and not on process. -- Rachel Dedmon, Budget Director, Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church
	Thanks for your contribution in making our meeting a success! -- Elizabeth Woods, Manager, American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association
	Before we hired Jim Slaughter, we had four board meetings a year, lasting up to eight hours each, because of lack of control and no understanding of procedure. Jim got us down to three meetings a year, lasting from one to three hours each. -- Hoyt C. Suppes, Executive Vice President, N.C. Association of Realtors
	The rules of order were made to be fun, informative and useful. Your casual presentation helped with the absorption of facts in productive meeting enhancement. Thanks again for your valued time. -- Johna Edwards, Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees
	Your knowledge and insight on parliamentary procedures was essential for maintaining order and decorum in a potentially volatile situation. Your fairness to both sides of each issue was deeply appreciated by me and by the other attorneys present. -- David T. Black, Kizer & Black, Attorneys at Law, Tennessee
	Jim Slaughter is worth his weight in gold. -- President Dale Holton, National Rural Letter Carriers' Association
	Actual comments from workshop participants-- "This was the best workshop I have ever attended. The instructor was the most prepared and he had a wonderful classroom presence." "Best 3 hour seminar in many years!" "This is my first year on our school board. Jim made me feel more comfortable about the situation and I appreciate that. He was very helpful and he listed to our questions." "Best of program. Needed more time." "Best presenter we had! Could have spent two days on this. Jim really kept interest up--wish the other presenters were half as good." "Tops. I recommend for next year." "His talk made the trip worthwhile." "Awesome handouts. Should be at every leadership program." "This is a must!"