Reviews
"Personal, honest and learning by doing. The training of Marije is amazing and gives you the right tools to tell a great story. Everybody can tell an amazing story with her help and guidance. The only feedback: can we please have more time and more training!"
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Jitteke van 't Hek
IT Lead Personal Banking
"We have been working with Marije
for several years now, and it has been a great experience. Aside from an important personal connection, I am struck by how well she is able to create a safe environment. In practice, public speaking is often perceived as quite daunting. That safe environment is therefore crucial for the success and personal growth of the participant."
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Marcel Tjepkema
Founder Open Business Leaders
"It was a fantastic experience with Marije. In a very professional way, she prepared me both contentwise as how to deliver my message. Everything with a tinge of humour. Marije provided me with the tools to made me enter the stage full of self-confidence."
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Coco Chloë Aarts
Communications Director
"Marije knows what she’s doing. I’m an experienced speaker and was ready to go a level deeper and learn new things—and that’s exactly what happened. With her ability to create a safe environment and help people open up and go deeper, she’s left a lasting impression on me."
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Mike Out
Founder & CEO
"Marije helped me feel at home on stage. What stood out to me was her ability to bring structure and make my presentations more engaging. Her approach builds confidence, and she provides honest feedback. In no time, we elevated my masterclasses to the next level.
Nils Pauwels
Founder
"Marije is an incredibly professional and experienced speaker trainer and I loved how invested she was in helping me grow.
By asking exactly the right questions, she quickly figured out where my real challenges were. She helped me not only shape my story and get my core message clear, but also with how to better connect with my audience.
Thanks to her guidance, I saw a clear shift in how I showed up as a speaker. I felt more grounded, intentional, and impactful when presenting. A learning that I hope to carry forward in my career."
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Mery Noa Bendahan
Senior Tech Product Manager
"Marije is amazing at quickly grasping the core message and helps me structure presentations while making the story deeply personal. She has inspiring ideas, is pragmatic, and works from the heart.
I think she’s outstanding."
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Irene Flotman
Managing Director
"I’ve been speaking in front of groups for years – from my own team to external audiences – and I truly enjoy it. Still, I believed there was room for improvement: engaging my audience more actively in my story.
By preparing speeches together and consistently putting the audience at the center (“What do they need to know?” “What do you want them to believe?”), I began to see my role as a speaker differently.
Marije’s enthusiasm, sharp eye, and focused feedback helped me structure my stories more clearly – with more coherence and more space to stay true to myself. It wasn’t so much what I said, but how I said it that made the difference."
Marijn Leijten
CEO
"Marije'e energy and positivity are contagious. She created such an encouraging environment where I felt safe to practice and grow. Her insightful feedback was tailored to my specific challenges. The personal approach truly helped with my growth. Thanks so much for all your support Marije!"
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Christina Bender
People & Employee Wellbeing
"I loved her approach- she helped me to strip back messaging to allow me to build it in my own, authentic way, through storytelling. She helped me to figure out how I could get my message across in the most impactful and compelling way possible.
Public speaking is something that is a challenge to many of us, regardless of where we are in our career, but which is so impactful when done well. Marije makes it accessible. Building self-believe and confidence whilst not shying away from the potentially scary reality. Thanks to her support, I’ve actually started to enjoy it.
Chief Legal Officer
International Tech Company
"I came to Marije for support in preparing for a role as a moderator, and I wanted to make sure I was well prepared. I wasn’t exactly sure what I needed myself, but she picked up on it right away. She helped me sharpen my story with clear, practical feedback, both on content and stage presence.
Marije creates a safe space where you can practice things that feel a bit scary, with a lot of humour. Because of that, I was able to find my own style while keeping the content authentic. In a short time, I walked away feeling much more confident and with a lot of useful tips I could immediately put into practice."
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Sandra Hovland
Event Moderator
"Personal, honest and learning by doing. The training of Marije is amazing and gives you the right tools to tell a great story. Everybody can tell an amazing story with her help and guidance. The only feedback: can we please have more time and more training!"
Jitteke van 't Hek
IT Lead Personal Banking
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"Marije is a very pleasant, positive, and sharp conversation partner. She’s great at creating connection, and from that connection, she’s able to dive deep effectively. I gained truly valuable insights from our conversations!"
Imen Laroussi
Marketing Communicatie Director
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"Marije has helped me getting my messages across for years now, I leave it up to others to judge if that works ;)
In 2024 Marije also started taking on MT members of our company, which is a multinational midcorp with MT members based across Europe. In this case i can judge the step up, presenting in NRF management has become more impactful."
Frank Toebes
Managing Director
“Relaxed, flexible, knowledgeable, and to the point. Marije has the ability to quickly get to the heart of the question or situation and immediately offer recommendations and practical tips—both in terms of content and execution. It was truly a pleasure working with Marije!"
Nina Schmitz-Kroese
Head of Communications