Communications / Community / Art
Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Website consultant / community art at Kaleidoscope
- Artistic director at The Egg House
- Co-Founder / Consultant at Nodestone
- Past
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- Werker at The Werks
- Course Developer / Facilitator at SCIP
- Blogging / collaboration consultant at The Foundry
- Course Developer / Facilitator at SCIP
- Message in a Box Project at Tactical Technology Collective
- Blog coach at Azudoo
- Social Network Facilitator at Widgety Goodness
- Communications Consultant at Guerrand Hermes Foundation for Peace
- General Counsel - Community Development at Scouta
- Founder at South Fremantle Early Learning
- Director at Barking Owl Communications
- Educator - School of Business at Curtin University of Technology
- Consultant > Senior Consultant at Porter Novelli
- Communications Officer at BankWest
- Education
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- University of Sussex
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- Playful
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Libby Davy’s Summary
We are an agile, passionate, Brighton-based, international consultancy specialising in projects that integrate online and offline communications. One of our areas of specialisation is community engagement and participation.
Project lead Libby Davy, FRSA has 20 years experience in developing projects that mobilise people to get involved, often within her own community.
Communication, activism and creativity are at the heart of what we do.
http://nodestone.com/
http://egghouseart.com/
Currently, my work involves:
- Delivering strategic, fun community art projects, with or without web-enabled elements) - and highly creative communications & marketing projects.
- Guiding a small number of people in how to blog authentically.
- Delivering other learning packages in simple website development and social media.
- Editing / writing for print or web when there is a strong values fit.
- Public speaking (conferences, seminars).
We are based in Brighton, UK (near London). Available to travel to clients / events or work virtually.
Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on invitation.
Libby Davy’s Specialties:
community art, social media, blog coaching, website training, writing, editing, public speaking, facilitation, creative problem solving, communications, marketing
Libby Davy’s Experience
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Website consultant / community art
Kaleidoscope
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
March 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)
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Artistic director
The Egg House
(Arts and Crafts industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Community art projects in Brighton, UK and Australia.
Artists Open House in the Brighton Festival. Curation of 11 artists, co-ordination, marketing etc. Short listed for Best Open House in our first year. -
Co-Founder / Consultant
Nodestone
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2005 — Present (5 years )
Communications and web technologies. Came from the merger of Authentic Blogging and Presence Labs.
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Werker
The Werks
(Program Development industry)
2008 — 2010 (2 years )
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Course Developer / Facilitator
SCIP
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2009 — July 2009 (6 months)
Working closely with SCIP to improve the way community groups get online and get heard. Now we have Wordpress (for example), training and education becomes more interesting. Developing courses, e-learning, communities of practice, clinics and other educational vehicles to ensure digital inclusion for smaller groups that are poised to have a big impact. Courses cover intro to the social web, stakeholder mapping, key message, Wordpress hands on through to project management, community building and promotion.
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Blogging / collaboration consultant
The Foundry
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
February 2009 — March 2009 (2 months)
Called in as a specialist to help The Foundry improve participation in an internal blogging / collaborative tool for Mölnlycke Health Care.
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Course Developer / Facilitator
SCIP
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2008 — March 2009 (6 months)
Coldean Community Association were looking for a website. We wanted to teach them how to fish. This is the first SCIP-led community website project of it's kind, using Wordpress and an expanded notion of what's possible when you empower a community to become web publishers and social media agents at large! Feedback and results have been excellent in terms of inclusion, social capital and cohesion.
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Message in a Box Project
Tactical Technology Collective
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2008 — November 2008 (6 months)
Message in-a-Box - A toolkit for communicating your cause.
http://miab.tacticaltech.org/
Rediscovered the love of crafting clear communication and getting into the architecture of information.
Editing a vast online and printed resource to empower people to use their voice, get organised, connect and be heard.
Covered everything from internet strategy, using mobiles, images (cartoons to photographs), video, audio and print media.
Wrote the introductory section on communications strategy and additional material for Print, Internet and Images sections.
A very powerful and positive project. A joy to have been involved with. Feedback from users has been excellent so far, with more work to be done down the track to refine and renew this essential resource.
Having had nearly two decades experience in editing/writing - it was great to rekindle this and I am keen to hear from more people with small and large editing/writing projects. -
Blog coach
Azudoo
(Philanthropy industry)
June 2008 — June 2008 (1 month)
AZUDOO is where you share, pitch and fund ideas together.
It is a mutual global society regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom.
Blog coaching with Azudoo's co-Founder Paul Woolf. -
Social Network Facilitator
Widgety Goodness
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
Communications project role leading up to Europe's first historic Widget conference in digital Brighton, 6 December 2007. Planned to carry on to New York in 2008!
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Communications Consultant
Guerrand Hermes Foundation for Peace
(Think Tanks industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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General Counsel - Community Development
Scouta
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
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Founder
South Fremantle Early Learning
(Program Development industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years )
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Director
Barking Owl Communications
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1995 — 2005 (10 years )
Stakeholder relations / communications projects across most public and private sectors in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres (Australia, UK, SE Asia). Community development, writing/editing, marketing strategy.... and more...
Also development of Global Friends Websites (very early social networking offer), incubation of Scouta (social networking and online recommendation system)...and more... (to be completed) -
Educator - School of Business
Curtin University of Technology
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years )
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Consultant > Senior Consultant
Porter Novelli
(Public Company; OMC; Public Relations and Communications industry)
February 1993 — May 1995 (2 years 4 months)
Formerly Turnbull Fox Phillips. Communications work across a broad range of sectors, including team management and organisational development. Some highlights: Business Women’s award (call for entries, judging, large event management). National environmental education program set-up with primary schools. Established first communications office for the National Native Title Tribunal. Fortune PR Jakarta - Visiting consultant (partner office).
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Communications Officer
BankWest
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year )
Group Public Affairs & Communications. First full-time job.
Libby Davy’s Education
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University of Sussex
MA , Education Studies (Person Centred Education) , 2006 — 2007
Fascinating journey into person-centred education. Professor Michael Fielding and Dr Scherto Gill were key contributors. Completed stage one.
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Edith Cowan University
BA , Media Studies & Stakeholder Relations , 1987 — 1991
Awarded Final Year Prize for Journalism.
Distinction for Stakeholder Relations.
Three-year degree, equivalent in UK to a 1st class degree with honours.- Activities and Societies:
- Co-founded the Public Relations Student's Association and Student Chapter of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (WA).
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Murdoch University
BA , Communication Studies , 1986 — 1987
Foucault, Barthe, Sartre, De Bouvoir, semiotics, phenomenology, linguistics... heady stuff for a 17 year old.
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Playful
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Libby Davy’s Interests:
blogging courses & coaching, person-centred education, dialogue marketing, ethical/sustainable business, creativity & innovation
Libby Davy’s Groups:
sustainable business network, Sussex Bloggers, Authentic Bloggers, brighton geek girls, School of Everything, global collective of young people's advocacy types, Project Brighton, LIFT08
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Werkshop
Libby Davy’s Honors:
Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.
International Public Relations Award, Issues Management Award
Public Relations Institute of Australia, Various Awards
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