Amsterdam city council has published a plan to rid the city of gas-fired cooking and central heating by 2050, broadcaster NOS said on Thursday. Next year, the aim is to remove 10,000 housing corporation homes from the gas network, city alderman Abdeluheb Choho said. In addition, two new residential areas are already being built without … Continue reading Amsterdam homes to be gas free by 2050
Weekend Special (18-20 November)
Here's a summary of highlighted events for the upcoming weekend in The Hague and surrounds. Click on the links for more details. Please check the websites of the organisers for the most up to date information and any last minute changes. Have a great weekend! International Food Fair (19 November) Every year, the Parish of the Church … Continue reading Weekend Special (18-20 November)
World Sailing Championships coming to The Hague
During the Annual Conference of World Sailing in Barcelona, The Hague was chosen as the city to host the Ocean Sailing World Championships in 2018. This means The Hague will host the 1,300 best sailors in the world when they compete in short and long-distance sailing races along the coast of Scheveningen. The Hague, which … Continue reading World Sailing Championships coming to The Hague
Netherlands to use satellites and technology to combat hunger in developing countries
The Netherlands wants to see closer collaboration between high-tech companies and civil society organisations to tackle food shortages in developing countries. Foreign trade and development minister Lilianne Ploumen expressed that hope today at the climate summit in Marrakech. In total the minister is making an extra 20 million euros available for the Geodata for Agriculture … Continue reading Netherlands to use satellites and technology to combat hunger in developing countries
Foreign tourists driving Hague economy
Tourists are giving The Hague’s economy a big boost. Over the last 5 years, the number of overnight stays increased 26%. Currently some € 2 billion per year is being spent on leisure and recreation, according to the progress report up to 2015 which The Hague Municipal Executive sent to the Municipal Council on 9 … Continue reading Foreign tourists driving Hague economy
ABN Amro to close the accounts of 15,000 people who live outside Europe
ABN Amro is writing to some 15,000 clients who live outside Europe to tell them to close down their accounts, the Financieele Dagblad said on Friday. The group includes Dutch pensioners and is spread across 100 countries. In total, they make up some 10% of ABN Amro’s overseas clients. Spokesman Robin de Jongh told the … Continue reading ABN Amro to close the accounts of 15,000 people who live outside Europe
Citizen Journalism
As part of my MICM (Master in International Communication Management), this week my Media Relation s module is focussing on Citizen Journalism. You can read about it in depth here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism This is a really interesting concept in terms of how it has exploded in the last decade with the increasing availability, affordability and quality of … Continue reading Citizen Journalism
2016 Cool Event Scheveningen Officially Open
The 10th edition of Cool Event Scheveningen was officially opened last weekend by Mayor Jozias van Aartsen. The Penguin mascot was also part of the celebrations and entertainers from Crazy Piano's added to the atmosphere. The 600 m2 skating rink, located in front of the Kurhaus Hotel in Scheveningen, will be open every day from 10am to 10pm … Continue reading 2016 Cool Event Scheveningen Officially Open
New Mauritshuis App Reveals Secrets of Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Mauritshuis and Madpixel show Seventeenth Century Masterpieces as Never Before A brand new app, Second Canvas Mauritshuis, renders Vermeers Girl with the Pearl Earring and ‘The Garden of Eden’ by Brueghel and Bosch to zoom in on the brushstrokes of the paintings in Gigapixel. This is the first app in the world to offer Gigapixel integrated infrared images, … Continue reading New Mauritshuis App Reveals Secrets of Girl with a Pearl Earring
Jamie Oliver Italian restaurant to open in The Hague
Jamie Oliver restaurant chain "Jaimie's Italian" has announced on Twitter they will open a restaurant in The Hague in the Spring of 2017. The first restaurant opened in Oxford in 2008 and there are now more than 40 Jamie's Italian restaurants worldwide. The Rotterdam restaurant in the iconic Markthal is currently the only Jamie's Italian restaurant … Continue reading Jamie Oliver Italian restaurant to open in The Hague
Dutch companies go international with recycle economy innovations
Sophisticated plants that retrieve valuable metals from discarded electronics. Sustainable yarn for the clothing industry, spun from collected plastic waste. With these types of solutions, Dutch companies are showing that they possess the innovations for converting the economy into a circular one. This involves know-how that can also be properly harnessed abroad, in order to … Continue reading Dutch companies go international with recycle economy innovations
2016 TEDxAmsterdamWomen
TEDxAmsterdamWomen was held on 28 October 2016. I did a "road trip" from The Hague with two of my friends, Annemiek Mensert and Stefanie Thomas. We took a moment to do a few tourist shots first! The theme was "Unravelled - The story behind the story". You can view all the talks here: http://www.tedxamsterdamwomen.nl/ted-talks/ … Continue reading 2016 TEDxAmsterdamWomen
2016 Code to Change Conference Amsterdam
On Saturday 5th November, I will be speaking at the Code To Change Conference in Amsterdam. Here's the details below and link to buy tickets for only 45 euros.... Welcome to The Code to Change Conference 2016! Like our successful conference last year, we are all about teaching and learning new SKILLS that will enable … Continue reading 2016 Code to Change Conference Amsterdam
LinkedIn Learning Launches and is free this week
I was very excited to open LinkedIn today and see this: LinkedIn Learning launches and is free this week (24-30 October 2016): I've been an elearning enthusiast for almost a decade now and have been watching this elearning explosion happening in recent years. I've spoken about it at a few events (see my Slideshare deck) and … Continue reading LinkedIn Learning Launches and is free this week
10 things I have learned as a new university lecturer
Two years ago, I gave my first class at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Here's 10 things I've learned as a new university lecturer. 1. You will rarely get - and hold attention - of the entire class. 2. Keep asking questions 3. It's difficult - but necessary - to remain as objective as possible 4. … Continue reading 10 things I have learned as a new university lecturer
How do I get a social media qualification?
I've been asked this a few times recently, so writing this blog post to summarise my take on it, along with my personal recommendation. Social media management is a relatively new field, but one that is highly in demand. I've been a social media trainer and consultant for 8 years now. When I started, there … Continue reading How do I get a social media qualification?
The art and science of storytelling workshop
On 25 August 2016, I attended a staff day and workshops with The Hague University of Applied Sciences. There was a lot on offer form artists and creative thinkers. The goal was for us lecturers to "reshape everyday quality" and bring more creativity into our classes.
Evernote
One of my all time favourite apps and productivity tools is Evernote. I have it installed on all my Apple and Android devices and think their marketing slogan totally sums it up: "Remember Everything. Inspiration strikes anywhere. Evernote lets you capture, nurture, and share your ideas across any device." Like many of the best social … Continue reading Evernote
2016-17 Academic Year The Hague University of Applied Sciences
For this academic year, I again worked in IBMS International Business & Management Studies with this great group and many more colleagues, and hundreds of students. I've joined a very international team, I made some notes at a staff day about the countries everyone is from. The Netherlands UK China Croatia Ireland Columbia Uganda France … Continue reading 2016-17 Academic Year The Hague University of Applied Sciences
2016 Spark Conference Amsterdam: The Learning Explosion – my presentation screencast
On 14 June 2016, I gave this presentation on The E-Learning Explosion at the Spark Conference in Amsterdam. https://youtu.be/yEvcq7GlwsA
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