"We're encouraged that over 90 percent of our work comes from
past partners and people they refer to us."
past partners and people they refer to us."
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Cobalt has had the privilege to partner with many schools, local governments and organizations, some of which include:
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What they tell communities considering Cobalt:
The in-depth data analysis and feedback has been extremely helpful. We have been able to focus on the areas that drive results and improve processes for our members. - Chip Weule, Fire and Police Pension Association of Colorado We love you. (We already say it!) -Judy Davids, City of Royal Oak, MI Do it! -Jennifer Kibby, Executive Director, Allen Park Downtown Development Utilizing Cobalt now for six years, we have great trend lines from our annual statistically valid citizen survey. -Elizabeth Chamberlain, City of Walla Walla, WA A local government reached out to me recently to ask about partnering with Cobalt. I highly endorsed your services based on your responsiveness. -Southeast Michigan Council of Governments This is so powerful, I don’t want other downtowns to have it! Unless they are not near me….” -Main Street participating community Cobalt provides an excellent look into how our members feel about their retirement process. The comments they capture from the members is extremely helpful in identifying trends or service needs. -John Grumney, Ohio School Employees’ Retirement System Cobalt provides very high-quality services at reasonable costs. -Candy Smith, Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System Wow! The data package we bought was affordable, comprehensive, and saved months of time gathering it all in-house. Better yet, William has been great to work with, customizing and adding to the data as we need. This is NOT an off-the shelf, cookie-cutter package. This is the best data service I have ever used and I can't recommend it enough. -Jennifer Kibby, Executive Director, Allen Park Downtown Development I would recommend Cobalt. -Hank Kim, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Not being a natural tourist destination, our community worked with Cobalt to identify potential new events that could attract visitors from out of town. Cobalt conducted research testing ideas with focus groups and surveys. Among other positive results, that research formed the foundation for a new winter festival that has attracted over 10,000 people to Charlotte from across the Upper Midwest. The festival has grown each year, and is proving to be financially sustainable. I am looking forward to working with Cobalt on future projects. The organization is professional, personable and results-oriented. -Bryan Myrkle, Community Development Director, City of Charlotte, Michigan Having this type of data from Cobalt is exciting on a variety of levels! -Main Street participating community In moving our organization forward, survey and benchmark data from customers and local businesses is a necessity. Cobalt has provided professional service, detailed information, and comparative data at a competitive rate to help us tell our story and identify those issues needing to be addressed. -City of Lakeland, FL Excellent: Lots of information presented in a well-organized and understandable manner. I wish we would have had this information before hiring our planner to do our master plan. -Michigan Township Association Clerk's Retreat Well done, relevant surveying. Benchmarks were especially useful. -City of Brookfield, WI Cobalt Community Research has the ability create a powerful interactive educational instrument which can support organizational goals. -Michigan Association of Transportation Systems The Cobalt survey allows our organization to reach out to our members shortly after experiencing the retirement process. This feedback is relevant, timely and provides the opportunity to improve our delivery of service. Results from this survey have led to real change. -School Employees’ Retirement System of Ohio The ability to benchmark against other public funds AND the private sector is great! -Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund In our community of advanced degrees for many community members, Cobalt's research established an instant credibility as scientifically & statistically quality workmanship! -Midland Public Schools, MI I have utilized Cobalt Community Research for several projects concerning community engagement in recent years. I have found their work to be effective, thorough and valuable to my organization. They are able to provide insight into long range planning and are a great benefit in the decision-making process by facilitating "community conversations. -School and Municipal Advisory Services, PC Cobalt provides very professional, high-quality, reliable research and data that we can use to improve our processes, and ultimately, our member satisfaction. -Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) We enjoy the professional relationship and dependability which Cobalt provides. -City of Copperas Cove, TX Without the expert work conducting a mail survey by Cobalt Community Research, Saginaw ISD would not have known the views of the county voters towards a possible millage. The survey helped the local superintendents and boards of education make a decision. Thank you for your fine work! -Saginaw (MI) Intermediate School District Cobalt Community Research has assisted the City in developing an effective and continuous model of outreach to stakeholders in our interest to be responsive and accountable for the public's business. -City of Lakeland, FL Great value during difficult financial times! -City of Ferndale, MI Cobalt has been very proactive with SEMCOG member communities regarding citizen surveys, especially designed to aid the local government make informed and data-driven budgetary and service related decisions. -Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) I find Cobalt to be the perfect research partner for our organization. -National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) It’s exciting to see the hard work Cobalt helped lead and coordinate turned into useful, actionable steps that will provide a strong rudder for the direction the retirement system takes, as we strive to meet the expectations of our customers in the coming years. Each item on the action plan is a testament to an attitude of listening and customer service. -Michigan Office of Retirement Services Cobalt has introduced a professional research instrument which provides comparative state and national benchmark data at a competitive rate. Cobalt staff has been responsive to our organization's needs and consistent in timelines and follow up. Based on our experience over the past year working with Cobalt, I would surely recommend their services to others! -City of Lakeland, FL Cobalt provides exceptional value - we could not buy the high level of service and actionable results for the price. Benchmarking our school district to the ACSI (American Customer Satisfaction Index) is a wonderful opportunity for us to show value to our stakeholders, and also see where we should invest precious operating dollars for greater customer satisfaction. -Bloomfield Hills (MI) Schools The Cobalt research program provided us with some instant eye-opening results which triggered the thought process and helped us set some organizational goals. -Michigan Association of Transportation Systems (MASSTrans) The right questions are asked and the fact that this standardization will allow us to compare ourselves. The freedom to add district specific questions is a real plus. -Maple Valley (MI) Schools The information we received from working with Cobalt was excellent in better understanding our organization. I would highly recommend other municipalities to utilize Cobalt and the survey methods when making planning and budgeting decisions. -Charter Township of Ypsilanti, MI Cobalt was able to assist in our information acquisition needs on a very short time frame, within cost parameters, and produced a useable product. -Marquette Charter Township, MI |
