Erica Packington Email & Phone Number

From a background in marketing, PR, teaching and collaborative working, I have been working with teams, groups, networks and communities all my career. Now, as an Organisation Consultant, I feel I am able to combine and condense all this experience into one job title. My experience ranges from working with communities and groups in large corporate organisations (like IBM, Skype and Whitbread), in mid-sized organisations (such as schools, local government, SHAs and networks in the NHS) right down to tiny voluntary community groups. This range of experience has helped me develop my perspective on how best to support teams, groups and communities to foster great connections. My approach is deeply rooted in the relational – I focus on how I can work with groups and individuals to help establish, strengthen and nurture quality connections using the best of face-to-face and virtual means. I believe that social technologies are transforming the way we are all able to relate to one another, and I am passionate about bringing the benefits of this new way of relating into organisations. I hold a BA (Hons) in Social and Political Studies from The University of Sheffield. I hold a Ashridge Masters in Organisational Consulting where my dissertation, called "All In: An Inquiry into being a Technically Social Consultant" explored the use of social technologies. You can find that here: http://allinresearch.blogspot.com/2012/02/all-in-inquiry-into-being-technically.htmlSpecialties: Organisation Development, Virtual and distance working, Community large scale consultation, community engagement consultant

Listed skills include Organizational Development, Culture Change, Change Management, Workshop Facilitation, and 9 others.