About Marleen

I am a…

Blogger, Concerned citizen, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Global soul, Parent, Writer/Editor

Areas of expertise

Copywriting, Crisis communication, Languages, Presentation coaching, Storytelling

Bio

A cradle in Belgium, family and a home in Norway, work and fun all over Europe, friends all over the globe. A philologist with a lifelong love of languages and stories. Twenty years corporate communication manager. Started own business in 2015 as a storyteller, copywriter and speaker coach. Volunteeer storyteller at Translators without Borders. Volunteer speaker coach and spokesperson at TEDxTrondheim TEDx speaker November 2015.

I’m passionate about

Languages Storytelling Comedy, especially British Literature Many things Italian Cultural differences Home cooking.

An idea worth spreading

Speak to the heart: learn languages and use whatever knowledge you have as much as possible, and don’t stop at English.

My TED story

Fan of TED/TEDx talks, watching at least one a day. Stagehost of TEDxTrondheim spring 2015. Speaker coach at TEDxTrondheim TED translator since April 2016, TED language coordinator since October 2016 TEDx speaker November 2015 – to date one of the most translated TED/TEDx talks with subtitles in 60+ languages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ejek-WGFI

People don’t know I’m good at

Singing silly songs (well, some do know and wish they didn’t)