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May 16

Farewell to freelancing, hello to Catalyst

My reflections on two years of freelancing, and what I’m up to next Closing one door Last week I closed the door on two years of freelancing. It’s been a fascinating, challenging, fun, stressful and nourishing two years. I was blown away by the amazing community I found (especially Freelancers GSD), and I…

New Job

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Farewell to freelancing, hello to Catalyst
Farewell to freelancing, hello to Catalyst
New Job

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Apr 25

Values, choices and trade-offs

In this post I share some reflections on why values are so helpful in making decisions and understanding trade offs. Why I love working with values When we’re working, we are faced with constant options. Opportunities to make choices. We may see these, or we may not. Choices about how to show up with people. Choices…

Values

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Values, choices and trade-offs
Values, choices and trade-offs
Values

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May 13, 2022

Building digital capabilities within a culture of devolved decision making

In this post I’m exploring what the role of a digital, data or technology function could be in a charity which has a culture and structure based on local autonomy, devolved decision-making and a small core which seeks always to support and empower, rather than dictate or oversee. My thoughts…

Digital

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Building digital capabilities within a culture of devolved decision making
Building digital capabilities within a culture of devolved decision making
Digital

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Apr 18, 2021

A user manual for Megan

As I slowly tore myself away from NCVO earlier this year, one of my final acts was to encourage the new leadership team to write user manuals for each other. …

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A user manual for Megan
A user manual for Megan

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Mar 26, 2021

1+8 reflections on leaving an organisation after 18 years

Today I leave NCVO after 18 years. I was 24 when I joined. Since then I’ve gotten married and had two children. I’ve grown up in this organisation. So many thoughts have been running through my head, so (because a friend said it was a good idea!) …

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1+8 reflections on leaving an organisation after 18 years
1+8 reflections on leaving an organisation after 18 years

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The Digital Fund

·Oct 23, 2020

Thinking of hiring your first developer? What we learned from talking to developers in charities

Late last year at NCVO we were considering hiring a developer for the first time. If you’re interested in why we thought it might be a good idea, and why we thought it might be the right time, have a read of my previous post. We wanted to take some…

Digital

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Thinking of hiring your first developer? What we learned from talking to developers in charities
Thinking of hiring your first developer? What we learned from talking to developers in charities
Digital

6 min read


Feb 7, 2020

Investigating service design

In my last post I reflected on how the field of digital had changed over the last 9 years, from when it was about websites and emails, through the emergence of ‘digital’ and to today, when there are many discussions about whether ‘digital’ is even what we should be interested…

Service Design

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Investigating service design
Investigating service design
Service Design

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Jan 17, 2020

From websites to ‘digital’ and beyond

As we start a new decade, lots of people are looking back. In this post I share how I saw conversations about ‘digital’ changing over the last decade, and where we are now. Looking back: the emergence of ‘digital’ Ten years ago I was on maternity leave with a newborn. When I returned from maternity leave…

Digital Transformation

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From websites to ‘digital’ and beyond
From websites to ‘digital’ and beyond
Digital Transformation

4 min read


Nov 26, 2019

Should we hire a developer?

At NCVO, we’re considering hiring a developer for the first time. That feels a bit scary. But it also feels exciting. We want to take some time to think carefully about whether this is the right thing to do, and learn about how to do it well. …

Digital Transformation

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Should we hire a developer?
Should we hire a developer?
Digital Transformation

4 min read


Aug 1, 2019

Recommendations, conversations and trials: finding the right technical partners

Since December I’ve been sharing our experience of developing a new digital strategy at NCVO, through mapping our digital ecology, learning about user needs and behaviours, developing a vision for a radical new technical architecture, and crafting a compelling business case. After NCVO’s trustee board approved our strategy the hard…

Digital Transformation

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Recommendations, conversations and trials: finding the right technical partners
Recommendations, conversations and trials: finding the right technical partners
Digital Transformation

8 min read

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