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Nicole was fantastic and the presentation went really well. It was great to have such an interactive virtual experience. It was great to have Nicole as a guest speaker and we'd love to have her back.

Sarah Cannery
Owner
​Rise.Run.Retreat Virtual Women’s Retreat 

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Thanks for the workshop, Nicole. I’ve done a bunch of training- including defensive tactics instructor course-and this was the best, most affirming, and positive I’ve seen. Your approach is very empowering! You’re an awesome teacher and facilitator.

@brieoutside
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Summer Solstice Workshop: Yes, I’m Hiking Solo

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Students Fight Back was the perfect combination of informative presentation coupled with audience interaction. Nicole did a great job of keeping our students engaged the entire evening! The progression of the presentation from hands-off skills (intuition, awareness, boundary-setting) to basic self-defense moves was terrific. The level of student engagement at the end of the night made it obvious that Nicole's presentation was very empowering and left the students wanting to learn more. Because of this, we look forward to having Students Fight Back programming on our campus again in the future!

Indiana Tech 

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I took Nicole’s virtual outdoor defense class back in the early days of COVID. And even through a screen, she taught such valuable skills that make me feel sooo much more confident as a woman in the outdoors!

@hikeology
​Summer Solstice Virtual Workshop 

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Erin has honored her friend by starting this program and empowering women. I really think women need to know they can fight back.

John Walsh
Founder of America's Most Wanted

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ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! Nicole was awesome and we look forward to doing more work with you all soon. I know our students were very interested in the Self Defense training class so we may be in touch regarding the course. But overall, everything was awesome. Thank you!

Darius Darling, Student Life Coordinator, Indiana Tech University

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GFB is amazing at getting this important information to women in a way that is empowering and engaging. I don’t think that I have ever heard anyone speak about self-defense with that much enthusiasm and humor.

Stephanie Ahrens
​Baylor University

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GFB is truly sensational and inspirational. I love that she didn’t make me fearful of attackers or of being attacked. Instead, it made me aware of my surroundings, and her techniques made me feel safer. This presentation is one that I would definitely see again.

Suzanne Smith
​Texas A&M University

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We just completed the Students Fight Back program and want to let you know that Nicole Snell did a wonderful job. The program was informative, empowering and interactive. We had approximately 100 students from a variety of classes, ranging from nursing to psychology. We also had the men’s baseball team as their coach made the program mandatory.
It was a pleasure working with your company and hope to do so again sometime soon!

Michael Nejman,
Center for Student Involvement,
Harper College

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Thank you so much for coming to OWU. I have already heard a ton of positive feedback! Absolutely wonderful to have you come on campus to empower and educate our community. Thank you so much for making the trip out here and creating such a lively and interactive presentation.

Elise Baer
President of Panhellenic Association
​Ohio Wesleyan University

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The workshop went very well and we heard lots of positive feedback from the participants. Nicole was very fun and engaging. We'll keep Girls Fight Back in mind for future programs. Thanks very much!

Megan Tagle Adams, Director,
Women's Resource Center,
California State University, Dominguez Hills

 

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Nicole was amazing. She was high energy for both presentations, with a willingness to connect with the students and share more tips during lunch. I appreciated her from the first planning meeting over the phone to the day of her presentation.
[Students Fight Back​]

Erica Moorer
Title IX Coordinator
​University of Redlands

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Wow!  What a great class last night!  Nicole’s presentation was inspiring, empowering, energetic, and a ton of fun. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to both of you for making this class possible.
 
Nicole, I hope that you enjoyed teaching the class and spending your evening with us.  It was a pleasure speaking with you prior to the class to get things set up.  I hope that we have an opportunity to work together again.

Allison Tapert
Kula Academy Director of Chaos & Fun
Kula Cloth 

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For my ladies, who are a little bit intimidated or scared of camping, hiking, recreating alone. Nicole has proven to be an invaluable resource for educating myself and helping me find my power within the outdoors.  She provides easy to understand and relatable content relating to empowering yourself outdoors so that you can protect yourself when doing what you love.

@Outsidewithv 

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Nicole was WONDERFUL. We have a small campus and sometimes our audiences can be small. In the past, this has almost bothered presenters in some way (much more intimate than they are used to, I suppose). Nicole was not bothered at all. She embraced all of the students and made great use of the intimate setting. She is such a dynamic and engaging speaker, and the students really enjoyed her. I cannot praise her enough.

Student Affairs Professional at a small, public university

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[Trainer] Nicole was amazing. She was high energy for both presentations, with a
willingness to connect with the students and share more tips during lunch. I
appreciated her from the first planning meeting over the phone to the day of her
presentation. Her willingness to incorporate University of Redlands bystander information added an extra level of excitement.

Erica Moorer, Title IX Coordinator
University of Redlands

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Just wanted to once again thank you so much for presenting for our new member education! I've had a ton of people raving about how wonderful the presentation was. I can't wait to coordinate more events in the future!

Taelor Trimble
Vice President, Panhellenic Council (PHA)
​California Polytechnic State University
​San Luis Obispo

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Nicole was fantastic and the presentation went really well. It was great to have such an interactive virtual experience. 
 
I'll be in touch in the coming weeks about a potential partnership for another one of our fall Virtual Retreats--it was great to have Nicole as a guest speaker and we'd love to have her back. 

Sarah Canney
​Founder
Rise.Run.Retreat

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Nicole was wonderful, the students loved her! She is very warm and welcoming and has a great energy about her.

Shandy Stomieroski,
Assistant Director of Student Life, Cascadia College

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