Community work
Community work
My personal tagline is, "I love to bring people together and make things better".
My personal tagline is, "I love to bring people together and make things better".
I've had several professional roles as a community development manager. My first was in 2014 when I edited and published the community development handbook and framework on GOV.UK. Originally written by Meg Pickard, these 2 pieces of guidance help develop communities of practice in government. Much of it can be applied to other communities, especially the 3 P's of people, programme and platforms.
I've had several professional roles as a community development manager. My first was in 2014 when I edited and published the community development handbook and framework on GOV.UK. Originally written by Meg Pickard, these 2 pieces of guidance help develop communities of practice in government. Much of it can be applied to other communities, especially the 3 P's of people, programme and platforms.
Current communities
Current communities
I help run:
I help run:
- a fortnightly in person hackathon every Tuesday from 1830 GMT(+1).
- a monthly virtual meetup every 4 weeks at 0900 GMT(+1) Wednesday.
- an annual hybrid meetup.
- an annual unconference for people in and around the public sector.
- User Centred Design (UCD) community,
- a community of practice for crown servants in the Ministry of Defence.
Past communities
Past communities
- Service Manager community - 2014,