The end of the year is approaching, a good time to look back...

The end of the year is approaching, a good time to look back on the past exciting year. A year in which we:

-released another new Issue Calendar and organized a successful Issue Conference, this year presenting the Issue Award to Tim Hofman and the Oeuvre Award to Arjen Lubach;

-received the trust of no fewer than 37 new clients and was allowed to work for a total of 87 clients;

-welcomed new colleagues Pieter, Marit, Michelle and Fleur to our team, but unfortunately also said goodbye to wonderful colleagues Elise, Anne, Glenn and intern Martijn;

-our book was put on the Management Boek longlist Issue thinking, real bosses make an impactt;

- became number 1 runner-up in the annual overview of the best communications consultancies in the Netherlands;

- gave guest lectures to students from the University of Twente, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the UvA;

- also attended various seminars, lectures, conferences and lunch lectures with inspiring speakers;

-our Sybrig together with Rob de Lange, Erik van Venice, Robbert Coops and Arco Timmermans the book Public Affairs in a social perspective released;

-were invited as experts by BNR, Adinformatie, B'elle New Buisiness Radio, Vakblad C, Metro and Voor de OmmekeerTV to share our vision on creating and managing issues;

-participated with the agency in, among other things, the Week against Work Stress, Walk to Work Day, International Women's Day and went on a team building weekend to Texel.

It was a beautiful year. We are now heading into 2020 full of energy. With a new website in January and on January 23 Issue conference with Jeroen Smit as one of the guest speakers. We are also happy to be available for monitoring and monitoring in the new year issue management, providing advice, developing campaigns, providing media relations and media training and much more.

Finally, we have no choice but to thank you for your trust and wish you happy holidays with everyone you love!