Jasmin Wölke hosts events in Wiesbaden in English, in German or in a managed switch between the two. In this finance and government city, English is rarely the language of the whole room, but it is often the language of the decisions: in committees, towards investors and inside international teams.
The kind of English Wiesbaden needs
The English of this city is not startup English. It is the language of international employers such as Abbott, where entire teams work in English, and the language of financial institutions that deal with partners and capital markets across borders. At a town hall or a client day, both worlds sit in the same room: colleagues from the international team next to departments that think and calculate in German. A conference at the RheinMain CongressCenter adds guests from abroad. If the stage merely translates, the programme doubles in length. If it leads, it needs a clear language plan.
A language plan instead of a parallel programme
Before the event Jasmin agrees with you which block runs in which language and why. The report from the international project stays in English, because that is how the team works. The leadership message comes in German if that is how most of the room listens. Key statements she summarises briefly in the other language without repeating whole passages. She announces this order to the audience in one sentence and keeps it through the day. Technical terms from insurance, finance or pharma she clarifies with your experts beforehand, so the terminology is right in both languages.
English from a corporate career, not a classroom
Her English comes from more than ten years in leadership roles at Bosch, SAP and within the Volkswagen Group, with negotiations and teams across time zones. At the Bosch Global Sales Summit, a corporate reference, she led a multi-day programme with over 500 participants from 40 countries in both languages. On request the briefing call takes place entirely in English, so you can judge for yourself before booking.
Coordination and travel
Wiesbaden is about two hours from Ludwigsburg. Day engagements work well; for early starts Jasmin arrives the evening before and uses the morning for the venue walkthrough and sound check. For a quote, send the date, the format and the planned share of each language through the contact form. When an English-language emcee pays off is explained on moderation in English, the format lives on the bilingual emcee hub, and all pages for the city are on the Wiesbaden city page.