News archive

Below an overview of recent developments, media
attention and extraordinary performances by our employees.

International website launched

Due to increasing international interest in Debatrix and many
recent assignments through-out Europe, Debatrix has launched
a new English-language version of its website.

At this site, we aim to provide our international visitors with better information on our services. Who we are, what we do, and most importantly: how we can help YOU. Read more »

Lars and Victor shake hands with Barack Obama

Debatrix trainers Lars Duursma and Victor Vlam are back from the United States, having spent time there to visit speeches from all the key players in this years election and having campaigned for both Barack Obama and John McCain. Barely able to shake off the jetlag, Lars will give a lecture today to all the speechwriters at Dutch governmental departments about his findings, experiences and conclusions from the trip to America.

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VLM Velocity magazine: reaching for the sky

Velocity, the in-flight magazine for VLM Airlines, has published an article on Debatrix. We’ve always reached for the sky, and we’re proud that 150,000 readers of the magazine can read about us at an altitude of 30,000 feet. Read more »

BusinessWeek: “A straight A for Debatrix”

Yet again we were featured in BusinessWeek. Almost a year ago, the American magazine nominated Debatrix’ co-founder Lars Duursma among Europe’s Top-3 of Young Entrepreneurs. This week, the magazine interviewed the winners to see what happened since their nomination. Read more »

Debatrix opens branch in Turkey!

Almost three years after our start in the Netherlands we are proud to announce the opening of a new branch in Turkey. We see the country as a steppingstone for European expansion and the Turkish society is ready for more debat. This is the first international branch for Debatrix. Based in Istanbul, our new branch will serve more than twenty million Turks in one of the fastest growing cities with more than half a million new citizens per year. We consider it to be a great challenge to provide persuasion trainings and organize debates.

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Millionaire: Parole al potere (IT)

The Italian magazine Millionaire has published an article on Debatrix, entitled “parlore al potere” (meaning: the power of words). Read more »

De Telegraaf: “Nog lang niet uitgepraat” (NL)

Today’s Telegraaf features a full-page interview with Debatrix’ co-founder Lars Duursma. The daily newspaper, Hollands biggest with over 700.000 subscribers, runs a series on succesful young entrepreneurs. Read more »

Emprendedores: “Debatrix, el poder de la palabra” (ES)

This month, an interview with us has been published at Emprendedores. Every month the magazine includes interviews with international entrepreneurs who have succeeded in business. Emprendedores has 250.000 readers. Read more »

BusinessWeek praises Debatrix founder

BusinessWeek magazine selects Lars Duursma as one
of Europe’s three most promising young entrepeneurs.

Article in BusinessWeek

Here’s the full text of the article about Lars Duursma in BusinessWeek: Read more »

Sprout: “25x jong, ambitieus & succesvol” (NL)

Dutch magazine Sprout has presented its yearly list of 25 most promising entrepreneurs under 25. Among them is Debatrix’ co-founder Lars Duursma. Read more »

BusinessWeek: Europe’s Best Entrepreneurs Under 25

BusinessWeek magazine has nominated Debatrix founder Lars Duursma among Europe’s 15 most promising young entrepreneurs. BusinessWeek: “The reigning world debate champion in the non-native English-speaker category, he has a passion for good language and clear argumentation. Now, he has leveraged his skills into a thriving consultancy that teaches politicians and corporate leaders how to communicate better.” Read more »

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