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Rural Vital Area, EU-programm by 6 North Sea Countries. Congress in September 2009 in Norwich, UK.

Marcel Bullinga gave a presentation about the rural future and chaired the event. Comments: "To me as an observer Thursday's forum seemed to go very well. The speakers spoke with passion, with knowledge, with understanding. (...) Marcel Bullinga chaired the forum with charisma, precision timing and a fine sense of humour. One of Marcel's aims was to get delegates networking and setting up "coffee dates" with each other." "Chairing is an art, I can now clearly see that." "Remembering what everyone else has said during the morning, how do you do that?" "Your English is excellent. To a non-native audience, that is very important." "Your dynamic way of presenting even convinced our most conservative politicians and boy, are they hard to convince!" "You did a brilliant job." "Who created your Powerpoint? A designer or did you do it yourself?" "You obviously did a lot of research about the subject and about the history of the congress place. That was very much appreciated by the host country, the people from Norwich." "You are a futurist, so you have general knowledge, but judging from your presentation today, you have the knowledge of a rural developer!"

Coca Cola, global beverage company, R&D-Department: "You were the only uncertain factor in the programm. We did not know you and never saw you performing earlier. But you have exceeded our expectations. I will certainly recommend you." From the audience: "This was one of the few presentations I have seen about the future that was not boring." "Really talented." "We received great feedback from our entire team after your presentation and it was perfectly in line with our workshops later on."

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