Keynote Speaker

Inspiring insights and practical tips that lead to action?

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Experience scientifically proven speaking techniques.
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No cloudy words and complexity, but concrete insights.
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Full of energy and going into action with a WOW feeling.
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Recognized

In-depth content knowledge and expertise within the field.
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Unique

Discover the secrets of the most successful companies.
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Interactive

Presentations that automatically activate and engage the audience.

“I had asked Gust to give a presentation on cognitive biases. By asking targeted questions in advance, he was able to connect well with our needs. The result was an interactive workshop in which theory was combined with real-life examples and a subsequent assignment. The communication with Gust was pleasant and smooth, also during the workshop he knew how to keep the attention of the participants. As far as we are concerned, a positive experience.”

Nathalie Brandt

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

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About Me

“Knowledge is potential power”

Urgency + Entertainment = purposeless.

Entertainment + Content = irrelevant.

Urgency + Content = boring.

Urgency + Entertainment + Content = Power.

In both small and large companies, in business and consumer markets, I have helped companies grow as a Growth Consultant and Head of Business Innovation.
Within these roles, I have:
Spent millions of dollars in marketing budgets.
Conducted hundreds of experiments.
Contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars in sales.
Won 4 (inter)national professional awards.

What distinguishes growth companies from shrinking companies? Over time, those patterns become apparent.

Those patterns can also be found in countless books, articles and models.
My goal? To effectively convey the right patterns to the right people to bring about meaningful change.

7+ years experience in marketing

Subjects

What are you looking for?

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Business-Driven Marketing

8 Steps to Smart Marketing Management

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Proven marketing management methodology.
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A process that naturally leads to the desired results.
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Marketing as the primary driver of business growth.
Choose BDM
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S.N.I.P.E.

5-Step Process for Rapid Experimentation Cycles

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Discover the cause behind your growth bottlenecks.
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Effectively brainstorm and prioritize solutions.
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Scientific approach to experimentation.
Choose S.N.I.P.E.
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Goal-Setting

Setting realistic and inspiring goals

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Goals that make your too team put their shoulders to the wheel.
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Learn how to truly set SMART goals.
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Do’s and dont’s in setting effective goals.
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Strategy

Your roadmap to success

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Translating your vision and goals into a concrete plan.
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Common mistakes in creating an effective strategy.
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Ensuring the strategy is agile and correctly executed
Choose Strategy
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Data Literacy & Intelligence

Make data work for you

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How Business & Market Intelligence work together.
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Interpreting, analyzing and visualizing data correctly.
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From gut feeling to data-informed and data-driven.
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Cognitieve Biases in Data

Avoid thinking errors

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Increase the reliability of your data and insights.
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Discover how unconscious errors creep into your work.
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Build and maintain a strong data-driven culture.
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Artificial Intelligence

Work 10x Smarter with AI

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What AI can or will mean for you and your business.

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How you can best start applying AI in your business.

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Practical tips, do’s and dont’s in using AI.
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Brand & Customer Experience

Brand & Customer Experience

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The importance of asking and processing feedback.
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Common mistakes in customer experience.
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Take your business to the next level with a concrete plan.
Choose Brand & Customer Exp.
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TAM SAM SOM & Decision-Making Unit

Verzilver je marktpotentieel

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Segmenting your market into manageable parts.
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The most efficient and effective Go-To-Market Strategy.
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Do’s/dont’s in defining market segments and target audiences.
Choose TAM SAM SOM & DMU
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Cialdini Principes

Art of Persuasion Unleashed

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Brain-friendly influencing with proven tactics.
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Which principles are best to apply and when.
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The trade-off between short-term and long-term results.
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Customer Journey Mapping

Know Your Customer Journey

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Find out how people really become customers or why not.
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Common mistakes in directing your customer journey.
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Find out which in stages you are under- or over-represented.
Choose Cust. Journey Mapping
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Product-Market Fit

Finding Your Market Fit

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Enthusiastic clients in a market with great potential.
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Discover the bottleneck of your market, product or customers.
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Do’s and dont’s in reaching Product-Market Fit.
Choose Product-Market Fit

Is your topic not listed? Ask about the possibilities and get in touch.

Internationally recognized with 4 prizes and 11 podiums

View my work at Fingerspitz with JohnBeerens.com, Bruynzeel Keukens and Lampidee.

Global Digital Excellence Awards (GDEA)
iab mixx awards (ima)
Experimentation Elite Awards (EEA)
Dutch Search Awards (DSA)
Effective Digital Marketing Awards (EDMA)
Audience

Question: “is this for you?”

It’s not for you if…
You expect a keynote to be the magic solution to all your business problems.
You are not open to new perspectives and ideas that differ from your current thinking.
You prefer to stay in old, familiar patterns without the will to change.
You expect motivation alone to be enough without taking further action.
It’s for you if…
You are looking for inspiring, grounded and immediately applicable insights.
You believe in the power of clear and understandable communication without unnecessary complexity.
You want to invest in the development of your audience or employees with new perspectives and knowledge.
You want to make a lasting impact on your audience or colleagues with proven speaking techniques.
Action

Book an inspiring keynote speaker?

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No vague language and complicated concepts, but clear insights.
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Discover the effectiveness of scientifically proven speaking techniques.
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Get straight to work with a bucket of energy and valuable information.
* Without obligations
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can you customize presentations based on our specific needs?
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