Nice to meet you!
I’m Leonie van Tienen, MSc Marketing with a teacher’s degree in EnglishActivities
Effective training sessions (individual and groups)
And what I run into all the time: your speaking skills are good enough, but the exact wording and grammar remain difficult when writing. We can improve that as well. If you are willing to practise of course!
The number of training sessions: depending on your needs.
As many as necessary, as few as possible…
Pitch & Presentation preparation
Better yet, you want to be convincing and confident. And you don’t want unexpected questions to throw you off balance.So we practise.
We practise natural language, appropriate vocabulary, good expressions, key words that serve as your guideline and we talk about the language culture of the business or industry in question.
Sometimes it is better to say ‘we feel / we truly believe / we are hopeful….’
but sometimes ‘we know / we advocate / we are convinced…’ fits better.
Let’s talk about it!
Short copy
Think about:
- Quotes
- Mission statements
- Visions
- Captions to images
- Powerpoint (and other digital) presentations
- Inviting introductions to research results, company brochures
- Marketing plans, project proposals etc
Long copy
Think about:
- Marketing publications
- Websites (SEO)
- Company brochures
- White papers
- Press releases
Compelling proposals
Wrong, actually. Lots of proposals are either too short or too long and finding the right words can be very time consuming. Most likely, you want to explain clearly how you can add value (as opposed to being ‘so expensive’) and you want to connect your USP to the client’s case in a convincing way. This can be quite difficult.
I am happy to help you write a persuasive proposal with the right tone of voice. Have been doing it for years…
Background
(Business English, own company)
Since 2009: teaching at Universities of Applied Sciences
(Business English skills)
Over 12 years: working for design agencies
(Marketing / Account Management)
Around 20 Years: writing English pieces
(Proposals, reports, articles, brochures, websites etc.)
Education: Master’s degree in Marketing, TEFL (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language), Bachelor’s degree in Communications.
Rates
Training sessions
Writing and editing
Let’s get in touch. I will provide you a quotation when the scope of the work is clear.
Clients
Why I Love English
Even if you have never had ‘The Wilde experience’, you may still recognise some of his (in)famous quotes, such as…
“I can resist everything, except temptation”
“If you are not too long, I will wait here all my life”
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”
“There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about”
It is the playing with words and apparent contradictions that are difficult to translate into any other language, without using too many words or even losing the clue.
So thank you Oscar, it all started with you.
‘I was slightly disappointed’
‘That’s an interesting thought’
‘I will bear it in mind’
‘I would suggest….’
Contact
Of course I look forward to hearing from you!
Yes, that’s right:
It is looking forward to hearing from you – as opposed to hear, which is wrong in this sentence. One of those rules….
leonie@tienvoorengels.nl
(+31)(0)6 533 18 888
Leonie van Tienen
Cas Oorthuyskade 300
1087 DP Amsterdam
KvK Amsterdam 51385619
10 Voor Engels
Cas Oorthuyskade 300
1087 DP Amsterdam