Ray van den Bel

Ray van den Bel

Social Media Strategist, Speaker, Corporate Community expert

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Current
  • Social Media Strategist, Speaker, Consultant, Strateeg & Spreker at Independant (Self-employed)
  • Owner and main Ning.com Social Business Community Portal Developer at Independant (Self-employed)
Past
  • Projectmanager at Ernst & Young
  • Free-lance company lawyer at Owner, Independent

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Education
  • Universiteit Leiden
  • Coornhert Lyceum
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500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
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Ray van den Bel’s Summary

'Following his graduation in international law at Leiden in 1994, Mr. Ray van den Bel began his career as a corporate lawyer. In 1997 he switched to exploring the world of strategic management consultancy and began a new Chapter in his career at Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young and Unisys. Meanwhile, 'internet' as a strategic communication tool became popular. 'Open' communication through the emerging online social networks intrigued van den Bel so much that he began to analyze this online behavior. He quickly became known as a 'Top-networker' on social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, Xing, Twitter and Hyves.

This activity was not in itself. In particular, the 'effectiveness' and' Return on Investment "of social networks as LinkedIn, Facebook, Xing, Twitter and Hyves fascinated him so much that he has worked years on a working communication model for social and corporate networks, the OpenNetworkers Network Model © and the OpenNetworkers Book which can be read online.

He founded his own social network, OpenNetworkers.info in 2007. By 2009, the influential online magazine web 2.0 Mashable.com named this network as one of the 10 major social networks for 'Professionals and Job Search'. Quickly he became known worldwide as one of the leading strategists and speakers in the field of social media, web 2.0 resources, strategy and communication.

In his seminars Ray will introduce you into a new world online with new rules of engagement between companies and their customers. The right approach and strategy as a basis for an actual customer success in the future is being made Now.

Ray van den Bel's translated his personal experiences and vision in his the social networks het created, based upon the real value of Web 2.0 In his words:

'... Online tools & resources should always serve genuine, real life business, based on a solid ROI. They should never be based on theory and enthusiasm only ..’

Ray van den Bel’s Specialties:

Tags:
Personal Brand Coach, Personal Branding Coach, Personal Branding Strategist, Leadership Development, Leadership Branding, New Media Marketing, Online Media Marketing Maven, Corporate Social Media Strategies, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Social Media Thought Leader, Motivational Speaker, Professional Speaker, Events Professional Speaker, International Speaker, Coach, Conference Speaker, e-ROI Strategist, social media strateeg, web 2.0 strategist, Spreker Sociale Media

Ray van den Bel’s Experience

  • Social Media Strategist, Speaker, Consultant, Strateeg & Spreker

    Independant (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Internet industry)

    January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

    Currently I am leading several social media business community networking projects for companies seeking an added value, ROI in online client interaction and services.
    More info: onlinenetworking<dot>biz or vandenbel <dot>com

    Example of a build network: The OpenNetworkers<dot>info Community (50.000+ members, 8-2008) : The first decentralized
    network build upon open source web 2.0 networks, widgets & tools.

    Speaking Experience:
    Professional Speaker on Personal Branding
    Professional Speaker on Leadership
    Professional Speaker on New Media
    Professional Speaker on Social Media
    Professional Speaker on Corporate Social Media Strategies

    Tags:
    Personal Brand Coach, Personal Branding Coach, Personal Branding Strategist, Leadership Development, Leadership Branding, New Media Marketing, Online Media Marketing Maven, Corporate Social Media Strategies, Social Media Marketing Strategist, Social Media Thought Leader, Motivational Speaker, Professional Speaker, Events Professional Speaker, International Speaker, Coach, Conference Speaker, Inbound Marketing, e-ROI Strategist, social media strategist, web 2.0 strategist, Spreker Sociale Media

  • Owner and main Ning.com Social Business Community Portal Developer

    Independant (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Internet industry)

    January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

    Currently I am leading several social media business community networking projects for companies seeking an added value, ROI in online client interaction and services. One of these social media tools are Ning Portals.
    More info: onlinenetworking<dot>biz

    Example of a Ning portal strategy: In 2007 I started OpenNetworkers<dot>info as the 'central station' for the more than 60 ON Groups and hundreds of b logs and websites connected to the OpenNetworkers.info initiative. I have developed over 200 Portals on Ning

  • Projects in business development

    independant

    (Non-Profit; Management Consulting industry)

    March 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 1 month)

    Business development, recruitment, business strategy, marketing & sales, interim management and creation & development of innovations in return on investment products for e-business strategies and project management.

  • PSE

    Unisys

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Networking industry)

    March 2001 — March 2003 (2 years 1 month)

    Member of the Unisys Digital Strategies and Development Group Europe, responsible for E-business sales

  • Consultant Employee Benefits

    Credit Suisse

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

    May 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 11 months)

    Analysis of the clients´ HR strategy and needs and creating tailor-made employee benefit risk solutions. Development of a totally new product (a travel insurance product).

  • Projectmanager

    Ernst & Young

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

    January 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 5 months)

    Performing Quick-scans / analysis of client needs- Project management of the offered multidisciplinary services towards the client. Coordination of the EY experts and partners involved.(Media) training in commercial skills of the proposal team. Redesigning the proposal workflow and efficiency

  • Free-lance company lawyer

    Owner, Independent

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Financial Services industry)

    May 1995 — January 1998 (2 years 9 months)

    Projects at: NCS Management Company (TRUST), Delta Lloyd Bank, NTN Group.

Ray van den Bel’s Education

  • Universiteit Leiden

    Master , International Law , 1986 — 1994

    During my studies I initiated and led my own company: 'Van den Bel Wine Import' (1990-1993). I sold my company in order to finish my studies.

    Activities and Societies:
    Minerva
    Notos
    Gezelschap voor Internationaal recht
    AAAP
    Open Networkers
    Leidsche Alumni Group

  • Coornhert Lyceum

    VWO , VWO , 1980 — 1986

Additional Information

Ray van den Bel’s Websites:

Ray van den Bel’s Groups:

OpenNetworkers.info

  •    eOffice
  •    AIESECAlumni
  •    Harvard Jobs
  •    Executive Suite
  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    U.S. Government Relations & Public Affairs
  •    OpenNetworkers.info < 50.000+ Open Networkers across 60 social networks >
  •    Networlding
  •    Alumni van de Universiteit Leiden
  •    The Dutch Connection
  •    Global Worker
  •    Online Business Owners
  •    Round Table International (Tablers & Forty-one only)
  •    ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
  •    For Knowledge Persons
  •    Virtual Networker Society
  •    Canadian Web 2.0 Jobs
  •    Recruitment Process Outsourcing
  •    Trusted Advocate
  •    Strategisch Netwerken
  •    Corporate Social Media Strategist
  •    Free Speech

Ray van den Bel’s Honors:

Recent Achievement:
The Power and Tools of OpenNetworkers.info is well recognized by the Mashable.com review:


7. Open Networkers

Open Networkers has over 5,000 members who are actively (and professionally) networking. The big differentiator with this community is the sheer amount of tools you have, such as their own toolbar, a website creator, gadgets and widgets, and a collection of RSS feeds in the site you can subscribe to. On the main page, you have your typical blog post collection and discussion threads, but also a FriendFeed (FriendFeed reviews) syndication of the latest web 2.0 developments. They have their own networking handbooks and a lot more.

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