Referenties

“Guido is een inspirerende persoon. Zijn denkbeelden en inspiratie geven ruimte en nieuwe inzichten. Hij kan kleine dingen groot maken en grote dingen klein. Hij zeilt het liefst op de golven van het nieuwe onbekende en heeft een bijna ontembaar verlangen nieuwe dingen tot stand te brengen en ruimte te creeeren. Hij weet mensen te ‘beraken’ en brengt echte hartsverbindingen tot stand. Hij signaleert trends in een vroegtijdig stadium. Hij heeft mij met de juiste mensen binnen de HAN verbonden, waardoor ik mijn functie als nieuwe mediaspecialist/blogger heb gekregen. En bovenal is hij gewoon een ontzettend aardige en bescheiden vent. Ik wil hem bijzonder aanbevelen in contexten waar iets tot stand gebracht moet worden en als het gaat om inspiratie.”

January 6, 2010
Hans Mestrum ( LION), New media consultant, strategist, weblogger, screencaster, podcaster, videoblogger, trendwatcher, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
worked with Guido at HAN

“Guido is in staat om ‘out of the box’ te denken en te handelen. Hij inspireert anderen en durft experimenten aan die onder andere een beroep doen de drives van studenten en collega’s. Hij stimuleert aankomende professionals te investeren in zichzelf, en leeft een productieve en aanstekelijke professionele attitude voor. Hij is een uitgesproken voorbeeld van iemand die gepassioneerd zijn vak uitoefent.”

October 8, 2009
Ton Diepeveen, Interim Directeur Informatica Communicatie Academie , Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
managed Guido at HAN

“The context of my experiences with Guido have been, diverse to say the least.
Personal discussions, formulating passions, professionally as a teacher in an unconventional manner, rich associations and recognizing ideas and raw potential in common situations. Always passionate and reflective, sometimes a poet, sometimes agressively holding the torch of his true belief in encouraging the power people have to create and resisting “tradition” or “status quo” when they hold inspiration and creativity hostage in institutions.
I see Guido as a very creative thinker and a wealth of knowledge that is sometimes so common to himself, that he doesn’t recognize it’s value. If you’re not prepared for energy or spirit, please move on. Be sure to have him around, as a fountain of associations with his inspiring drive. !”

May 2, 2009
Wim Kuper, Creative Director, Stichting Dollypop
was with another company when working with Guido at Denkbeeldenstorm

“Guido’s motivation and inspiration works very addictive. Give him one idea and he tells you ten. Guido inspired me to do what I want. He opened doors for me so I just had to walk through them. He is my teacher at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen and an advisor for New Juice. I’m really fortunate to work with him, he sees no problems only possibilities, his creative mind is unlimited.”

April 28, 2009
Diederik Vrijhoef, Co-founder, manager, New Juice
worked with Guido at Denkbeeldenstorm

“Guido is a relentless originator of creative media ideas and events, connecting people and ideas with passion. If creative cities didn’t have people like Guido, they should not be allowed to call themselvers creative.”

April 10, 2009
Roy van Dalm, Senior Lecturer Creative Cities & Innovation, HAN University
worked directly with Guido at HAN

“Telkens als ik naar je ‘producten’ kijk ben ik onder de indruk, creatief, bevlogen etc. etc. Nieuw denken dat ons en onze studenten verder helpt, ik heb er veel waardering voor. De verbinding/aansluiting met de werkelijkheid en het eigentijds en authentiek daar mee omgaan, interacteren en representeren verrast telkens weer. Bij iedere link die je aanklikt heb je geen idee wat je te wachten staat, er is geen format, het lijkt conventieloos, en het werkt! Je deint mee op de golven van ontwikkelingen en maakt ze zelf ook.”

Ton Diepeveen, Interim directeur Informatica en Communicatie Academie, HAN
November 2008

“During my studies at the Academy for Digital Communication (Hogeschool van Utrecht, NL) Guido was the tutor which undeniably had the biggest impact on me. I was enrolled in his ’student talent incubator’ NieuweDingenDoen where, as I understand it now, Guido pushed us to leave the beaten path (and never look back), think out of the box and be all you can/want to be (and don’t care what another thinks about it). He set up and led NDD with a motivation and effort I have never seen in any other tutor. Although there were setbacks Guido carried on because it was what he believed in and has been a great inspirational source in doing so. Guido thought me with an enormous dedication, not like a tutor but like a mentor. Although I surely had it in me from the beginning Guido made me consciously aware of my potential and led me to actively develop my ‘go for it’ personality. My motto now is ‘a dream is just an unachieved goal’ and I think there’s a lot of his spirit in there. His guidance is, as I see it, a product of his creative personality and professional experience. I am now a researcher at the Delft University of Architecture (Faculty of Architecture) where I work on R&D projects of dynamic/interactive structures and parametric CAD software (http://protospace.bk.tudelft.nl). An outstandingly exciting and creative job, and quite unusual for a HBO-graduate. I owe this to Guido again, because he introduced me to a collaborator of that research team. I’ll conclude this testimony before it turns totally into admirer’s fan-mail by saying that Guido had a huge impact on the shaping of my personal/professional consciousness and that I am very grateful for everything he has done for me.”

Dieter Vandoren, researcher Universiteit van Delft
November, 2007

“Guido is one of those mentors you never forget. A true inspirator. He inspired me to work on innovative projects and made me do things I’d never thought I was capable of. Guido has his own, personal, style of coaching which builds a positive connection that lasts.”

Marijn Tijhuis, alumnus NieuweDingenDoen
September, 2007

“He is a mentor, a guide. Chaotic but fanatic, creative and inspiring. It’s great to work with such a creative mind as Guido! He stimulates me and in the last year got me to another level in design and teaching.”

Michel van de Wiel, Docent Informatica en Communicatie Academie, HAN
June, 2006

“Guido is a first class inspiror. He has a inspiring way to create new innovative ideas in different settings. Guido has a strong manner to convince people for these ideas. He is a innovator and he should have a team of people around him to make an project of idea successful. Guido is nice and easy to work with. A team is a better team with Guido in it.”

Joep de Hoog, Accountmanager Hogeschool Utrecht
February, 2006