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<\/p>\nTogether \u2013 From Zero to Love Brand<\/h3>\n
How a brand becomes a Love Brand: customer understanding, creativity, continuity, and reliability, paired with targeted rule-breaking. With lived experience from more than 20 years of marketing and sales and with examples everyone knows. And how employees become brand ambassadors.<\/p>\n
For your sales conference:<\/strong> when your brand is to grow together with everyone.<\/p>\n To the keynote \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n Change as an opportunity. Success rarely runs in a straight line, not for brands and not in life. What connects Love Brands and people when everything changes: with motivation, resilience, and lightness, change becomes a gain that the team gladly joins.<\/p>\n For your annual kickoff:<\/strong> when the new year brings change.<\/p>\n To the keynote \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n Diversity needs balance. Commitment is the \u201cbase spirit\u201d of collaboration, the leader is the mixologist. Only when the ingredients fit together and someone mixes with feeling does a team emerge from different talents that feels responsible for shared success.<\/p>\n For your offsite:<\/strong> when teams are meant to grow together.<\/p>\n To the keynote \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n Real decisions instead of sham decisions. Every yes needs a clear no, carried by gut feeling and reason. Whoever sets the priorities for the year gains focus, speed, and a team that knows where it stands and backs it with courage.<\/p>\n For your kickoff:<\/strong> when the priorities for the year are set.<\/p>\n To the keynote \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n Values, drive, and empathy, experienced in 13 years of adventure rallies all the way to Morocco. What breakdowns teach and why attitude decides more than the plan. A keynote about what keeps people going when the road gets rocky.<\/p>\n For your sales kickoff:<\/strong> when your team needs drive for a long stretch.<\/p>\n To the keynote \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n You tell us about your event, Thomas Daamen adapts your keynote until it fits like a tailored suit. Your motto, your audience, and the goals of the day determine which stories take center stage. The recommendation comes in the first conversation.<\/p>\n Send inquiry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> The common thread<\/p>\n No marketing lesson. A brand is not loved because it was explained. It is loved because the people behind it caught fire themselves and carried it out until it became a wildfire. An annual strategy is no different. The spark for that jumps across at your annual kickoff.<\/p>\n Your audience does not have to come from the consumer goods industry to recognize itself. The mechanisms apply in mechanical engineering just as in a bank or a software house. Because they all trace back to one thing: the interplay of people.<\/p>\n Press coverage \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n See him live<\/p>\n At these public stages you can see Thomas Daamen live in advance.<\/p>\n Iberl B\u00fchne, Munich<\/p>\n Info \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n boe international, Dortmund Exhibition Center<\/p>\n Info \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Collaboration<\/p>\n A kickoff is measured on the first working day afterward. That is why the briefing first clarifies where your people stand today and where they should stand after the event. Whether your team needs new motivation, more cohesion, clarity for a change, backing for a decision, or resilience after a tough year.<\/p>\n Your path to the goal with Thomas Daamen: in eight stages.<\/p>\n Stage 1<\/p>\n You send a few key details: occasion, date, location, and audience. That is all it takes to begin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 2<\/p>\n Thomas Daamen sends you an offer and holds your preferred date. That way you can coordinate internally in peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 3<\/p>\n A video call before booking so you get a personal impression (on request).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 4<\/p>\n You confirm the engagement. A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is of course possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 5<\/p>\n The detailed conversation covers your goals, the motto of the event, tone and culture in your company, and changes that lie behind you or ahead. That makes clear what the mood is and what the keynote should achieve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 6<\/p>\n Thomas Daamen summarizes in writing how he interprets your engagement: goal, core messages, and the desired mindshift. That way you see in advance that the essence is right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 7<\/p>\n Thomas Daamen gladly mingles with your audience from the first agenda item. That way current topics and the mood in the room flow into his keynote. For confidential agenda items, he leaves the room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Stage 8<\/p>\n Feedback in both directions: your impression and his observations from the room. And the request to share your experience in an online review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Send inquiry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> At a glance<\/p>\n Duration<\/p>\n Usually 30, 45, or 60 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Placement<\/p>\n As an opener in the morning or as a finale before the evening program<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Language<\/p>\n German or English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Setting<\/p>\n From the offsite in a small circle to the large hall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Region<\/p>\n In Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. And everywhere else your team comes together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Technology<\/p>\n Headset, stage monitor, and LED wall or screen. All further requirements are in the technical rider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Aperol](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aperol.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWhat a Love Brand Has to Do with Your Life<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nSuccessful Teams Are Like an Excellent Cocktail<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nDeciding Means Giving Up AND Winning<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Rally of Life: What Drives People<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWhich keynote fits your motto?<\/h3>\n
What strong brands and strong teams have in common<\/h2>\n
Motivation with substance.<\/p>\n![\"Thomas](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/thomas-daamen-iberl-buehne-zeigefinger.webp\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Get a taste in advance<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDie Lange Nacht der kurzen Reden<\/h3>\n
GSA Newcomer Award Final<\/h3>\n
From inquiry to applause<\/h2>\n
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Your inquiry<\/h3>\n
His offer<\/h3>\n
Getting to know each other<\/h3>\n
Your booking<\/h3>\n
Joint briefing<\/h3>\n
Rebriefing<\/h3>\n
Your kickoff<\/h3>\n
Debrief call<\/h3>\n
Key data for your planning<\/h2>\n