a note from the president

At ForbesRobinson, everything we do is built around one unwavering, bedrock business principle: People come first.

ForbesRobinson makes your company look good…really good!

As a traditional business consultant, I learned to apply the core tenets of emotional intelligence to employee-client relations, change management and executive leadership. I soon realized that this focus on emotional intelligence could also be brought to bear on important meetings and corporate events, with deeper and more satisfying business relationships as the potential reward. Before long, I was envisaging an event management company that applied emotional intelligence to the business of corporate events and entertainment.

Thirteen years ago, when I was working with a large consulting company, I was assigned to a team that was in the process of landing a huge account. A long weekend in Pebble Beach was in the works to seal the deal: 12 guys, 36 holes, a private plane, and cost was no consideration.

As I settled into my new team, I began asking what I considered to be some crucial questions:

• What personal information do you have about your guests – and have you carefully considered that information in your planning?  
• Do you know what your guests drink? 
• Have you golfed with these people before? 
• Do you know how they react when they play poorly or lose? 

It didn’t take long to realize that our team didn’t have all the answers – and that’s when the idea of ForbesRobinson was born.

Fast forward 10 years, and I believe more than ever that the focus of planning successful corporate meetings and events must be on the people who will attend – and not, as it is for many companies, on where you’ll be and what you’ll be doing.

- Ashley Forbes Kellogg

what we do

ForbesRobinson uncovers the perfect – and most profitable -- intersection of emotional intelligence, group dynamics and each client’s unique corporate culture. We then apply that finding to every situation where two or more people come together, helping our clients capture the power of emotional intelligence to fuel better internal and external business relationships.
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We’ve made believers out of our clients, combining the psychology of human behavior and motivation with extensive experience in event management – helping companies deepen their ties to their most important stakeholders.

We help our clients develop and implement systems for recording and tracking the social behaviors of every person they touch or wish to touch. We then involve ourselves as much or as little in their business interactions as our clients are comfortable. The outcome? Time after time, our efforts produce measurably stronger business relationships, foster greater internal stability and accelerate business cycles.

ForbesRobinson’s efforts begin and end with the core of every corporate gathering: the people. We put the intelligence we painstakingly help you collect to work, making sure that every time you “touch” an important relationship, that touch says, “You’re important to me.”