Inspiring Female Speaker
As a female speaker, Joyce knows how to inspire professionals in effectively leading change, both within themselves and in their evolving organizations.
Joyce de Ruiter
Inspiring Female Speaker
Meet Joyce De Ruiter
Are you looking for an impactful story for your event? One that will inspire and motivate your audience? Joyce de Ruiter is the female speaker who loves to share her unique and inspiring story and expertise in agility, resilience, and change management with the world. You can count on her captivating keynotes to leave your organization and relationships completely silent and on the edge of their seats.
Joyce de Ruiter is a powerhouse with an impressive background and, together with her powerful presence, is able to create a lasting impact on any audience she faces. She is determined, resilient, and her story is one of inspiration for many. She combines the psychology of change with her gripping life story. Goosebumps guaranteed!
Female Speaker in Change Management
As a female speaker, Joyce knows how to inspire professionals in effectively leading change, both within themselves and in their evolving organizations. She already has countless success stories at various organizations, where every change served as a breeding ground and catalyst for future opportunities and successes.
Through her approach, fear and resistance to change are transformed into an agile mindset. Those who might experience change as threatening will start to view these changes differently. They learn to see changes as opportunities to grow and develop.
The Psychology of Change Management
The combination of personal insights and the best theories in the psychology of change ensures that her inspiration sessions make a great impact on the audience. As an inspiring female speaker, Joyce manages to hold up the same mirror to hundreds of (healthcare) professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, and their employees every week in a surprising way and with a touch of humor, with the oh-so-important but confronting question: What are we going for? Down or forward?
Every organization goes through its own change process, which is why every keynote is customized. And by delving into the audience and current market developments beforehand, Joyce as an inspiring female speaker ensures that the change in your organization is always central to her story.
As an Inspiring Female Speaker, Joyce Speaks about the Themes:
Change & Mindset | Diversity & Inclusion | Agile Leadership | Healthcare Power
Clients who Chose Joyce as an Inspiring Speaker
The Experience of Others
What does it do to you when someone’s story truly moves you? When a speaker doesn’t just deliver words, but creates movement? Joyce leaves an impact. At conferences, team days, and leadership meetings, she inspires with personal stories, sharp insights, and a generous dose of humanity.
Read how others have experienced her keynote and why they recommend Joyce time and again.
Nicole Fuchs
review on bol.com
A personal story that remains captivating from beginning to end. You don't need to have Usher syndrome to be inspired.
Amber Voorburg
Participation Act Advisor Ministry of Defense
From the first contact, Joyce showed genuine interest in our organization and quickly understood how she could contribute as a speaker. She provided unique insights and completely engaged the audience in her story. Joyce is also incredibly nice, spontaneous and approachable. A wonderful experience working with her!
Demian van der Reijden
Editor-in-Chief ORnet / ORmagazine
With Joyce as keynote speaker, you're guaranteed impact. Her personal and inspiring story connects seamlessly with the audience and gets them thinking. The collaboration with her and p.a. Viola also runs smoothly. Looking for a speaker about dealing with change? Joyce is your woman of choice!
Luc van den Akker
Chairman of the Board of Directors Laurentius Hospital
Joyce takes you into her world and shows her vulnerable self. Through her writing style, you almost feel how her world becomes smaller auditorily and visually. At the same time, the book also radiates a zest for life—or as Joyce calls it: life's urgency. She makes you feel as a person that you can do more, if only you believe in yourself.
Anneliek van den Hul
Director CS Training
Your openness about your challenges touched the audience deeply. You silenced everyone, made us think, and inspired resilience and personal empowerment. The standing ovation was more than deserved. Your story stays with us, both at work and in our personal lives. Thank you for your unique perspective. It was a privilege to hear you.
Guy Buck
Chairman of the Board of Directors | Healthcare Organization Aafje
Joyce told her story live in an inspiring way to 200 Aafje employees during our annual knowledge forum. Wow! Many were visibly and audibly moved. Joyce was also the chair of this knowledge forum, where she expertly interviewed me and smoothly led the entire event. An inspiring professional!
Pascal Heynen
Director Academy of Healthcare | Saxion University of Applied Sciences
We were impressed by Joyce's life story and the lessons she shared with us in an open, vulnerable yet powerful way. Her storytelling style is remarkable: vivid, impressive, and puts things in perspective. Joyce left an indelible impression and, after a long period of digital work, brought a wonderful dose of zest for life.
Pierre Van Diesen
CEO DB Schenker
Joyce delivered an impressive presentation that deeply resonated with our audience. Her confrontational approach was enlightening and respectful, filled with passion and humor. She actively engaged and encouraged the audience. Her personal stories added depth and authentic insight, allowing her to
The Story of Female Speaker Joyce
Joyce has now been living longer with than without the knowledge that one day her world will be completely dark and silent. At the age of 16, she received the diagnosis of Usher syndrome: you slowly lose your hearing and sight. Today, she sees life with Usher syndrome as a continuous change process, just as everyone is continuously confronted with changes on their own life path.
It’s a change in your health, a home situation that requires more attention from you where you constantly have to find a new balance, or a change in your work that causes a lot of stress. And where no one knows exactly what will happen in the coming period.
(No) Control
It’s crystal clear: we have no control over how changes manifest themselves and when they take place. But what we can influence is how we deal with them.
Ask yourself the question: are you the one who lets circumstances lead you, or are you the person who leads others through challenges? Joyce’s personal conviction is therefore: You can’t prevent changes from happening, but you can determine how you respond to them.
And what attitude do you adopt toward those changes? Do you find that a meaningful attitude? Are you reactive or proactive? The art is to be flexible, to be agile. Agility is namely one of the core competencies of the future. But agility is not a trick you can apply universally, it’s a verb. Everyone has their own story and sometimes you feel like you’re losing your grip. How do you deal with this?
Seeing and Seizing Opportunities
For Joyce, this challenge came at age 16, when she heard that she would slowly become deaf and blind and her future perspective changed dramatically. The continuous change process in which she lives constantly forces her to ask the question: how do I deal with this? You understand, Joyce knows what she’s talking about, and as an inspiring female speaker, she takes you along during her keynotes on how to show inspiring leadership so that you, and your organization, see and seize the growth opportunities of every change.
Besides Inspiring Female Speaker also…
Trainer and Coach
Besides being an inspiring female speaker, Joyce is also a trainer and coach at the Speakers Club where she guides speakers and business leaders to their next level in speaking.
Do you inspire when you speak? Research by Forbes shows that 70% of respondents see presentation skills as an essential skill for success in your career. The Speakers Club guides you in improving your speaking skills and increasing your impact as a leader.
Author: not Hearing not Seeing not Silent
When Joyce is seventeen, a doctor tells her that she will not be of value to society. He suggests that she should learn a language. “Then you might be able to translate a book sometime.” That’s all there is for her, is his message.
She has never translated a book, but she has written one. And what a book it is. Because the fact that she will soon no longer be able to hear or see doesn’t mean she will also remain silent.
A beautiful story about life’s urgency, acceptance, and mindset.
