Stephen Blyth

Current

• Project Manager at New Zealand Drug Foundation
• Freelance: project manager, advisor, writer, at Various at ...

Past

• Project Manager at NZFVWO
• Manager, Community Relations at Families Commission komihana a whanau
• Project Manager at Ministry of Social Development

• Project Advisor at Ministry of Social Development
• Various roles at Department of Internal Affairs
• Executive Officer at Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO)

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Education

• Massey University
• University of Canterbury

Recommended

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Connections

27 connections

Industry

Civic & Social Organization

Websites

• Common Knowledge ~ my blog

Stephen Blyth’s Summary

I am a self-employed community ICT development worker. My focus is on supporting effective use by good causes of the internet for outreach, collaboration, enhanced productivity, fundraising and knowledge sharing.

Until recently I was project manager for CommunityCentral, a national project building an online communications platform for the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector.

While I'm excited by the potential for using social media and online tools to help bring about social and environmental change, I'm also conscious that without training and support people can't use them powerfully. That's why I'm writing and running training sessions, as well as consulting and advising organisations.

Stephen Blyth’s Specialties:

Project management, community development, writing, policy analysis, relationship building, research, training.

Knowledge of policy environment and machinery of government related to tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. Specialist using ICT for community building, consultation and edemocracy.

Online veteran: Manager CommunityNet Aotearoa (2000-2004) and The Couch (2006-2007) websites, blogger since Jan 2004. I've commissioned and developed web content.

Stephen Blyth’s Experience

• Project Manager

  New Zealand Drug Foundation

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  October 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Contract project manager for new website commissioned by the Ministry of Health.

• Freelance: project manager, advisor, writer, at Various

  ...

  (Online Media industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Assignments for community and voluntary organisations and government agencies, past and present, including work for the Family & Community Services (MSD), State Services Commission, Jigsaw, Families Commission, Forest and Bird, Partners Porirua, Philanthropy NZ, Tindall Foundation and NZFVWO.

• Project Manager

  NZFVWO

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  November 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  Converted an idea for a website into reality - CommunityCentral now live and being actively promoted. This online space for people in tangata whenua, community and voluntary, public health and other organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand. I was contract Project Manager.

• Manager, Community Relations

  Families Commission komihana a whanau

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  April 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Managed small team of community relations advisors and the Couch website.

• Project Manager

  Ministry of Social Development

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

  February 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 3 months)

  I worked on a NGO capacity building project for Family and Community Services. One of the products was the Managing Well catalogue.

• Project Advisor

  Ministry of Social Development

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)

  August 2004 — February 2005 (7 months)

  Member of the Working for Families Implementation Team.

• Various roles

  Department of Internal Affairs

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  April 1996 — August 2004 (8 years 5 months)

  Analyst/ Advisor, Community Information and Development Services Team (CIDS)
  
  Acting-Team Leader, Programme and Service Development Team (now CIDS)
  
  Advisory Officer, Lottery Welfare, Lottery Grants Board
  
  Grants Administrator, Trusts and Fellowships

• Executive Officer

  Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO)

  (Civic & Social Organization industry)

  March 1993 — April 1996 (3 years 2 months)

  Sole charge of ECO office. This involved committee servicing, office management, fundraising and grant writing, organising events, licking stamps, producing regular newsletters, etc, etc.

Stephen Blyth’s Education

• Massey University

  MA , Social Policy , 1998 — 1999

• University of Canterbury

  BA (Hons) , Politics and History , 1987 — 1990

Additional Information

Stephen Blyth’s Websites:

• Common Knowledge ~ my blog

Stephen Blyth’s Interests:

When not online, you might catch me cycling around Wellington, spending time with family and friends, or tilling the soil.

Stephen Blyth’s Groups:

Trustee, Wellington ICT, charitable trust. May 2005 - present

•    Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
•    NetSquared
•    Massey University Alumni
•    Connecting Up Australia

Stephen Blyth’s Honors:

2004 Chief Executive's Award, Department of Internal Affairs

Stephen Blyth’s Contact Settings

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