> Internet Seminar Participant Comments
"I think the new "portable" options for the seminars are fabulous. I frequently view archived seminars, and I have recently downloaded a powerpoint seminar with the embedded audio...I applaud that you include that option and consider it extremely forward-thinking."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I found the seminar very informative and it has made me think about both the toxicology issues and potential regulatory issues in the UK."
— Participant from the University of Nottingham, UK
"You are doing great! CLU-IN Internet Seminars are a wonderful, informative, and useful resource."
— Hazardous Substances Technical Liaison in EPA Region 5
"This is an inexpensive, powerful way to gain valuable knowledge"
— Environmental Consultant
"Internet simulcast training: best thing since sliced bread. Thanks for offering an easy way to receive training without leaving the office or spending money. Good content, practical advice. I will do this again"
— State Regulator
"By consensus, we all found the presentation extremely well done, useful and want more of the same. All join me in thanks!"
— Federal Agency Representative
"I'm an avid fan of these seminars. Keep them coming."
— U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Participant
"The seminar media is fantastic. I can get the latest information from qualified people without having to travel. It's convenient and economical."
— State Regulator
"Yes, love these seminars. Great way to obtain training without the pain of traveling!"
— State Regulator
"Great! I'm going to surf after lunch so I don't forget what I learned."
— U.S. Bureau of Land Management Employee
"It was excellent, and the webcast approach was much better and more engaging that just phone conferencing. Extremely helpful and appropriate."
— Environmental Consultant
"Well done today! Good transition between speakers - logistics well done. Thanks! Very enjoyable experience."
— Environmental Consultant
"What a well-presented and enlightening lecture!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Keep up the good work. You are providing a great service to us practicioners."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Great job. Keep up the good work. These sessions are very helpful to us. Most of our staff are at remote locations. These webcasts give us an opportunity to bring our folks together for collaborative face-to-face communications."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"The webcast alternative is great for people with busy schedules and reduced travel funds."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I think these types of seminars are an excellent use of existing technology."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Outstanding first webcast for this participant. I could participate from home and you managed the process exceptionally well. Kudos!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I'd like to finish by expressing my appreciation for the product. Excellent presentations by knowledgable people on topics of import."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I thought the simulcast was very useful since I did not have agency funds to attend the conference in person. I am recommending that my Bureau look into the CLU-IN seminars as they are announced so they can also participate."
— State Regulator
"I have always found these offerings/classes to be VERY useful. Thanks"
— State Regulator
"I enjoyed the Seminar immensely. It was very, very good. Thank you for sponsoring such intereting and informative Seminars. I do appreciate it."
— EPA Region 5 Employee
"With such restrictions on out of state travel, these such web based training modules provide an invaluable technical education resource to us here in Alaska."
— State Regulator
"I find these seminars valuable and appreciate the opportunity to be exposed to good information without having to travel. Thanks!!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"It's great to be able to be at my desk (not traveling) learning about in-depth technical issues and tools."
— EPA Region 10 Employee
"I look forward to these seminar events. I find them to be very informative for someone who is not strongly versed in some of these remediation topics."
— State Regulator
"One of the keys for this organization is keeping training / updated education inexpensive, so this session was nearly perfect - quality with simplicity, and minimal expense."
— Environmental Consultant
"It was a great learning resource."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I greatly appreciate being able to learn without wasting all the travel time and all the resources required to travel (ie, fossil fuels) ! THANK YOU."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I applaud the attempt at educating the public and appreciate the opportunity to attend. Thank you for your efforts."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I appreciate you offering the on line training course. As a small firm it is very accessible and provides me the opportunity to participate at a low cost where I would otherwise be unable to attend such a training session."
— Environmental Consultant
"As usual, great job providing timely information concerning an important groundwater site investigation topic."
— Federal Agency Representative
"I found the course to be useful and I believe this is particularly good service to be providing the industry ."
— University Faculty Participant
"This was the first online seminar I participated in. I enjoyed it very much and look forward to participating in others."
— University Faculty Participant
"Well done! Very professional. Speakers were clear and well prepared for the webinar. Material flow was very good too."
— Environmental Consultant
"Very informative and helpful. Just the right length to maintain interest."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Well done. great presentation of the course information. The panel of experts were well chosen and easy to understand."
— Environmental Consultant
"Good job by the presentation team!"
— Environmental Consultant
"Thankful to our instructors for their insightful contribution, to EPA and ITRC for altruism."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I really like the format of the training. I am using this training for my Continuing Education requirements for my Professional Geologist Certification and I am not able to attend classes. Being able to do this on-line gives me the best option."
— Environmental Consultant
"Excellent webcast, and very well annotated."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Great speakers, well-organized presentation of information, valuable tools provided."
— Environmental Consultant
"This was excellent! TERRIFIC JOB!"
— Environmental Consultant
"I think the material was very interesting and educational. It was convenient to be able to listen from my computer. I plan to download the audio portion (I already downloaded the slides) so I can listen to it again and share it with my colleagues."
— Environmental Consultant
"The length of the seminar was easy to fit into my schedule and having it online was so convenient."
— EPA Employee
"I particularly liked this case study format with lots of photos. I will look for similar seminars. Its a good way to see how other project managers have had to solve problems."
— University Faculty Participant
"Great seminar that was easy to follow and provided me a good idea of some of the capabilities of the program."
— Environmental Consultant
"keep up the great work and I look forward to more seminars."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"These opportunities are very important to us...Keep these great monthly broadcasts coming. They are wonderful."
— EPA Region 10 Employee
"I feel empowered to apply now. It has openned new doors for me to better my community"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Great webinar! Very helpful and easy to follow."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"This is an excellent way for a small community like ours to gain access to technical assistance in competing for these valuable resources...I especially appreciated the way presenters didn't simply read the slides but provided additional insights both during the presentation and with the Q&A session."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"As a grant writer, this seminar has improved my knowledge base regarding Brownfields and the application process. This seminar also introduced me to the training possibilities using online technology. Thank you so much!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Great job to the EPA personnel that participated and presented in the seminar. Everyone did a great job. I hope this seminar is continued in the future!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Great! Wish I would have known about this software years ago."
— Environmental Consultant
"excellent summary review for the Brownfields Grant process applicable to all the EPA Regions"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"very simple, clean presentation. Good refresher, thanks!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I've only attended a few seminars on-line before. This was the best organized and explained. It helped that the technology worked flawlessly. Good Job."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Documents and seminar provide excellent information."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Excellent way of transferring new methods and concepts and helpful information in technical areas. Please keep this going and branch out into more subjects....!!!"
— U.S. DOE Employee
"Thank you for the knowledgable speakers and for the case studies. Very helpful."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"I truly believe the interned-based training classes are useful and well-planned. They cover several topics and at different levels so the user can choose according to his interests and needs."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I thought this was a great presentation and hope that I can use some of the concepts in the future."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I thought this was a great presentation and hope that I can use some of the concepts in the future."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Thank you for offering training opportunities which do not require travel expenses and time out of the office!"
— Local Government Employee
"The webcast was informative and interesting."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"LOVED this topic and seminar! LOVED the presenters!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"This has been a great capstone set of lectures to this series. As a professor, i appreciate getting the insight from experts on what is going on and what is needed."
— University Faculty Participant
"This seminar met my needs and I am likely to participate in this type of seminars in the future since it opens the door for future funding and/or teaming with Academia or Industry."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"Thanks - good job. This is an area of particular interest to me and I appreciate the information and resources you provided through this presentation."
— State Regulator
"No tech difficulties, entire Webinar organized great. This was my first webinar - exceptional tool for solicitations. Thank you!!"
— U.S. DOD Employee
"This method of learning is great for site managers and those who are participants in the decision making phase for contaminated sites."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"these internet seminars are excellent in providing near real-time updates of on-going research in the field."
— U.S. DOE Employee
"I really appreciate that this webcast allow me to hear others questions, ones I didn't imagine asking."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"This seminar was excellent, both in comment and presentation. We can use the practical ideas here."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"EXCELLENT presentation! My first webcast ever and I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to do it again and again. A very comfortable format to follow"
— Local Government Employee
"I enjoyed the class and it held our interest the whole session."
— State Government Employee
"Great job overall. great job on snuffing out the background noise! The instructors did a wonderful job and I appreciate the opportunity to take this web streamed training session."
— U.S. NRC Government Employee
"I think the course was very helpful and the right length. I feel you gave a great overview of each method and good references so people can find info helpful for their specific sites."
— Environmental Consultant
"I thought the materials and presenters were excellent."
— State Government Employee
"A very good presentation. Really professional and fascinating to listen to...Very professional. Thanks. I look forward to the next one."
— Environmental Consultant
"Very informative as are all the offerings, very comprehensive presentation."
— State Government Employee
"Excellent [Internet-Based Training] IBT. Enthusiastic presenters, interesting and fast-paced delivery, huge amount of information, no flat spots."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"All presenters were very good, spoke clearly and were easily heard and understood."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Very good presenters and presentation - definitely offer this course (and more like it) again!"
— Environmental Consultant
"My staff appreciate this type of training. ITRC has done a lot of my homework for me. I can refer colleagues to this training and documentation instead of providing my own sometimes off the cuff answers"
— State Government Employee
"Good Course and a Good Presentation. Keep it Up."
— State Government Employee
"Instant answers from multiple qualified people--sometimes with further discussion beetween two or more experrts--added great value!"
— Environmental Consultant
"Thank you to all involved for a very interesting and informative seminar. This will be very helpful to me in my work. I look forward to future seminars."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I have taken several of your training courses and they are all very good and timely for our business. Have recommended to the entire organization."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"Internet seminars save so much time and money on travel and venue expenses. It's really a great way to bring people together nation-wide."
— Environmental Consultant
"The seminar was well prepared and delivered. The seminar provided me with a free and convenient method of obtaining worthwhile continuing education credits."
— Environmental Consultant
"These online seminars are an excellent way of keeping current and/or acquiring new information in a cost effective manner."
— U.S. Federal Government Employee
"The information was well-packaged and explained, with a good level of detail."
— Environmental Consultant
"This was the best seminar I've participated in, primarily because it had the perfect balance of basic science and practical application."
— Environmental Consultant
"Thank you - my goal was to become more conversant in the applications of risk assessment in environmental risk management, and this course helped me meet this goal. Good job by all."
— Environmental Consultant
"These trainings are valuable to our organization, as we are located in a relatively isolated area. We have attended several other ITRC trainings and look forward to more in the future."
— Environmental Consultant
"This seminar was very informative and I will participate in the future."
— Environmental Consultant
"My compliments...and I hope more people become aware of your curriculum."
— USGS Employee
"will most definitely participate in future seminars because they provide the most recent updated guidance on a variety of environmental subject matters."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"I am in rural Montana, so it was great to be able to sit at my desk and participate without traveling a long distance."
— State Government Employee
"This is a great service"
— Local Government Employee
"The best reason to participate is the valuable input and questions presented by environmental professionals."
— U.S. DOD Employee
"It's a good way to get info without having to travel."
— Local Government Employee
"The presentation was very organized and very user-friendly!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Electronic delivery is very convenient and efficient, and having downloadable content and podcasts is great. Everyone gets the same information. Well done!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"This was far more productive in less time than many such presentations I have participated in with other agencies."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Thank for the user-friendly, easy access set-up. It was greatly appreciated."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I use these seminars as a way to maintain and increase my awareness."
— U.S. DOD Participant
"this was a good seminar and the instructor was very well informed. I've attended several of these seminars and I really appreciate those instructors that are not just reading their slides. Thank you!"
— Environmental Consultant
"I am a great fan of this webinar avenue of tecchnology transfer/learning."
— U.S. DOE Employee
"Great service, good delivery. Thanks!"
— State Regulator
"I really appreciate that you offer these seminars and especially at no cost since public entities budgets are usually so limited."
— State Regulator
"I am always going out of the seminars with the feeling that I have learned new things."
— Environmental Consultant
"Like usual, another very informative presentation that continues to expand my knowledge level. Thank you."
— State Regulator
"Instructors covered a good amount of material on a subject that has taken years to understand. Thanks for your time and effort."
— State Regulator
"this seminar was extremely resourceful for me. As a full time graduate student of Urban Policy Analysis...this seminar format is extremely helpful and informative."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I applaud the EPA's efforts to provide the webinar as an option. For this grant, I would consider webinars to be a more effective use of time than on-site trainings when one adds in travel time. It's a great option to have."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"It is a convenient way to keep up on emerging technologies and obtain PDHs."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"The presenters were well spoken and knowledgeable."
— Environmental Consultant
"the best web seminar I've participated in so far. Excellent speaker, very knowledgable, easy to follow, very well done!"
— Environmental Consultant
"my work involves constant travelling and such seminars are extremely beneficial for consultants."
— Environmental Consultant
"This is the best way for me to keep up with part of my professional development training required for my professional engineering license"
— Environmental Consultant
"Excellent presentation on a complicated issue"
— State Regulator
"This forum is an excellent avenue for our participation in training."
— Local Government Employee
"This was the first time I'd tried one of these internet seminars -- I'll definitely be back!"
— U.S. EPA Employee
"While not all of it was relevant to my job, it was clearly and effectively presented and I picked up some very useful tips. It was very valuable."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"Professionally moderated and knowledgably presented. Good questions and discussions."
— Environmental Consultant
"Having these archived is also invaluable."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"This was my first webcast. I thought this was a great way to learn without having to travel. It also provides an opportunity to have additional staff "attend" and learn for a very low cost. "
— Environmental Consultant
"Just wanted to thank the U.S. EPA for offering these Internet seminars. They work great...no travel and good information."
— Local Government Employee
"Great training, just the right amount of detail, information and use of time. Condensed but not rushed. I enjoyed it and hope to apply it at several sites. Thank you for making it possible."
— State Regulator
"All of the speakers were very clear and knew the subject very well and I could tell they were all experts in this area."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"Another great seminar!"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Keep up the good work you are doing a great job with the online training efforts."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Excellent presentation. I am looking forward to attending future clu-in seminars."
— Environmental Consultant
"I particularly appreciated the focus and knowledge of the presenters. The presenters knew, and conveyed, precisely what you wanted in proposals. That was very helpful."
— U.S. DOE Employee
"The presenter did a fantastic job with the material...this presentation was packed with info."
— Environmental Consultant
"The seminar was very informative and helpful...The talk was well organized and the speaker knowledgeable and articulate."
— Environmental Consultant
"I am planning on taking advantage of more of these webnairs in the future. Thank you for this great opportunity"
— Student
"The level of detail was good...I'm again impressed with ITRC & CLU-IN's efforts. Thanks!"
— Environmental Consultant
"Quite a lot of valuable information in the ~2 hrs."
— U.S. Forest Service Employee
"The presentation was well-orcestrated and informative. Thanks for the clear presentation and I look forward to further sessions"
— Environmental Consultant
"This was actually the best ITRC presentation I have watched. the presenters were knowledgeable and conveyed their meanings using real examples which were easy to understand."
— Local Government Employee
"First, all our participants very much liked the training. The information is absolutely on point in many of our oil remediation projects and I look forward to being able to show it to a broader DEP audience."
— State Regulator
"High marks for all! Good, clear voices, well-paced presentations, excellent graphics."
— State Regulator
"The efficiencies and low cost of the webcast makes all the disadvantages irrelevant."
— U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employee
"Well done - some of the best speakers and slides of ITRC training class I've taken. Keep up the good work, gang."
— State Regulator
"The speakers today were all great, spoke clearly, were easy to understand, and were very knowledgeable."
— State Regulator
"As usual this was a well prepared and presented seminar. I expect to keep participating in these seminars and recommending them to colleagues."
— U.S. DOD Participant
"The presenters exceeded any previous training sessions/dry runs that I have taken. It did not appear that they were just reading at us. Their presentation was clear, concise and included pertinent professional experience and knowledge. There tone and presentation skills kept me engaged."
— State Regulator
"Once again, a very good use of my time...Thank you !"
— U.S. NRC Employee
"I definitely will participate in future seminars. The ease of participating, exposure to a wide variety of topics of concern, and direct feedback during the seminar make them well worth the time."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Excellent presentation and covered subject very well."
— Environmental Consultant
"EXCEPTIONAL presenters! Extremely knowledgable."
— Environmental Consultant
"the speakers were very engaging and made the subject matter easily understandable and brought the state of knowledge up to date."
— Environmental Consultant
"The speakers were very dynamic which I truly appreciate."
— State Regulator
"This was my first use of this training service and found it to be very user-friendly, and no "firewall" problems that block other webinars using, e.g., Go-To Meeting or Webex. Thank you for offering these programs."
— State Regulator
"Thank you for this course - informative as an introductory course, well organized and presented."
— State Regulator
"The information provided in these seminars is very valuable and provides a broad perspective."
— Environmental Consultant
"The information provided in these seminars is very valuable and provides a broad perspective."
— State Regulator
"Great seminar. This technology could be the wave of the future and make traditional sampling methods obsolete."
— State Regulator
"I was very pleased with this training and intend to continue as much as possible."
— Environmental Consultant
"Great course. I'll be back for many more!"
— State Regulator
"this is an excellent way for those of us prohibited from out-of-state travel in these difficult economic times to learn what's new"
— State Regulator
"seminars are very useful for scientist outside the USA and Canada"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"You guys are doing a great job...It's a service to the contractor and regulatory community."
— Environmental Consultant
"Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. It was one of the best presentations I've taken online, both content and usability-wise."
— State Regulator
"Having training available without having to travel is very useful."
— Environmental Consultant
"This seminar was great to motivate my organization to get going."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"The best part for me was being able to ask some 'newbie' type questions and getting some very good advice"
— Internet Seminar Participant
"I finally am on board with the Triad approach and how I can implement (or evauate the implementation) of Triad on projects. Thank you!!"
— Environmental Consultant
"Excellent presenters. Very impressive knowledge base and clearly described examples. This was a fantastic and very useful presentation."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Very interesting presentation. Timely and informative. Clu-in is great!"
— U.S. EPA Employee
"I enjoy webinars like this one for two reasons. First, in these times of tough budgets, I would not be approved to attend conferences. Webinars are one of the few educational options still available to me. Second, I can \"attend\" webinars covering topics I am interested in learning something about but wouldn't want lengthy training courses to cover until I know more about them."
— State Regulator
"You folks provide a valuable service to the environmental consulting community."
— Environmental Consultant
"Your seminars are well produced and conducted; the knowledge gained is valuable. Thank you so much"
— State Regulator
"Thank you for the ability to revisit the training in the future, and the multiple opportunities and access methods."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"I continue to find good nuggets of info in the CLU-In webinars."
— Environmental Consultant
"Excellent webcast. It was very easy to participate and to access the information."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"I know how hard this can be to pull off, so congrats!"
— U.S. EPA Employee
"I find these webinars to be extremely beneficial and will continue to participate"
— Environmental Consultant
"Excellent training...very cost effective."
— Environmental Consultant
"I think it is a great service EPA provides by offering these webinars free of charge."
— Environmental Consultant
"I will participate in future sessions as this is a good \"green\" method of training and more convenient than traveling to an alternate location."
— State Regulator
"I will participate because it is a convenient way to keep up to date without having to travel away from the office."
— Environmental Consultant
"Due to travel restrictions, this is a cost-effective training method"
— Environmental Consultant
"This is only my second presentation and I really like the format."
— Environmental Consultant
"it was really fantastic."
— Environmental Consultant
"Time saving. Great information."
— U.S. BLM Employee
"This was my first live seminar -- it was very interesting!"
— Environmental Consultant
"You definitely did your homework on the technical side. I thought it ran as smoothly as possible."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"Love the streaming audio format - saves time and $$$$$."
— U.S. DOD Participant
"I like the format, I like the fact I do not have to travel, and I can get all the latest on regulatory changes "
— Environmental Consultant
"this was great webinar. I appreciate the opportunity to attend training sessions remotely with no travel costs."
— Environmental Consultant
"It was very convenient to be able to participate from my desk."
— U.S. EPA Employee
"I was impressed by the technical performance of the webinar. The process was straight forward and smooth."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"Very cool! My first webinar experience."
— Internet Seminar Participant
"thanks for providing this kind of training where i don't have to travel (hawaii to mainland) and still update my environmental knowledge."
— U.S. DOD Participant
"it was good continuing education for Texas PG licensing."
— Environmental Consultant
"This was my first time using this technology. This is a fantastic way to present information. I enjoyed it very much."
— U.S. DOD Participant
"Thanks for the class. It's stimulating my thought process for a way to expedite my oil & gas clients remediation work"
— Environmental Consultant
"First time participant, good format and overview of subject."
— Environmental Consultant
"Great job. A good use of two hours."
— Environmental Consultant
"I appreciate that you provide this free opportunity. Thank you."
— Environmental Consultant
"Thanks for the opportunity to get several of our team members (6) in a room together to talk about petroleum issues."
— State Regulator
"This is a cost-effective way of training."
— State Regulator
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