Episode 30

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5th Dec 2019

Chapter 30 - Nothing is unbreakable

Sunday - October 4 | 38 days until the conference | 508 registrations

The weekend had been glorious. Driving home on Sunday night, Victor was sitting behind the wheel, feeling relaxed, listening to music. He felt almost as happy as when he had just met Denise and they would spend whole nights driving around the city in his first car, just because they could. Back then, it was a grass-green Opel Manta. Quite a contrast to the comfortable grey Volvo they were driving now.

           It was a clammy evening, so he had turned on the air conditioning. Up ahead he saw lightning flashes. Denise was dozing in the seat next to him, her head wobbling against the seat belt. The light from the street lanterns was shining on her relaxed face. They ought to do this sort of thing more often, he thought. Yesterday evening he had turned off his laptop and phone and decided not to turn them back on before Monday morning. They finally had some time for each other again, without all of those beeps and bleeps, which were so good at distracting them from what it was all about: real contact. They had talked, they had laughed, they had the best ever… he smiled.

           His wife’s phone rang and she was startled from her sleep. Drowsily, she looked at the screen and frowned. ‘No idea.’ With her eye on Victor, she picked up. ‘Denise VanWely?’

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           ‘Oh, hello Jacques, what a pleasure.’

           Victor looked at her. Jacques was calling his wife?

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Written by Gerrit Heijkoop & Paula Vos

 Narrated by Kevin Stillwell

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Trending Topic - Management Novel
We have to do something with Social Media #butwhat? In this exciting and entertaining ‘management novel’, Gerrit Heijkoop reveals the true power of social media. We join Victor and his team, going all in to turn the tide. They get practical tips and...
Victor Van Wely has no use for social media. But now the executive director of NatSoRoPro is facing the biggest challenge yet in his career: organising the annual world conference Rodentia. Things are not looking well. They are far behind on registrations, their budget is depleted and the chairman of the board is losing his patience. Can social media indeed be his savior, as everybody always seems to claim?

In this exciting and entertaining ‘management novel’, Gerrit Heijkoop reveals the true power of social media. We join Victor and his team, going all in to turn the tide. They get practical tips and tricks about social media, experience the pitfalls and discover which fundamental principles lead to success.

Will these insights come in time for the NatSoRoPro? Are they able to save the conference? Why is Victor invited to a late night TV show? And what is the role of his guinea pig in all this?

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Written by Gerrit Heijkoop & Paula Vos
Narrated by Kevin Stillwell
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015

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