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magic numbersAcademy Manager

Feb. 2023 - Nov. 2023London, England, United KingdomKnowing what your data says about how to drive revenue and profit is critical. But that knowledge has to be shared and believed to be used. We’re your independent ally, who understands how your research fits together and can identify numbers that’ll make the biggest impact on your business. We’ll show you the way. And we’ll tell you if you’re going off course. You’ll get simple, clear, and truthful conversations. Because when analysis is done well, there’s no need to hide behind jargon or blind you with science.

Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit

Mar. 2022 - Dec. 2022France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Colorado and UK10 Months of adventure, travel, challenge, learning and reconnecting with loved ones after Covid. Highlights: •Walked 1,400km on the Camino de Santiago from France, across Northern Spain and down to Porto. From Lisbon to Porto and Malaga to Cordoba. •Spent a month camping, playing, eating and having a wonderful time in Colorado with friends old and new. •Walked 60k in 10 hours on The Cateran Yomp - coming back for the full 84 next year! •Started learning how to tattoo and did my first tattoo on a friend. •Qualified as a massage therapist. •Two European city breaks, two UK festivals and two camping trips. •Making new lifelong friends, understanding my strengths and passions better and taking time to really be in the moment was priceless. •Putting my new skill into practice by walking from Lisbon to Porto, bartering massages for food, accommodation etc. putting myself out of my comfort zone! •looked after two lovely dogs and one regal Persian cat, housesitting in the South of France and Andalucia. •Spent lots of time enjoying being the fun Auntie!

UNESCOProject Coordinator / Lead Designer

Sep. 2021 - Mar. 2022Dundee, Scotland, United KingdomWorking with community groups to help them connect with Dundee’s UNESCO city of Design offer including Dundee Muslim Women’s Group and youth groups flagged as being at-risk or in preventative programming for offending/anti-social behaviour.

Carbon13Talent and Network Consultant

Dec. 2020 - Feb. 2021

UNESCO Creative CitiesDesigner

Sep. 2019 - Nov. 2019Dundee and Bilbao BizkaiaThe challenges facing our society are complex and demanding and must be addressed with a different, innovative and forward-looking approach. Imagining futures by questioning preconceived ideas and narratives and discussing these scenarios, allows us to test and explore ideas in an accessible and creative way: speculation enables us to go beyond polarised debates about "good" or "bad" and to express opinions which are neither so obvious nor so media-influenced by the conflicts and factors of the present- with a constructive and forward-looking tone. This open day will set out and compare certain visions of the future for Bilbao with talks by experts in the subject and the pooling of ideas and scenarios emerging from the workshop “Futures of the future of cities”. As a keynote speaker, Elisabet Roselló will give an introduction to the thinking about futures with a creative and critical look, presenting the most usual bases, myths and structures about the future which are in fact blocking our thoughts from going beyond that and from discovering new paradigms of the future which will enable, improve and transform different realities. Consecutively and to conclude, Ane Abarrategi (TIPI, Bilbao), Frances Brown from Dundee (Scotland, UK) and Karlheinz Boiger "Breathe Earth Collective" from Graz (Austria), members of the working group, emerged from the collaboration with the Creative Cities Network of the UNESCO will present the results of the workshop “Futures of the future of cities”.

Creative DundeeCommunity Consultant

Mar. 2019 - May. 2019Dundee, United Kingdom"Pass The Mic is a brand new Creative Dundee publication all about our history and work in Dundee, starting all the way back in 2008. Pass The Mic is our first ever publication of this size outlining the history of Creative Dundee and its relationship to our city. Though this is a way to showcase what Creative Dundee has been up to, it’s also a way to celebrate that thing that happens when passionate, creative and committed people start connecting with each other. It’s a thing that is hard to define but impossible to ignore. It’s a community." I conducted a community consultation of random and selected participants to hear the stories and impact of Creative Dundee in the words of those who bring it to life. Using a combination of live and remote interviews, surveys and voxpops, the Creative Dundee community shared their experience, learning points and hopes for the future. This feedback was presented both as selected quotes for the publication and as a report with analysis of the consultation and recommendations for strategy. Read online https://issuu.com/creativedundeewrites/docs/pass_the_mic_online_publication

The Queen's Commonwealth TrustHead of Network Development

Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2022London, United KingdomAt the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust we champion, fund and connect young leaders who are working hard to change the world. We find and fund young people whose bright ideas solve local problems in education, health, the environment and sport. We support those who have set up their own not-for-profit organisations, as well as those who are leading projects that help others.

IT’S GOING TO BE GOODFounder

Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2020UKInactive - Network merged with larger organisation. Expert education and mentoring consultancy with a proven track record, passing it on through free training and support for change-makers with big energy and open minds. It's going to be good. We create programmes with heart and excel at teaching accessible leadership, entrepreneurship and employability through non-traditional teaching methods to closed or open networks on behalf of investors, funders, charities, governmental departments and other institutions who wish to increase engagement with diverse groups. Bring your own audience, or let us build one for you. •Help organisations and projects to save time and money by providing full service leadership education and mentoring programmes - while training YOUR staff to replicate them in the future. •Offer free bitesize training for changemakers globally, with the understanding that a little can go a long way, whether you are starting out or looking for new #inspiration. •Have created a shared space where members of major youth #networks and individuals have equal access to experts and #opportunities. No membership or award status required. ~~~~~~~~~~ Trained and mentored people: •in 70+ countries •aged 15 - 42 •with a diverse range of traditional academic backgrounds from age ten school leavers through to Oxbridge Post-Docs. •in networks including The Queen's Young Leaders Programme, The Royal Commonwealth Society, Global Shapers, Forbes under 30, Young African Leaders Network, Commonwealth Youth Council and more. ~~~~~~~~~~ *Previously called wewillnow* From the people who developed and delivered training for Leading Change at The University of Cambridge and The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Youth Forum 2018, built the network and led mentoring for The Queen's Young Leaders Programme and ran IT’S GOING TO BE GOOD event in 2018 - not your average youth leadership conference!

The CommonwealthTraining Lead - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Youth Forum

Mar. 2018 - Oct. 2018Cambridge, United KingdomEducational support for the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, project created with input from The International Taskforce, The UK Cabinet Office and The Commonwealth Secretariat, with design and creation sponsored by University of Cambridge, Institute of Continuing Education. Creation and design of training programme looking at a wide range of topics including The Commonwealth, The SDGs, Communications, Networking, Creativity, Strategy Development, Managing Conflict, Mindfulness, wellbeing and more. The online portal hosts a growing number of participants from around The Commonwealth, currently numbering 200+. The training ran to Autumn 2018 as a post-event engagement tool.

Cambridge Women's Resources CentreTrustee

Oct. 2017 - Jul. 2018Cambridge, United KingdomWith a proven track record, CWRC offers accredited training, emotional and practical support, networking and friendship to develop and empower women, and through them, to strengthen their families and communities. Projects include work with ex-offenders, mothers-to-be, sex workers, victims of domestic violence, isolated women and those looking for a nurturing community to learn new skills and engage with creative and wellness focussed activities. Our services are accessible to all women in the community with formal training programmes, one-to-one and group support and drop-in facilities including a coffee room with a library and internet access. Working across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough the Cambridge Women's Resources Centre provides the resources, opportunities and space for women to change their lives for the better. http://www.cwrc.org.uk/

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)Fellow

Jul. 2017 - Jan. 2022

University of CambridgeDirector of Education and Mentoring

Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2019Cambridge, United KingdomAs part of The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme I design and deliver Leading Change (www.leadingchangeuc.com), a unique leadership and development course drawing on international expertise to support and challenge The Commonwealth's future leaders. Managing a large team of tutors and freelance web and editorial contributors we create innovative and adaptable resources for young changemakers globally. The QYLP mentoring programme has a network of 700+ mentors who work with the Queen's Young Leaders to increase confidence, broaden networks and maximise the impact of the work they do in their communities. Now in year four we have over 500 connected, passionate and committed Queen's Young Leaders working together to create a legacy for the programme. In addition to the core delivery we have focussed considerable effort on network strengthening through thematic workgroups, a proof of concept grants scheme and empowering the young leaders themselves to self-start, teach and create content in a way that takes Leading Change learning into the real world and supports global collaboration. http://www.queensyoungleaders.com

The Queen's Young Leaders ProgrammeDirector of Education and Mentoring

Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2019The Queen’s Young Leaders Award was set up in recognition of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to reward the achievements of 60 inspirational young people across The Commonwealth. For more information please see University of Cambridge description below.

Accelerator | London's Business IncubatorCreative Enterprise Manager

Nov. 2013 - Aug. 2014LondonAs Creative Enterprise Manager at Accelerator I worked to support our business community in house through events, network building and our startup Hatchery Programme. I developed the concept for The Big Idea competition that still runs today and launched a series of capacity building events. For our wider London Metropolitan Enterprise strategy I focussed on the student and graduate enterprise journey across all faculties in addition to developing creative industry specific research and training opportunities.

London Metropolitan UniversityDesign Shift

Nov. 2013 - Apr. 2014London, United KingdomAt the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design I worked to enhance student experience through stakeholder consultations and the provision of opportunities for creative and professional development. The successful project resulted in significant increases in student satisfaction ensuring the ongoing provision of a folio of at-risk undergraduate courses. The role included both strategic and administrative focus including project management, consultation strategy, research, reporting, budgeting, negotiation, procurement and promotions.

University of DundeeDesigner in Residence, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design

Mar. 2013 - Nov. 2013DundeeI worked alongside the Service Design students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design offering tutorials and running workshops while I was PI on a Collaborative Skills Project and Creative Industries Knowledge Exchange Partnership, both funded by The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). During this time I was able to supervise one of the MA students through their role as research assistant on the collaborative skills project.

Ask StartingDirector of Research

Oct. 2012 - Sep. 2014Dundee and LondonPlatform developed now adapted for https://globalgraduates.com As Director of Research at Starting I focussed on understanding how Starting can best help students and graduates and how the data we gathered could be used to help universities be responsive by creating and delivering initiatives to suit the specific needs of their students. Platform adopted by universities across the UK as enterprise education offer(branded/whitelabel). "Starting is the place to come to get your business questions answered by those with relevant first hand experience. Starting is an open platform for thought and discussion on enterprise and entrepreneurship brought to you by a team with decades of experience and knowledge. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask."

NACUENacue Create Steering Group

Oct. 2011 - Dec. 2016London, United KingdomAdvisory and support role for strategic development of NACUE Createe During my time with NACUE I was brought in to advise the newly appointed head of NACUEcreate on the creative industries, creative entrepreneurship and higher education based enterprise pedagogy. I supported them in creating the business strategy and collaborating on consultancy projects. Under the banner of NACUEcreate I published my PhD findings as an educators guide to creative enterprise which was disseminated through enterprise networks worldwide through print and digital versions. About NACUEcreate "Home to the creative. A source of inspiration, motivation, and information. We believe in Passion and Purpose. We work with student groups, universities, enterprising individuals and industry to support you, the creative, in your chosen career. We exist to enable a growing community of creative entrepreneurs to succeed in their chosen career paths through working with institutions to provide high impact programmes that support, enhance and develop strong cultures of creativity, innovation and enterprise amongst students."

Frances Brown Research + DesignFounder

Jul. 2011 - Feb. 2015UKFreelance + Consultant roles in projects related to: •Creative Business/Start-Ups •Enterprise Education Curriculum and Resources •Enterprise Strategy for HE and Support Organisations •Stakeholder Consulting + Organisational Change •Student Satisfaction and Experience in HE Recent clients NACUE, London College of Fashion and Bracket Creative. Additional clients with confidential projects can provide references where suitable. Research funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and Enterprise Educators UK. Consultant roles concentrate on evaluation of strategy and troubleshooting issues related to operations, engagement and effectiveness of offer before working with the client and related stakeholders to develop new service processes and in the case of education, new learning programs. Clients in this area to date have been creative micro businesses, skills support agencies and enterprise or art and design departments within UK universities.

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