"Jill has been my mentor, coach and creative collaborator for the past 7 years. She has an outstanding ability to illuminate human potential, inspire confidence and open up insight that allows people to change, grow and evolve. I know with the reflection of her wisdom I have been able to explore new horizons and higher reaches; both individually and collectively in my work as a psychologist and organisational leader.

What I find most refreshing about Jill is her authenticity and boundless positivity. It is rare to engage with someone who is wholeheartedly living what they inspire others to do. If you want to start dancing with the universe then Jill is an excellent instructor to teach you the steps!”

Dr Melisah Feeney B.Sc (Hons), PhD, MAPS, Chief Executive Officer, Link-Up Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

“It has been my great gift of having the opportunity to work together with Jill Knell in a variety of situations, both in the United States and Australia. We have co-facilitated group programs as well as co-creating a number of potent developmental programs.  Jill approaches all her work with passion, total professionalism and purpose and she is able to simplify complex situations into simple workable solutions.
She has always demonstrated to me the depth and diversity of her knowledge of our shared humanity and our capacity for development. I have been touched by her skill and deep compassion to support individuals and teams to be the best they can be.  I love working with her and welcome any opportunity to do so.
I unreservedly recommend Jill and her work.”

Peter Wallman, Principal Facilitator, Passion Maps©, Sydney, Australia

“Centacare Cairns has used Jill Knell’s services on a number of occasions working with teams, supervisory staff and managers.  Jill has an ability to adapt her training to suit a variety of learning styles and we have always found her work to be very practical and easily implemented.   

Jill has a lovely, peaceful and fun style that fosters a yearning to learn.  Her developmental style is very useful particularly when team relations may not be as functional as one might expect.  We will certainly use Jill’s skills again to enhance our learning and develop our teams.”

Helga Biro, Executive Director, Centacare Cairns, Australia.

“In January 2009 my friend Jill gave me a gift, the gift of mapping my passion. The map that emerged was the beginning of finding me.  It was all about making meaning.  

In September 2009 after a retreat from my ‘normal’ life of four months that enabled aloneness and newness in my life, Jill suggested it was time to revisit the map, the passion.  In this map I was no longer separate, there was integration in being present and slowing down.

The process is to be trusted indeed, as I trust Jill as a mapping facilitator, her skill, her regard, her respect, her passion for passion.  I can run and but I can’t hide, the work I need to do is always there.  Passion mapping for me was/is a way to do some of that work and to see the view beyond what I thought I knew about myself.   A truly valued gift Jill.”

Assoc Prof Wendy Earles, Cairns, Australia

“Jill’s passion for improvement in the culture and well-being of the individual and the organisation is outstanding.  She is creative and innovative in the development and implementation of ideas.  I value her contribution, particularly because she has a personal style that is assertive whilst being extremely collaborative.  I appreciate and value her contribution to our regional leadership team.”

Michael Linnan, Regional Executive Director, FNQ Department of Communities, Cairns, Australia.

“Jill’s ability to tease the passion out of the most understated utterance brought the passion mapping process to life. I found the whole experience to be insightful and sometimes confronting, not about Jill’s style, rather me having to confront the life consequences of not having been consistently zappy, albeit there may have been some legitimate reasons behind it. 

The Passion Map program was always fun and zappy and totally worthwhile. Passionability is more than a map, it is a state of mind and an everyday indulgence. Thanks Jill, love your work .. “

Paul Martin, B Bus (Acc), Cairns, Australia.

“Meeting, working with and observing Jill Knell has been one of life’s absolute joys and privileges. Three words come to mind immediately – passion (for her work, for people and for humanity), integrity (she is calm, balanced, focussed and impeccable with her word) and creativity (she is innovative, intuitive, fresh and full of surprises).

I have seen and worked with many excellent facilitators and group program designers, but few measure up to Jill. She has an extraordinary ability to tune in to a group and to take them to places and heights that one wouldn’t have thought possible – all with a sense of ease, and with wonderful, warm humour.”

Roger West, Director, WestWood Spice, Sydney, Australia

• Act for Kids (Cairns)
• Anglicare North Queensland (Cairns)
• ARC Disability Services (Cairns)
• Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (Cairns, Thursday Island, Brisbane , Sydney)
• Cairns Homelessness Hub
• Centacare Cairns
• Centacare Employment
• Individual & Family Relationships Service
• Migrant Settlement Services
• Disability Services Queensland (Cairns)
• FNQ Disability Sector Training Fund Coalition (Cairns)
• Imaginif (Cairns)
• James Cook University (Townsville, Cairns)
• KEE International (Munich)
• Lifeline Community Care (Cairns)
• Link-Up Queensland (Brisbane)
• Mission Australia (Cairns)
• Passion Maps© (Cairns, Byron Bay, Sydney, Arizona)

• Port Douglas Community Services Network
• Queensland Department of Child Safety (Cairns)
• Queensland Department of Communities (Cairns, Brisbane)
• Queensland Department of Health (Cairns)
• Queensland Health and Community Services Workforce Council (Brisbane)
• Ruth’s Women’s Shelter (Cairns)
• Shelter Housing Action Cairns
• Spirituality, Leadership & Management Network (Perth, Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne)
• St. John’s Community Care (Cairns)
• Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne)
• Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE (Cairns)
• WestWood Spice (Sydney)
• Women’s Information and Referral Services (Cairns)
• Wu Chopperen Aboriginal Health Service (Cairns)
• Youth Empowered Towards Independence (Cairns)