Meet Reneé
Reneé Rongen is a wise and witty mom, award winning entrepreneur, author and friend to many. Media has dubbed her “the mother of motivation” and a combination of “Oprah, Lilli Tomlin and Mother Teresa”. From board rooms to 5th grade class rooms to packing convention centers, she is the International Speaker who has inspired thousands of individuals to “Live Life From the Inside Out.” Since 1990, Reneé has delivered humorous, powerful, life-changing messages, encouraging her audiences to identify and use their unique gifts to make positive differences in their work, families and communities.
Reneé is best known for her authenticity and empowering audiences to become architects of their own lives. She is the “eternal optimist” and always manages to find extraordinary in the ordinary. She delivers hilarious, unforgettable keynote presentations to corporations, professional organizations, universities, parent and women’s groups across the country. She is well known for her entertaining and dynamic delivery, often sprinkling her presentations with real life stories. Audiences can be found laughing aloud and brushing away tears as she masterfully recounts story after story, each with an enduring message and special meaning for the soul.
Reneé is the author of the acclaimed Christmas classic Grandy’s Quilt…A Gift For All Seasons. Grandy’s Quilt is the true heartwarming story of her grandmother’s wish to share an old family heirloom and the gift of a magical friendship found deep in the folds of the old quilt.
Growing up in rural Minnesota and finally finding her way back after living over several oceans and mountains, Renee’ was delighted to increase the population to 952 when she made Fertile, MN her forever home.
Reneé’s genuine personality is coherent in her self-noted greatest accomplishment and privilege of being wife to Tom and mother to Alexander, Elizabeth, and Grace. She makes her home with them year-round on a northern Minnesota lake. She is a keen observer of life and sees every moment as a time to gather material for her keynotes. Her many girlfriends, three children and positively 100% Norwegian husband provide her with more than ample laugh out loud moments to pass on to her audiences.
Reneé loves life and is continually challenging herself to share her gifts with others. Her goal is to be able to say at the end of her life: “I come to You just as I am . . . I have nothing left . . . I used all of the gifts You gave me.”
