CEO at Orangefield Partners, founder at Noterik BV, founder at Levende Herinneringen, co-founder La Benevolencija.
Israel
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- Coach at BiD Network Foundation
- Partner at Orangefield Partners
- Past
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- Founder at Living Memories Foundation
- Owner at PH120 Flexibel Office solutions
- Founder at Noterik BV
- Founder at joods.nl
- Co-founder at Radio La Benevolencija / Humanitarian Tools Foundation
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Naftalie Hershler’s Summary
Naftalie Hershler is CEO at Orangefield & Partners, a business development and investment company. He is co-founder at Noterik, the leading European online video company. Naftalie is driven by vision, passion, creativity and (social) entrepreneurship. He is an expert in the fields of technological innovation and digital media, being professional active in these fields for more then fifteen years.
Naftalie is very experienced in developing new means of distant learning, digital training and e-learning. He developed several renowned e-learning products which are used by thousands of students worldwide. Naftalie is leading development in the field of V-Learning, learning with video.
He is frequently appointed as a consultant or manager within projects which require IT related communication strategies, knowledge management and organizational change. Naftalie is a very experienced coach and trainer. He's inspiring and motivating people and organizations to excel and use the maximum of their capabilities.
One important focus field is culture identity and storytelling, both for individuals and organizations. What is the identity and story of a person or company? Answering that question can help improve performance and satisfaction.
Within the Levende Herinneringen ('Living Memories') Foundation Naftalie specializes in audiovisual cultural heritage and oral history. Naftalie is one of the co-founders of Radio Benevolencija, a NGO specialized in conflict prevention. He founded joods.nl, an online community and magazine about jewish culture. Naftalie studied law at the University of Amsterdam and speaks fluently English, Dutch and Hebrew. Naftalie lives partly in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and mainly in Modi'in, Israel.
Naftalie Hershler’s Specialties:
Business development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Creative thinking, Coaching, Public-Private cooperation, Education, e-learning, Mediation, Marketing, Communication, New media, WebTV, Online video, Concepting, Cultural identity, Spirituality, Cultural heritage, Oral history, Coaching, Training, Conflict prevention.
Naftalie Hershler’s Experience
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Coach
BiD Network Foundation
(Non-Profit; Financial Services industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
BiDNetwork, a non for profit organisation based in The Netherlands, sources and selects business plans of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. BiD Network offers tools, contacts and coaching to the best entrepreneurs, paving the way for them to access finance and start their business. BiD Network actively seeks investors for growth SMEs. It focuses on SMEs with a financing need of $10,000 to $ 1 million. BiDNetwork does this through local national partner organisations. BiD Network engages thousands of entrepreneurs, experts and investors from all over the world to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in emerging markets. The organisation, with 15 members of staff, operates its services in 10 developing countries with national partner organisations.
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Partner
Orangefield Partners
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years 11 months)
Orangefield Partners is a business development and investment company. We help top management of organizations to achieve their goals by giving strategic advice. Our clients are fortune 500 companies, small and medium enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, government and start-ups. We're internationally oriented with offices in The Netherlands and Israel.
Our consultants are driven by vision, passion, creativity and (social) entrepreneurship. We're inspiring and motivating people and organizations to excel and use the maximum of their capabilities.
Nowadays, businesses are constantly adapting to changing markets and exploring new fields of interest. Orangefield Partners assist organizations in developing innovative strategies, establishing creative partnerships and the founding of new ventures. We are not only advising but adding value by practical implementation. We can help you with coaching, training, organizational change and project management. We work efficient, result oriented and within short time frames. Our consultants prefer to define clear goals with measurable results. Orangefield Partners initiates and invests in new start-ups together with our clients. We help you to accelerate and grow your organization! -
Founder
Living Memories Foundation
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
January 2005 — September 2009 (4 years 9 months)
Naftalie is the founder of the Living Memories Foundation ("Stichting Levende Herinneringen"). Within the Foundation, Naftalie specializes in audiovisual cultural heritage and oral history. The Living Memories Foundation aims at preserving culture and history by establishing oral history projects. Currently the Foundation executes a project about Indonesian culture and history and another project connected to Steven Spielberg's "Shoah Survivor" project. Within the Indonesian project the Foundation interviews hundreds of people about their memories of Indonesia before the independency, when the country was still a Dutch colony. All the interviews are accessible through the Internet. For the second project the Foundation delivers a platform to make 5000 hours of interviews with Shoah survivors searchable and available on the internet.
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Owner
PH120 Flexibel Office solutions
(Real Estate industry)
January 2005 — September 2009 (4 years 9 months)
PH 120 offers Flexible Office Solutions in Amsterdam. We offer multi-functional office space and meeting rooms in a creative environment in the centre of Amsterdam, both as basic operational or completely furnished units. For starters, we have affordable, fully equipped flexible work space. PH 120 provides different work spaces, varying from 12 to 80m ². Workspace can be rented full time or part time.
We provide office space as a flexible service that does not require long term rent obligations.
PH 120 is a building with about 550 m2 of space, situated on the Prins Hendrikkade 120, diagonally opposite to the Central Station and offers a wide view of historic Amsterdam. The central location of the PH 120 is very easy to reach by car and public transport. In the immediate vicinity are many banks, shops and restaurants.
Beside the basic facilities such as high speed internet, coffee, kitchen, lounge space etc, the PH 120 can provide you with a number of custom services, including a variety of media, internet, studio and office related services.
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Founder
Noterik BV
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 1996 — September 2009 (13 years 9 months)
Noterik BV is an online video technology software company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Noterik provides WebTV and online video solutions for e-learning and training, audiovisual cultural heritage and other fields. Since 1996 we have engaged ourselves in interactive and multimedial forms of communication. Noterik plays a leading role in the development and innovation of online video technology. The company works together in international reseacrch and development projects with partners like BBC, Motorola and Kodak. The product Governance Online won Noterik a price for best practice award in the category E-government duting the United Nations 'World Summit Award'. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 Noterik belonged to the Deloitte Technology FAST50, a group of 50 fastest growing technological companies in the Netherlands and Europe.
Noterik co-founded the Radio la Benevolencija Foundation for conflict prevention and the Levende Herinneringen Foundation for audiovisual cultural heritage and oral history.
Contact me directly if you're interested working with our organization.
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Founder
joods.nl
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 1998 — April 2006 (8 years 4 months)
Naftalie founded joods.nl, an online community and magazine about jewish culture. Joods.nl was the first central website about judaism in the Netherlands. The aim of joods.nl is to inform people about jewish culture, history, religion and art in a non-dogmatic approach. joods.nl is an example of a successful and innovative social community site.
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Co-founder
Radio La Benevolencija / Humanitarian Tools Foundation
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
January 2000 — January 2005 (5 years 1 month)
Naftalie is one of the co-founders of Radio La Benevolencija / Humanitarian Tools Foundation.
Radio Benevolencija is a NGO devoted to helping people who have suffered from ethnic violence. Extensive academic research has proven that ethnic conflict and group violence always take place according to specific patterns. Radio Benevolencija develops media campaigns to make people aware of these patterns. The media broadcasts and grassroots activities raise awareness about the dangers of political propaganda, group pressure and the patterns that lead to group violence. The activities aims to contribute to reconciliation and the prevention of future ethnic violence . The program is designed under the guidance of academic experts from the University of Massachussetts, the Trauma Research Education and Training Institute (TREATI) and Yale University. Activities are based on academic research into the origins and prevention of genocide, as well as a community-based approach to healing. Currently Radio La Benevolencija is working in Rwanda, Congo and Burundi.
http://www.labenevolencija.org
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Naftalie Hershler’s Interests:
In my free time I train kids and adults to do magic performances (www.kessem.org) and teach about Judaism to both Jews and non-Jews (www.joodsstudiehuis.nl). I collect art and I'm facilitating meditations. On the high holidays ('Yamim Noraim') I lead the services in the synagogue in Zwolle, the Netherlands (http://www.judaica-zwolle.nl).
Naftalie Hershler’s Groups:
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Group -
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IPTV Internet Video Broadcast -
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Streaming Media Professionals -
Technology in Education
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The eLearning Guild -
Information Technologies for Cultural Heritage -
Conflict transformation, peacebuilding and security -
Software as a Service (SaaS) Group -
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EMEA e-Health and Health Informatics professionals -
Mashup Developer Network
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Oral History Network -
Video SEO (VSEO) and Online Video Marketing -
Erfgoed 2.0 -
NN-Open -
Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV) -
Corporate Storytelling - Zonder Story, geen Verhaal ! -
The Israeli Dutch Lounge -
Deloitte Fast50 Benelux network -
Audiovisual Heritage Network -
Video Learning Network
Naftalie Hershler’s Honors:
In 2002, 2003 and 2005 Noterik was one of the fastest growing technology companies in the Netherlands and Europe (Fast50 and Fast500 by Deloitte and ING)
In 2005, Noterik won the World Summit Award in of the United Nations in the category e-government for the "BestuurOnline" product.
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