"Over the past few months, I have formed and shaped a vision for
my new business venture called The Learning
Cycle. Charlie
has been instrumental from the beginning by helping me
shape my ideas, understand the scope of the vision,
and providing practical advice on how to make it
a reality. Charlie has been a true supporter of
the cause, but most importantly, he believes in
me. Many people have told me I can not achieve
my vision. They said it was too big, too complicated,
or was an unreachable goal. Charlie believes
I can - and with his guidance my vision
and story for it are stronger today
than when we first met. I whole-
heartedly recommend his
services to any person or
company looking for clarity and
direction with a vision. The investment will
be immediately evident! "
Brian Zeuli - CEO, The Learning Cycle
Hudson, WI
"Charlie and I partnered to send a global message of inspiration
to millions of women and girls around the world through the Bancroft
Arnesen Expedition to Antarctica. While I had the vision of what I wanted
to communicate, Charlie helped me build an organization and structure
in a very different way for the Expedition industry - enabling us to
communicate to more than three million school kids around the world.
His vision and leadership helped me form a world class team, market
the message so that we could bring on leading worldwide sponsors for
the journey, and tell the story which generated literally billions of
media impressions globally."
Ann Bancroft, Polar Explorer, Scandia, MN
bancroftarnesenexplore.com
"Charlie has been helping the Minnesota International Center for
years. One of the ways he has impacted our organization is envisioning
new ways of going to market that have increased our visibility and raised
significant money for our operations. He helped my team strategize and
implement a new corporate partnership program, and is currently helping
us envision what we can do to dramatically raise awareness and dollars
for us with a new statewide event. He's been able to help my staff to
not only see what is possible and track our progress against goals,
but also to help guide us to implementing the details of the vision."
Carol Byrne, President, Minnesota International Center, Minneapolis,
MN
micglobe.org
"I had a vision for how I wanted to impact the world after September
11th. I was supposed to be in the World Trade Center that day. I created
an organization called A Single Drop that is helping to bring safe drinking
water solutions to areas of the world that don't have safe water. I
also mobilized a million voice choir around the song "We Rise"
- which is now sung around the world on September 21st every year. I
met Charlie at a time when A Single Drop was experiencing a lot of growth
but yet needed strategic guidance so that we could better tell our story
to a broader audience. Charlie's been great at helping us to focus in
the right message that will help people understand what we are doing
so that we can make even more of a global impact. And helping to see
an organizational framework that will get the right people in place,
doing the right things to help us continue to make a global impact with
water issues."
Gemma Boulos, President, A Single Drop, San Francisco CA and
The Phillippines
asingledrop.org
“Charlie Hartwell helped me talk through rough ideas to find the
common focus. He listens carefully, has keen insights, asks powerful
questions, and shares useful ideas. Moreover, he is a champion for creative
people who want to improve the quality of the day.”
Dan Wallace, Idea Food, Inc.
"20 years ago, Charlie helped to shape a vision that has turned
out to serve hundreds of thousands of people in Kenya's slums. Charlie
helped me to build a framework for Provide International. He helped
not only helped me set the organization on a path, but also helped us
build procedures and processes for our organization so that it could
grow. Through Charlie's help in the earlier stage of our existence,
we were able to build off that platform and make an incredible difference
to the people living in the most destitute areas of Nairobi."
Jonah Kitheka, Executive Director, Provide International, Nairobi,
Kenya
www.provideinternational.com
"Charlie has been an amazing guy to talk with about the transitions
and possibilities in my life. Whether we've discussed leaving the corporate
world, my new social enterprise in Africa or even my experience with
my father's death, Charlie has been able to hear me. He has a wonderfully
natural way...through a story, a personal anectdote or just the right
question...to help me to find the answers I seek and, importantly, to
embrace and create the opportunities in life."
Michael Cohen, Cape Town, South Africa
"I would like to express my gratitude to you for sharing the gift
of who you are with me this morning. You have chosen your path wisely.
May each step on that path be a source of joy. I feel blessed and honored
by the "village" of kind and wise souls that are showing up,
contributing to and nurturing this dream to fruition. As the day unfolded,
I found my vision even more clarified, grounded...and expanded. Tonight,
I'm finding myself not just thinking, but FEELING and VIBRATING with
what is possible.
Deborah Latzke, Author, "Searching for the Acorn"
and "When the Last Acorn is Found"
"Charlie is helping me to follow the urgings of my inner self.
He's been there to help ask the right questions to guide me in an exciting
business direction, and has firmly believed in my abilities to succeed
down my path. Not only has he helped me to understand the possibilities,
but also he's helped me with the details of drawing up a plan and proposal
for making it happen."
Deb Haugen, Minneapolis, MN