Focus on grassroots community builders and participants. Interviews are mined for user needs, then turned into published profiles which are in turn amplified by their subjects to help us reach more people. Example: Dig It Soundsystem profile
Working on
Adding richness and colour to the Toolkit, such as illustrations, models, examples. Particular focus on sections and principles that are mostly text at present.
Finishing the last 25% of the Measurement chapter of the Toolkit.
Get community builders to try and use the Toolkit to help them with their challenges. Feed the feedback into further refinement of the Toolkit. Gather formal evidence that supports grant applications.
Achieve our next rung on the grant application ladder. One or two grant applications per cycle, not a continuous pipeline.
Make the experience of being part of TBD fulfilling, including for those who are remotely-located. Includes interviews to find out about the current experience, and a programme that creates engagement
Look at our operations across the piece (project management, tooling, finance, scheduling etc), and figure out how to make it work better with the limited time we have.
Direction and stewardship of TBD mandate. Shape strategic options for the collective to consider. Keep an eye on project progress and how people are doing, with the overall goals in mind.
Fun facts
- In 2012, I predicted QR codes were a fad that would soon be obsolete
- For a brief period in the 1990s, I could walk to the front of the line outside Camden nightclubs because I played accordion in a band called Jack
- I've played a vampire onstage twice