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
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
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
9 & 10 October | The Social Hub Amsterdam City Amidst rapid technologisation, polarisation, the climate crisis, and burnout, it can be easy to sink into apathy and despair. But now is the time to gather and find agency, to do something: We need to transform society's social fabric. How? By listening, nurturing, and repairing our … Continue reading 2024 Society 5.0 Festival Amsterdam
In July/August 2024, I took just over a month's holiday...in Australia! It was the summer holidays in The Hague but my family lives on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, and it was wonderful to see them for the first time in 2 years. My two daughters came with me, my eldest has just finished high … Continue reading 2024 Summer/Winter holidays
This was the title of the speech I gave at the Toastmasters Area Contest last week in Tilburg, The Netherlands. We've all been inundated with the term "AI" in the previous months, so I decided to write a speech sharing my own journey of recently deciding that I would consciously shift from AI Anxiety to … Continue reading From AI Anxiety to AI Optimism
As part of the International Week for the BFM students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, we recently had the wonderful opportunity to listen in to a series of lectures. On 30 January 2024, Dr Liliya Terzieva gave a really interesting lecture about Why do networks fail and what can we do to reverse … Continue reading Why do networks fail and what can we do to reverse this process? Dr Liliya Terzieva lecture.
Volunteer The Hague offer a great opportunity a couple of times a year for those looking for opportunities to volunteer with not for profit organisations in The Hague, in English. At this edition on Saturday 18 November, 2023, I was one of the keynote speakers, and gave a half hour presentation on "LinkedIn" Top tips … Continue reading Volunteer The Hague Mix & Match Fair
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The Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the #sdgs #globalgoals #UNglobalgoals or #developmentgoals are a framework set by the United Nations, set in 2015 with a target of guiding global development towards 2030. How much do you know about these and how are you involved?
On Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th June 2019, I had the amazing experience of attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (#GES2019) in The Hague, the Netherlands. Co-hosted by the governments of the United States and the Netherlands, it showcased the depth and breadth of innovations that are improving lives around the world, and the critical role … Continue reading 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit
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
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