Delivering Efficiency For Transport for the 153 Local Authorities in England | helping you engage new audiences | #transport #highways #bus #data #storytelling
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Joined October 2016
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Exciting news 📢, Nic Cary joins DEFT153 🎉
Nic joins from Waysphere, which he founded in 2017. We've worked closely together so now feels the right time to join forces and see what we can build together in the same team 😀
Find out more ➡️bit.ly/3JvyQy2
Great to have got tickets for @transtechforum on 20/21 Nov: bit.ly/TTFConf2019. Wondering who from @LG_TAG and @LCRIGnetwork will step foot in the TTF camp and keep the shared learning going...?
Great that @transportgovuk Darren Capes shares Local Transport Data Discovery work with #lcrig at Strictly Highways; in same session as Steve Berry with Highways Maintenance updates, and @DominicBrowne1 with his compelling session on storytelling @LG_TAG bit.ly/2O3qQVi
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How do you go from a wall of post-its to a concrete idea?
At our #NewsImpact Academy, we are using #DesignThinking 👇
✅Empathise, focus on the user
✅Define the question, ideate & talk to people
✅Prototype, visualise your ideas. Test the product.
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Back again! In #weeknotes 5 I reflect on efforts to bring equality for local authorities to @HWYSUK and why this is important. Includes links to programme and blogposts. @Ringway_UK @ADEPTLA @LG_TAG @LCRIGnetwork @transportgovuk @geektwogeek @balfourbeatty bit.ly/TJwknotes5
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"Climate is everywhere. But when something is everywhere it can feel like it's nowhere. Journalism can bring it from everywhere/nowhere to our backyard, it puts it in context. We need stories to understand" - @ClimateAdam #NISBHX
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Hearing from @ClimateAdam at @ejcnet #NISBHX sharing his experience of ’crossing the border’ between climate science (PhD in Atmospheric physics @UniofOxford) and climate journalist (Climate Adam on You Tube: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
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. @mattcooke_uk says a big part of #NISBHX is training and thinking about improving skills. g.co/newstraining just launched a section teaching journalists to find and report on stories about the environment. newsinitiative.withgoogle.co…
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In his welcome and introduction to the @ejcnet #NISBHX, @GoogleNewsInit @mattcooke_uk announces a new Google training news resource for Environmental journalism launched today newsinitiative.withgoogle.co…
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This #weeknotes title is 'The ICE @ICE_engineers #SDGs and @HWYSUK - a story'.
Exploring #ClimateChange narrative on the Local Authority Hub 6-7 Nov with @balfourbeatty @SouthamptonCC @contentedstory
Also very relevant to @ejcnet and team for #NISBHX bit.ly/2m2PjBN
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For those attending @ejcnet #NISBHX ‘A New Era In Climate Change Reporting’ on Mon 7th Oct, see how @LG_TAG @SouthamptonCC @ICE_engineers @contentedstory @balfourbeatty are helping local authority technical staff prepare for #ClimateEmergency @HWYSUK. bit.ly/2mN9gNq
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#Birmingham has welcomed us with☀️ & all is ready for our first #NewsImpact Summit of the year. As worlwide 🌍 protests for #ClimateAction are taking place, we will discuss tomorrow how the media can better report on #climatechange Live coverage on Twitter via #NISBHX 🌳
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We are getting excited ahead of our trip to Birmingham next week for our first #NewsImpact Summit of the year! Join us on Monday 7 October to look at the latest innovations in #climate reporting! It's free, sign up to save your seat here 👉newsimpact.io/summits/news-i… #NISBHX
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As the world gears up for the #ClimateStrike tomorrow, let's not forget that there are 2 sides to the #ClimateEmergency to plan for: mitigation (reducing emissions) and adaptation (making communities more resilient). Some thoughts: go-how.com/blog
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Today we are at the #FutureMobility workshop organised by @TransportKH. What is the role of sustainable and public transport in this future? We'd like to know!
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In partnership with @PTRC_UK we are running a course on Scenario Planning for Transport Planners on 10th October. It's a great day of fun, active learning, and some places are still available. ptrc-training.co.uk/Training…
We started #weeknotes in Aug; inspired by @jamesgleave1 and @puntofisso. This week has storytelling adventure, the Round Table, and mentions @wmodf, @HWYSUK, and by inference @wsp (Mouchel). #storytelling #data #localhighways #SDGs #futuregenerations #ClimateEmergency cc @LG_TAG
Here we go, #weeknotes 2 are out! bit.ly/TJwknotes2
Visits to @ICE_engineers and @WelshGovernment inspire a reflective look at my call to adventure that began 10 years ago with @measure2improve, to improve storytelling for local highways using data @contenteduk @TDIForum
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Like the hammer. Let's be bold!
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If you are going to tomorrow's @EconomicHeart Conference at @UniofHerts, then say hi to our Director @jamesgleave1. He will be there talking about all things #citizencentredmobility, and will be bringing a copy of the Future of Mobility Card game with him. mobilitylab.org.uk/future-of…