On Saturday 12 April 2025, I attended the TEDx The Hague Salon event at The Social Hub. Ana and team did a great job at running a very popular event. Even though it was a gorgeous, sunny day (rare enough in the Netherlands that most people want to be outside!) there was still 45 people … Continue reading TEDx The Hague Salon (12 April 2025)
On Wednesday 29 December 2023, I attended the TEDx Amsterdam Women event. Below are screenshots of the TEDx Amsterdam Women website for their 2023 speakers....please visit their website (link below) for more information. Society runs on codes that govern how we see things, how we work, how society functions. But these codes aren’t equal for … Continue reading TEDx Amsterdam Women
On 6 June 2019 I again had the absolute pleasure of attending TEDxDelft. This was my 6th TEDxDelft event, and the 12th live TEDx event I've attended in the Netherlands. Each is different but they are all fantastic. I attended with one of my close friends, Steffi, who has been to TEDx events with me … Continue reading 2019 TEDxDelft
The Road to the TEDx Stage Exclusive Event Masterclass, TEDx Panel and Boring to Brilliant Book Launch Barbara Rogoski, Senior TEDx speaker coach, invites you to her exclusive event where you can learn the insider secrets for how YOU can bring your story to the TEDx stage. By attending, you will: join a masterclass to learn the … Continue reading The Road to the TEDx Stage Masterclass Amsterdam
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. Â You can navigate by scrolling, or via the category and archive dropdowns in the sidebar … Continue reading Welcome to the Zestee Blog
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.
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
The 2017 TEDxAmsterdamED event was inspiring, educational and FUN! Â For full details of the day, along with recordings of the talks, visit the official website here:Â http://tedxamsterdamed.nl As I'm writing this a while after the event, they have also already published their after movie: https://youtu.be/a8YPOigboHI Here's my memories of the day.... I arrived early on a … Continue reading 2017 TEDxAmsterdamED
TEDxAmsterdamWomen was held on 28 October 2016. Â 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! Â The theme was "Unravelled - The story behind the story". Â You can view all the talks here: http://www.tedxamsterdamwomen.nl/ted-talks/ … Continue reading 2016 TEDxAmsterdamWomen
The 2016 TEDxAmsterdamED event, held on 20 April 2016 at the Theater Amsterdam, had the fabulous theme "Born to Learn". The speakers were: Dolores Leeuwin Karolina Stawinska Jelmer Evers Christ Sigaloff Kinderpersbureau Jurrien Mentink Christine Wank Roshan Paul Birte ten Hoopen Laine Liberti and Miro Siegel Andre Platteel Michel Visser Daniel Haven Nathalie Lecina Jacqueline … Continue reading 2016 TEDxAmsterdamED
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
Da Vinci was known for his universal genius and we are celebrating that and our five year anniversary at TEDxDelft 2016. Celebrate things that are amazing, wonderful, weird, cool and genius. There will be a full day of speakers who have ideas ranging from curing cancer to fixing the music industry. Alongside, we host numerous … Continue reading How Better To Celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday Than At TEDxDelft
On 29 May 2015, TEDxDelftWomen was held at the Rietveld Theater from 12:30-20:30. Â It was a fantastic event, with lots of inspiration. Â This event grew out of a LeanIn group that I was a part of in 2014. Â At those meetings, the women present shared their stories, and we came to realise how strong and … Continue reading 2015 TEDxDelftWomen
As well as the major almost-annual TEDxDelft events, there have a been a number of smaller TEDxDelft Salon events. I've attended a few of these in 2015: https://www.tedxdelft.nl/tag/tedxdelft-salon/ I'm fortunate enough to know the following two amazing ladies personally: Nan Deadorff-Mclain shared her story about art in the city (unfortunately the audio/video doesn't work after about … Continue reading 2015 TEDxDelft Salon
The 2015 TEDxDelft was the 4th live TEDx event I have attended and was held at TU Delft on 27 February 2015. Â Though I'm writing this post sometime later, I remember it being yet another inspiring event. Â The theme was "Let's Make Things Beta!". Â You can visit the 2015 TEDxDelft link for a full list … Continue reading 2015 TEDxDelft
On 7 November 2014, I attended TEDxLeiden. Â The experience started as soon as we arrived where we were given headphones that guided us into the event. I attended with Manuela Damant and we met up with The theme was abundance and the speakers were: Bruno van den Elshout Janice Deul Minke Vorstenbosch Willem Ferwerda Lianne … Continue reading 2014 TEDxLeiden
I've long been a TEDx fan and was absolutely over the moon when Barbara Rogoski called to offer me the opportunity to attend the 2013 Tedx Amsterdam Women event. Â Luckily the timing was just right - it was held on December 6th, 2013 - the day before I flew to Australia to visit my family … Continue reading 2013 TEDx Amsterdam Women
The theme for the 2013 TEDxDelft was "Do try this at home".  A full day of inspirational speakers shared their ideas with us on 4 October 2013 at the TU Delft AULA. My own 2013 TEDxDelft photo album is here along with photos of the outdoor side event. You can find a full list of the … Continue reading 2013 TEDx Delft
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