Tom Beardshaw

Hi, Welcome to my website.

I develop web strategies, sites, tools and communities, teach and mentor people adapting to developments in social media technology.

Working with organisations and companies in the arts, charities, businesses and government, responding to the rapidly changing web's impact on their communication, community, commerce, collaboration and culture.

I share what I find, like and learn - and hoard it all here. My tags will give you an idea of what I'm into - click around and see what I've got in my collection.

I'm working on...

• NativeHQ: A social web company I run with Carl Morris
• National Theatre Wales: Social network and media strategy and development.
• Dad Info: Getting information to dads with Dad Cards, web, email and feeds
• Fatherworld: News and web monitoring system for Fatherhood Institute
• The Future Playground: Online arts community network development
• Swansea Creative Hub: Industry centre's website and social networking
• Digital Butetown: Community youth digital media skills enterprise
• Consultancy: With British Council: OPENCities, Cardiff and Co, Capital Region Tourism, Employees Matter, Working Word PR, BBC Wales/Cymru, BigLittleCity, Milgi, Cardiff Arts Institute, Glastonbury Kidzfield, Southampton FC and African Fathers

Sites I've built

• Dad Info: Information website for fathers
• National Theatre Wales Community: National theatre social network
• The Future Playground: Art and theatre for children network
• Kids in the Middle: Agony Aunt's organisation on relationships and children .
• The Safe Foundation: My favourite local charity - a new website
• Kids in the Middle: Site and web conversation strategy for new charity
• Case Insights: Blog site for Cardiff marketing academic, Dr Kelly Page
• Duncan Fisher: Blog site for Duncan Fisher, Social Entrepreneur
• Wait for the click: Blog site for DJ and BBC radio bod Jen Long

I use Sweetcron for my blog and pulling in my social media feeds from the web.




My highlights...

• Be dad, gadgets, movies, music, books, cooking, photography, style and art
• Help create The Fatherhood Institute and introduce Paternity Leave to the UK
• Co-found Dad Info, create the Dad Card (1MB PDF)and help create Odadeo
• Run international (Report | Mag) and UK national (2004 | 2005) conferences
• Present at WHO and conferences in USA, South Africa and Iceland
• Run seminars, contribute to books and websites
• Judge web awards, create Sweetcron themes and a LambdaMoo conkers game
• Learn PHP, HTML, CSS, Photoshop, and social media tools.
• Snowboard jump in fresh powder on a sunny day, skateboard and cycle
• Anthropology at the London School of Economics, Ethics at Cardiff University

I live and work in Cardiff UK with my son Cole half the week, the fish full time.

To contact me, use social media networks, or...

• A form
• Email: tombeardshaw[at]mac[dot]com