2017's 1st #saleshackerams!

• 18.30-19.00 – Arrive at Optimizely (https://www.optimizely.com/)

• 19.15-19.30 – Introductions from organizers Jon of Twotone Amsterdam (http://twotoneams.nl/) & Tobias of TravelBird (http://www.travelbird.nl).

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• 19:35 - 19:55 – Speaker 1: Arnoud Visser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoudvisser), Sales Development Leader

Arnoud helps companies put together their own Sales Development which best fits their needs and identity.

His specialties include implementing Sales Development (Lead Gen) efforts within a team with everything involved. Since he has gained experience in both marketing and sales sides of organizations, he has a holistic view and think strategically together with the stakeholders and put together a blueprint for growth.

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• 20:00 - 20:20 - Speaker 2: Dan Douglass (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielodouglass?authType=name&authToken=d-Eg&trk=apia109924s118458*&utm_content=buffer792fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer), Co Founder and Partner at The Scale-Up Group (http://thescaleupgroup.com/).

Dan is a creative and curious marketeer with 15 years experience helping organizations grow, launch new products and tap new markets. Irritated by the lack of modern frameworks and resources for today's growth hero, he founded The Scale-Up Group with co-founder Paige Douglass in 2014.
Prior to The Scale-Up Group, was in business development and client success with CEB (author of The Challenger Sale), Caterpillar Inc. and microfinance platform MIX Market.
Ask him about flying over 87K miles in 9 months or seeing the inside of 400 manufacturing plants.

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• 20:25 - 20:45 - Speaker 3: Tara Michael (https://www.linkedin.com/in/taramichael?utm_content=bufferbfa37&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer), Founder at Global Players (http://www.playtheglobe.org/).

Tara Michael, originally from just outside Washington, D.C., traveled to more than 50 countries before settling in Holland the last seven years. Michael founded Global Players, a study abroad program for student-athletes, after being injured playing top level Lacrosse during her university career and studying abroad in Namibia and South Africa. Michael went on to coach and play in Australia, England, and Germany, before coaching the Dutch U19 and Senior Women's National Teams and continuing to build Global Players for nearly a decade. Michael is an energetic Coach, Speaker, and Enthusiast of the value of travel, education, and cultural immersion through the vehicle of sport. In working with Universities, Michael and her team understand the CRM it takes to manage a long sales cycle - from the point of interest to closing a sale maybe 18 months later.

• 20.50-21.30 Drink & get together. Drinks & snacks are sponsored!