i'm going to the sprout challengerday 2007! just received the confirmation!
today i had a meeting with job ten bosch from debatrix (here with nard buijs) @ the urban espresso bar in the heart of rotterdam. it was fun! and i had the pleasure to see his face when i could get his hands on the nrc newspaper of today.
yesterday i had a pretty frantic day with a rocky start.
a few minutes ago i received a conformation email of sacha soeters (1 of the co organisers of the rotterdam community meetings) that we are more than welcome to host a new offline xing / linkedin / ecademy/ rotterdam community meeting the 11th of october 2007 in grand café engels. thanx sacha!
later on i will post the invititaion and details on this meeting!
https://www.xing.com/profile/sacha_soeters/https://www.xing.com/profile/johan_brekelmans/https://www.xing.com/profile/frans_vandermeer/https://www.xing.com/profile/etienne_petit2/https://www.xing.com/profile/edgar_neo/
today i had a meeting with the founders of stichting frequency foundation rotterdam, bureau mentorraad of the obr @ my virtual office (the orange flagshipstore in the centre of rotterdam). and after a very pleasant meeting we signed a contract with eachother. so now it's official: i'm the mentor of stichting frequency foundation rotterdam!
after my early departure on the emerce eday 2007 and after a short visit i payed @ the sso masterclass, i headed back to the emerce eNight @ the thalia.
today i'm visiting the emerce eday. i
today i will be the host of the entrepreneurs game called xlx. it will be played @ a school called zadkine. i am very curious of te quality of the students....
ever wondered how the most succesful incubator of europe (and after china the best of the world) , BViT, looks like @ the inside? and how the city of the hague transformed an old cigarette manufacturing plant the caballero fabriek (caballero factory) in 1 of the most booming creative crossmedia hubs of the netherlands? than feel welcome and visit us this 14th of september.
within the hour i'll have an interview on the local radiostation called den haag fm (the hague fm). the interview is about the open office of the 'caballerofabriek' (caballero factory), the caballero fabriek itself and the role of BViT as europe's most succesful incubator for starting enterprises....
i almost forgot! the hub foundation NL is live!
because we are running the BViT incubator as a family (because we believe in clustered incubation being a part of our succes formula), we ask every future familymember to give a presentation / tell more about themselves and their business. today kees jan koster of kjkoster.org gave a presentation.
het is in het engels maar ik wilde jullie het niet onthouden!
enjoy!
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Freedom Management by Chantal Klaver (3SSB)
Rain was sadly dropping from the trees. The 26th of July. You would have expected better weather. Especially because it was the kick of for Summer Carnival in Rotterdam. Privileged of being invited to the Xing Rotterdam Community summer meeting, I went happily to see old contacts again. But who could have guessed this evening would be a turning point in my life…
The old contacts were there, of course. But at a Xing meeting, in the environment of the Maas Beach, sensual music and beautiful people, the unexpected could be expected. What’s a beach party (even a network Beach Party) without a matching feeling. So drop off the high heels and turn on you flip flops to make it a night to remember.
Dancing, a glass of wine, chit chatting about what keeps you busy, a lot of laughs and a midnight Suriname snack. This was more of a party then a serious network meeting. Nevertheless, it turned out I didn’t need to have a serious surrounding to start a business wise serious relationship. Common interests and the agreement to meet each other again turned out to be the kick off for not only cooperative projects, but also a meaningful personal change.
After thanking him for spamming, Edgar was the first to meet again. A bit uptight and curious about what to come, I went for a joined dinner. Impressive and seeing right through her, he made me somehow nervous. How can someone – anyone – make another person feel comfortable and nervous in a heartbeat?
I am always desperate in charge of my feelings. Business and personal were supposed to be two separate worlds. After some meltdowns, I was convinced that mixing it up would cause major problems. It wasn’t easy to change my mind, but somehow Edgar managed to open my mind for some kind of mix. And introduced me to people worth mixing.
The second one in line was Cornelis. Passionate about diving and sailing, he made a career out of it. His goal in life, for everyone to be perfectly happy. He truly inspired me with his way of thinking. He wants to be near people he loves and care about, people he can trust. Cornelis also felt no need at all to separate professional and private life, on the contrary. He’d rather worked with people he liked to have in his personal life as well. So he decided to invite a group of trainers to show them another way of training.
Marvin was the third impressing man I got to know better because of the Xing meeting, also a trainer. Busy as hell, but never too busy to make time for you. As a person he’s interested in other human beings. His heart in the right place, working hard and enjoying life at its fullest. Therefore, he was invited for the trip to Turkey.
And what kind of a trip. Business and change workshops would be excellent on a sailing or training ship. A training on a ship turns out to be a perfect surrounding to support and strengthen upcoming changes in groups, equip them with new professional skills, and develop a new dynamic community for ongoing activities. And I can’t think of very many other beautiful and perfect settings besides Turkey.
The trip to Turkey was amazing. The content was superior, but nevertheless undermined by the spirit of the participants. The process on a ship is amazing. I already told Cornelis about my study “Vrijetijdsmanagement” (Leisure Management). However, introducing me to the other participants he translated it as Freedom management. I met wonderful people to experience it with. Nathalie, Dieter, Etham, old Captain Memmed and of course the special crew. Cornelis said it right, Freedom Management turned out to be the feeling and integrated theme of the week.
Because of Xing and the Events being organised, I met wonderful people. At least three special man, all successful in every way I can imagine. Or no, I could better say, successful in every way they can imagine. They inspired me to Freedom Management. Thank you for giving me another point of view.
The three monkeys apply ;-)
a little while ago came up with the idea of starting a podcasting
but when i started @ one of the world's most successful incubators called bvit (in the hague netherlands) and had a chat with rogier hof i instantly felt a warm feeling when he started telling 'bout why he began froodi and what is vision is about podcasting, personal profiling, etc. i had a deja vu!
although it's summer that doesn't mean that i'm able to enjoy a break ;-)
