You certainly are the best at your profession. You are the best Team Facilitator Trainer in the WORLD!

Excellent capture of our thoughts, Kristin. Thanks for doing such a thorough job [facilitating our meeting]. I’m amazed that you got us through such a daunting task in less than four hours.

Her success rate training facilitators is exceptional. My previous experience was about one in four who completed the training would be successful facilitators. Kristin trained over 125 facilitators for us and only two didn’t make the grade. Her method of teaching facilitators is more effective than any other I have found. She is also a master at teaching and facilitating process teams. More importantly, she receives the strongest possible recommendations from her toughest critics – her students….I recommend her without qualification.

Kristin consistently provides outstanding results. Her expertise in diagnostics and recommendations for self-directed work teams is excellent, and she is also a master at facilitating difficult discussions.

Kristin is the definition of confidence and is the epitome of “master facilitator”.  The moment Kristin was hired, the project went from zero to 60 . On our first conference call, she quickly and easily gained the confidence of the leadership team who had never met her.  She took our vision and brought it to fruition very quickly.  She came to the event prepared, used a variety of different techniques to keep the conversation going, and helped us significantly by providing detailed notes of the roundtable quickly that we used as a base for a document summarizing the event.  The members loved it and generated a buzz among the membership beyond those who attended.

Kristin Arnold did an outstanding job as facilitator for the U.S.-South Africa Aviation Leadership Forum. Her skills in bringing people together to positively interact and debate critical aviation leadership skills was a major reason for the overall success of the Forum.

After literally decades of personally participating in these exercises, I was pleasantly surprised at Kristin’s skill in making this off-site one of the best ever. She exceeded all the team goals I set and provided several useful recommendations in her closing remarks and leave behind materials. Kristin is my first choice in the future to help me identify and resolve the challenges associated with any large team building exercise. She has my unqualified recommendation as a facilitator, mentor, and problem solver of the first order.

I highly recommend Kristin Arnold as an innovative and interactive presenter who brought in new and useful technologies and techniques to challenge the audience think and take action. A delight to work with, she tailored her entire session to our industry and the audience. I look forward to working with her again!

Kristin is a cornerstone of the success of the organizations I led over 20+ years including federal programs, corporations and non-profits. Her preparation, rapid assimilation of our needs, and facilitation provided my teams the necessary forum to build our strategic and annual plans from which our success is built. We are able to accomplish this in a concise format that leads to actionable plans and responsibilities for our team.

About fifteen years ago, I was introduced to Kristin by a mutual colleague. I invited Kristin Arnold to facilitate a critical board meeting for my association that ultimately would change the direction of the organization. She was enormously helpful and sparked critical thinking that shifted perspectives and fostered commitment to action. The meeting became the foundation for organizational change!

Today, Kristin continues to do the same. She skillfully extracts core messages, concerns and/or challenges out of chaos and helps C-Suite leaders focus. Recently, Kristin was a presenter at ISA’s “first ever” virtual Annual Business Meeting – a high stakes, crown jewel event that significantly influences ISA’s value proposition.  ISA pivoted, as did many, to build a virtual program when the live face to face beloved event was canceled. On a dime, she came thru in a pinch, last minute as in three days before kickoff. Her presentation on Thought Leadership was excellent – customized to the audience, strategically practical, and engaging. Her ratings were in the top three.

Consistently, Kristin means what she says, says what she means and respectfully does so without being “mean”. Trustworthy, reliable, knowledgeably brilliant, and astute is how I describe her professional commitment. I have many examples of Kristin’s dependability and creatively. She inspires reasonable risk-taking that pays off in impressive ways.

Thank you for your part in making the inaugural MDRT EDGE Meeting a huge success.  Well done!  We greatly appreciate all the hard work and preparation that went into EmCeeing the event, which greatly enhanced the experience of our members. Congratulations!

Thank you for the marvelous effort you put in to our off-site. This was a very new exercise for many involved, and you managed to continuously steer the discussion and activity in to productive areas. I think the outcomes were great and we should be able to keep on track and focused for awhile. Well done!

We have used other facilitators before, but Kristin did the best job of keeping our Board focused . For the first time, I actually think there will follow through!

Kristin helped the U.S. Naval Institute develop an absolutely outstanding Strategic Plan. I’m a strong believer in the process Kristin outlined for us and the way she helped guide us. The plan has withstood the test of time, and is driving significant results. Kristin has my highest possible recommendation!

We could not have met our ambitious goals without Kristin’s critical insights, expertise, and invaluable experience. If you need an expert who can deliver superb results quickly and under pressure – she is the person to call!

“I attended your session on Reinventing the Panel Discussion and came up afterwards saying your session was “worth the price of admission.” Many thanks for an excellent, thought-provoking session!”

Our attendees rated the session 4.6/5 and came away with tons of new ideas and built meaningful industry connections. Their only complaint was that they ran out of time. A job very well done, Kristin.

Thanks for hitting a home run for us!  You were fabulous to work with and helped me meet expectations.  A true professional and an excellent speaker and facilitator. Keep on doing what you are doing…you are really good at it!

“I really appreciated your efforts in getting to know our members so you could customize the program and your follow through. You made things easy for us!”

I hired Kristin to work with my Board of Directors to facilitate our strategic planning session. My Board is composed of executive-level distributors and manufacturers. She provided me with the preplanning support that we needed to keep the Board on-task, facilitated the meeting (totaling wowing my Board) and then provided a post-meeting summary that we used as our blue-print to complete our planning process. She managed the process flawlessly and on-budget.

“Thank you for doing such an outstanding job with your Extraordinary Team Skills session. Here’s what they were saying:

• “Good info…Practical and helpful.”
• “Great job engaging the group.  Made it easy to have at least 1 takeaway.”
• “Kristin brings lots of energy.  Very applicable content.”

“Thank you for the high energy start to the R3 Summit with your Critical Thinking Skills presentation.  We all appreciate your willingness to participate in the conference, contributing as a CWTE expert, and most of all, but contributing a huge amount of value through your keynote.

We had great feedback from your main session:

• Very relevant and lots of practical ideas I can use for both work and chapter
• Great takeaways, engaging
• Kristin was dynamic, engaging and fun.”

Kristin is the definition of confidence and is the epitome of “master facilitator”.  The moment Kristin was hired, the project went from zero to 60 . On our first conference call, she quickly and easily gained the confidence of the leadership team who had never met her.  She took our vision and brought it to fruition very quickly.  She came to the event prepared, used a variety of different techniques to keep the conversation going, and helped us significantly by providing detailed notes of the roundtable quickly that we used as a base for a document summarizing the event.  The members loved it and generated a buzz among the membership beyond those who attended.

Kristin Arnold’s energetic and innovative approach to helping organizations and leaders embrace and effectively address change is truly remarkable.  We engaged Kristin to create a wide-reaching and multi-faceted program. We wanted the program to:  1-connect with our organization’s membership at all levels, and 2-to identify and address critical issues in a fun and dynamic way.  She delivered far beyond our expectations, resulting in the creation of constructive and achievable objectives that now drive and support our organization’s strategic plan.

Kristin Arnold did an outstanding job as facilitator for the U.S.-South Africa Aviation Leadership Forum. Her skills in bringing people together to positively interact and debate critical aviation leadership skills was a major reason for the overall success of the Forum.

I highly recommend Kristin Arnold as an innovative and interactive presenter who brought in new and useful technologies and techniques to challenge the audience think and take action. A delight to work with, she tailored her entire session to our industry and the audience. I look forward to working with her again!

Kristin is a cornerstone of the success of the organizations I led over 20+ years including federal programs, corporations and non-profits. Her preparation, rapid assimilation of our needs, and facilitation provided my teams the necessary forum to build our strategic and annual plans from which our success is built. We are able to accomplish this in a concise format that leads to actionable plans and responsibilities for our team.

The meeting results were very strong and it is always fun working with you. I appreciate how much you put into helping us be successful.

I think the use of the words ‘dynamic,’ ‘masterfully,’ and ‘extraordinary’ fit you perfectly.

I am sure we would not have gotten to the same place (i.e., a solution) if you had not helped keep us on task. I look forward to seeing you on the next project.

“I really appreciated your efforts in getting to know our members so you could customize the program and your follow through. You made things easy for us!”

Kristin is a highly effective team facilitator… She is energetic and is able to develop sustainable, long-lasting changes. Kristin is an asset to any business transformation initiative.

Kristin is a highly skilled facilitator and speaker. She blends great subject matter knowledge with practicality to help groups achieve their objectives. I recommend Kristin without reservation.

Your presentation had great take-aways and I appreciate the insight you shared. I have started quoting some of your phrases…and my team completely understands the meaning. Thank you!

I must tell you, on Friday I co-facilitated a meeting for our VP and her direct reports. When it came time to discuss action items, I jumped up, grabbed several markers, and got them on task. I think in the 45 minutes I had the floor I must have used five or six techniques I learned in our session.

“Kristin was great! I have lots of notes which will help implement an overdue team leader process within our company. I’m glad she was here at this conference.”

You pulled a diverse group of people together. My team has given me nothing but great comments concerning the meeting and the quality of input we received. Thanks again!!!!

Kristin did an excellent job! She kept us on target and used different techniques to reach consensus in a timely manner. We left the session with conceptual goals and action plans.

Kristin is an excellent facilitator who truly understands her client’s goals. Her friendly personality quickly puts everyone at ease. She helps you self-discover rather than providing all the answers up front.

Kristin demonstrated that she is a pro at her business… Essentially, she helped us to come to an understanding of what we each thought we knew, to find out what we really knew, and to get it all out of us and into discussible form.

Thank you for your part in making the inaugural MDRT EDGE Meeting a huge success.  Well done!  We greatly appreciate all the hard work and preparation that went into EmCeeing the event, which greatly enhanced the experience of our members. Congratulations!

I am so grateful for your wonderful presentation. I don’t know what I would have done without my new knowledge….Thanks so much for bringing your expertise to T. Rowe Price. I’m a true believer!

Kristin does a great job of getting the principles across while making the workshop interesting and interactive. Class participants give her rave reviews.The participants in the department’s Leadership Development Program enjoyed your Extraordinary Team Facilitator workshop. They found your presentation to be top-notch. Comments I have heard include such things as…she presented the information in a very informative, non-threatening manner with just the right touch of light humor. Kudos to you on a job well done! On a more personal note, I add to the team’s compliments. I have completed two other facilitation courses by national organizations and found yours to be by far superior both in content and delivery.

We came back recharged after our teambuilding session with you!

It was great to have you and you did a beautiful job teasing out the kernels of the issues and keeping us on task. That just wouldn’t have been possible if one of us had tried to serve in that role!

I hired Kristin to work with my Board of Directors to facilitate our strategic planning session. My Board is composed of executive-level distributors and manufacturers. She provided me with the preplanning support that we needed to keep the Board on-task, facilitated the meeting (totaling wowing my Board) and then provided a post-meeting summary that we used as our blue-print to complete our planning process. She managed the process flawlessly and on-budget.

Kristin Arnold is truly the best moderator I have had the pleasure to work with. She was instrumental in helping our sales and marketing team properly prepare for and successfully launch an industry accredited webinar which included a panel discussion. Our goal was to make the session educational and engaging while also subtly building brand awareness. Based on comments we received, we did just that! Kristin knows how to ask the right questions in order to stay on track, and how to lead a team to set and achieve their goals and objectives. She is genuine, fun and a pleasure to work with.

Kristin, you are truly awesome. I really appreciate the coaching; you give a great perspective on things.

It gives me great pleasure to thank and commend your ‘Extraordinary Team’ for the outstanding support you provided to the National Maritime Recovery Symposium….attended by a host of high level government officials as well as maritime industry executives. It was professionally executed and achieved the desired outcomes. I have received many positive comments regarding the symposium, including the superb management of the break-out work groups, a very challenging task due to the large group sizes as well as the passion of the participants on the subject of recovery.

Kristin helped the U.S. Naval Institute develop an absolutely outstanding Strategic Plan. I’m a strong believer in the process Kristin outlined for us and the way she helped guide us. The plan has withstood the test of time, and is driving significant results. Kristin has my highest possible recommendation!

I have hired Kristin to deliver content, I have recommended her to others that have hired her, and I have sought her out to help me develop my skills as a presenter and facilitator. In each instance she performed flawlessly.

As the facilitator on numerous important and strategic public meetings and working sessions, you established yourself as a valued and trusted member of our team. You gained the respect and cooperation of the many stakeholders allowing the study to progress forward with significant gains.

Kristin consistently provides outstanding results. Her expertise in diagnostics and recommendations for self-directed work teams is excellent, and she is also a master at facilitating difficult discussions.

I think [your team facilitator course] was the best utilized training time I’ve ever experienced. Nary a minute was wasted; everything we did contributed to the objective of turning out a trained facilitator…Best I’ve attended.

Kristin does a great job of getting the principles across while making the workshop interesting and interactive. Class participants give her rave reviews.The participants in the department’s Leadership Development Program enjoyed your Extraordinary Team Facilitator workshop. They found your presentation to be top-notch. Comments I have heard include such things as…she presented the information in a very informative, non-threatening manner with just the right touch of light humor. Kudos to you on a job well done! On a more personal note, I add to the team’s compliments. I have completed two other facilitation courses by national organizations and found yours to be by far superior both in content and delivery.

I have hired Kristin to deliver content, I have recommended her to others that have hired her, and I have sought her out to help me develop my skills as a presenter and facilitator. In each instance she performed flawlessly.

Kristin brings to any situation a wealth of knowledge and experience… She is an exceptionally adept facilitator and trainer who instills a high level of comfort and confidence with whomever she works.

Kristin Arnold’s energetic and innovative approach to helping organizations and leaders embrace and effectively address change is truly remarkable.  We engaged Kristin to create a wide-reaching and multi-faceted program. We wanted the program to:  1-connect with our organization’s membership at all levels, and 2-to identify and address critical issues in a fun and dynamic way.  She delivered far beyond our expectations, resulting in the creation of constructive and achievable objectives that now drive and support our organization’s strategic plan.

Your presentation had great take-aways and I appreciate the insight you shared. I have started quoting some of your phrases…and my team completely understands the meaning. Thank you!

The Columbus Bakery could not be more appreciative of the presentation you made to our 540 associates. “Building Extraordinary Teams” was exactly the presentation we needed to feed the minds of all our team members. We are looking forward to keeping you posted on the progress we intend to make as result of teachings.

“Thank you again so much for your fantastic program on Thursday. We are continuing to hear amazing feedback from the attendees, many of whom are really interested in getting more involved with our network and feel more empowered to manage their careers. That is such a wonderful result and exactly what we were hoping for. Thank you so, so much!”

“Thank you very much for your support and guidance on the panel we did in Vegas.  I thought you did a fabulous job moderating!  It truly was appreciated!”

Thank you for the 2 days of training. It felt as if we were on the cusp of a breakthrough and I think you help us leap ahead in our team dynamic.

We used many of the tools you taught us in our strategic planning.  We even reformatted the entire plan to focus on problems. We are also better at recognizing strategy versus tactic.

You certainly are the best at your profession. You are the best Team Facilitator Trainer in the WORLD!

Thank you very much for doing such an amazing job at moderating our Customer Advisory Council last week. I really appreciate how well you keep things moving without ever feeling like we have to rush or cut things off awkwardly. I feel we are so much more effective with our time with you there – Thank you! Hassan Siraj

“Kristin is fierce on stage whether moderating panels or presenting.”

Excellent capture of our thoughts, Kristin. Thanks for doing such a thorough job [facilitating our meeting]. I’m amazed that you got us through such a daunting task in less than four hours.

Her success rate training facilitators is exceptional. My previous experience was about one in four who completed the training would be successful facilitators. Kristin trained over 125 facilitators for us and only two didn’t make the grade. Her method of teaching facilitators is more effective than any other I have found. She is also a master at teaching and facilitating process teams. More importantly, she receives the strongest possible recommendations from her toughest critics – her students….I recommend her without qualification.

Having you facilitate and help organize the meeting allowed us to keep on schedule but more importantly you ensured we all stayed focused. Thank you for helping making the event both thought-provoking and fun!

Kristin does an excellent job at facilitation and team training! I have used and continue to use the lessons learned from your facilitation classes on effective teams in all areas of my work.

I must tell you, on Friday I co-facilitated a meeting for our VP and her direct reports. When it came time to discuss action items, I jumped up, grabbed several markers, and got them on task. I think in the 45 minutes I had the floor I must have used five or six techniques I learned in our session.

“Thank you for doing such an outstanding job with your Extraordinary Team Skills session. Here’s what they were saying:

• “Good info…Practical and helpful.”
• “Great job engaging the group.  Made it easy to have at least 1 takeaway.”
• “Kristin brings lots of energy.  Very applicable content.”

Kristin Arnold is the best I’ve ever seen on the subject of ‘effective teams,’ at all levels from senior execs to problem solving teams…. I highly recommend her if you ever need some outside help on your directions for team effectiveness.

Kristin is an excellent facilitator who truly understands her client’s goals. Her friendly personality quickly puts everyone at ease. She helps you self-discover rather than providing all the answers up front.

After literally decades of personally participating in these exercises, I was pleasantly surprised at Kristin’s skill in making this off-site one of the best ever. She exceeded all the team goals I set and provided several useful recommendations in her closing remarks and leave behind materials. Kristin is my first choice in the future to help me identify and resolve the challenges associated with any large team building exercise. She has my unqualified recommendation as a facilitator, mentor, and problem solver of the first order.

Kristin elevates critical strategic meetings by empowering every participant to contribute at their highest level. She brings indispensable experience and intuition to the board room. Whether you are launching a new product, developing a customer success strategy, or debriefing from a major project, we highly recommend Kristin to shepherd the process. Once you’ve had Kristin facilitate an important meeting, you’ll never go back!

After literally decades of personally participating in these exercises, I was pleasantly surprised at Kristin’s skill in making this off-site one of the best ever. She exceeded all the team goals I set and provided several useful recommendations in her closing remarks and leave behind materials. Kristin is my first choice in the future to help me identify and resolve the challenges associated with any large team building exercise. She has my unqualified recommendation as a facilitator, mentor, and problem solver of the first order.

Kristin Arnold is a very capable and experienced facilitator who works effectively with a varied group of executives. As a team builder, she is skilled at drawing people out, navigating intense emotions, and soliciting valuable information in a short period of time. Her calm professionalism and exceptional leadership skills forced group participants to stay focused while she pulled in all points of view and captured the information in a useable and insightful way. In the end, her planning and meeting facilitation enabled us to set priorities and commit to an action plan.

I have had several opportunities to use the tips, tricks, and tools that you presented in your workshop…and [my next] Steering Committee meeting went extremely well, far exceeding my expectations.

It gives me great pleasure to thank and commend your ‘Extraordinary Team’ for the outstanding support you provided to the National Maritime Recovery Symposium….attended by a host of high level government officials as well as maritime industry executives. It was professionally executed and achieved the desired outcomes. I have received many positive comments regarding the symposium, including the superb management of the break-out work groups, a very challenging task due to the large group sizes as well as the passion of the participants on the subject of recovery.

Kristin was outstanding in assisting my team to manage four critical company projects. Not only were the projects successful, but I was able to acquire new tools for my tool kit with Kristin’s guidance. Kristin is extremely personable and “gets it.”

I have had several opportunities to use the tips, tricks, and tools that you presented in your workshop…and [my next] Steering Committee meeting went extremely well, far exceeding my expectations.