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On 29 May 2019 the first BASE conference was held in Amsterdam at the Parool Theater, The Student Hotel. BASE was born as an acronym for the four pillars needed to grow a business to the next level: Build (relationships & resources), Advance (sales and marketing), Sustain (profitability and growth) and Elevate (innovation). Co Founders … Continue reading 2019 BASE Conference Amsterdam
On Thursday 28 March 2019, I had the absolute pleasure of talking to members of the Women's Business Initiative International in The Hague about First Impressions Online and LinkedIn. Petra Fisher was scheduled for this presentation, but sadly was sick, so Lisa Hall asked me to step in at the last moment. I was previously … Continue reading 2019 WBII First Impressions on LinkedIn
Two months from today, on 27 September 2018, I'll be attending and speaking at the Rise and Lead Women Summer in The Hague. With an amazing list of speakers, you can grab a great deal on early bird tickets, but still get a bargain on full price tickets if you miss out. Student ticket prices … Continue reading 2018 Rise and Lead Women Summit The Hague
Yesterday (20 June 2018), I had the pleasure of spending time with the FeedbackFruits team and other educators in Amsterdam at the "FeedbackFruits Education Inspiration Day" where I spoke about my own research about "How can elearning enhance study success..." The event was held in the very trendy "FreedomLab" in Amsterdam (yes, that is a … Continue reading 2018 Feedback Fruits Education Inspiration Day Amsterdam
Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of attending the #ideasfromeurope final in The Hague. Two years ago, I attended this event, which was then TEDxBinnenhof. Again it was held in the spectacular #ridderzaal (Knight's Hall) in #thehague. Twelve innovative ideas were showcased, each addressing global challenges: Modern antenatal care, Julien Penders, Bloomlife, Belgium Supporting the development … Continue reading 2018 Ideas from Europe Final, The Hague
TEDx is one of my favourite things. No doubt you've seen the online videos - but I'm also addicted to live events. Here's an ongoing list of the live TEDx events I have attended, so far all in the Netherlands, from 2013-2018. Brief back story - I "almost" made it to an earlier event when … Continue reading I am a live TEDx event addict. Here is why.
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
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
In the past, I've been a member of Toastmasters and found it to be a fantastic way to improve my speaking and leadership skills and confidence. I started as a member of the Young Achievers Toastmasters group in Brisbane, way back in the late 90's, and still have some friends today from that club. One, … Continue reading New Toastmasters communication and leadership group – HUT (The) Hague University Toastmasters
TEDxDelft took place on Friday, April 15, 2016 at the TU Delft Aula Congress Centre. How better to celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday than at TEDxDelft. We got to bling our badges at the beginning and play a Da Vinci party networking game. Da Vinci was known for his universal genius and we celebrated that, … Continue reading 2016 TEDxDelft
Yesterday, 31 March 2016, I had the privilege of attending the 2016 TEDxBinnenhof event. Wow, wow, wow. 24 hours later and my mind is still blown. It was held in a stunning location - the 13th century Ridderzaal (Knight's Hall), and an afterparty on the Hofvijver, with a view over the Mauritshuis and Parliament buildings. … Continue reading 2016 TEDxBinnenhof Ideas from Europe
On the 16th June, 2015, I had the absolute pleasure of attending the 2015 SPARK event in Amsterdam. Despite not feeling well and recovering from a bad cold, I am so glad I went, as I came away feeling energised and inspired. I took a "road trip" from Delft/The Hague with two friends, Manuela of … Continue reading 2015 SPARK Event in Amsterdam
On 29 May 2015, TEDxDelftWomen was held at the Rietveld Theater from 12:30-20:30. It was a fantastic event, with lots of inspiration. This event grew out of a LeanIn group that I was a part of in 2014. At those meetings, the women present shared their stories, and we came to realise how strong and … Continue reading 2015 TEDxDelftWomen
Last night, I attended my fifth live TEDx event – TEDxDelftWomen in Delft, The Netherlands. Organised by friends of mine, Molly Quell, Manuela Damant, Sarah Brown and a whole team of many other great people, it was a fantastic day. The speakers were inspirational and the location – The Rietveld Theater Delft - was large … Continue reading Social Media Strategy for TEDx events: your input requested!
Earlier this month (May 2015), I had the privilege of travelling to Vienna to talk to a group of Advatera's social media managers about elearning and social media. Volker has built the opportunity for European digital managers in a variety of different industries to come together in digital expert groups 3-4 times a year to … Continue reading Advatera presentation in Vienna on elearning and social media
On April 23-25, 2015, I attended The Next Web Europe 2015 Conference in Amsterdam. I was busy tweeting that day and have recently learnt about the Storify app which is a really neat tool to collate tweets and other social media and online posts. //storify.com/Zestee_Renee/2015-tnw-thenextweb-europe-conference/embed?header=false&border=false//storify.com/Zestee_Renee/2015-tnw-thenextweb-europe-conference.js?header=false&border=false[<a href="//storify.com/Zestee_Renee/2015-tnw-thenextweb-europe-conference" target="_blank">View the story "2015 #TNWEurope (TheNextWeb) Conference Day 1" on … Continue reading #TNWEurope The Next Web Europe 2015 Conference Storify Coverage
On Tuesday 3 March 2015, I attended a seminar in Utrecht, The Netherlands about Social Media in Higher Education. It was held in Dutch, so the actual name of the seminar was "Social media als vak" (Social media as a speciality). An English translation of how they promoted the seminar is as follows: That the world … Continue reading Social Media in Higher Education Event Highlights
This year was the first Rotterdam Expat Fair on February 8th, 2015. Colleen Reichrath and Bettine van der Heijden did a great job of organising a professional, informative and fun fair, supported by Heleen van Tholen and Dymphna Elsink. I enjoyed being part of the program and gave a workshop on "Building your Networking in The … Continue reading 2015 Rotterdam Expat Fair Event Highlights
Tonight, 7 February 2015, I had the pleasure of giving a short presentation at the Bloggers and Writers Meetup in The Hague, The Netherlands. Organised by the lovely Catarina of CraftieMum, it was a short but very interesting programme and a good turn out of current and aspiring bloggers. Firstly, she did an introduction and gave … Continue reading Bloggers and writers Meetup The Hague Event Highlights
On 24 November 2014, I attended a Delft business and networking event "De Kracht van Delft" (The Power of Delft). The theme was "creating business" and it was interesting to meet business owners and watch the awards ceremony. It was of course all in Dutch, but I could follow most of it. I also … Continue reading 2014 De Kracht van Delft
