A community your members are proud to share.
When people feel at home, they take part, stay and bring their friends.
Participation design for communities & teams
Nobody on the sidelines.
I design programs, events and systems where every person is seen and brings something to the table. So people show up, connect and keep coming back.
People show up for what they helped create.
That's why every program I design gives each person a part to play.
Everyone is seen.
The quiet people take part too, not just the usual few.
Strengths, not labels.
People discover what they bring, often things nobody knew they had.
One shared purpose.
People stop comparing and start working together.
Who I work with
Teams that feel like one.
Events and programs people want to join, where colleagues connect beyond their own desk.
What I create
Strategy
A clear plan for who it's for and why they'll come back.
Programs
Multi-week challenges and circles that keep people going.
Activations
Events and workshops people help shape, so they show up.
Systems
Rituals, roles and check-ins, so it doesn't all rest on you.
Start small with one event, or build a full program.
15+
years bringing people together
50+
events produced
5,000+
workshop participants
Selected work
InPeak
Built and ran the community, including two rounds of Goal Getters.
In The City Coworking
Supercharged Coworking: a full week of morning rituals, brainstorms, member-led workshops, a movie night and a rooftop party.
Superfunk
A weekly dance jam with DJs that grew into a community, plus club nights and cultural events for an international crowd of all ages.
Wouter is the best community manager I've come across in all the Discords I'm a member of.
Hi, I'm Wout.
For fifteen years I've been bringing people together, sometimes as my job, sometimes just because I felt called to: producing events, teaching, leading workshops and building communities, online and in real rooms.
When everyone gets a real chance to contribute, something shifts in the room. People connect, align around what they're building together, and the whole group grows faster than anyone could alone.
Most of us learned early on to compare ourselves to others. I design for the opposite: spaces where people bring their strengths and feel free to think in possibilities again.
"Goal Getters was a great way to gain stronger connections with community members."
Tell me about your community, or your team.
I'll look at one gathering you run and give you one move to bring people in. Free.