Project highlights and recommendations
The New Citizenship Project
Autism Friendly User Design
Research Director at The New Citizenship Project
“I have been fortunate enough both to be trained by Jamie as a facilitator and also to work with him on a project that has required a great deal of creativity, lateral thinking, empathy and sensitivity. Jamie has been a fantastic partner in this, bringing a holistic viewpoint to all questions and decisions, interacting with project participants with great care, attention, generosity and vulnerability, and being eager to pilot and adopt creative and innovative tech-based facilitation techniques that have expanded our palette of experience at New Citizenship Project. It has been a pleasure to work with him and I highly recommend him as a partner.”
UNIDO Hybrid meeting
Co-designing and supporting the online participatory process for global participation
“In support of a gathering of experts, Jamie and I co-facilitated a hybrid session. In addition to his deep understanding of embodied practices, Jamie brought creative questions and embodied exercises to the experts in order to help them move from thinking to listening. It was Jamie's presence, patience, and improvisational thinking that made the gathering productive. It was his calm energy that infused life into the design. Jamie makes collaborating easy and enjoyable!”
Frame, Voice, Report!
Designing a technical platform and bi lingual gathering for EU funded project
Evaluations, Facilitation, Organisational Development at evaluace.com
“I asked Jamie to co-design a pan-European bi-lingual event on Zoom for 70 to 150 participants and I am really greatful he accepted. We were well aligned on the key principles - to make it easy for participants to access, engage in and co-design the event. Jamie and his colleague have trained our hosts, interpreters and participants in QiQoChat and Zoom and provided instructions also in an on-line document and a video. They were both very flexible and responsive to any needs we had. The event was well received and helped participants and hosts show that meaningful conversations can happen even on-line. I am sure this is just a beginning! Thank you for this experience!”
CoLab International & Wellcome Trust
Technical hosting and hosting team support
Jose Barco, Director, CoLab International
“Jamie Colston has worked with me and for my org Community CoLab many times as a host and tech host. He has led and supported projects and he is always a pleasure to work with. Jamie is very committed, responsive, with attention to detail and solution focused. Jamie is great at thinking and planning ahead for different scenarios and able to remain calm and bring his zen spirit into the team when things fall into caos with the unexpected happening. He is very organised and also a great communicator. Jamie can handle big and complex events, he has most recently supported us at www.CoLabinternational.co.uk to deliver a series of online global conversation on a very challenging and complex topic and with simultaneous interpretation into various lenguajes and he was not just a joy to work with, he also brought in his brilliant and reassuring energy to help the team remain calm and make it look like ever was under control event when things were though. Highly recommended!!
Marjeta Novak, CoLab International
“I am very grateful we had Jamie Colston on the team for a series of global dialogues in the public health domain. Working online globally, across cultures and time zones (and in areas with very challenging digital infrastructure), the tech host needs to juggle with A LOT of shifts, unknowns, dynamisms.... hats off to Jamie for handling that level of complexity with impeccable skill, grace, and collaborative spirit
As a skilled host/facilitator, you, Jamie, also several times suggested improvements to the process that were very relevant. It was pure joy working with you.”