About the blog
Tim’s blog started out as a space for me to easily share resources and reflective learning from my various work as a trainer and consultant on youth participation; a campaigner and activist on fair trade and ethical investment; a dabbler in social media; and a developer of online tools for the not-for-profit sector.
It is still very much that eclectic space – unapologetically organised around the ebb and flow of my work and interests. That principle of organisation: sharing that which I have to share – seems to have worked so far – and provides readers with, I hope, a stream of content to dip into or skip over according to their own interests.
Of course, you can also explore the blog by theme (look for the category and tag cloud links) and I always welcome suggestions for topics to be covered on the blog.
About Tim
Tim’s blog is by me, Tim Davies, a 23 year old independent consultant, researcher and social entrepreneur now based in Oxford, UK.
I started out getting involved in both online technologies and youth participation in 1999.
The participation thread of my work and interests took my from working with a local youth council in Southern England, via a place on the advisory board of the DFES Children and Young People’s Unit, to a role as a part-time participation trainer with The National Youth Agency. Since 2005 I’ve worked as a consultant in youth participation, first for The National Youth Agency, and now independently through Practical Participation.
The technology thread of my work and interests had found me developing touch-screen information systems, youth focussed interactive websites, national shared learning tools, web-based management information systems for grant-making and many social media based projects. Since 2006 I’ve been writing and running training sessions and workshops on the use of social media – particularly with a focus on social justice campaigning and work with young people.
Underpinning all my work is a commitment to social justice – with a focus on Children’s Rights, ethical trade and ethical investment.
I hold a first class degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from Oriel College, Oxford.
When not blogging or working on the things I blog about – I can most often be in the cooking in the spirit of the slow food movement.
Selected Publications
Davies and Badham, The Active Involvement of Young People in Leading Work with Young People (Open University, 2007)
Davies and Schulman, Evidence of the impact of the ‘youth development model’ on outcomes for young people – a literature review (2007)
Davies and Cranston, Youth Work and Social Networking – Interim Report (2008) and Final Report (2008)
Davies, How To Guide to Using Multimedia Tools in Participation (PDF) (2008)
Davies, One Page Social Media Guides (Series) (2007 - 2008)