Welcome to the Zestee blog - this is portfolio of my work as well as a a treasure trove of more than 15 years of my favourite topics, articles, resources, book reviews, summaries of events I've been to and more. You can navigate by scrolling, or via the category and archive dropdowns in the sidebar … Continue reading Welcome to the Zestee Blog
I've been teaching for 11 years now in Higher Education, and a few years before that in training. It's important to me that students enjoy my classes and find them useful. Inclusion is something I focus on, and it can be really difficult to ensure that all students have an optimal experience. Alongside that, I'm … Continue reading Teaching Feedback examples and thoughts
Hello! I'm Renee, an actual human - this is NOT an AI generated article. I'm a university lecturer (at The Hague University of Applied Sciences) and AI Literacy trainer. In this series, I'm experimenting with Google Notebook LM. Have you tried it yet? You'll need a Google account, and then can start here: https://notebooklm.google.com/ I'll … Continue reading AI & Tech Tools: Google Notebook LM
The Hague International Centre marked its 15th anniversary with a celebratory gathering at Greens Restaurant and Garden in The Hague on 25 September 2025. The afternoon brought together partners, stakeholders and community members to highlight THIC's long-standing role in supporting internationals and strengthening the city’s international community. As I was teaching that day, I was … Continue reading Celebrating 15 years The Hague International Centre
This Sydney Morning Herald article from 2005 gives a snapshot of where we were two decades ago: This article urged schools to not ban technology but to embrace it as a tool of the trade. Interestingly enough, now 20 years later, my 16 year old daughter’s school just banned phones in school. This came after … Continue reading Two decades of tech in education
On 11th September 2025, I attended the Unknown Community Celebration at Titaan in The Hague. This event brought together founders, students, and changemakers to reflect on achievements from the past year and look ahead to future impact. The afternoon focused on connection, inspiration, and strengthening the ecosystem that supports entrepreneurs. Like the 2024 Unknown Campus … Continue reading 2025 Unknown Community Celebration The Hague
🚀 Applications Open: Neurodiversity Research Fellows Program 2025-2026🌍At the Neurodiversity Foundation, we believe every mind brings unique strengths, insights, and value to the world. To spotlight and empower the next generation of researchers, we’ve launched the Research Fellows Program — a space where passion meets purpose, and ideas become impactful change.✨ First introduced in September … Continue reading 2025-26 Neurodiversity Foundation Research Fellows
I just joined up for this today (31 August 2025) via a link on my Chat GPT account. I needed to enter my DOB and got this welcome screen: Interesting to just click around, I feel like I'm in a surreal art gallery. When trying to create a video randomly, I can't use my business … Continue reading AI & Tech Tools: Sora
I actually can't remember where I first came across this, but have recently started a free online course for entrepreneurs. It's aimed at those in The Hague, but I believe is accessible for everyone. You can sign up here: https://learn.acceleratorsquared.com/ I still have to take the time to go through and complete it, but it … Continue reading Accelerator Squared The Hague – free online course for entrepreneurs
Yesterday, I met up with one of my AI inspirations, Fleur Prince, at The Hague Tech. I first met Fleur when she gave an AI presentation at the WBII on Unleashing the Potential of AI in Business and have worked with her since on several AI related projects, including Alumni & AI events and THT … Continue reading United Nations AI for Good
In many of my workshops, I've started with an activity that I created a few years ago from an idea I had when preparing for a personal branding workshop. I've then developed further and used for various workshops on topics like (neuro)diversity and inclusion, networking and even just as an icebreaker. Usually participants have never … Continue reading First Impressions Who Am I Activity
At The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS), students are regularly invited to share their views on important themes that shape their education and future careers. In December 2024, the THUAS student panel was asked about their experiences with AI and digitalisation — a topic that is rapidly becoming part of everyday life in classrooms, workplaces, and … Continue reading Exploring AI and Digitalisation at THUAS – student survey in December 2024
In July 2025, I shared this photo with Chat GPT (free version) with the simple prompt: Please tell me 10 things about my photo related to my identity Considering I teach personal branding and often do a Who Am I activity with students who have just met me, I was curious to see what response … Continue reading My identity according to AI
For the 2nd year, I taught in the summer school @ The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Again I had the pleasure of working with Mandy. One of my favourite things is the diversity in this group. This year our field trip was to The Hague Tech. For more information: https://www.thuas.com/programmes/exchange-programmes-other-courses/hague-summer-school
On 6 June 2025, I visited the Gen Z Expo, being held where I work at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Organised by Community Z, The Gen Z Expo was advertised as connecting young professionals, business leaders, HR experts & changemakers to explore Gen Z's key challenges & opportunities. Though I'm not a huge … Continue reading 2025 Gen Z Expo @ THUAS
On the 19th June 2025, I had a great time at The Hague Tech Grand Opening. Though the organisation is now 8 years old, in January, they moved to a new location at Waldorpstraat 5, in the Post NL building. This is very convenient for me personally as it's just a few minutes walk from … Continue reading The Hague Tech Grand Opening
On Friday 13th June 2025, I enjoyed attending Den Haag Inspireert (The Hague Inspires) @ the Fokker Terminal. I've been several times to this annual event and always enjoy seeing the showcase of amazing entrepreneurial ideas in our city. https://youtu.be/YrKOATUs6Jw?feature=shared The afternoon offered a combination of workshops, presentations, awards and networking. A translation of the … Continue reading 2025 Den Haag Inspireert / The Hague Inspires
Most people have heard of the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Last week (5 June 2025) I learned about the IDGs (Inner Development Goals). Have you heard of these? I highly recommend looking into them! This session was offered by the ESC IDG Hub: The ESC IDG Hub is a collaborative initiative designed to enrich systemic … Continue reading Inner Development Goals (IDGs) Inspiration Session
I've observed a lot of criticism of social media and communication in the last decade or more, especially in terms of the flood of information coming at us daily. To some extent I agree, we deal with literally thousands and thousands of messages daily via all different mediums. How much is actually relevant? In this … Continue reading How important communication can be in reducing stress and understanding what is really happening
This week, I attended an incredibly thought-provoking event. The promotional text is below: From Griefbots to Personalized AI Twins: Mapping the Ethical Landscape of Digital Duplicates. This talk introduces a new taxonomy for digital duplicates based on two key factors: whether they represent the living or deceased and whether they were created with consent. The … Continue reading Digicampus: From Griefbots to Personalized AI Twins @ The Hague Tech (04 June 2025)
I will be attending this event on behalf of The Hague Online: Join an evening of experience-sharing and networking at the Women Founders’ Table & Dinner, hosted by Female Ventures Delft/The Hague in collaboration with Women in Tech Netherlands and Dirkjan Hupkes, host of Women Disrupting Tech, Hotel voco The Hague as well as the Ireland Netherlands Business Association (INBA) and Embassy of Ireland. … Continue reading Female Ventures Founders Table and Dinner The Hague (04 June 2025)
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