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Shouty Sensationalist: Bye Bye Facebook

A Dutch TV show has sparked discussions in the Netherlands this week with a call for Dutch people to say "bye bye" to Facebook and leave the platform.  Ironically, this has been extensively shared on Facebook, with a Facebook event encouraging people to cut off their accounts at 8pm local time, today 11 April 2018. … Continue reading Shouty Sensationalist: Bye Bye Facebook

2018 WEF (Women Economic Forum) The Hague

On 8-9 March 2018, the WEF (Women Economic Forum) was held in The Hague, the Netherlands.  Around 250 participants from 50 countries delivered and attended 70 sessions with a theme of "Women Empowering Agriculture, Circular Economy, Sustainability and Cyber Security". Due to work commitments on the morning of the 8th and then unfortunately being sick … Continue reading 2018 WEF (Women Economic Forum) The Hague

2018 MFMC Full time Professional Skills Classes

On Wednesday 14 February and Wednesday 14 March, Manuela Damant and delivered two full day classes to the full time MFMC (Masters in Financial Management and Control) students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, covering the following topics: Personal Branding Presentation Skills Negotiation Skills Networking Skills These classes were held on the main campus. We really … Continue reading 2018 MFMC Full time Professional Skills Classes

2018 TEDxDelft

I'm a live TEDx addict and 2018 TEDxDelft (22 March 2018) was the 11th live event I have attended. It didn't disappoint, with an impressive line up of speakers delivering yet another inspiring day, again held at TU Delft's AULA. At time of writing, the programme can be seen here: https://www.tedxdelft.nl/programme/ (Depending on when you are reading this, … Continue reading 2018 TEDxDelft

LinkedIn Local Den Haag (The Hague) February 2018

As the video below describes "All around the world, something wonderful is happening.  People are building beautiful connections on LinkedIn and now those connections are meeting face to face at local LinkedIn events.  Image the collaboration, opportunities and fun that you could have meeting your LinkedIn connections F2F or making new connections F2F".  I'm a … Continue reading LinkedIn Local Den Haag (The Hague) February 2018

2016 IBMS IMC (International Marketing Communication)

From 2016-2017, I was one of the lecturers in the IMC - International Marketing Communication or Integrated Marketing Communication. Description from the study guide: This course presents the techniques, supporting theories and the strategic and tactical decision making processes involved in integrated marketing communications. Integrated marketing communications means integrating all promotional tools along with other … Continue reading 2016 IBMS IMC (International Marketing Communication)

2017 Fellow Rotterdam Google Digital Workshop

On 23 November 2017, I had the absolute pleasure of delivering the Google "offline Digital Workshop" to a delightful group of young students and entrepreneurs of Fellow Rotterdam.  This programme is part of a project offered via a partnership of Google with digital agency How & Knower, offering students throughout the Netherlands and Belgium the … Continue reading 2017 Fellow Rotterdam Google Digital Workshop

2017 Google Digital Marketing Workshops University of Amsterdam

Google offers digital marketing workshops at higher education institutions throughout the Netherlands in partnership with digital training agency, How and Knower.  You can read more here (in Dutch): https://howknower.nl/digitale-werkplaats This programme is part of the Grow with Google initiative, supporting students and business owners to increase their digital skills.  Also called the “Digital Garage” there is … Continue reading 2017 Google Digital Marketing Workshops University of Amsterdam

2017 Google Digital Marketing Workshops Tilburg University

I recently had the the pleasure of delivering two workshops at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, as part of a Google Digital Marketing programme: Day 1 of 2: 27 September 2017: Digital Customer Journey, SEO Day 2 of 2: 11 October 2017: SEA, Google Analytics This programme is part of the Grow with Google initiative, supporting … Continue reading 2017 Google Digital Marketing Workshops Tilburg University

How can elearning enhance study success at THUAS? Executive summary

Below is the executive summary of my MICM Masters "How can elearning enhance study success at The Hague University of Applied Sciences?". Research was conducted at THUAS from January-June 2017 and you can read more about that here.  Would you like to know more?  Please contact me. Renee ------- Learning has always been about capturing … Continue reading How can elearning enhance study success at THUAS? Executive summary

Google Digital Workshops Offline: Joining the How and Knower Team

After spending the last 2 years juggling working part time at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and also completing my Masters there part-time, I've had limited availability for freelance work via Zestee.  However now I've graduated from my Masters, I'm excited to start a new freelance project: presenting the Google Digital Workshop at universities … Continue reading Google Digital Workshops Offline: Joining the How and Knower Team

What is Periscope and Meerkat and why should I care?

I've been a social media specialist for many years now and Periscope is a brand new social platform that has all of my peers and I super excited.  Here are a few of my notes: "I've not been so excited about a social platform in....forever" says Kim Garst from Boom Social. It's something that allows … Continue reading What is Periscope and Meerkat and why should I care?

A list of Cloud Storage Tech Tools

Not so long ago, storage options for your digital files looked like this. Are you old enough, like me, to remember floppy discs?! Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Then we moved on to CDs, and USB's and external hard drives. Now, it's probably the most common to use cloud storage. Here's a list of a … Continue reading A list of Cloud Storage Tech Tools

2017 The Hague Awards

Yesterday, I attended The Hague Awards, which even further enhanced the pride I have of settling in this great city. This "city of three names", (also known as Den Haag and 's Gravenshage in Dutch) continues to grow as a world-class international city, and is a fantastic place to visit, live and work.  The awards recognised … Continue reading 2017 The Hague Awards