Your work has been invaluable in completing a cohesive, broad and manageable plan for Movement Research to engage in over the next three years...not only is the plan well laid out and thorough, but it sends us on our way to implementation.

Your report and plan were extraordinary. This was exceptional work. We never thought we would get so much from working with you.

The whole process of your consultancy with us has been compelling, frank, to the point, realistic, positive, and extremely helpful. The report you created will be an important resource for us for years to come. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

This is a knockout report... one of the best things we've read... It is an incredible resource and gives us a road map to act. We are blown away by it.

Thank you for all your support, energy, and expertise... I truly appreciate your patience, tenacity and guidance... and for not only being on the journey, but for guiding it so generously.

In working with you, we were able to get a really good assessment of our standing in the field. It got into the heart of what makes our organization tick. And, we sense your ongoing concern.

Our conversations... took the project to a different level.... I felt a real sense of connection with you. You cared.

Thank you for all your guidance and leadership...I have learned so much, just in the brief time of working with you.

Thank you for the tremendous job you did facilitating our planning meetings...without the interest and support of people like yourself who contribute so much to the field, the work we do would be much harder.

I loved your report. It's wonderful to have our impact confirmed.

Callahan's brilliant approach and forethought resulted in a far more successful program than any of us imagined. The proof is in the pudding: NCCI was re-funded by the NEA...and may impact curriculum in higher dance education into the future.

We were thrilled to work with you. You helped us discover and clarify our role in fulfilling artist needs, and in replicating the program for future years.

Just wonderful...fabulous...we are thrilled...terrific work.

Working with you was seamless. My writing improved enormously in a short time.

Your help was invaluable. I was living in my own world for too long.

Your firm is a great resource on funding and keeps us up to date on the thinking in the foundation world. You grasped the essence of what we wanted to do and communicated it effectively.

Thank you for being such an important part of our Smithsonian Foundations Day workshop...the buzz at the end of the day was totally positive and the development staff is energized, thanks to you...

I have never come across a better tool or reference than Singing Our Praises for giving organizations not only a powerful set of tools to conduct evaluation, but a sense of capability, reinforcing the message that measuring progress is within their capacity. I am thankful for Callahan's invaluable service to the arts field.

I wonder if you know what an enormous service to the field you have provided through your work with evaluation. You have helped to shape our thinking about the process, teaching us that it should begin and end with us.

Through training in evaluation, Callahan gave our members new tools and strategies to improve their work. They are now empowered to define success for themselves and have deepened the impact of their programs.

Callahan's depth of understanding and commitment to the field provides us with an essential text that translates intimidating concepts into manageable practice.

Your workshop was enthusiastically presented...your presentation and materials were well developed, detailed, and engaging. And your delivery as always was concise, gently humorous and personable. We look forward to future collaborations that offer our members access to your knowledge and thoughtful insight.

About Singing Our Praises

Congratulations on this fine book. It is a really important and useful publication that I'm very proud to be associated with.

A great addition to a woefully lacking canon of literature on this subject as it pertains to the unique joys and pitfalls of arts presenting.

The subject matter was so comprehensively covered. The author took complex terms and made them relevant to us. And best of all - I can't say this enough - it was presented in a way that really works in our industry. This is a super great work!

The benefits of fashioning and executing an evaluation process in the arts, as clearly as Ms. Callahan has, cannot be underestimated... I have no doubt that Singing Our Praises will be a resource to be found on the shelf of every forward-thinking arts professional.

About Our Guides and Other Publications

Your article, The Art of Evaluation, is really great work and much needed in the arts.

Thank you for your publication. As a participant in the contemporary performing arts industry, it is essential that I know about the issues and needs of the NPN, which has an important part in the ecology of making work for large-scale venues.