Working in over 100 countries, World Values Day supports values-driven, ground-level community work throughout the year. On the third Thursday of each October, thousands of projects and people come together to celebrate World Values Day. As part of the core management team, my role is to support connections between people and projects, and expand our reach to new countries and opportunities. I lead the World Values Day engagement with the G20, via the Values 20 Task Force. This year, I supported 15 contributors to the Values 20 Communique , which includes significant contributions from Tauranga’s community support and food rescue charity, Good Neighbour. In addition, an article I have written about the global definition of VALUES Objectives, to accompany SMART Objectives, will be published in this year’s G20 Summit Magazine. Each year we launch World Values Day from New Zealand, because it's the first place to see the sun on each new day. Use the links below to see our launch footage from 2021 and 2022.If you would like to be involved in World Values Day or if you know someone who should be celebrate for the values they live by, I'd love to hear from you.

Building on the work done by TRON (The Rail Opportunities Network), I conducted a full evidence review relating to inter-regional rail in New Zealand’s Golden Triangle. This concluded that, if rail was packed in a way that made it appealing to global inward investors, it could be delivered without putting excessive strain on the public purse. This approach would also require members of the public served by the line would have to form a cooperative to own and operate the line once it was delivered.Following the publication of the report, I established a network of volunteers to help with stakeholder engagement and further analysis of how this idea would connect with existing transport and inward investment strategies. I briefed the Minister for Transport and held a cross Party Parliamentary Group meeting, which resulted in the announcement of a Select Committee Inquiry. Speaking at the Future is Rail Conference alongside MPs and senior government officials, I reemphasised the point that inward investment of imperative to delivery of the service, and that rail must set itself in context with roads, freight and aviation if it is to become part of an integrated transport strategy.The team will be concluding the Making Rail Work Initiative in November 2023, with Briefing to Incoming Ministers. This report will provide observations and recommendations about how an urban development corporation might draw all of these strands together, and streamline the inward investment process.

Tarakin Global’s governance and communications tools allow organisations of all sizes, especially those working in complex policy environments, to openly and transparently prioritise their stakeholders. The system has been proven to work across all sectors and was commended by the Office of Government Commerce in 2007 for being best practice in government communications. It can also be used as a complementary system that enhances the statutory public consultation process. In Aotearoa New Zealand, it is already being used by Ngāti Toa to navigate overwhelming interest from stakeholders.Past clients and partners include: • Equality & Human Rights Commission • Cabinet Office • Government Property Unit • Government Procurement Service • HMG Thames Gateway Executive • Local Partnerships • Newham University Hospital NHS Trust • London Borough of Newham • SymphonyIRI • High Speed Two Ltd • Kellogg’s Snacks Business (Europe) • Clark, Doyle & Ward • Gateway Associates • Apteligen • London Folk Fest • MusEcology • RSPB • Worn Again • Profit Through Ethics • Smith’s Bar & Grill • Pipers Projects •

This is a new kind of recruitment concept that provides everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, without the need for a protracted and often ineffective interview process.Socially positive project leaders are invited to post the tasks that fester at the end of their to do lists in our activity zone. Individuals with skills or talents they are not putting to use are invited to demonstrate and practice those skills by taking a task.The concept was trialled over a two-year period in Central London, where membership grew globally and exponentially. Projects that were in danger of failing found positive support and individuals who had struggled to get interviews quickly found paid and fulfilling contracts and jobs.The initiative is currently being written up so that it can be re-introduced and scaled at pace.

Working with a team of passionate housing policy influencers, I helped to strategically shape a Residential Cooperative education programme for Parliamentarians, government policy officials, and media. With a view to supporting the incumbent government’s agenda for promoting State Housing, we challenged officials to look ahead and consider Residential Cooperatives as a way to bridge the gap between state dependency and independent home ownership.

Tinker NZ is a virtual public affairs and communications consultancy. I established the network in December 2018 with my former colleague, Jessica Meade. We seek to work with project clients as opposed to looking for retained accounts. Our clients find themselves in a communications crisis and don’t know which marketing or communications discipline will help them resolve the issue. My job is to work with the client to help design a strategy, based on the budget they have available. As a multi-disciplined public affairs and communications expert, I deliver most of the work and then bring in experts when they are needed. The network is global, which means we are able to draw on skills and case studies from other parts of the world. I also provide personal and professional life coaching services.Clients include: BurgerFuel, Rotorua Hospice, the families of the Dothett murder victim, Addictive DJs, Epoch Events NZ.

Managing all media enquiries, drafting media campaigns and pitches, writing content for the website about announcements, events, courses and student accomplishments, and supporting the faculties across all campuses with developing messaging and identifying good news stories. This role is also responsible for overseeing internal communications and social media activity and helping it to evolve as the student body changes and grows. I was also responsible for conducting a review of how the monitoring and measurement of coverage is reported and informs future communications activity.Ensuring the unique nature of the Toi Ohomai brand is represented in all communications appropriately and that the iwi that gifted it to us are consulted and given appropriate and timely representation. Managing the internal communications for Te Kahui Matauranga and creating the future communications plans for the introduction of Toi Ohomai’s founding Māori values is also a delicate negotiation that is an intriguing, and enlightening, part of this role.

Following the last election, I was approached by an academic publishing company asking me to write a book about the stakeholder engagement systems I have designed. While considering this career direction, I undertook a variety of consulting, speaking and specialist training contracts so I could continue to make best use of my skills at the same time as experiencing what a move into academia would be like. Key activities:- Conducted qualitative and quantitative behaviour analysis for health and social care organisations- Conducted reviews of data protection and radicalisation policies- Guest lecturing on publicity management, communications and event management- Guest speaking PR industry events on how to engage with government and Parliament- Hosted the Chichester Festival current affairs stage, interviewing celebrities like Esther Ranson- Project managed the development and introduction of major, international IT projectsMain clients:- All Party Parliamentary Group for Duel Diagnosis and Complex Needs- Apteligen Ltd (data analytics)- British & Irish Modern Music Institute- Judy Totton PR: Chichester Festival- Delete Blood Cancer/Team Margot- OneFamily (insurance)- Public Relations Consultancy Association

Highlights include:- Guest lectured for second and third year students on the practical skills required to run major music business initiatives and events.- Provided project management and administrative support for four major IT and strategic change programmes. These included major improvements to the Institute’s data management and calendar systems; it’s online student intranet and coordinating the 2016 enrolment process across its colleges in Brighton, London, Manchester, Bristol, Dublin and Berlin. - Provided training sessions and materials for new IT software- Reviewed the Institute’s data protection and radicalisation policies- Provided hands on helpdesk support for all staff, tutors and students during the enrolment period.

Co-developed and managed the strategic introduction and positioning of clean question key influencer surveys to Gateway Associates portfolio of products. These surveys focus on a single, complex policy milestone or issue and gather the views of the key decision makers and stakeholders. The results are presented in a report that sets out the landscape of opinion on the subject in a way that allows all parties to have a debate about the issues as opposed to the politics behind the policy. The reports are un-sponsored, politically neutral and published with the support of relevant Parliamentary groups in Westminster. In my capacity as Government & Business Communications Expert, I also co-authored the first two outcome reports on High Speed Rail and Thames Estuary Airport.

I was Acting Head of Strategy for four months while the substantive post was being recruited. During this time, I also introduced a Tarakin Framework to simplify the way communications and stakeholder engagement is managed and implemented the new Cabinet Office brand across the Unit's core reports and communications materials.I also introduced Tarakin Frameworks to both the Facilities Management Contract Model and the Government Soft Landings work streams.

Highlights included co-founding the Positive Energy Partnership - a networking group for values-driven organisations and individuals from all sectors and industries to find ways supporting each other and collaborating - and managing the full communications, media relations and political engagement strategy for the Westmill Solar Coop in preparation for the launch of the local community share issue.

Provided support with the development of the company's Accelerated Client Solutions Workshops.

Developing a new communications and marketing framework for the UK business, which will be used to inform the wider European and international strategy. Also providing interim marcoms implementation support in the UK following the world-wide rebrand of the Group.

Major achievements:- Coordinated £9billion cross-Whitehall funding announcement with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.- Mediated between relevant Government departments, Buckingham Palace and The Lord Chamberlain’s Office to create a central, crested logo and brand for HMG Thames Gateway.- Brokered a cross-sector deal to create a £500K architectural model of Thames Gateway where Central Government retained the marketing rights for only 7% of the total production cost.- Introduced the first cross-Government Thames Gateway marketing and communications strategy.Boards and committees:- Member of the Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership- Member of the Thames Gateway Cross-Government Board- Chair of cross-Whitehall Thames Gateway Communications Committee- Centrally managed and chaired the Cross-Gateway Communications and Marketing Group- Member of various local regeneration partnership boards and communications groupsOther relevant skills:- Ministerial handling: Provided written and verbal policy and communications advice and managed national and local community events for senior Cabinet Ministers including Gordon Brown, John Prescott, David Miliband, Ruth Kelly, Tessa Jowell and Yvette Cooper. - Strategic leadership: Devised the cross-government marketing and communications strategy, which was thoroughly scrutinised and approved by the Office of Government Commerce Gateway Review Panel, reviews all No10 Mission Critical Projects.- Managing external agencies: Worked with existing agencies and appointing new agencies when necessary, I revised or replaced all marketing materials including event stands, merchandising, promotional films, partnership websites and promotional materials.- Social media and websites: Devised and managed Thames Gateway Chief Executive’s blog. Re-structured, re-designed and re-drafted content for the two central Thames Gateway websites.

As well as providing brand, publicity, media and crisis management for a variety of corporate clients, I also played a significant part in brokering and communicating some internationally renowned deals:- Publicity and communications lead on AEG’s Millennium Dome naming partner negotiation team. - Managed the Greenwich Peninsula leg of the International Olympic Committee visit to London. - Negotiated the AEG publicity handling agreement for the Tutankhamun tour of US and the UK. - Managed the brand agreement and media launch for the David Beckham Football Academy. - Established AEG’s European marcoms function; design and launch of its first corporate website.- Advised on media handling when Sony appointed Howard Stringer, its first non-Japanese CEO.- Managed BAFTA press office, interview and photography press pens and talent handled A-list celebrities at numerous Leicester Square premiers including the Star Wars Episode IIIClients included: • AEG • Sony • Prada • Royal Bank of Scotland • PepsiCo • KFC & Pizza Hut • Nestle Rowntree • British Coffee Association •

Clients included: • Enterprise Rent-A-Car • Reality Telecom • Fleet Logistics • RTKL (architects) • Chemical Industries Association •

Clients included: • BT PFG (PFI division) • Abbey National Business • Selftrade: online trading • BT Blackberry • Dixons Group • Taste TV •

Manually settling bets and managing all day to day financial transactions.

Public house and restaurant relief manager