Tim Oake's Blog

This is the section of our site where you'll find news about what we've been doing at Oake Communications, along with a selection of headlines, newsfeeds and links.

Some examples of what we’ve been up to in the last three months…

In November… …the Annual Report season got into its stride, with lots more work via C&F Report on our second Annual Report for Randstad and for new client Dietsmann NV... ...we wrote the leaflet copy for the opening of HOPE - the Holland Program on Entrepreneurship - for TU Delft... ...we re-wrote and edited site content for Avery Dennison via De Combinatie van Factoren... ...and for Euronics International's intranet site... ...via Stratmore we wrote copy for another brochure for Cricket lighters... ...we updated website copy and edited a presentation for ForceFive... ...we wrote leaflet and ad copy for CPS Color, and edited a video script and trade magazine article... ...we wrote more press releases for VDD IQware... ...we re-wrote course description and flyer copy for MarketingMonday... ...we translated an article for TNT's EU newsletter... ...and we did some additional work on the new TNT website...

In October… …while researching and writing the 2008 Randstad Annual Report took centre stage, we were delighted and proud that last year's report, our first for Randstad in collaboration with C&F Report, was one of the four nominees for the FD Henri Sijthoff award. We congratulate Heineken for being presented with the award for their excellent 2007 report on October 30th, but in view of their 007 product placement, we have to say that our 'Quantum of Solace' was greatly increased by our work on the TNT website helping it to win the online award… ...we also wrote client communications, press releases and product brochure copy for VDD IQware... ...in partnership with De Combinatie van Factoren we wrote copy for Avery Dennison, Heineken and Georgia-Pacific... ...we wrote and edited booklets and other material for the NICC, via Tappan Communicatie... ...we developed concepts and wrote copy for a forthcoming project from Lava Grafisch Ontwerpers... ...we wrote texts and multimedia scripts for Tinker Imagineers for the Van Gogh Village experience... ...we wrote new material for the ForceFive website... ...we wrote a new corporate brochure for the TU Delft Library... ...and researched and wrote an article for a TNT Post employee magazine via our friends at JCM Context....

In September… …we wrote copy for an international marketing campaign for Amstel Pulse, via De Combinatie van Factoren... ... we edited two trade magazine articles and a booklet for CPS Color... …we wrote brochure copy and two articles for VDD IQware... ...we edited lots more content for the new TNT website, which went live this month... ...we wrote copy for a number of communications vehicles for Avery Dennison's presence at an international trade fair and for a new marketing campaign, via De Combinatie van Factoren... ...we wrote the English version of NICC's 'Information Exchange' booklet, via Tappan Communicatie, and proofread the PDFs... ...we edited more copy for the Euronics International website... ...we translated an article and wrote marcomms copy for PropertyEU magazine... ...we wrote new copy for Tinker imagineers' English website... ...we wrote the copy for new Georgia-Pacific brochures, via De Combinatie van Factoren... ...we began work on the 2008 Randstad Annual Report, via C&F Report... ...and we wrote copy for the Design Academy Eindhoven's 2008 Graduation Catalogue...






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