Talks & Presentations - Contact Alan Arnold for your fasinating JENAL public presentations.

Alan Arnold – the owner & prime designer of JENAL – has many years of training and presenting skills under his belt. For the last four years he has written and presented a range of topics introducing JENAL. His entertaining talks are loaded with exciting pictures and graphics - illustrating in varying depths - the history and art of the barge, general topics & detailed interpretations, ownership and the European live-aboard lifestyle.

Alan tailors his presentations to suit his audience; his recent JENAL theatricals have ranged from boat enthusiasts such as the City of London based ‘Little Ship Club’ through to members of the U3A who are generally retirees. A few of Arnold’s respected, responsive and appreciative customers are shown in the testimonial section below.

If you would like Alan Arnold to give a graphic & pictorially enhanced talk, coupled with an informative Q&A time to your audience, please contact him alan@jenal.co.uk or phone mobile 00 44 (0)7768 166 065. Please note; these presentations are suitable for audiences between 50 and 500.

TWO EXAMPLES OF ALAN'S PRESENTATIONS

Presentation Example A: This visually stimulating one hour presentation - plus question time - is ideal for audiences who enjoy new art-forms with information that broadens their horizons, fills their imagination and leaves them with a fresh appreciation of our historical European waterways.

Presentation Example B: This visually stimulating one hour presentation - plus question time - is preferable for an audience with brief marine experience or mechanical minded. They are likely to have their paradigms broadened with this introduction to JENAL's marine interpretation and new art-form, leaving the audience with a fresh appreciation of the barge world and the live-aboard lifestyle.

samples of the 36 slide presentation:-

samples of the 40 slide presentation:-

	How to retire - an overview of how J&A decided on a barge lifestyle.
	JENAL is also an art-form - with a circa 1800's barge appearance disguising her many unique and modern features.
	Barge design at work - an overview of Dutch barge history and adaptation to living aboard.
	Finding your artist(s) - The major challenge for the uninitiated to find your imaginations best interpreter.
	The ups-n-downs of artistic intent - stimulation to keep the artist and artisans on track.
	*An explanation of JENAL’s* live-aboard pleasures -** with cabinetry design from the Biedermeier period to an interior layout to disguise its shape.
	Some jewels of the Continent - once you have your 'magic carpet', what are the awaiting delights.

	What type of barge? - an overview of how J&A decided on a Klipper barge.
	A modern interpretation of a classic - how to make it look period but fill the barge with benefits from the modern world.
	The fascinating history of Dutch barges - an historic overview and how the differing barge designs can benefit the owner.
	Finding the right shipbuilder - differentiating the good from the bad and how to build the ultimate barge.
	Carrying your own transport - JENAL has many ingenious ideas including her own sea and land transport.
	Energy cost saving ideas - designs that enhance and don't inhibit the pleasure.
	Designing a floating 'home' - pushing design boundaries and not accepting that - "that's they way the industry has always done it".

PAST CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

	Plehkanov Academy - Moscow based and Russia's second highest University
	U3A (University of the Third Age) - A prolific UK based national body
	The Worshipful Company of Marketors - One of the 106 City of London Livery Companies
	The UK 200 Group - An august body for chartered accountants