Things people say about Andy
“As an ex-teacher, distributor and ELT publishing sales director, Andy Cowle is one of the most knowledgeable people in ELT. He mixes that knowledge with warmth and good humour in everything he does which makes him a fantastic person to deal with. For HarperCollins, he devised and delivered an excellent ELT training session which galvanised our sales team.”
Catherine Whitaker
Language Learning Publishing Director
HarperCollins
“I'm delighted to see that Andy Cowle's venture has finally come to fruition. Andy is a hard-working, enthusiastic person and he deserves every success. It's also very good to see that there's room for small independent publishers in the world of ELT.”
Ken Wilson
ELT author & trainer
www.kenwilsonelt.wordpress.com
“Very few people have Andy's ability to match contents to market and markets to contents, the hands-on ability to quickly adapt pedagogy and contents, and to quickly adjust a pre-existing product in a given setting - all with unabashed humor, dedication and professionalism. A pleasure to work with and to see at work.”
Patrick Hansard
Director
Marketing & Sales
Industrial Press Inc.
“In the twenty years or more that I've known Andy Cowle, he hasn't changed at all - extremely efficient, extremely knowledgeable, extremely helpful. One of those people to whom the ELT profession owes a great deal.”
Peter Grundy
President of IATEFL (2003-2005)
“Andy Cowle knows the ELT market inside-out. He speaks the language of teachers and excites and inspires them whenever he is talking about our pioneering new publications. At Delta Publishing we believe in publishing teacher-friendly creative materials - we support Andy in his work to bring good quality material to teachers.”
Nick Boisseau
Managing Director, DELTA Publishing
“Andy Cowle is an experienced and innovative researcher , presenter and salesperson. He has taken on a number of assignments for us, both in the UK and overseas. For each assignment Andy delivered recommendations that have led to a measurable difference in our financial performance, and along the way greatly enhanced both our network of commercial partners and also our understanding of teachers’ needs.”
Gordon Knowles
Managing Director, Mary Glasgow Magazines, Scholastic (UK)
“Andy's presentations are always entertaining and informative - a very popular presenter across a wide range of topics.”
Jeremy
Harmer
Author, Trainer, Writer (UK)
“I have known Andy Cowle for a long time, and he has often helped my company, Usborne Publishing. I recall in particular his very generous assistance in planning one of my sales trips to Latin America at a time when we were investigating possible ELT markets for our books. He gave us a comprehensive and extremely useful range of contacts in several countries, all of which were delighted to meet me. He has advised us in various ways in this area, and has had solid and successful experience in ELT and other areas of publishing for children. He is obviously able and intelligent, as well as being extremely pleasant and easy to work with. I can wholeheartedly recommend him.”
Peter
Usborne
Managing Director, Usborne Publishing (UK)
“We have had a very smooth and healthy business relationship and found in Andy a clever businessman with a natural instinct for developing opportunities. He proves a sound and quick understanding of the realities of the market and this naturally led to finding the best solutions to boost sales. Andy is one of the best presenters we have benefited from since we have been in the ELT field. At our recent conference, although he presented titles which were not his own, I can remember he had a full room of over 40 participants although some other 5 workshops were on at the same time (simultaneously). Many participants who came to his workshop admitted they did not much like all the books but they greatly enjoyed the activities and the speaker. They only picked the seminar for the sake of the speaker! Andy seems to have a certain charisma of his own which you can always count on. Andy possesses an open mind and is an efficient teacher trainer helping build our local team of teacher trainers. He supported us in all our requests and provided immediate and professional answers to our queries.”
Daniela
Vaduva
Managing Director, Fischer International (Romania)
“Andy Cowle is a motivating and inspiring presenter. He puts himself completely in the presentation. He is full of new ideas, funny, interesting and energetic. As a person, I find him reliable and trustworthy. He keeps all his promises and is always very helpful.”
Evelina
Miscin
Vice-President, HUPE
Croatian Association of Teachers of English (Croatia)
“Andy has been giving presentations for us in Russia for many years now. As an independent he is particularly skilled at teasing out the most market specific issues for each publisher or product he lectures on. His visits are always keenly anticipated in a growing number of cities throughout Russia where he has become a popular circuit speaker.”
John Parsons
co-founder of CenterCom (Russia)
“I have worked with Andy for several years and have no hesitation in recommending his ability as a sales professional. His thorough understanding of the markets in which he works combined with his wealth of contacts and great enthusiasm enables him to deliver on assignments time after time.”
Tim Dare
Managing Director, Mosaic Search & Selection Ltd (UK)
“I have worked with Andy in a number of contexts over the last few years and have always found him to be passionate about his work and dynamic in his interactions with others. He is prepared to go the extra mile to satisfy a client and to support those he works with. His knowledge of his marketplace is profound and his insights unique. Working with Andy is guaranteed to enthuse and inform you!”
Ann
Youngs
Personal Business Coach, Leap Frog Associates (UK)
“I've known Andy Cowle for eight years and he has been to Russia as a presenter many times. He can always establish an instant rapport with an audience. Teachers love his presentations as he's fun and they are NEVER bored. His presentations are always well-prepared as he does his home work well. He tries to know beforehand what issues would be interesting for Russia and particular for my city St Petersburg. He's well-cultured, well-travelled and well-educated and we often ask him to prepare interesting lectures such as “Survival English”. Ask him to be a presenter and you WILL never regret it.”
Irina Karpakova
School Director & Teacher Tainer
Centre of Foreign Languages (Russia)
“Andy is very experienced in presenting and marketing ELT products. He is also full of passion for what he is doing. I really appreciate his invalueable and professional support in our collaborations. I hope to know his exciting new projects soon.”
Donghong Zhao
International Publishing Consultant (China)
“Andy's a competent and enthusiastic salesman. He's easy to talk to, knows the market, his products and those of his competitors, and is excellent in advising his clients.”