From @chroniclelive.co.uk - should the remaining funds of the #NewcastleUponTyne #CAZ grant scheme go to #taxi drivers or #buses? www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #PublicTransport

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - revisiting the tricky issue of pedestrianisation: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #transport #roads #NewcastleUponTyne #ActiveTravel

From @atlassian.bsky.social - apparently Google CEO Sundar Pichai describes himself as 'not a morning person'.”, me neither: www.atlassian.com/blog/product... #productivity

From The Consultation Institute - "A #stakeholder is anyone who has an interest in an organisation or issue, and whose support is required for successful outcomes": www.consultationinstitute.org/evidence-led... #consultation #StakeholderMapping

From @theguardian.com and @phillipinman.bsky.social - " #Councils are left to choose between raising taxes, selling assets, and cutting essential services" www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #LocalGovernment

From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "token or rushed #consultation risks legal challenge and loss of public trust ...[here's] how to conduct defensible consultation under severe financial pressure": www.consultationinstitute.org/consultation... #CommunityEngagement #ConsultationLaw

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - #NewcastleUponTyne is a Marmot City, and we need to tackle these #health #inequalities: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/...

From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - should we care about the abolition of #Police and #Crime Commissioners? "For over a decade PCCs gave a single, visible local leader answerable to the public on crime issues..." www.consultationinstitute.org/abolishing-p... #democracy

From @atlassian.bsky.social Forgotten all the useful stuff you learned in school? Bookmark this, problem solved: www.atlassian.com/blog/product... #maths #english

From @theguardian.com - do people really know what's planned for #LocalGovernment? "England has plans to axe unknown numbers of local councillors – some estimates put it at nearly 90%": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #democracy

From @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @peterhopkins.bsky.social - a powerful watch about tackling #Islamophobia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5KL... #prejudice #equality

From @local.gov.uk: " #Misinformation: false information shared without intent to mislead. #Disinformation: false information shared with the intent to deceive..." www.local.gov.uk/our-support/... #LocalGovernment

From The #Consultation Institute (tCI) - relevant for all of us, not just #health services: " #LargeLanguageModels shorten the time it takes the public to read, analyse, and draft strong responses": www.consultationinstitute.org/eleven-force...

Some excellent work here from @nuffieldfoundation.org: " #YoungPeople want to live in a world that is kind, caring, strong on #community, not commercialisation, and that isn’t #DigitalFirst": www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...

At the @newcastleuni.bsky.social talk by Pam Smith, good to hear more about the Pride in #Place initiative:

From the #Consultation Institute - I love this comment: "If a #SingleParent working nights can’t meaningfully #engage, your process has a legal vulnerability": consultationinstitute.org/lived-experi...

From The Consultation Institute (tCI): "A structured #coding frame is the bridge between raw #consultation text and the #evidence your decision-makers need to act confidently and defensibly": www.consultationinstitute.org/code-framing... #SurveyResearch #QualitativeData

From @chroniclelive.co.uk and samuelevolpe.bsky.social - '£6.6bn "could be added to the economy if #MentalHealth was improved in the #NorthEastEngland"': www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/... #NorthSouthDivide #health

From @mit.edu - "At their core, #DataVisualisations convey #information ...but how do you consume that information if you can’t see it?" news.mit.edu/2025/human-c...

From datarevelations.com - some tips on #DataVisualisation: "The connected dot plot remains my “go to” for showing gaps among different demographic groups for virtually any type of #survey question": www.datarevelations.com/a-better-way... #charts #DotPlot

From The Consultation Institute (tCI) - "Consult after you’ve effectively decided, and you risk judicial review, expensive delays, and a collapse in public trust": www.consultationinstitute.org/consult-too-... #consultation #GunningPrinciples

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - "Nearly half of unpaid #carers have to cut back on essentials such as food, heating, clothing and transport costs": www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e... #care #SocialCare

From @atlassian.bsky.social - how to effect #CultureChange: "People adopt a practice when they try it, it works (even a little), and they see someone they trust doing it for real": www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor... #productivity

The remote Islands off the Northumberland coast are home one of the largest grey seals colonies with around 3,000 pups born each autumn

Is 'relationship #wealth' a thing? "Your personal relationships are the roots that keep your professional ones standing tall" www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/t... #PersonalEffectiveness

From @n8research.bsky.social - catching up on the ' #Child of the North' campaign: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...

An interesting ethical question: "Can techniques designed to influence #behaviour align with the legal and ethical principles of proper public #consultation?" www.consultationinstitute.org/behaviour-ch...

From @theguardian.com "A 2024 study on the impact of #YouthClub closures in London found the average pupil did 4% worse in GCSE exams after the facilities shut": www.theguardian.com/environment/... #YoungPeople #YouthServices

From @theguardian.com and @journo-jess.bsky.social - a long and unhappy history of #austerity has led here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #housing

From A2i Transcription Services - "the average #ReadingAge for English among BSL users is around 7-9 years old, and the structure of BSL is completely different from English": a2i.co.uk/blog/are-sub... #accessiblity #disability #Deaf

From @atlassian.bsky.social - I agree with this, but I'd add a sixth tip - follow up with a clear demonstration of how people's participation made a measurable difference to their working lives: www.atlassian.com/blog/communi... #surveys #research #EmployeeResearch

From @profandyfield.com - It's #Halloween, so time for a song featuring dancing #skeletons and #statistics... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHR3...

From @bdailynews.bsky.social - there's a lot happening in and around #Newcastle at the moment! bdaily.co.uk/articles/202... #regeneration #housing

Angle on #AI in #consultation that many of us haven't yet realised: "Subtle shift in who holds authority during public consultations. LLMS... shorten the time it takes for a motivated resident to gain technical understanding." www.consultationinstitute.org/ai-public-co... #Artificialintelligence

From @theguardian.com - do you know what #AwaabsLaw is and what it means? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #housing #SocialHousing

From @technologyreview.com: "At their core, #DataVisualisations convey #information, and everyone consumes that information differently ...but how do you consume that information if you can’t see it?" news.mit.edu/2025/human-c... #accessibility #equality

It's been a busy few weeks! Here's the start of @newcastleuni.bsky.social's 'Rifts and Shifts' initiative #research #change

From @adobeexpress.adobe.com - actually quite helpful for non-designers as well! www.adobe.com/express/lear... #design #GraphicDesign

@insightsnortheast.bsky.social Happy to be at 3ni: the national network for neighbourhood improvement's Connecting #Communities event on #SocialCapital. Nice to be in learning mode...

A handy introduction to #consultation for #ActiveTravel, though the lessons are more widely applicable: "Resistance often relates to practical issues such as emergency vehicle access... Acknowledge these concerns": www.consultationinstitute.org/active-trave...

From @policyviz.bsky.social "when we create stacked #BarCharts, we ask a lot of our readers: make several comparisons simultaneously, with many of those comparisons sitting across different baselines..." Technical but interesting! jschwabish.substack.com/p/can-we-imp... #statistics #dataviz

From @atlassian.bsky.social and @kelkord.bsky.social: "Preliminary research indicates that human leaders still outperform bots" #ArtificalIntelligence: www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor...

Fascinating talk by Farrell Centre and Lotte Dijkstra on 'A Living #City' - I had not previously thought of doing #consultation with #trees!

From @atlassian.bsky.social and Shaina Rozen - a handy article about #ArtificialIntelligence and #teamwork: www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwor...

From @profgalloway.com - an interesting angle to take on the 'will #ArtificialIntelligence replace humans?' question: www.profgmarkets.com/p/3-human-sk...

For @fairtradeftao.bsky.social I'm looking forward to hosting this tea and cake stall tomorrow for #FairtradeFortnight and Newcastle #Fairtrade Partnership. Find out more about #BrewItFair and sign the petition here: www.fairtrade.net/uk-en/get-in...

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - an interesting aspect of the problems of assuming everyone's online: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/news-op... #DigitalExclusion

From @atlasobscura.com - a really insightful article on how #play spaces can shape local areas and childhoods (what child doesn't want to ride a #dragon?) www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sin... #PlaySpaces #neighbourhoods

From @chroniclelive.co.uk - £1.7 million investment to tackle weeds, overgrown #grass verges and #graffiti across Newcastle: www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Happy to be at the Boiler House for @insightsnortheast.bsky.social's #Innovation in #Cities event!