Nathan Williams

I'm done here. If you'd like to follow me elsewhere: Bluesky bsky.app/profile/nathws… Mastodon @nathwself" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">toot.wales/@nathwself LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/nathwill11/

Our thoughts are with the families, friends and wider communities of those who were killed in the Grenfell Tower fire Today's inquiry concludes that the 72 people who lost their lives was the result of failures by governments, the construction industry and systematic dishonesty.

We're proud to be a sponsor of our created category, 'Most Influential Small Organisation', for the #WelshCharityAwards. Nominations close 13/09/24. Nominate your favourite small charity making big changes in Wales here: welshcharityawards.cymru @WCVACymru

Digital is part of everything we do but it’s easy to feel left behind🤯 That’s why we’ve created a tool to help you see exactly where you are on your digital journey and what practical next steps you can take to help you along the way 👉 newid.cymru/newid-digital-… #NewidCymru

We’re offering free digital support for third sector organisations in Wales. Simply book a meeting with a member of our team, tell us about your digital challenge, and we will help you find cost-effective and easy solutions to make a difference ⭐️ calendly.com/digicymru/digi…

The Welsh Small Charities Forum is hosting a 90-minute online session on Wednesday, August 14, from 11am-12:30pm. Join us to reflect on Year 1 and shaping our future. You can attend all or part of the forum. Register here: ow.ly/oArn50SS47A. We hope to see you there!

Out of office. See you in two weeks

#ThrowbackThursday to a proud moment in 2018 when we won the Best Marketing Communication award at the @WalesOnline Digital Awards! 🏆🏆 #ProMo40

(1/2) #ThrowbackThursday to the early 2000s & JIGGI Under 18s events🕺🏻🪩 Led by Marcus Simpson & supported by ProMo (formerly CDA) as part of our Cultural Enterprise support for young people🌟🎤 #ProMo40

NEW: A Strike By Welsh Vets Has Exposed How Big Corporations Are Profiteering From Animal Care A strike by Valleys Vets workers in Unite has brought to light the damaging effects of privatised animal care. voice.wales/a-strike-by-we…

Cyfle interniaeth â thâl: Ysgrifennwr Cynnwys Cymraeg Iau i ymuno â ni am 6 mis i ddatblygu'u sgiliau a chael profiad. Adnabod rhywun sydd â diddordeb mewn cyfathrebu, newyddiaduraeth neu'r cyfryngau, a sy'n caru ysgrifennu, yna rhannwch hwn ogydd promo.cymru/cyfle-internia…

We have a great paid internship opportunity for a Junior Welsh Content Writer to join us for 6 months to develop their skills and gain experience. If you know of anyone interested in communications, journalism or media, who loves writing, pass this on. promo.cymru/internship-opp…

An alternative approach to science and technology parks - focusing on commons, open-tech, #socinn and local community/environment benefits. A case study from Greece link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s… & opentechpark.org

Even Greggs has gone down. End times.

Something super weird happening right now: just been called by several totally different media outlets in the last few minutes, all with Windows machines suddenly BSoD’ing (Blue Screen of Death). Anyone else seen this? Seems to be entering recovery mode:

@cwtch_up @ProMoCymru Thank you Arwen.

@NathWself @ProMoCymru This is excellent news

Celebrate the wins. @ProMoCymru has made the Natwest Top 100 UK Social Enterprise list. Doing digital, media, place-based work with youth and community. Thanks to clients and partners who think differently and make things better with people. pioneerspost.com/news-views/202…

What can we remove? Our bias is to always add more. More rules, more procedures, more code, more features, more stuff. Interdependencies proliferate, and gradually strangle us. Systems want to grow and grow, but without pruning, they collapse. Slowly, then spectacularly. When a piece of trash drifts across the beach, it is our duty to pick it up so the next person can enjoy a pristine shoreline. When a thousand pieces litter the beach, it is too late. We can only lament the landscape. That’s just how beaches are now. A good system is designed to be periodically cleared of cruft. It has a built-in counterbalance. Without this pressure, our bias drives us to add band-aid after band-aid, until the only choice is to destroy the whole system and start from scratch. Why is it so much easier to add than to remove? Maybe because we attach our identity to what is visible. But there is a difference between the ornamentation that defines our style and the vestigial burdens we carry. Remember those who did the invisible work of removing. Their legacy was not to build a sand castle, but to care for the beautiful beach on which we play.