Additional Testimonials

Fun, easy & enormously uplifting Interactive Rhythm-based Corporate Programs & Team building Activities & Keynotes

Corporations  Conferences  Communities
Schools  Private Events Personal Growth

Ice Breaking  Stress Releasing  Team Building  Rejuvenating  Motivating  Celebrating

Corporations, Conferences & Retreats:

"This is a GREAT way to build teamwork... unforgettable!. People get it in their GUT how to listen to each other (quite literally), work together, lead and follow, to create something together. - Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consultants

 "Jim, this was awesome; the best thing we ever did as a team! It was a great celebration and magical event.  Since then many people in our team have commented how much they loved the drumming and how great it was for the team.  People are laughing and having much more fun at work now." - David Marsland, Sr. Training Specialist, eBay

"You did a fantastic job helping us create a percussion finale to our Annual Meeting! It was amazing how 250 + employees created our own rhythm with your guidance. It was impressive and the perfect ending to our two-day conference. I also personally appreciate the fact that you worked within our time limits with flexibility and professionalism. I would like to work with you to create a leadership workshop for my executives in the future." - Kena L. Minnick, President/Chief Operating Officer, CommuniCare Health Services, Cincinnati, Ohio

"Jim Greiner and his company, Hands-On! Drumming, engages groups groups of all kinds and sizes in an experience that releases stress and invigorates the mind and body." - Meetings West Magazine

"Your percussion group and dancers added that special touch that really made our guests say "'Wow! '. They are a talented, professional group with a lot of charisma. I would recommend you to any group."
- Linda C. Kirk, Programs Manager, Shell Oil

"Jim Greiner's drumming activities are a great way to explore leadership and teamwork conepts Our drumming experience was a significant tool to kick off meetings to solve very difficult organizational issues. We referred to what we had experienced often in our meetings. His program was a great metaphor and learning technique for our groups... and lots of fun!" - Linda Prowse, Prowse Management consulting

"Your presentation was really impressive... a wonderful ending to our two day workshop. You have great energy and enthusiasm and did a great job of connecting rhythmic activity and healthcare!" - Maureen O'Neill, National Physicians Conference

"Thank you for the great drumming experience at the picnic for my staff and our families!" - Dr. David Okuji, D.D.S.,Inc.

"Thank you for a wonderful drumming event at our staff retreat. Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely. - The United Way

"People are still raving about you and your work. We want you for next year s conference!" - University of California Administrator's Conference

"Many thanks! I can't imagine a better way to end our program season." - Independent Management Consultants

"My clients all give Jim Greiner high marks in accomplishing group focus, teamwork and community in a fun, creative way in a minimal amount of time!" - Debbie Moore, Moore Logistics and Events

Community Events

"What a great spirit you have... and it's catching! The expression on the faces of the participants was pure delight." - Don Tilley, Lincoln, Nebraska

"Thank you for your generous donation of time and your expertise in leading drumming circles. I especially appreciate the straight-across caring that you manifest, so void of charitable pity, so full of genuine love." - Kimberly Carter, Above The Line Homeless Teen Services

"Thank you again for sharing your wonderful, positive energy with everyone at our event! I still get great feedback about your facilitating, drumming and very cool Shekere spinning. I really appreciate that you are so professional, and at the same time, easy going about everything." - Randy Brody, Drums Around The World, Westport, Connecticut

"Your expertise and methods were invigorating and educational This was the first time we had taken on a community drumming event of this size! Thank you again." - Sean Lafrenz, West Music Company, Coralville, Iowa

"I attended your presentation on drumming last year at the Whole Life Expo and enjoyed it tremendously! The value I saw in your workshop was that it enabled the participants to experience the dynamics of interacting and cooperating with a groups of strangers without using words! In fact, I am writing to see if you would be interested in participating in our Continuing Education Seminars for health care professionals."- Maureen O Neill Seminars

Schools & Youth Groups

"Wow! What an awesome experience. The Students Loved it!
"I am so excited that my students had "Hands On Drumming" with Jim. They were really interested.
"It was very good and we enjoyed it and learned from it. Keep up the good work!"
"I liked what Jim did. I liked that he said the same things to the students about listening and playing that I have been telling them. I liked that the students were making music and not just hearing it or about it. I liked the sense of community I felt among the kids. I liked it that they experienced cooperation as a whole group. We have been celebrating the Jim Greiner experience ever since!"
"It was awesome. I wouldn't change a thing."
"The program was great. I especially enjoyed going inside myself and listening to the sound."
"I just wanted to thank you. My kids really enjoyed themselves."

     - Teacher comments about Jim's Communicating, Cooperating & Celebrating Through Rhythm!" program during a three-day Rhythm Residency!" that Jim did in the Clark County School District in the Las Vegas/Henderson, Nevada area. over 1200 young people attended Jim's school assembly programs during his stay.

"I was happy and excited and the rest of the day was great."
"I wanted to just keep drumming. I still want to just keep drumming."
"I was so glad that I could make a rhythm and I felt that having Mr. Greiner was such a privilege."
"I really liked the way Mr. Greiner played and I think he liked the way I played too."
"I liked the loud and soft part."
     -Student Comments about Jim's programs during his Las Vegas/Henderson stay:

"Many Thanks for providing the wonderful workshop for the young people (at) our Suenos Roadmap Workshops. It was fun and enlightening... everything you said about community, commitment, communication and celebration was perfect! You completely articulated our goals in an accessible way and helped us bond as a group". - Stacey Smith, Your Future Is Our Business, Watsonville, California

"I learned a lot about group participation. Every person in a group makes it work!"
"It was a fantastic experience! I learned that if you relax, then it is easier to do what you are doing!"
"Jim taught us that we get good at whatever we spend time doing, so be aware of what you spend time doing!"
"In order to make something work, you must work as a team."
"I learned to go ahead and learn something new!"
"If you are going to participate in an activity or job, give it your full effort"
"We can have the same rhythm when we work together"
"Everyone was working as a group, and everyone was having fun!"

- written comments by the teen aged participants in Jim Greiner's Rhythms For Success!™ program

"Word of your fun filled program traveled fast! I've already gotten great feedback about the drumming and have been contacted by other Girl Scout Councils. I see campfires in your future!" - Tracey Loveridge San Francisco Bay Area Girl Scout Council.

"Thanks again for the wonderful program! The students and staff really had a great experience and speak about still. I'm passing the word to other colleges about beginning the new school year with your programs." - Carol Tolbert, University of California, Porter College  

"Jim Greiner brought his interactive drumming porgram to five elementary schools in Las Vegas over two days... his presentation encouraged kids to build a good community with rhythm. The students workded together using drums and percussion instruments to create a very powerful and moving rhythmic groove. Greiner then showed the kids how to take those positive rhythms and put them us work at home, in the classroom and in the community." Brett Barnes, Nevada Chapter President, The Percussive Arts Society, in the PAS Percussion News magazine

"Your Future Is Our Business and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education salute motivational leader and master percussionist Jim Greiner for regularly donating his time and expertise to our local youth. Jim's hands-on percussion workshops celebrate community, communication and common goals, and, provide youth with an experience that generates individual and group confidence." -Cherly Morris Brothers and Stacey Smith, Letter to the Editor, Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper

Personal Growth, Wellness & Recreational Drumming

"What a pleasure is to read and learn from your wisdom; so much experience, clarity, knowledge and heart... gracias - Lux Salday, group leader, Mexico City, Mexico

"Percussionist Jim Greiner invokes the primal power of drumming to lower the partcpants stess, to exercise their mnds and bodies, and bind them together in community." - PBS special, Healing Quest

"Jim, thanks for helping us bring everything together. The DJ, who has done hundreds, probably even thousands of weddings, said the drumming was one of the coolest thing he had ever seen at a wedding. I loved it! My Mom said she had never seen her sister, my aunt, dance, but she was dancing during the drumming! It apparently called people to join by not just showing up, but in a deeper way.

"Our oldest drummer is Myrtle, who is 95, loves your drum circles! The therapeutic values of your programs are like a breath of fresh air... they release tension, are mentally and physically stimulating and are fun!" - Debbie Morton, Activities Director, Sunshine Villa Assisted Living Home, Santa Cruz, California

"Thank you for leading such a great drum event as part of our wedding ceremony! Most of the children present now think that all weddings include drumming!" - Stuart & Laura

"Your drumming event at my retirement party was the perfect way to celebrate and share my blessings with my family and friends!"
- Mary Tagliore

"The ceremonial percussion (at our wedding) really put us into our ritual presence. People commented on its primitive elegance. Thank you! - Dave & Terri Stein

Percussion Education

Jim, our blood is still buzzing to the great rhythms from Saturday. Margaret's already used some of the things you shared with her kids and she said it was awesome. They loved it - Mac Light, Henderson, Nevada

"Jim Greiner is a master percussion educator and a pioneer in the worldwide community drumming movement." - The International Percussive Arts Society

"Many thanks for your Community Drumming For Health & Happiness video! It is very enjoyable, clear and filled with gems. Wow, most impressed with your playing, too!" - Jaqui B. Auckland, New Zealand

"Jim Greiner is an outstanding and patient educator and a versatile percussionist and an accomplished musician with the most professional demeanor and style. His enthusiasm for percussion is reflected in every event he participates in. Jim is a strong communicator and can share his knowledge in one-on-one situations as easily as he can conduct drum circles and clinics with hundreds of participants. He always has a positive mind set and an excellent LP endorser!"- Latin Percussion Instruments, Garfield, New Jersey

"Jim Greiner is a leader of the contemporary community drumming movement and is recognized as a master group drumming facilitator for corporations, community, schools and private events. We are pleased to offer aspiring drummers this rare opportunity to study with a successful, versatile percussionist who is also a master teacher." the Percussion Marketing Council, announcing their sponsorship of Jim's clinics at the 2004 Percussive Arts Society International Conference in Louisville, Kentucky

"Jim Greiner shared his unique playing and teaching skills with a variety of boys and girls age five to fourteen years old at the Percussion Arts Society's World Drumming Lesson Lab. Greiner' s methods motivated the students by emphasizing universal themes of fun, relaxation, commitment, perseverance and patience. Big smiles lit up the faces of the kids when they realized that they could play! One father profusely thanked Jim for helping to present to his son, in such a fun and immediate way, the kinds of values that he was trying to give him in life!"- Drum Business Magazine