“This is the best workshop I’ve ever been to!…”
– Audience feedback, 2008 River Rally

“Mr. Eckl is an environmentalist and also a marketing consultant who understands how to persuade people. He said that scientists, government officials, and his fellow environmentalists often…fail to get through because in many cases people don’t know what they are talking about and therefore don’t care. Mr. Eckl is absolutely right.”
– Eric Smith, Annapolis Capital-Times

“Way beyond expectations… I hadn’t thought about this side of working towards change.”
– Audience feedback, 2006 Chesapeake Watershed Forum

“…we’ve begun to use the Words and the concepts to retool our education of the public. Its proven to be much more effective than our previous approaches.”
– Andrew Pelloso, Indiana Department of Environmental Management

“…went beyond fluff to the real stuff.”
– Erin Moore, Conservation Northwest

“I think Water Words is really excellent and can help you get your message out more effectively.”
– John Ulmer, Central Indiana Watersheds

“I have found your blog so incredibly helpful that it has transformed the way I communicate with our membership. I now regularly use WWTW in action alerts, newsletter articles, appeal letters, and just daily interaction.”
–Lori Martell, Georgia Forest Watch

“Eric was the best speaker of the group…”
– Audience Feedback, 2008 Government and Social Media Conference

“Terrific, research-driven…”
– Idealware

“I have begun using [Water Words That Work] for talks to the local folks. I get a better response since I started… I get more questions than I used to get.”
– Ted Withrow, Kentucky Division of Water

“Awesome!… It really made a splash with me.”
– Patti Mason, Flathead Conservation District

“Eric is a brilliant guy and really knows this community from years of working with the river rats.”
– Marty Kearns, Green Media Toolshed/Network Centric Advocacy

“Thanks for all your work; I find it very interesting and helps me constantly think about how to encourage behavior change…”
– Matt Salter, EnviroSMART

“I am learning quite a bit… The ‘words with documented shortcomings’ was particularly useful as I do many presentations on nonpoint source pollution and have seen confused faces when I used that term.”
– Emily Tyner, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands

“…really quite helpful and not ’spun’ at all.”
– Visualize Whirled Peas

“…the best part of the whole conference.”
– Audience Feedback, 2007 Government and Social Media Conference

“….offer[s] important and thought-provoking information in a fun and charismatic way.”
– Jessica Blackburn, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay