{"id":513,"date":"2016-02-16T23:41:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T22:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/?page_id=513&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-09T18:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:58:52","slug":"why","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/why\/","title":{"rendered":"Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1' class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  container_wrap fullsize'    style='height: 451px;' ><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div first  \" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>I started my career working as a speech therapist and this was the stepping stone for the work that I do now. Speech therapists are trained in helping people with medical disorders relating to voice, speech and language; my healthcare background still plays a major role in my current profession. Speech therapy has taught me to observe and listen, and to be aware of my client\u2019s personal and professional needs. As a therapist I help them develop confidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A strong voice makes a strong impression\u201d \u2013 Rogier Kappen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I worked at the Academie voor Journalistiek en Voorlichting in Tilburg in the Netherlands where I started my specialization in news broadcasting, in other words radio and television presenting. In the more than 12 years that I worked at the Academy, I truly enjoyed teaching young, talented journalists; the people who today we see and hear on national TV and Radio every day.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRogier\u2019s coaching has made me more aware of my own performance, the way I come across and the image that I present.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After 12 years, I made the transition to the field of professional journalism of the national broadcasting channel programmes Radio 1 News, NOS News and RTL News. At these news organizations, I work with foreign correspondents, reporters, presenters and people who have to record their own items.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my experience working with journalists and other professionals who are required to make presentations (e.g. architects, bankers and local government officials), I went on to become actively involved with presentation content as well as form. Form deals with aspects of a presentation such as the way it sounds while content is all about the message itself and the specific audience for which it is intended.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAsking the audience questions helps me and makes it easier for me to connect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>My current profession therefore developed rather organically. From speech therapy, to a combination of speech therapy and journalism, to expertise in Crisis Communication, Media Training and Presentation Skills Training. However, I want to stay in touch with my previous work and I still teach young talent in the field of performing arts. I&#8217;ve done that as a teacher in Voice and Speech at the\u00a0Koningstheateracademie in Den Bosch and I still do that at the Meisner Toneelacademie of Paul Dekker.<\/p>\n<p>I truly enjoy contributing to another person&#8217;s professional career, helping them to step out into the spotlight feeling confident and relaxed, be it the Mayor, a stand-up comedian or a press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfconsult.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}