Harry Michels

Senior Communicaties Advisor

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Current
  • Senior Communications Advisor at Tappan Communicatie
  • Co Founder at Rode Ondernemers
  • Member of Community Council (Gemeenteraadslid) at Gemeente Bloemdaal
Past
  • Senior Communication Advisor (Self-employed)
  • Marketing Director at Gouden Gids BV
  • Director Buss. Development at Gouden Gids
  • Senior Advisor Business Development at VNU
Education
  • Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Connections
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Industry
Public Relations and Communications
Websites

Harry Michels’s Summary

My career change since leaving Gouden Gids is taking shape, and I joined Tappan Communications as senior communications advisor. My focus has shifted completely to complex communication projects for governements on all levels (national, regional and local), for example:

- Strategy "Builing and developing with quaility" Province Gelderland
- Strategy "Positioning on job market" ICT department large Dutch governement agency
- Strategy and projectmangent "Traffic and infrastructure` city of Utrecht

In these and other projects I can combine both my passions for strategy and communication and presentations especially.

Harry Michels’s Specialties:

Strategy development, negotiating skills, branding, campaign mangement, presentations, leading workshops, text writing


Harry Michels’s Experience

  • Senior Communications Advisor

    Tappan Communicatie

    (Public Relations and Communications industry)

    2008Present (less than a year)

  • Co Founder

    Rode Ondernemers

    (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

    March 2007Present (1 year 10 months)

    Together with Patricia Linhard and Hans Adriani I founded the "Rode Ondernemers" group within the Dutch social democratic party (PvdA). As "Rode Ondernemers" (Red Entrpreneurs) we participate in and stimulate the political debate within the party. Our founding prinicples are that people are able and willing to be entrepreneural in solving societies problems, based on a strong social foundation they can rely on. We publish our thoughts and ideas and organize meetings.

  • Member of Community Council (Gemeenteraadslid)

    Gemeente Bloemdaal

    (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Public Policy industry)

    March 2006Present (2 years 10 months)

    I am a member of the local community council in Bloemendaal (Gemeenteraadslid). I am one of three members of the social democratic party (PvdA). I am mainly involved in education, communication, health care, employment policy, welfare and social cohesion.

  • Team Manager Direct Sales

    Medianet BV

    (Public Relations and Communications industry)

    1995Present (13 years)

  • Senior Communication Advisor

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Public Relations and Communications industry)

    February 2007March 2008 (1 year 2 months)

    As independent communication advisor I create the link between strategy and communication. Visit my website at www.harrymichels.nl to find out more (live from August 2007 onwards).

  • Marketing Director

    Gouden Gids BV

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    April 2004September 2006 (2 years 6 months)

    As Marketing Director for Gouden Gids I developed the communication campaign with Katja Schuurman in the Netherlands. I also implemented a similar campaign for our sister company in Portugal als acting Marketing Director for six months.

  • Director Buss. Development

    Gouden Gids

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    September 2002March 2004 (1 year 7 months)

    I developed a joint venture with Ilse Media in the field of search engine marketing. Also I launched GG's own white pages phonebook.

  • Senior Advisor Business Development

    VNU

    (Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)

    19952000 (5 years)


Harry Michels’s Education

  • Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

    19821987


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