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Can you tell us something about yourself?
My name is Annemarie Oorthuizen (@sprankels) and I live in the centre of Delft with my partner Erik Laan (@eriklaan) and our daughter (2011). I have an academic background in educational sciences and currently I am involved in non-profit volunteer work for Delft MaMa and De Wereldwinkel Delft. My interests are numerous and range from psychology, science, reading, space travel, and politics to playing with my daughter, cooking, watching TV series, writing blog posts, and having coffee/tea/lunch/diner with family and friends. Read more

Toine Andernach

As a passionate performer coach I am lucky to work in the stimulating academic setting of Delft University of Technology. Since the first TEDxDelft in 2011, I have been a member of the TEDxDelft team, responsible for performer coaching. With a dedicated team of coaches we will support TEDxDelft performers to prepare a captivating and convincing presentation. Story telling and theatre techniques, stage direction and English language feedback will enable them to deliver a performance they will never forget.

My hobby horse is the underestimated power of using silence in presentations and teaching. I am convinced that the quality of performances would drastically increase when performers used silence more intentionally.

Some of my favorite TED talks:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_francis_walks_the_earth.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness.html

Furthermore, I love water, I love language, but above all, I love my twins.

Jasper van Kuijk is a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of TU Delft as well as a professional comedian (‘cabaretier’). He studied Industrial Design Engineering in Delft, and then worked as a design management consultant, PhD candidate and comedian. In 2010 he won the jury- as well as the audience award at the Dutch Cameretten comedy festival, and two weeks later defended his PhD thesis on how consumer electronics companies deal with usability. Read more