"I have had the distinct pleasure of working alongside Robin on a number of facilitated initiatives through a previous employer, as well as being an audience member to a number of her coordinated and managed meetings. Whether large group assemblies, small high-impact gatherings, program development, design of corporate training sessions, or process improvement endeavors, Robin consistently delivered world class facilitation, well thought out and fiercely executed to achieve the desired outcome. Through Facilitative Insights™, I am excited that businesses and organizations will now have the opportunity to have their vital and most significant events, meetings or programs designed and facilitated by an expert who knows how to maximize results. Let me be the first to encourage you to have a conversation with Facilitative Insights if proven results-oriented facilitation service is imperative to your efforts."
Dewane D., Manager Operations Project and Budget Office
Electric utility
"Robin is a frequent collaborator with [us] and she’s led numerous sessions for us on facilitation for our leadership development programs. Her sessions are engaging and steeped in adult learning theory. She is just the right blend of drawing people out, fostering participation, and meeting people where they are e.g., more introverted participants. Robin is incredibly detailed to her craft and customized our sessions based on a pre-session survey sent to participants. After sessions with Robin, participants had a lot of tangible takeaways that they could apply when leading meetings, workshops, and communities of practice. I cannot recommend collaborating and working with Robin enough!"
Amy B., Director, Staff Development and Staff Engagement
National public health association
"I wanted to send you a note to thank you for your help with our Brainstorming Workshop. The depth of knowledge you possess for setting up and facilitating these types of sessions seems boundless. Your insight into the psychology of questions helped us focus on the scope of our project and avoid “running off the tracks.” Because of your input, we were able to setup a VERY successful workshop. The information we obtained from this process will help us add value to our business for years to come. Thank you so much for the time you spent with our Innovation Team. I came away from our meeting with much more than I expected. It was an absolute joy working with you."
Jimmy T., Senior Database Administrator
Shared services organization
"Had a great strategic planning session yesterday with Robin. We came to the meeting thinking we had it all together, but at the end, she [helped] us realize that while we were off to a great start, we have much more work to do. Robin was very professional, kept us on task and made sure we understood everything we had to do. She really knows her stuff. Wish we had enlisted her expertise three years ago."
Andrea B., President
Non-profit organization
"Robin Muretisch provided me training on how to be a first-time facilitator. In particular I was facilitating a discussion of energy industry peers whom had just read a case study; it was my objective to elicit discussion of successes and difficulties participants were experiencing with a tool detailed in the case study. Significant take-aways for me were learning from Robin how to better understand group dynamics, how to ask open-ended questions, how to synthesize main themes and how to provide closure to a group meeting."
Scott M., Compliance Manager
Electric utility
"Robin Muretisch provided guidance as how best to elicit active engagement from an audience of 124 participants that were equally distributed between seven breakout discussion sessions. Robin helped design a unique discussion format combined with a participant rotation that allowed participants unfamiliar with the topic to learn from more experienced participants. An important and significant outcome was that the seven breakout sessions developed a list of over 70 discussion points of which only the most significant, in the interest of time, were later discussed in an open session forum. If not for the timed participant rotation discussions, I simply would not have been able to generate as much valuable information and resource material in such a short amount of time."
Scott M., Compliance Manager
Electric utility
"I’ve known Robin for 25 years, both personally and professionally. She’s one of the smartest, kindest and most ethical people I’ve ever known. Robin has an incredible work ethic and a keen ability to quickly identify complex issues and offer sensible solutions. In addition to her deft analytical skills, she is equally creative, proving that both are not mutually exclusive. Working with her should be a no-brainer, because any group or organization will be better for it. Added bonus: she has a great sense of humor and is fun to be around!"
Terri S., Manager, Media Relations
Statewide trade association
"Robin recently assisted me in facilitating a special project team. This was a difficult team to manage because one of the subject matter experts/sponsors was very talkative and could easily derail the meeting's objectives. Robin skillfully kept the meetings on track and gave me some useful tips for dealing with 'problem participants' for meetings going forward.
"Also, I was fortunate to participate on a cross-functional team that Robin put together and facilitated. Although [that] was a one-time endeavor, Robin knew exactly what facilitation techniques to use to optimize our time and ensure a positive outcome. I highly recommend Robin Muretisch for any facilitation initiative."
Jayne F., Training Manager
Shared services organization
"Robin is extremely good at what she does. She communicates very well [and] is well organized and logical. She would bring a lot of value to a client. I highly recommend her."
Wayne P., retired electrical engineer
"We needed to plan for an upcoming meeting with our team and were not quite sure how to facilitate it. After our session with Robin, we not only have a specific plan for our meeting but also clear guidance and examples on how to move forward. She is very knowledgeable and efficient. The session was fun and thorough allowing for us to brainstorm, target our goal, and walk away with new ideas. As Board Chair of our non-profit, I am confident my upcoming strategy session will be streamlined and successful, thanks to Robin at Facilitative Insights."
Quince W., Board Chair
Non-profit organization
“Robin facilitated an entire day retreat for our church members and Leadership Team to help us discover where we are called to invest our time, talent and treasure in our community to have maximum impact. Robin's preparation before the retreat day showed through as she brilliantly walked us through meaningful exercises to contemplate our resources, gifts, skills and passions. Then, she led us into a deep dive to consider different areas of need in our community and where we felt led to serve and have impact. We netted out key areas of focus and came away with next steps and leader assignments. Through it all, we also felt a strong teambuilding benefit and Robin made the entire day go fast and be enjoyable. Robin's ability to facilitate the discussions was exceptional! She was able to get 14 people to share without stepping on toes, respect each other's opinions and come to agreement on a go-forward plan. On behalf of our entire church, we share that we HIGHLY recommend Robin for any strategic facilitation that your organization is undertaking. THANK YOU Robin!!!”
Tom D., national leader in HR
