Testimonials
Meeting Facilitator
Julie is a force in Australian media, bringing an unmatched blend of warmth, intellectual rigour, and razor-sharp wit to every stage and screen she commands.
This page is a collection of insights from the organisations, broadcasters, and individuals who have worked alongside her. From high-level facilitation to advocacy and journalism, these reflections capture the impact of a career dedicated to genuine connection and the power of a well-told story.
Testimonials Meeting Facilitator
“Facilitating a public forum or panel discussion is like conducting an orchestra. You are responsible for bringing to life another person’s vision. The vision involves many different players. The facilitator’s job is to help every other person shine and to integrate each contribution into a coherent whole. Prior planning and intense listening are the key skills. To do it well, you need to genuinely care about the purpose of the occasion. I’ve been doing it for years but I never take success for granted.”
Julie as a Meeting and Seminar Facilitator
“Thank you for your excellent facilitation on the day. Your skill, expert knowledge and lived experience made for a truly authentic event with so much rich feedback.””
“The energy and vision that you brought to the event helped to create something special.”
“I just want to thank you again for facilitating the Young Leaders Program for the International College of Dentists. Your facilitation was brilliant and ICD gained a lot from hearing what the young leaders had to say!The energy and vision that you brought to the event helped to create something special.”
“Our Q & A on Suicide and Depression was amazing. I have had so many people tell me how outstanding it was. All of us at Wolper are grateful and appreciate your support.”
“I wish to extend a warm thank you for your phenomenal facilitation of the recent Cultural Shift Symposium. Your experience, knowledge, passion, humour and energy were pivotal in making the day a wonderful success.”
“Julie McCrossin is a fabulous facilitator. Brilliant summaries and questions. She made a huge contribution to the day.”
“It makes my job so much easier and more satisfying to work with someone as professional as you. We had tremendous feedback from our delegates about the day and they were all very impressed with your facilitation skills.”
“I just wanted to thank you on behalf of the CDAT Working Group for such a fantastic job. I think we all agree that you made a great contribution to the night and that you facilitated the discussion really well. I think that those who attended will really feel that they were listened to and their concerns heard by the people who work in the community that can effect change.”
“While many factors influenced the success of the Forum, your facilitation skill, professionalism, generosity of sharing personal experience, preparation, intelligence and great humour are considered key to the resounding success of this event for RFNSW.”
“Wanted to acknowledge your masterful facilitation of the Dept. of Health & Ageing Suicide Prevention Planning Forum in Canberra; your level of knowledge, astuteness of questioning, perceptiveness, sense of humour, and ability to really listen and process at high speed made a huge contribution to the Forum.”
“Thank you so much for facilitating the Departments Futures. Your expertise, energy and enthusiasm made the event a great success by drawing out the diverse range of participants and also connecting with members of the audience.”
“I have had wonderful feedback on yesterday’s event & much of it centred on your marvellous MC skills. You are such a passionate & informed ambassador for all that we do.”
“Thank you for facilitating the 11 regional forums. Your warmth, engagement and strong subject matter knowledge greatly assisted in obtaining effective involvement by forum participants.”
“The facilitator was terrific. Intelligent, across the issues, entertaining while remaining subject focused and a good time keeper. She was the glue that made it seamless!”
“I would like to thank you for the significant role you played in making this such an enjoyable and successful event. The manner in which you managed the conference time and content, lead the panel discussion, kept presenters focused and allowed for a high degree of audience participation in a humorous and light hearted way was well received. Your contribution to the congress exceeded expectations and set a high benchmark for future events.”
“Your facilitation provoked passions and interest right to the very end. We had very positive feedback from participants and sponsors about your session.”
“Thank you for the excellent role you performed as facilitator… particularly through an enjoyable and interactive forum.”
“Others in neighbouring workshops were quite envious of the fun we were obviously having.”
“hank you for your tremendous work. I have received much positive feedback about you from the participants yesterday! I am pleased that each session was facilitated in such an engaging way that we now have a quite clear direction and practical actions which we are now able to work on in partnership. The day was clearly a success and I thank you for working with us in such an accommodating way.”
“I just wanted to say a big thankyou for the fantastic job you did facilitating the Hoarding and Squalor Conference. Your energy, wit and insight ensured that the conference attendees had lots of fun and learnt lots as well.”
“It certainly was great to work with you again – you definitely bring an extra something to the facilitation of such an important day.”
“Thank you again for your wonderful work yesterday. We have received nothing but wonderful feedback about the way you facilitated the day and you absolutely made it work for us”
“THANK YOU for last night … feedback was that it was well received and Community Drug Action Team members were very thankful for your skill and personality in presenting this information, and also in being able to engage with the audience”
“The course was informative and fun. Thanks! Every little bit of positive effort into improving the lives of people with mental illness and understanding of mental illness is great for not only the sufferers but, I think, we may find it also furthers the spiritual evolution we find ourselves in.”
“You were a wonderful host, setting the tone of the evening with playfulness, appreciation and expectation. People remarked how much they enjoyed your contribution”
“The day went really well and there has been an incredible amount of positive feedback on your facilitation. You really managed to achieve what we were hoping to gain from the day through your great insights, open style of communication and clear understanding of the issues.”
“Your skill in involving people in the discussion and synthesising the issues was crucial in establishing a fruitful dialogue.”
“Your passionate and skilful approach to facilitating the debate ensured that the conference was a valuable learning opportunity for all participants.”
“Your ability to hold the audience in the palm of your hand, enable the two young co-presenters to do such a good job confidently, to provide such humour and a great atmosphere were very enviable.”