Training Testimonials

Richard Hart

Website manager: climacts.org.au

Highly recommend Actionskills, quick responses and great support. Helped me build my first website from start to finish would highly recommend

James Whelan

Climate Strategist

Thanks, Glenn, for your excellent webinars. I’m impressed by your skills, knowledge and experience, and particularly how you speak directly to activist needs and priorities. Brilliant!

Shanti Naidu

The Digital Marketing online classes by Glenn was very informative and excellent. I highly recommend these classes for people who are seriously looking out for good classes online.

Natalie K

Freelance Biomedical and Science Editor

I found those two afternoons of working on my website very helpful: they certainly gave me the confidence to build (and recently spruce up) my own website, and I have happily recommended you to colleagues.

Holly Gurling

Digital journalist

Glenn is one of those rare technology teachers who is engaging, inspiring, interesting and highly technically skilled.

He has got a great teaching style which gives a broad overview of many different concept before narrowing in on things. We touched on a range of areas: marketing, human psychology, design, coding. Glenn’s got cool take on things, which also makes learning easy and fun.

Sally Berger

Administration Support Officer VST at Ambulance Victoria

In three days I learned not only how to use WordPress, but also about broader elements including design, security and future trends that resulted in a deeper understanding of all things IT.

My new-found knowledge has given me confidence to achieve the goal that led me to undertaking this training, and has opened my mind to other ways to use these skills in the future.

Glenn’s way of facilitating is to empower you with knowledge, presenting options and challenges to guide you to make your own decisions and to learn by doing.

I learned much more than I thought possible in a short period of time, enjoyed shared learnings with other participants, and came away armed with knowledge and skills that have enriched my life.
Thank you Glenn.

Karen Saul

I recently attended Glenn’s RMIT short course on web design – what a fantastic learning experience. I loved the in-depth but practical hands-on approach. I finished the course with the knowledge and confidence to build and launch my own website. I would highly recommend Glenn to anyone wanting to grow their knowledge of web design or development.

Alex Prideaux

Glenn is very knowledgeable and has a good base knowledge of how to build websites from the ground up. He covers things that are relevant to what you want to achieve, and is very honest and efficient with his time and training. If I ever need someone with technical skill to help me build and run a decent website I will use Glenn.

Deborah Hart

Author of Guarding Eden, co-founder and co-director of CLIMARTE, ClimActs & LIVE

Glenn Todd is a delightful Master Geek. His approach logically and systematically demystifies all things internet in the context of strategic, goal-focused communications. Combining simple language with storytelling flair, Glenn is an exceptional educator and I most highly recommend his web design courses.

Oneal Waromi

What I always remember after the training is that Glenn always emphasising on strategy, and that is the most important part of building a website. This is a reflection on how someone has lots of experience on the web industry. The other one is, digital minimisation and to make things simple. Because at the end of the story is how you can attract the audience or customer, without sweating too much.

Veronica Backhouse

Secondary Teacher

I have participated in Glenn’s WordPress training and it was excellent. He really knows his stuff and is an approachable and practical facilitator. Recommended!

Ros Elliott

A terrific trainer: professional, lots of expertise, and patience. Fun too!

Liz Remmerswaal Hughes

Peace Worker/Campaign and Communications Consultant

As well as being clever and skilled he is a helluva lovely guy! A pleasure to be around and very good with dynamics and people. Highly recommended.

Tiffany Harrison

Environmental Services Professional

I’ve done this awesome website strategy and content training with Glenn Todd. He was great at communicating complex concepts and helping me understand both how to manage and update websites, as well as core strategy and design behind them. For example, after the workshop in brand design and user journeys I was then able to teach it myself.

Min Rose

Glenn has helped me navigate the computer world before with ease and understanding of my level, super easy to talk to and explains things in accessible language without being condescending. Thanks Glenn for all your work and help!

Aidan Kempster

Scientist, Writer, Educator

Doing a couple of days worth of training with Glenn last year was all I needed to build and launch my own website. Cannot recommend this down to earth advice enough, particularly when it comes to digital strategy!

Felicity Ruby

ThoughtWorks Research and Policy Adviser, Office of the CTO

Highly recommend Glenn for all digital campaigning, website building & training needs. A pleasure to create & make movements go w this guy.

Louise M. Somerville

Glenn Todd does some great IT training for Knitting Nannas Against Gas. Nanna hugs!

Cate Adams

Digital Campaigner: Friends of the Earth FNQ

Glenn is a good presenter, he is very knowledgeable and gave us lots of useful information and skills, particularly with social media

Phil Evans

Development Coordinator: Friends of the Earth

I owe my understanding of coding and website development to the wonderful sessions run by Glenn. I would recommend his trainings to anyone keen to build their online skill base.

Hayley Sestokas

Head Chef

WordPress workshop was exciting, challenging and informative. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to either expand on existing knowledge or start from scratch. Thanks heaps Glenn!

Chris Sanderson

Director Marigold Health Foods in Australia and NZ

He can even get 81 year olds to grock it…

Margaret Scheidler

Thanks very much, Glenn, for so generously sharing your expertise with the Knitting Nannas today! I learned heaps and am really inspired to put it into practice. Watch out, world, here come the Knitting Nannas!! Thanks again, Glenn!

Jerry Johnson

Glenn is passionate about what he does and it makes for an enjoyable, informative course. I recommend it to anyone and I plan on attending again.

Elise West

Glenn is very experienced and knowledgeable. His training delivers critical skills in digital tools and platforms, and techniques for safe, effective, and creative communication about the things that matter. A very inspiring workshop.

Kerry Gray

Director: CoWorking 101

Glenn’s trainings raise awareness of the physical, mental and social terrain to be negotiated when involved with activism, lobbying or social change. Being prepared builds resilience and help prevents burn-out.

Nimai Dawe

Glenn is a massive computer nerd and thats why he is an excellent person to learn wordpress or any computer related subject off. He offers in-depth insights into the virtual world and breathes life into what would otherwise be an incredibly boring subject. Thanks a lot Glenn for sharing your expertise and guiding us through the ins and outs of webdesign.

Eleanor Coffey

Redgum Cleaning Cooperative

During Glenn’s three day WordPress training I went from not know the first thing about web design to having the confidence to build a website for our new cooperative cleaning business. The emphasis on strategy as well as the technical aspects was great, and is helping us build a website that won’t just look awesome, but be functional and user friendly too.

Warren Michael

Creative Direction / Brand Strategy

Thank you for a great 3 days of WordPress Training that was informative, insightful and inspiring! You definitely know your stuff. Can’t wait to dive into WP in more depth and start applying the knowledge you’ve imparted. Thanks for showing us the ropes.

Aiesha Grierson

Research Administration Officer

Glenn delivers training that is on-point and responsive to clients objectives. His fluid communication style is engaging and makes learning about technical content easy

Catherine Barrett

Director Celebrate Ageing Program

3 amazing days. You are so talented and generous. Thankyou.

Betty Musgrove

Social media online content producer

I attended a one day WordPress class with Glenn. He was a patient and thorough teacher. Working for a small community based organisation and being imparted with these skills has meant that I can now work towards helping others in my organisation understand maximising our web presence and work towards better campaign strategies. I would recommend This class to anyone.

Catherine Rouse

Consultant

I appreciated the training – delivery and content – it was fantastic. Thank you!

Ruben Rubens

Comms for Community

Glenn/ActionSkills/digital apprenticeship training introduced me to a new world of ideas and skills that I applied in media and online campaigning. The training gave me a great framework for how to learn digital skills which started me on the path of providing website support and training for other activists, and starting my own business in web design.

Maria Simonelli

Partnership Facilitator

I highly recommend Glenn, his knowledge about this arena is vast and based in practical application. And as importantly his intentions are to support community by building their capacity to flourish.

Im lucky enough to be trained by Glenn in wordpress and online strategy. His training is well structured , practical and caters to a diverse audience, always responsive to their needs and level of experience. I highly recommend his training programs

Dan Purdey

Professional Facilitator Trainer + Actor + Scientist

Glenn’s knowledge is infinite, his training methods are concise, very time efficient yet extremely thorough. He is very personable, provides the perfect learning environment and always provides a comprehensive answer to any question. I highly recommend Glenn to anyone considering participating in any of his training courses.

Glenn knows his work inside out. He is an exceptionally capable and personal trainer. He has a strong learning pace so much content is covered providing great value for money whilst all participant skill levels are catered for.

Helen Cox

Facilitator

I attended Glenn’s 3 day WordPress Training in November 2014 and was very impressed by the speed and effectiveness of the training in building my knowledge and confidence for website management and online strategy. I am very happy with the training as a someone who is about to start a business of my own and as a community volunteer, these skills are extemely useful for community groups and non-for-profit organisations who need a communications or campaign boost. I feel that Glenn did a great job of desmystifying online strategy through experiential workshop design and I feel more than ready to apply the skills I learned from this short yet intensive training. Highly recommended.

Jane Deany

Social Media Consultant

Thanks Glenn for kindly ‘giving back’ in your recent free WordPress Q & A session at the Hub Melbourne coworking space.

It was very informative & I think everyone learned a lot, I know I did.

I really appreciated you sharing your wealth of WordPress knowledge. I’m so glad I could make it & thanks again for your time.

Dhe Naidoo

Founder @thewelljournal

Glenn ran a workshop that was engaging and relevant to all participants. He provided practical solutions and advice for the questions we had and was very forthcoming in his approach to web development and design. I will definitely be attending other workshops run by Glenn in the future and look forward to introducing others to Dvize Training.

Caitlin White

Digital Marketing Officer at Berry Street

I attended two of Glenn’s training workshops on WordPress theme customisation in June 2013.

He is very knowledgeable about his subject matter; the workshops were clear and well structured, and catered to a diverse group of people with different levels of familiarity with web development.

I’ve gained new skills and confidence to take my work with WordPress themes to the next level. I’d recommend Glenn’s training to anyone who wants learn more about WordPress.

Rahima Miriam Hayes

Arts and Cultural Development

he WordPress Training that Glenn offered was informative, brilliant, and easily accessible for everyone. It has given me an excellent foundation in WordPress that is invaluable. I knew a little bit about WordPress and had blogged in the past. I now know how to approach building, designing, and implementing a WordPress.org site. These skills will provide me with the creative and functional freedom I require for a broad range of projects.

Excellent and very accessible training! Highly recommended.

Layla Hackman

Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Health Science

I attended one of Glenns WordPress and Web Development intensives as a beginner to get my head around the functionality and potential use of WordPress as the primary online platform for my ventures in the Social Enterprise and Not For Profit arena.

The training was in depth, responsive to the groups interests and needs and conducted in a way that allowed for networking & skill sharing.
Glenn is an expert in his field, the training has been well developed and its open source credibility gave me confidence in the availability of retaining and having reference to the information provided.

Highly recommended for anyone remotely interested in using online platforms for business, community development, activism or change making.

Dimity Hawkins

ICAN Australia Board

Glenn conducted a three day WordPress Accelerator training module in November 2014. I attended, keen to learn more on WordPress and to gain a better understanding of the basics of social media management. Glenn provides a structured and logical but stimulating workshop which easily traverses a range of needs from participants, from small NGOs through to business people. His dedicated focus on messaging, developing brand and fine tuning your communications along with his great dedication to skill sharing on the technical details is a rare combination and makes his training incredibly useful. I highly recommend Glenn to anyone wanting to advance your skills and take control of your own messaging for your campaign, business or even your own blogger aspirations.

Carl Scrase

Festival Director

I attended a WordPress training by Glenn. He’s highly knowledgeable and gives the big picture perspective on digital communications.

Carol Peterson

Consultant

The WordPress course really helped me understand how websites work and how wordpress can work for me!

Chris Watkins

Coach - The Procrastination Paramedic

I attended a WordPress training by Glenn. He’s highly knowledgeable, passionate and has real integrity.

Sarah Cowell

Tea sommelier - Storm in a Teacup

From attending Glenn’s WordPress 101 class, I can see he is incredibly generous and knowledgeable in his field. Glenn is also gifted in sharing his knowledge in a very engaging, straightforward and informative manner. He aims to help unravel the mystery around WordPress sites and empower us to create and maintain our own. I certainly gained confidence to do so after Glenn’s session. Am excited to get my website up and running now – thank you Glenn!

Dhevaksha Naidoo

Creative Director - Dhesign

Glenn ran a workshop that was engaging and relevant to all participants. He provided practical solutions and advice for the questions we had and was very forthcoming in his approach to web development and design. I will definitely be attending other workshops run by Glenn in the future and look forward to introducing others to Dvize Training.

Michelle Nichols

Owner - Marquet Consulting

I attended a training session entitled “Websites 101 – Level Beginner to Intermediate”. The session was very informative. It was good to get a techie perspective on what to do, and the different options available. I have managed WordPress sites previously, but the session has helped me feel more confident about building WordPress websites. Glenn was an excellent facilitator of the session.

Louise Morris

Campaigns Manager - Markets For Change

I have had the pleasure of working with Glenn Todd and Dvize numerous times, and highly recommend him both as a Trainer and Mentor in online services, as well as a strategic advisor in content creation, security and social media.

Glenn has been invaluable in providing leading edge and creative approaches to campaign work, coupled with practical online training, webpage design and social media training for MFC staff development. Glenn has been central to the most effective online work I have undertaken with Markets for Change, Conservation Council of WA and the Victorian Coal campaign.

Simon Waller

Technology Coach - Mobial

I hired Glenn to present a workshop on social media and user generated content to a trusted client. Glenn is clearly an expert and my client was extremely impressed with his level of knowledge and energy. I look forward to working again with Glenn in the future.”

Kirstie McLaren

Manager of Marketing, Communications & Fundraising - UnitingCare Sunshine & Broadmeadows

I approached Glenn to provide some training on the technical aspects ofsetting up WordPress for the new UnitingCare website.

Glenn has calm approach to his work and spent time on website strategy and understanding exactly what I wanted to achieve both from a training perspective and in terms of site functionality.

Glenn guided me through the complexities of server management, security issues, SEO and CSS coding for custom design. He has a flexible work approach, meaning he can schedule times to meet face to face, respond to email or set up a conversation via Skype.

I highly recommend Glenn from Dvize as excellent designer, trainer and strategist. His portfolio says it all

Karoline Morwitzer

The Digital Action Skills training was so helpful for Friends, Families and Feminists Against Detention. As a small emerging grassroots campaign group we’re very new to this important area of campaigning. Having these new digital campaigning skills will be crucial in terms of efficiently growing and organising our activities, data, and public reach. These workshops are often difficult and expensive to access for small groups like ours. We’re very thankful for having had the opportunity.

Treena Lenthall

Filmmaker

Extremely informative, interactive with easy to understand explanations. Glenn tailors the course to the participants needs. Highly recommend.