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Ken Veerman

@kenveerman.eurosky.social
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🇧🇪 Strategic advisor and proces facilitator for cultural and mission-driven orgs. www.kenveerman.com all links: woosh.link/kenveerman.eurosky.social

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Bruno Catarino @brunocatarino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This went in a completely different direction than I expected and I love it 🤣
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
"SAAGA: the five elements of a success story". #offprint #strategicstorytelling impact-stories.offprint.app/a/3mwoa…
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SAAGA: the five elements of a success story
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Occasional reminder that Amsterdam is an amazing city. Especially when the sun is out.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
I will be at MIL in Lisbon talking about the Crowdbuilder tool. #mil_lisbon
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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Itō Jakuchū's 'Frog' of 1790 for me is the iconic image of numbed uncomfortable bafflement at the predicament of existence in the coming modern world, much as Munch's 'Scream' expressed it through horror.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Waag Futurelab @handle.invalid · 25/09/2026
Overstappen van big tech is alleen niet altijd makkelijk. Daarom gaan we tijdens Waag Open op donderdag 1 oktober op speurtocht naar alternatieven. Vind de clues, ontdek nieuwe apps en probeer ze meteen uit.
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Waag Open: Op jacht naar publieke tech
Voor velen van ons zijn apps zoals Instagram, WhatsApp en Google onderdeel van het dagelijks leven. Wist je dat er ook alternatieven zijn die jouw data en aandacht niet als verdienmodel gebruiken? Maar waar vind je ze, welke passen bij jou en waar begin je? Overstappen van big tech is alleen niet altijd makkelijk. Daarom gaan we tijdens Waag Open op donderdag 1 oktober op speurtocht naar alternatieven. Vind de clues, ontdek nieuwe apps en probeer ze meteen uit. Ondertussen ontdek je ook de verschillende hoeken van de eeuwenoude Waag. Wie de meeste apps vindt en heeft gedownload, wint een prijs. Ook voor degene die de meeste nieuwe connecties legt via de apps, staat er een mooie prijs klaar! Na afloop heb je nieuwe apps ontdekt en weet je niet alleen welke alternatieven bij jou passen, maar ook waarom. Daarnaast krijg je ook een routekaart mee voor je volgende stappen richting publieke tech: technologie waarin privacy, openheid en zeggenschap centraal staan. Neem je smartphone mee en doe mee aan de speurtocht!
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
No FB/Twitter/Insta/Tiktok here. That makes reaching people more difficult. Atmosphere + Linkedin is not a recipe for traction. Considered restarting Insta but then thought of all the dread that comes with that and decided no Would love to hear how other writers, bloggers etc... make that decision.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
So yes this is funny AND irritating. (and technically amazing) But most of all, I am always struck by how much of our musical foundations are reflected in that one musical piece. When you unpack Pachelbel's Canon in D, you unpack 85% of pop music.
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 24/09/2026
What if Ultimate-Guitar but on atproto? I'm playing around with a little idea, it's fun, come join! leadsheet.fm/sheet/jaz.sh...
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I Will Follow You Into the Dark chords by Death Cab for Cutie | Leadsheet
Chords for I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie, key of Am, capo 5. By @jaz.sh, rated 5.0 from 1 rating.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Moderating an exciting panel during next month's #Mil_Lisbon conference. www.millisboa.com/en/event/sto...
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Ben je de wereld aan het verbeteren, maar krijg je moeilijk uitgelegd hoe je dat precies doet? Ik geef al een tijdje een training rond impactmeting voor not-for-profits. Alle info op 1 blad. #impact #notforprofit Interesse? Stuur me een berichtje. www.kenveerman.com/impactmeten/
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Impact meten voor missiegedreven organisaties - Ken Veerman
Wat is succes als het niet over bezoekerscijfers gaat? Tweedaagse training impact meten voor culturele organisaties, met storytelling als meetinstrument.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Pleasantly surprised I entered a dump of documents into Mistral Vibe and one email contained information about a team member who burnt out. Mistral had clear guardrails for the LLM about private information. "I'll just write down she is not on the team for now, that's all we need to know."
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
I admit the move from Mistral's Le Chat to Vibe was a bit irritating. But falling in love with the new interface and logic behind Mistral Vibe Work.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
Ga je als Vlaamse kunstenorganisatie indienen op de structurele #werkingssubsidie 2028-2032 van het #Kunstendecreet? Aanvragen wil ook zeggen: beslissen wat je loslaat. Hoe doe je dat, scherpe keuzes maken zonder draagvlak te verliezen? (1/3) www.equinox-collective.org/stuurkunst/#...
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Stuurkunst – leiderschap en organisatieontwikkeling voor de cultuursector
Stuurkunst helpt organisaties in kunst, cultuur en erfgoed hun ambities te vertalen naar gedragen besluitvorming, sterk leiderschap en een wendbare organisatie.
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Marleen Stikker @marleen.oso.social · 21/09/2026
Meta: “any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform (topics that are central to Woolf’s work) are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out. “ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they cover ‘social topics’
Facebook and Instagram ads mentioning ‘civil rights or feminism’ are filtered out, Meta tells theatre
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026
A lot of working with cultural organisations feels like you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Here is how to use that to your advantage. #offprint #culture #arts #strategy
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If you can't beat the paradox, use it. How to turn your organisation’s catch-22s into strengths
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Behold what I want to dub 'the AI accordeon' because of its endless cycle of diverging and converging. - 21k people generating an application through AI - 21k applications 'summarised' through AI - 21k 'personalised answers' sent out through AI. Gatekeeping in the age of AI is a new world.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
A panel talk during #rbf26 Reeperbahn Festival inspired me to write a thing about community building #offprint impact-stories.offprint.app/a/3mvxc…
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You don't find community, you build it.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Hold up! Taking the bus is a sign of poverty? Surely, that’s not.. Oh, America.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
100% this.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026
This is good advice. When reporting on AI, please don't act like it's a person. It doesn't make the tech any less impressive if it is just a clever bit of software. All this talk of LLM's breaking out of laboratories sounds a lot like "Vindictive frying pan sets fire to kitchen".
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Morgen #openmonumentendag . En bij Filmhuis Klappei hebben we onder andere een tentoonstelling met lekker oldschool programma-flyers uit onze 50-jarige geschiedenis. #filmhuisklappei #antwerpen
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Tofu Fighters / Phò Fighters Skyr-vana Mott The Noodle Daft Punch .... (stop it, brain) The Meatles ...
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Radiobread
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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My wife watching me turn the house upside down looking for something when she knows exactly where it is but didn't care for my tone when I asked her.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"I wasn't allowed to stay up and watch the EU treaty negotiations in 1991" "Maastricht?" "She was a bit"
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026
During #reeperbahnfestival 2026 I'll be joining a panel on Finding Your Community, as part of Track ID which is the festival's new dedicated programme for electronic music. 👇🏼
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Marleen Stikker @marleen.oso.social · 06/09/2026
Facism is very effective. A/I shuts down. Stay human. keepitfree.ai/announcement...
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A/I Shuts Down Stay Human · Keep the Internet free
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 03/09/2026
"The Dutch central bank (DNB) has confirmed that billions of dollars in gold has been taken out of north America and relocated to London, citing "increasing geopolitical unrest"." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026
“This tea is on LinkedIn to quickly reach out about stakeholder value, compliance and leveraging the sales funnel through AI-driven go-to-market strategies”
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026
Are you tired of amateur tea? Boy, do we have something for you…
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026
A lot of working with cultural organisations feels like you are damned if you do, and damned if you don't. Here is how to use that to your advantage. #offprint #culture #arts #strategy
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If you can't beat the paradox, use it. How to turn your organisation’s catch-22s into strengths
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026
The case for moving away from proprietary office software was once made primarily as a cost saving. It is now made as the preservation of independence, meaning the ability of a public body to act without asking permission from a foreign supplier
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Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 27/08/2026
European companies prefer Plausible. You can host your website in Europe, choose European infrastructure and take GDPR seriously. Then load Google Analytics on every page and send your visitors’ data to Google. For companies trying to keep more of their data in EU, that increasingly doesn’t...
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hijacker: Everyone stop talking. I am armed and I am taking control of this plane. Guy from the Netherlands: Wow, in Netherlands we just purchase a plane if we want one. But typically we will bike somewhere Guy who has been to Japan once: In Japan planes are rarely hijacked. It's a cultural taboo
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I board the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, I’m reminded yet again of three things about the EU: 1) You don’t sacrifice any of your national identity or culture by being part of the EU. Estonia remains Estonia. Finland remains Finland 2) Schengen is great. 3) Brexit was and is shit.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 25/08/2026
We will however be open on all other days on which we are not not closed.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
I am still doing most of my note taking in Roam Research but considering moving over to @obsidian.md (or something similar) Anyone who's done that specific transfer? Happy? How did you do it? What are trade-offs?
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
@sifa.id I've been looking at your Talks&Sessions and it looks good! Any way of presenting that kind of information into a visually elegant list of 'upcoming talks'? That would be awesome.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
I am about to start the sixth season of my two-weekly newsletter. Over the years I've developed my own workflow for this. But I am interested in other workflows too. Any other newsletter writers (newsletterers?) who want to share their approach?
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026
Mandatory functioning Boolean operators is one of those things the EU is going to enforce one day. Some people will shout overreach! micromanagement! And the rest of us will wonder why it took us so long to get there.
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Michel Baeten @michelbaeten.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Ik ga een festival oprichten met enkel AI-gegenereerde muziek en ik noem het Night of the Prompts.
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Glen Wilson @glenglenglen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Does every UK train operator send out riddles about your future journeys with them or is it just a Trafnidiaeth Cymru thing?
An email from TfW titled ‘Changes to your journey’ that reads as follows:

Hello Glen,

Important information about your journey on
26-08-2026 at 07:31

From Colwyn Bay station to Crewe station, getting on at Colwyn Bay station is not possible.

From Colwyn Bay station to Crewe station, getting off at Crewe station is not possible.
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026
Leadership is always a balancing act between telling visionary stories and delivering credible results. You cannot separate one from the other. New article. "How Small Actions Shape Big Stories (and Vice Versa)". #offprint
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How Small Actions Shape Big Stories (and Vice Versa)
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026
Leaders should keep that visual on their wall. This is closely related to activating/deactivating emotions in the work of Reinhard Pekrun. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The Control-Value Theory of Achievement Emotions: Assumptions, Corollaries, and Implications for Educational Research and Practice
PDF | This article describes the control-value theory of achievement emotions and its implications for educational research and practice. The theory... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
I feel seen
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
I know the couple in this coffee bar are flirting because they make no sense at all 😉 She (in English):"I'm from the West of Ukriane" He: "Yes, I thought I picked up a West Ukranian accent there" (!) She: "And you sound a bit American. Like from Brazil" (!) He "So why did you move to Belgium?" (!)
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Ken Veerman @kenveerman.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
Quelle surprise. A policy that gets pushback when announced turns out to be successful in the long run. Leadership is also about sticking to your plan long enough for it to work.
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