Since 1979
Speaking personal and comfortable
We coach, train and advise speakers. Leaders, public officials and international companies, at the moments that count. Our aim: to say more with less.
“Never have I met people who have so much fun and are so committed to do anything to make my presentation a success.”
Presenting a message is presenting yourself
Message and messenger are inseparable. The same story told by someone else is a different story.
Our approach is personal. We start from what is already yours. How do you make the most of it? We help you make the difference with what makes you you.
What we stand for
Personal
Tell personal stories that give meaning and last. Place them in the light of hopeful development.
Connecting
Presenting is connecting. So always turn the light on your audience.
Respectful
Speaker and listener are equals. Mutual respect is the basis for lasting trust.
What we do
Four ways in, one conversation
Coaching, presentation, media and advice are four words for the same work: helping you take the floor clearly and with confidence.
Coaching
Message and messenger are indivisible
We start where you are. The more you know about your presence, the better you present. How do people perceive you? How does that influence them, and how does their response influence you?
Presentation
Presenting is taking the floor in order to have a conversation
That works with three people and with three thousand. Surprise them. Tempt people into a conversation, with themselves, with you or with each other. As a speaker you set the frame of mind of your listeners.
Media
Take the initiative, and keep it
Dealing with the media is a particular form of presenting, because your contact with the audience is indirect. There is a journalist in between.
Advice
Personal and surprising
Our advice focuses on you, the speaker, and on the team you work with. What makes you and them feel relaxed and confident? How do you give an audience certainty and trust?
Who we work with
Where the work takes place
Since 1979 we have delivered presentation and media training, for non-profit and for profit. Over the past twenty-five years two specialisations were added: crisis management with the help of the media, and building or restoring trust. Usually it comes down to stabilising a situation in which (social) media play a key part.
- Cabinets, ministries, provinces, municipalities and water authorities
- Executives and boardrooms of companies
- Housing associations and institutions for psychosocial care
- Universities, education and childcare
- Crisis teams, spokespeople and communication teams
- Programmes in the Netherlands and abroad
We also research effectiveness and practical experience in matters of crisis and trust. That is how we keep our knowledge current, particularly in dealing with the media.
The place
Villa Hartenlust
For more than twenty-five years we have welcomed you in a monumental villa on the edge of the park in Bloemendaal. Tall windows, a view of the garden, and the calm of a place that is not your own.
You notice it in the conversations: people speak more freely, listen better, and take more home than they expected to.
Contact
Call or email us
Maureen Kamoen will be glad to talk you through the possibilities and work out what you need. We would be glad to meet you at our office or during one of our programmes, in the Netherlands or abroad.
Maureen Kamoen, officeCall
+31 23 541 17 08Visit
Villa HartenlustVijverweg 18
2061 GX Bloemendaal, the Netherlands
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