About D&A Trainingen

Successful communication is the basis of all thriving business. Our main goal is to empower you; empower you to enjoy your work and life. To have more ease and success with giving a presentation, having a meeting or being at a network event. To strengthen your ability to inspire, motivate and enthuse your colleagues, potential clients or employees. And to give you the tools and theory to thrive at your workplace. We offer practical methods and tools that have proven to be effective.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We believe in ‘learning by doing.’ It isn’t until you feel what it’s like to give feedback, to be assertive, or stand in front of a crowd and give a presentation, that you realize what you need to work on and how to excel and become more effective at communicating. By practicing those difficult conversations for instance, you will truly get a sense of what works and what doesn’t.

It is our goal to have our participants feel completely safe to try things out, take leaps, get a little out of their comfort zone (what we call the 'stretch zone') and learn as much as they can so that they leave with the knowledge and tools in order to succeed. Our workshops are created with a culture of safety which allows participants to take greater risks in the training; thereby increasing growth and discovery.

We also believe that learning can be fun. Our workshops always have a high degree of interaction and we use several exercises that have a direct link to your work environment.

THE TRAINERS

ANTONIE KNOPPERS is a coach, trainer, facilitator, guest speaker and actor. He is the founder of D&A Trainingen. He is also a guest faculty member at the University of Maastricht, the University of Amsterdam, the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) and Nyenrode Business University.

He works with a variety of corporate clients such as 's Heeren Loo, FNV Horeca, Anthos, Shell, KLM, Corelab, Atradius, Deloitte, Allianz, DSM and Nyenrode. Antonie's training sessions are enriched by his working knowledge of theatrical techniques and frameworks. His experience and business school education enable him to approach corporate challenges with a pragmatic, goal-oriented style. He is currently authoring a book for Emerald Publishing, together with two colleagues, about Leadership Presence. His goal is to empower the participants in his trainings and bring out the leader in everyone.

Antonie holds a MSc in International Business from Brandeis University and MSc in Fine Arts from the University of San Diego/Old globe theatre.