“I worked with Farina in a busy agency with a lot of work passing through the department. If you went to her with a problem, she'd not only suggest an immediate solution, but she'd also develop a process to ensure similar problems didn't arise again. She always knew exactly what everyone in her team was working on, and had the experience to foresee potential issues and put workarounds in place to keep projects on track. No matter how busy and hectic the agency was, Farina was always ready to help; maintaining a great sense of humour, and making even the most trying of projects a pleasure to work on.”
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Mastering Digital Project Management
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Credential ID : CPD Standards Office Provider 21007
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Gamesmaker – Transport
London 2012
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London Olympic 2012 Gamesmaker – Transport division. Meeting and greeting international athletes and high-profile VIP guests (sport association presidents) and guiding them to the correct arenas within Excel London including providing information about the area and transport times. Sports included fencing, boxing, table tennis, wrestling, and taekwondo.
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Collaboration Excellence Lead
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Remote Agility for Scrum Masters
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BEUC What's in your kitchen? interactive
The whatsinyourkitchen.eu site was designed and built by Soapbox for The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) as part of a project launched together with their member organisations from 12 countries. It displays the main nutrition issues raised in their 2015 position paper ‘Informed food choices for healthier consumers’.
The interactive kitchen highlights the nutritional value of everyday items found in your kitchen with easily sharable custom graphics to share socially in all 12…The whatsinyourkitchen.eu site was designed and built by Soapbox for The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) as part of a project launched together with their member organisations from 12 countries. It displays the main nutrition issues raised in their 2015 position paper ‘Informed food choices for healthier consumers’.
The interactive kitchen highlights the nutritional value of everyday items found in your kitchen with easily sharable custom graphics to share socially in all 12 languages.Other creators -
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ALNAP – The State of the Humanitarian System interactive summary
ALNAP – the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action – is a forum and network dedicated to improving the performance of humanitarian action.
Every three years ALNAP assesses the progress of the sector in its flagship State of the Humanitarian System report. In addition to designing and producing the printed publication, Soapbox also created an interactive online summary to highlight the key findings.
The online report takes the publication…ALNAP – the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action – is a forum and network dedicated to improving the performance of humanitarian action.
Every three years ALNAP assesses the progress of the sector in its flagship State of the Humanitarian System report. In addition to designing and producing the printed publication, Soapbox also created an interactive online summary to highlight the key findings.
The online report takes the publication design as its starting point, using bold colours, images and typography to create headline messages. Powerful photography, animated graphics and interactive data visualisations solidify the most important points by creating a story for the reader to follow, which helps to drive home the key messages.
A sticky menu anchors the reader within the story allowing them to navigate through the key messages with ease. Clearly labelled download buttons means users can access and download research most relevant to them at a click of a button.Other creators -
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LSE favelas toolkit
Soapbox designed and produced the print and online toolkit ‘Bottom-up social development in favelas of Rio de Janeiro’, which provides a practical guide to support people living, working and acting in the favelas. Targeted at policy-makers, activists and practitioners, the toolkit presents a pool of concepts, key facts and figures, and practical workshops to enhance understanding of the cultural, political and social context of the favelas in order to design better social development…
Soapbox designed and produced the print and online toolkit ‘Bottom-up social development in favelas of Rio de Janeiro’, which provides a practical guide to support people living, working and acting in the favelas. Targeted at policy-makers, activists and practitioners, the toolkit presents a pool of concepts, key facts and figures, and practical workshops to enhance understanding of the cultural, political and social context of the favelas in order to design better social development policy.
This collaborative research project was carried out by the Department of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics (LSE) and UNESCO.
Practitioners working in the field can use the hard copy as a practical reference guide, which has been published in both Portuguese and English. The printed toolkit was published alongside a complementary microsite, which allows users to access the full content online.
The microsite is fully mobile responsive so readers can easily access and view workshops and materials from any device. Both the printed and online toolkits are designed with the user in mind so the reader can quickly and easily dip in and out of the different toolboxes.
The information, resources and tools presented in the toolkit are based on fieldwork conducted in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in collaboration with LSE, UNESCO, AfroReggae and CUFA (Central Única das Favelas).Other creators -
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St Mungo's Homeless Palliative Care Toolkit
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See projectAn informed toolkit providing information and resources for frontline staff supporting people who are homeless and who have significant health needs.
A simple and easy to use toolkit built on a Wordpress framework to house content and PDFs for front line staff to access the tools they need to support palliative care for the homeless in association with St Mungo's homeless charity. -
Chatham House Data Sharing guide
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See projectSharing public health surveillance data improves and protects public health. It will be an essential element in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This guide provides resources and case studies for data providers, recipients and facilitators on how to share health data to improve and protect public health.
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The Nuffield Trust
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See projectA refreshed brand and website to encompass clearer reporting on health data and renewed navigation and easy-to-find content.
More on the Soapbox website https://www.soapbox.co.uk/projects/a-refreshed-identity-for-the-nuffield-trust/
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