Robert's Rules Consulting

What Robert's Rules Consulting does

Robert's Rules Consulting (operating as Robert's Rules Made Simple) is a privately held training and education company founded in 2004 by Susan Leahy, MA.CSP, that teaches Robert's Rules of Order to board members, chairs, and parliamentary procedure practitioners. The company distills parliamentary procedure into a simplified framework built around seven fundamental motions and delivers instruction through a mix of self-paced video courses, live webinars, instructor certification programs, and one-on-one chair coaching. The product catalog spans entry-level courses (Individual Training Program at $97), mid-tier premium courses (Chair a Meeting With Confidence at $397-$897), subscription-based board licenses ($497-$797 annually), high-touch coaching ($350-$1,250), and a flagship Instructor Certification at $1,997, with multi-board custom training available for institutional clients.

The underlying technology stack is a LearnWorlds-hosted learning management system serving video courses and interactive quizzes, with no disclosed AI or machine learning components. Go-to-market combines direct-to-consumer self-serve sales (largely through the company website) with institutional and government contracts, including named deployments with the State of Montana (covering 160+ boards), the District of Columbia (300+ boards), the City of Los Angeles (99 boards), 4-H National, the National Association of Counties, and a long tail of universities, labor unions, and professional associations. Since founding, the company reports having trained more than 10,000 boards cumulatively.

The business is bootstrapped with no external funding and operates with a 1-10 person team from a New Jersey / California base of operations. A UK entity (Robert's Rules Made Simple Ltd) has been registered, suggesting formalization of international market reach. Revenue derives from a blend of one-time course purchases, annual subscriptions, certification fees, custom multi-board training contracts, and coaching engagements, with no public revenue disclosures available.

Name

Robert's Rules Consulting

Legal name

Robert's Rules Made Simple Ltd

Website

https://robertsrulesmadesimple.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Robert's Rules Consulting (Robert's Rules Made Simple) trains boards and chairs in parliamentary procedure through video courses, instructor certification, coaching, and multi-board custom programs, serving government agencies, associations, universities, unions, and individual learners across North America.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bound Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Online Course Sales: One-time purchase of video-based e-learning courses delivered through the LearnWorlds platform. Includes Individual Training Program ($97), Chair a Meeting With Confidence ($397-$897), and Instructor Certification Program ($1,997). Customers receive 12-month access to course materials.
2. Board License Subscriptions: Annual licensing for organizations to provide course access to multiple board members. Small Board (2-10 members): $497/year; Standard Board (11-25 members): $797/year. Includes individual logins, interactive Q&A, and 12-month access per seat.
3. Coaching Services: One-on-one coaching sessions with Susan Leahy for chairpersons. Single session: $350; Coaching + Custom Script: $550; 3 Sessions + 2 Scripts: $1,250. Sessions conducted via Zoom with recordings provided.
4. Live Webinar Training: Interactive online classes for full boards conducted by Susan Leahy. Customized content covering Robert's Rules Made Simple, Chair a Meeting With Confidence, Healthy Board Dynamics, and From Group to TEAM topics.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Robert's Rules Made Simple (d/b/a Robert's Rules Consulting) sells video-based online courses and training programs that simplify Robert's Rules of Order for board members, chairs, and entire organizations. The flagship Individual Training Program teaches the 7 Fundamental Motions used in 99% of meetings in approximately one hour, and is complemented by the Chair a Meeting With Confidence program, annual Board Licenses for full boards, an Instructor Certification Program, live webinars, custom multi-board training solutions, and one-on-one chair coaching delivered via Zoom.

Product overview

Robert's Rules Made Simple offers a suite of e-learning products focused on parliamentary procedure and Robert's Rules of Order training. The core offering is the Individual Training Program, a video-based course for board members that can be completed in 1 hour. This is complemented by the Chair a Meeting With Confidence Program for board chairs and the Board License for full-board training. Additional products include an Instructor Certification Program for trainers, live webinars, multi-board custom training solutions, and chair coaching sessions. The company also offers the QuickStart Webinar Series as a companion to the Individual Program and maintains a Free Video Library for lead generation. All products are delivered through a proprietary e-learning platform featuring video content, interactive quizzes, and downloadable resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Training Program The flagship self-paced video course teaching the fundamentals of Robert's Rules of Order, focusing on the 7 Fundamental Motions used in most board meetings. Includes 14 video modules, interactive quizzes, and downloadable resources; can be completed in approximately one hour. Sold to individual board members for $97.
• Chair a Meeting With Confidence Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Learn Robert's Rules in 1 hour
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• American Institute of Parliamentarians: Professional membership organization offering parliamentary procedure education, certification, and training for parliamentarians. Directly comparable to Robert's Rules Made Simple because it serves the same buyer (board members, chairs, professional parliamentarians) with curriculum and credentialing in Robert's Rules of Order.
• National Association of Parliamentarians: Long-standing professional association providing parliamentary procedure training, certifications (PRP, PRP-R), and education programs. Comparable as a direct competitor in the same niche of structured parliamentary training and certification.
• BoardSource: Nonprofit focused on nonprofit board governance training, resources, and consulting. Overlaps with Robert's Rules Made Simple's nonprofit board training, though BoardSource's curriculum is broader (governance, strategy, fundraising) rather than narrowly parliamentary-procedure focused.

Broad incumbents

• LRN Corporation: Ethics and compliance education provider offering board, leadership, and culture training to large enterprises. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the corporate-training space with overlapping board governance and leadership development content.
• Diligent (BoardEffect): Large governance, risk, and compliance SaaS provider with board portal products and governance education content. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same board chairs and governance professionals, though its core offering is software rather than parliamentary-procedure training.
• LinkedIn Learning (Board Governance courses): Large professional e-learning platform with self-paced courses on parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules, and board governance. Comparable as a broad incumbent distributing competing low-cost, video-based training to the same individual board-member audience.
• Navex Global (EthicsCloud): Compliance and ethics training vendor with board governance and ethics courseware. Comparable as a broader incumbent providing board-level training within a wider compliance, risk, and ethics catalog.

Regional players

• CompassPoint Nonprofit Services: Nonprofit consultancy offering board development and leadership training primarily to Bay Area/West Coast nonprofits. Comparable buyer (nonprofit boards, chairs) and overlapping offering in board training, though it is regionally concentrated and broader in scope.

Emerging players

• OnBoard (Passport / Passage): Board meeting management software that increasingly bundles governance and onboarding content for boards. Comparable as an adjacent player touching the same board-meeting workflow, with training content becoming a feature, not the primary product.
• Civility Experts / Key Speaker Enterprises: Speaker-driven training firm offering workshops on meeting civility, difficult conversations, and board dynamics. Comparable as an emerging, founder-led training provider addressing adjacent pain points of board chairs and meeting leaders.

Market position

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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