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Testimonials
Find out what people have to say about Lauren Agosta. See what her work can do for you!
"Lauren is one of the smartest strategic thinkers I’ve ever worked with. She also manages to be consistently kind, thoughtful, and inclusive in her development of processes and gatherings. As a facilitator, she has worked with artists, activists, cultural producers, and philanthropic partners across the globe—from West Africa, the Western Balkans, and across the Americas. With Lauren as facilitator, everyone in meetings, big and small, participates, is heard, centered and part of a deeply collaborative process."
Rashida Bumbray, Former Director of
Culture & Art, Open Society Foundations
"Every meeting and event that Lauren has organized or facilitated that I've had the joy of attending has been out-of-this-world fantastic. Lauren brings such thoughtfulness, warmth, humor and superb facilitation and organizational skills to everything she does. Her knowledge and understanding of the global socially engaged arts space is second to none, and her love for this work is evident. I highly recommend her in any capacity."
Rebecca Bray, Executive Director,
Center for Artistic Activism
"Lauren Agosta is remarkable – really smart, capable, insightful, she brings a strong technical background to her work as an advisor and consultant. Lauren has made a significant contribution to the organization I chair and has done so by building great relationships with our diverse board and by bringing consistent good advice, diplomatically and yet without flinching. Her international experience and expanded work within the philanthropic sector have really rounded out her impressive set of capacities."
John Burkhardt, Board Chair,
Alliance of Leadership Fellows
"Working with Lauren as a facilitator for an events series was incredibly smooth from start to finish. Both on zoom and in person, she was able to steer our conversations in a way that kept us on track but never felt forced. She has a great eye for detail and was always helpful in thinking along during the preparation phases, helping us create clear structures for each event."
Laura Alexander, Coordinator for Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning,
Prince Claus Fund
"Lauren is a punctual, honest, and friendly facilitator and collaborator. She greatly supported me and the Prince Claus Fund with the design of a six month learning journey, keeping a keen eye on overall objectives and being able to practically translate those into three online and one offline gatherings, each with distinct and clear goals. And, she also knows how to introduce more relaxing meeting elements or questions that allow participants to open up. Learning guaranteed!"
Myriam Vandenbroucke,
Independent Consultant for impact management, research, and evaluation
