Tuuli Sauren is an Art Director and Designer. She is the founder of (INSPIRIT International Advertising 1994), INSPIRIT International Communications, with many years of experience in the designing of logos, brochures, magazines, corporate images and campaigns. Amongst other clients she has undertaken design work for WHCA (Logo design, Working with the Media Manual, Medical Ethics handbook, for WHO Head quarters, World Health Day 2006 logo and campaign design, ICMS Toolkit), WHO Regional Office for Europe (Corporate image, European Health Report, Futures Forum Reports, The BRIDGE Magazine, Ten Health Questions about the Ten books and many other smaller projects). GRI Global Report Initiative, Conference design and various Reports and training material. 

INSPIRIT International Communications is based in Brussels where current local clients include EFTA (European Free Trade Association) and former clients include Boole & Babbage Europe and Metsa Serla.

 Tuuli has an advertising agency background, including MacCann Ericson and JW Thompson. Tuuli undertakes all aspects of the work, “from A to Z”, including pictures and other promotional items up to ready printed material. All the work can be delivered in several different language versions, including Chinese, Korean, Russian and Japanese, when required.

Specialties
Art Direction and design for corporate identity and branding, campaign planning and development, logo design, magazines, books, reports and web based communications.

Donna Karlin CEC, Diplomate IABMCP, is a behaviouralist, communications specialist and head of the Advisory Board for INSPIRIT International Communications. She is certified in Organizational Psychology with a focus in Executive Coaching by The Professional School of Psychology and certified as a Diplomate in Professional Coaching by The International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy. Founder of ‘A Better Perspective®’, Donna has pioneered the internationally aclaimed specialized methodology of Shadow Coaching® with global political and senior organizational leaders. Through her unique approach, Donna works with clients to achieve individual and organizational excellence.

She is an author, lectures internationally, is Past President and current Dean for The International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations, and on the coaching team of SupporTED, supporting TED Fellows.

Donna’s work has been written up in Fast Company Magazine, The National Post (Financial Post), The Globe and Mail, The New York Times Business Section, The Boston Globe, Personal Success Magazine, as well as in numerous online articles including BusinessListening.com, and The Training Report. Her book critically acclaimed book, Leaders: Their Stories, Their Words―Conversations with Human-Based Leaders™ was recently released fall, 2011.

She has a proven track record in developing sustainable leadership.

Erik Luntang graduated as Photojournalist from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. As an award-winning photographer, Erik has worked for several of the world’s leading news agencies including Reuters and Associated Press. His experience in photojournalism extends far and wide covering major international sports events, most of the European Union summits since 1992, as well as conflicts in the Baltic States and Palestine/Israel. Erik was the head of operations of the Scandinavian photo agency Nordfoto/Scanpix in Brussels from 1994 to 1999, and was the official photographer during the Danish and Finnish Presidencies of the European Union. Today, he works for a variety of international and governmental organizations, NGOs, European institutions, and leading European media organizations.

Erik is a partner of INSPIRIT international Communications. Since 2006, he has also produced a series of highly successful multimedia stories and video for the web. Since 2010 he’s been in the process of taking a diploma in journalism and communications.

Nanette Levin is a sought-after ghost writer for speeches, books, editorial content in print publications and even personal letters. She is also an accomplished copy writer supplying content for brochures, websites, newsletters and other client marketing material. One of her talents is interpreting the voice of another into written or verbal communications. She’s a published book author, a long-standing paid contributor to newspapers and trade publications and a freelance writer for a number of venues. Nanette founded Fulcrum Communications, a public relations, marketing and copy writing provider focused on leveraging creative and cost-effective solutions for small businesses and not-for-profits in 1989, long before supporting either group was in vogue.

Prior employment with the media, including serving as a radio producer and host as well as a staffer at a daily newspaper gives her insight on how things work when pitching stories to editors, producers and reporters.

C. Jean Grover has worked as a graphic designer, copywriter, illustrator and web designer since 1983. She has worked with large clients, such as Xerox, Bausch and Lomb, Kodak and The American Society of Association Executives; but founded her own company, Grover Web and Design, in 1988 with a specialty in graphic design and illustration for the small to medium-sized organization.

Jean’s proficiencies are in html, css, and php code, and she is fluent in Dreamweaver and the Adobe Creative Suite programs, as well as WordPress. She is an Illustrator in both digital and traditional (paint and graphite) media. Her design work, over the years, has won several awards in the local and national (US) Printing Week Competition. She is listed in a number of online directories.

Jean is enthusiastically involved in her community, in Rochester, New York, USA, along with her husband and 4 children. An individual with a disability since birth, she has a special interest in human services organizations, and is always willing to round out her schedule with public speaking engagements and civil rights activism.

An experienced all-round journalist Þröstur has worked for a wide range of Icelandic media, daily and weekly newspapers, radio, as well as magazines and trade publications. He has also contributed regularly to Danish newspapers. Alongside his writings Þröstur has worked as an editor of The Farmers’ Journal in Iceland and has a long experience of layout work. He has been working for INSPIRIT International Communications during the past 10 years on a regular basis. Currently he is working as a freelance journalist and editor in his office in Reykjavík.

Certified and authorised by Adobe and Apple to train a range of their leading digital and print media applications. When not training others how to use the applications, James is busy using them himself working on anything from posters to e-learning material and mobile apps.

Patrick is the Founder and Principal of DC-based digital interactive firm, A Brand New Way. Since he launched the company in 2004, he has played a key role in the direction and growth of the company while also serving our clients in a strategic and consulting capacity.

Interactive Design, Digital Marketing Strategy, Creative Direction, Web Design, Online Branding and Positioning, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Mobile, Online Strategy, Online Marketing, Usability, Emerging Technologies, Consulting.

Debbie Nelson is the founder and principal of DNA Creative Communications, a specialized public relations and marketing firm which develops and executes awareness campaigns. She has a wealth of experience understanding critical issues and communicating with various stakeholder groups on topics relating to education, children, health and the environment. DNA works on an ongoing basis with numerous public and nonprofit initiatives to further their missions. In addition, Debbie offers her professional expertise by speaking at conferences with presentations on building communication strategies, promoting public education efforts and developing media relationships.

Debbie’s community and business leadership has been recognized by the Community Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce with the2011 Creative Spirit Award, the Ruth Alexander Nicholson Leadership Award and the 2005 Small Business of the Year. She is proud of the growth of her business and her ability to give back to the causes she believes in. Debbie is an active partner with organizations such as the United Way, Community Foundation, Water Environment Association, A Child’s Haven, YWCA, Child Watch, Dining for Women, Center for Developmental Services, Meals on Wheels, Public Education Partners and United Ministries.

Debbie founded her firm in 1997 with nearly twenty years of professional experience in both the public and private sectors. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College, a Masters of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Business Administration from The Citadel.

As a native English speaker, Carinne Allinson has several years’ experience in editing, proofreading, and international conference organization. With her strong command of the English language, keen eye for detail and impressive organizational skills, Carinne proves invaluable in editing and pre-publishing quality control, event organization and coordination, as well as in research work and project coordination.

Lydia Beauquis-Visser has been working as a translator/interpreter for the past 7 years in Dutch/French and English. She is specialized in legal translations and certified translator/interpreter by the Cour d’Appel of Chambèry (France) and the Court of Amsterdam (the Netherlands). Besides translating she has been working for different international organizations, focusing on grant management. She is living in France.

After several years as director of European marketing communications for an international software company, Boole & Babbage Inc., Lesley Robinson started up her own marcom company in Brussels in 1992 called English Language Communication Services. Since then she has worked for wide range of business sectors managing a wide range of marketing communication projects with the help of creative and technical third parties. Perfectly trilingual (English, Dutch and French), Lesley is also often called on for copywriting, editing and translation projects.

Franklin Apfel MD MHS is Managing Director and founding partner of World Health Communication Associates Ltd and serves as a visiting faculty in Health Science at the University of the West of England (UWE, Bristol, UK). World Health Communication Associates serves as the secretariat for the World Health Editors Network (WHEN). WHEN is co-sponsored by the International Council of Nurses (ICN), FDI World Dental Federation (FDI), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the World Medical Association (WMA).

Previously, Franklin has worked as Head of Communications for the WHO Regional Office for Europe (Copenhagen), Primary Health Care Fellow of the King’s Fund (London), Regional Director Central and Eastern Europe Project HOPE (Bratislava), and a General Practitioner and medical director/CEO of California Health Leadership Inc. (Ukiah, USA). Franklin specializes in conference moderation, event communication strategies, writing policy briefs and campaign development.

Steve Turner has worked in TV and radio broadcasting and international communications for many years, providing products and services for broadcasters, WHO, United Nations, several UN agencies, EU, EC, FCO, WHCA and several NGOs. He has held directorial positions in the commercial world with Phoenix Television, APTN, Worldwide Television News, Molinare, and Capital Radio. He is currently director of Turner Associates.

Steve’s current work includes consultancy and execution in communication and advocacy, media, broadcast services, photography and video production.

Elke Jakubowski has 15 years’ experience in international European and national public health policy work. Her expertise lies in health system and health policy analysis and consulting at international, governmental, and institutional levels.

During the 8 years that Elke worked with (for?) the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Copenhagen, Elke set up and led the WHO’s ‘Futures Fora’ programme that works with chief medical officers and director generals of health in western European countries to address future-oriented critical challenges in health policy decision making.

Now running her own public health policy consultancy, Elke is working on international and national projects with several health ministries in Europe and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. She maintains several lectureships in European comparative health system analysis.

Elke has a medical doctoral degree from Germany and a Masters of Science in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and Political Science.