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Barbara Folscher
Barbara represents iOpener in South Africa helping to lead and develop new projects there.
She is a well-known communications expert, believing in the fundamental role that positive communication has in all human achievement especially for business leaders. She’s inspired and motivated by helping everyone to deliver their best in whatever medium is appropriate. Barbara honed these skills as an international television correspondent and award winning documentary film maker.
Her experience as a Harvard Nieman Fellow, addressing political and business groups in the US and Europe, strengthened her belief in the essential role of effective personal communication for any global leader.
Through working in war zones and South Africa’s traumatic change to democracy, Barbara gained experience in negotiation, persuasion and conflict resolution. Her current affairs programmes were broadcast on the SABC, CNN World Report, PBS and various channels in Europe. More recently she has broadened her writing skills publishing a book of short stories and a novel.
She lives near Cape Town.