For Experts
Make your point. Give your story direction.
You have experience, ideas and your own view of your field. But what do you want to put out into the world? Which position is truly yours? And how do you give it shape in your positioning, a keynote or your next professional chapter?
Sometimes the question is stuck on a single choice and one sharp intervention moves you forward. Sometimes the work needs more time: to explore connections, develop ideas and build a story that does justice to what you have to say.
At Own Your Story you work one-to-one with ianka fleerackers. You choose the format that fits the question and the commitment it needs.
One-to-one · English or Dutch
One-time sessions
Looking for a sharp intervention?
One focused session can set a lot in motion. You bring a question, existing work or a speaking moment you have prepared. Together we find where it gets stuck and what it takes to move on.
One Question
You want to test a choice, question an idea or find the right angle. You keep circling the same options and want a sharp look from the outside.
In one focused conversation with ianka you examine the question, your assumptions and the trade-off you have to make.
One concrete question · 60-minute online session
Deep Dive
You have already developed something: a keynote, a presentation, a positioning, an offer or a professional story. You want to know what works in it, where it loses coherence and which choices would make it stronger.
ianka analyses the agreed material in advance. In the working session you hold that analysis up against what you intend, and decide together how to sharpen the work further.
Analysis in advance · 90-minute online working session
Rehearsal Session
Your keynote is written. Now the story has to work when you say it out loud.
You rehearse with ianka and work on voice, pace, timing, pauses and contact with the people listening. She reads your full text in advance, so the session goes straight to delivery.
An existing keynote · 90-minute live rehearsal
Programs
Looking for a deeper engagement?
Some questions need more than one conversation. You want to examine thoroughly what your professional position rests on. Or you want to develop your experience and ideas into a story you can use on many different occasions.
That work asks for preparation, reflection and a willingness to make choices. You bring your material and your perspective. ianka analyses, questions and helps you sharpen the line.
Authority Fingerprint™
You have built expertise and a reputation. Yet it is not always clear what characterises your work, why people trust you and which direction can build on that.
Through preparatory reflection, a personal analysis by ianka and an intensive session, you examine the coherence in your experience, your choices and the way you think. You receive your Authority Fingerprint™: a personal reference document for your positioning and your next professional steps.
In-depth work · Self-study, personal analysis and an intensive session
Signature Story
You have more to say than you are getting across clearly today. You want to develop a keynote or professional story in which your experience, expertise and own perspective come together.
You write, explore and rework. With ianka you sharpen your ideas, choose the through-line and build a story that also gives direction to interviews, podcasts and other important conversations.
One-to-one development program · For existing Own Your Story clients and by invitation
Thought Partnership
You are regularly on a stage, or you should be. You have ideas, but nobody who thinks with you about your own story and helps write it down.
A monthly conversation on substance with ianka, which turns into a usable deliverable: talking points, stage preparation, a post or interview preparation. The all-in format also covers full speeches and keynotes.
Standing partnership · Monthly · For CEOs, founders and board members
What does your work need right now?
If you have one concrete question, One Question may be enough. If you want existing material examined thoroughly, choose Deep Dive. If your story is on paper and you want to rehearse it, Rehearsal Session is the fit.
Authority Fingerprint™ is for those who want to examine their own professional foundation. Signature Story is for those who want to develop a story and work on it over several sessions. Thought Partnership is for those who want a standing thinking partner who also writes with them.
You don’t have to choose the biggest commitment straight away. Start with the question that needs attention now.
Working with ianka fleerackers
ianka fleerackers is an author, speaker and the founder of Own Your Story. She brings her experience in theatre, media, moderation and entrepreneurship to her work with experts and professionals.
She reads what is there, listens for what you mean and finds where the two still drift apart. You get pointed questions, substantive pushback and an experienced eye on your story. You remain the one who writes, makes the choices and keeps building.
The first step
Start with what needs sharpening
For One Question, Deep Dive, Rehearsal Session and Authority Fingerprint™, you will find how each works and how to book it on its own page.
New client and want to develop a Signature Story? Start with One Question or Deep Dive. From there we explore whether the longer program fits your question.