With communities, companies create a stronger, more connected culture that attracts and retains both employees and customers. Be inspired by Maartje Blijleven as a speaker and get actionable tips to start implementing this immediately.
Looking for a highly experienced speaker who knows how to energize and engage the audience?
Maartje speaks on Communities (why they are crucial for professionals and how you can easily leverage them to stay relevant as an individual, professional, and company), Creating Content with AI (take a two-hour journey into the world of AI and learn how to use tools like ChatGPT to create relevant content without losing your unique voice), and Female Leadership (how are we doing in terms of facts and figures? Why is it important? What are examples of inclusive initiatives?).
A selection of Maartje’s talks:
The Power of Communities: Strategic Community Building for Business Growth
Maartje Blijleven’s talk delves into the crucial role of community building in today’s digital age. With her extensive experience at top brands like KLM, Endemol, and Deloitte, she explores how online and offline communities can drive business outcomes. Maartje shares practical insights on creating and maintaining communities that foster genuine connections, trust, and loyalty. She emphasizes the importance of communities during digital transformation and AI advancements, offering practical strategies to use them for improved customer engagement, product co-creation, and brand loyalty. Perfect for marketing and communication professionals looking to harness the full potential of community building.
Workplace Happiness Begins with Communities
In an era where 40% of adults are unhappy and companies struggle to attract and retain talent, Maartje offers practical insights and strategies to promote community building within organizations. With communities, companies create a stronger, more connected culture that attracts and retains both employees and customers. Discover how building a community-first culture can lead to deeper connections, loyalty, and a happier work life, resulting in a win-win-win situation for employees, employers, and customers. Includes practical steps to successfully implement a community-first strategy. Ideal for HR professionals and managers looking to strengthen their team and create a positive, supportive work environment to attract and retain talent.
AI-Content Training: Boost Your Impact with ChatGPT and AI Tools
A dynamic and hands-on training where you’ll learn how to smartly leverage AI tools like ChatGPT to quickly create newsworthy content. Learn how to maintain your unique voice while efficiently producing blogs, newsletters, and social media posts. Both in text and visuals. Maartje demonstrates which prompts work well and provides practical tips for getting started with ChatGPT and other AI tools. Boost your visibility and reach without spending hours on content creation. Ideal for marketing and communication departments looking to optimize their content strategy.
Female Leaders United
In her keynote on female leadership and community building, Maartje Blijleven shares inspiring personal stories and current facts and figures to highlight the current state of female leadership. She emphasizes why it’s crucial to have women in leadership roles, discusses successful inclusive initiatives, and offers practical strategies for building strong networks. With the philosophy “lift as you grow,” Maartje encourages women to support each other and grow together, creating a future where female leaders thrive. Book Maartje for a session full of inspiration, insights, and concrete actions to promote female leadership.
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What others say about Maartje Blijleven as a speaker
“Maartje showed us why now is the right time to use communities to maintain and grow our business. I can highly recommend her.”
“The challenge is to create a meaningful community that offers a win-win situation for both the community leaders and the members. Maartje is truly a thought leader in this field.”
‘Thank you for the great workshop yesterday. You shared a lot of insights with us that will support us in building our community.’
‘Maartje was amazing! Informative, charming, so much energy and used great examples.’
About Maartje Blijleven
Maartje Blijleven (1979) is #1 bestselling author, speaker and digital community strategist for 20+ years for companies such as Endemol, KLM, Peugeot, Deloitte and Facebook. She is known as the ‘queen of communities’ and with her company We love communities, she helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and professionals to be successful thanks to their own online community and business. She is also the founder of the Female Leaders Club: the business club for successful female leaders who make an impact.
She likes to share her learnings and best practices.
Her first management book ‘We love communities’ was number 1 for 27 days in the Management Book bestseller top 100. In recent years, Maartje has done a lot of research into the role of community building within business and interviewed 100+ community leaders from home and abroad. She likes to share her learnings and best practices.
She is currently writing a new English book about the power of communities. With the rise of AI, community building has not become a nice to have, but a need to have. In response to the digital transformation, we need real and genuine connections with like-minded people more than ever. With people we trust. But… We can use AI smartly when we build communities.
Maartje Blijleven as Digital Community Expert at Albert Verlinde, SBS6
Maartje Blijleven about the secret of succesfull communities. (picture: Cross Media Cafe)
Boekingen exclusive represented by Quality Bookings
As a speaker, I am exclusively represented by Quality Bookings. Please contact them for bookings, pricing, and more information. The cost for a speech or masterclass depends on factors such as the briefing, event(s), preparation time, market/audience, location, and the length of the speech. To learn about the investment required to book me as a speaker, reach out to Quality Bookings. Masterclasses and keynote speeches can be delivered in either Dutch or English.