Trend Network Researcher

• Aug 2023 - Present

Trend Network Researcher

• Jan 2021 - Aug 2023

• 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞: Spotting changes in society and sharing/discussing them with +800 other trend-driven innovators around the world. • 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮: Because of this network, I have access to the first innovations, tools and models to analyse change. Besides that, I am connected to experts from various fields, who are willing to share their knowledge. • 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞: This network helps me validate my work and insights as a social innovator. • 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Trendwatching.com is a consumer trend firm that is purpose-built to inspire, guide and empower future-focused professionals worldwide. #Trends | #Innovation | #UnderstandingChange | #QualitativeResearch | #Networking Show less

Social Researcher & Designer

• Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

• (𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝: "Why do 45% of the Latin American High School Students (LAHSS) do not graduate?" & "How can Teach The Future (TTF) spread their mission differently?" • 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Project management, cross-dimensional market and audience research, trend analysis, design-thinking, planning, networking, and visual communication. • 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬: "Estu-Red": catchy stickers - connected to an online platform - that highlight local success stories and initiatives to provide them emotional support and learning opportunities. These are crucial ingredients, comparing students who do graduate to those who didn't. • 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: TTF is an innovator within the education sector that pleads to bring futures thinking - modern world skills - to schools and students around the world. • 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 watch the attached presentation or reach out to me. "𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 🌟" Thus, communication coordinator and trend expert Els Dragt. #Education | #LatinAmerica |#QualitativeResearch | #DesignThinking | #Trend&MarketResearch | #EmotionalWellbeing | #QualityOfLife | #Desk&FieldResearch | Show less

Social Researcher & Designer

• Oct 2018 - Aug 2020

• (𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝: “How can we contribute to the mental wellbeing of people dealing with cancer?” & "How can it become more accessible for the target group to make use of our services?" • 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Project management, cross-dimensional market and audience research, trend analysis, design-thinking, planning, networking, and visual communication. • 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬: "Binder" which is a telephone service for and by people that deal(t) with cancer. It provides low-key and personalised support through single (anonymous) calls or multiple conversations where they are matched to a buddy. The clients' response to Binder: "𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵: 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦." • 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Cancer institute Inloophuis De Eik (IDE) provides social-emotional help. "𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 (𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺) 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘯." Thus, ex-coordinator Inez Olivier. #Cancer | #QualitativeResearch | #DesignThinking | #EmotionalWellbeing | #QualityOfLife Show less

Social Influencer

• Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

• 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: providing stories, qualitative photos, and tips about traveling Central America (creative travel content). This was used to create blogs and content for the socials of GGD's community under the hashtag #prikjereismetlorette. • 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: The Common Health Service, GGD, is one of the Netherlands' most prominent health organisations. • 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠: https://www.ggdreisvaccinaties.nl/blog/lorette-blogt-haar-eerste-reistips "𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢. 𝘎𝘎𝘋𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴." Reviews Anja Buntsma, project manager of GGD. #Influencing | #Writing | #Photography | #SocialMedia | #Networking | #LatinAmerica Show less

Assistent ACI International

• Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

• 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Creating and guiding the study trips of 2018 for the 2th-year-students of the study Trend Research and Concept Creation in Lifestyle. • 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Creating and guiding the study trips of 2018 for the 2th-year-students of the study Trend Research and Concept Creation in Lifestyle.

Door to Door Sales Agent & Fundraiser

• Dec 2016 - May 2017

As a door-to-door fundraiser and sales agent at SQPeople Tilburg, I recruited donors for reputable charities including Oxfam Novib, Wilde Ganzen, and the Kika cancer foundation. I leveraged skills in: • Persuasive communication: Speaking compellingly to secure donations. I quickly built rapport and tailored my pitch. • Adaptability: Adjusting my story to connect with each donor. • Motivation: Consistently exceeding goals. I ranked top 15 out of 30 fundraisers within my first month. • Problem-solving: Countering concerns professionally. • Development: Improving through communication and counterargument trainings. • Teamwork: Brainstorming approaches with colleagues. Through relationship-building, communication, and adaptability, I expanded my professional skills. This experience developed talents I continue applying in my career. Show less