Testimonials

Hannah was a pleasure to work with, extremely organised and made the whole process easy from the start. We organised a very interactive event with a number of experts from across the EU member states who don’t always favour this approach.

Her ease with the group and interaction skills put everyone at ease and it was a very successful and productive 3 day event. The feedback from participants was excellent and we were delighted with the reports and follow up afterwards.

I would not hesitate in recommending Hannah and hope to have the opportunity to work with her again in future.

Dr Irene Cadogan, Assistant Principal  Officer, Clean Air Unit, Dept of the Environment, Climate and Communications

We worked with Hannah on our 5-year strategic plan. Hannah engaged with our Board, management, and staff to facilitate a very positive process to support us in delivering an ambitious strategic plan. Hannah was able to familiarise herself quickly with the context and provided valuable input during the data gathering stage of the consultation. She provided a comprehensive synthesis of what was gathered and supported us to translate this into clear strategic objectives. Hannah was professional and very efficient and mindful of the time constraints which people might have.

Paula O'Dwyer, CEO, Irish Hospice Foundation

Thanks again for your preparation for our meeting and for leading out so well—your facilitation skills were excellent, and the feedback was very positive. It was a pleasure working with you, and we're delighted with how the session went. Thank you for structuring the write-up in such a useful way, your input is very helpful in shaping our next steps.

Dr Joseph Collins, Director of Further Education and Training, Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI)

Hannah is an excellent consultant. She is highly professional, thorough, responsive and extremely easy to work with and produces written outputs in a clear, well written style. I would highly recommend her. She provides exactly what a good consultant should- support that you need, delivered in a way that you need and without creating additional or unnecessary work for a busy team.

Karol Balfe, CEO, ActionAid Ireland

After a long and difficult pandemic, my team in the Department of Foreign Affairs came together for the first time in 26 months. Many colleagues were meeting for the first time in person. Hannah’s excellent facilitation helped us to quickly re-establish an esprit de corps. Her solutions-focused approach helped us identify improvements to our ways of working. And her diligent approach to meeting preparation and documenting follow-up means that I am able to hand over many of the actions and conclusions to my successor, as I move on this summer. I would thoroughly recommend Hannah’s facilitation to anyone seeking to rebuild their teams and foster a sense of shared purpose as we emerge from lockdown ways of working.

Michelle Winthrop, Policy Director, Development Cooperation and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs Ireland

Thank you so much for excellent facilitating. You were so well prepared and had clearly thoroughly researched the work of our office and our national strategy. This led to a very engaging and productive planning session.

Sarah Wood,  Lead for Strategy Implementation, Stakeholder Engagement and Education, HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention

Exceptional day- really well facilitated. You were very well informed on the topic which helped hugely.

Many thanks Hannah, some difficult hurdles surmounted today. The movement between groups helped the dynamic of ‘consensus’ enormously. Well done.

Very enjoyable. Effective. Setting ground rules at outset was very useful. Moving between tables very useful. ‘Layered’ approach to a question i.e. asking it again and again with different people in discussion was a very effective way to achieve consensus.

Feedback provided following the PHECC Education Strategy Day

We worked with Barncat Consulting on the development of our three-year Advocacy Plan. Hannah was excellent; she engaged with staff, our board members, personnel from DFI member organisations, and external key stakeholder with an appreciated openness and professionalism. Hannah provided a clear and comprehensive collation and analysis of information. She is very responsive, knowledgeable and has a clarity of thinking that lends itself very well to complex and multi-stakeholder working. I could not recommend her highly enough.  

Emer Begley, Director of Advocacy and Inclusion, Disability Federation of Ireland

I just want to say a massive thank you again for all of your hard work and effort to bring the workshops together. It has been a resounding success, and it is a result of your talent and hard work over the last couple of months. Thank you for the time and care you put into organising both days and your continued effort to refine and adapt to make the experience better for everyone. A huge thank you to Helen as well, it was great to have another pair of safe hands to help with everything. 

Martina O’Brien, Invasive Species Engagement Officer National Biodiversity Data Centre