Tom French

May 13, 2024 | adirondackexplorer.org | Tom French

A look inside the Whiteface Memorial Highway renovation. Iconic road, castle and other structures are in the midst of restoration efforts.

Nov 23, 2023 | thinknpc.org | Sarah Sandford |Hannah Kowszun |Tom French |Leah Davies

In this blog, Sarah Sandford, Principal: Data at NPC, reflects on her journey with NPC and shares some important updates on our data projects.  I first joined NPC in 2003. Twenty years later, in August 2023, I returned as Principal for Data with the same enthusiasm and perhaps a deeper pride about NPC’s role in the sector. Back then, I was fresh out of Cambridge with a passion for maths and the charity sector, which I did not yet know how to bring together.

Nov 3, 2023 | tomfrench.substack.com | Tom French

This is a joint piece of writing by Tom French and Simon Duffy. As written about here, we - Citizen Network Research and Tom French, with support from NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) - are getting underway with a project to map Sheffield’s places and networks differently, collectively and consistently. As a starting point, we will be attempting to settle on how Sheffield can be described in terms of its neighbourhoods (however we may choose to define them).

Oct 27, 2023 | medium.com | Tom French

"Be data-driven." "We need a dashboard." Data is everywhere. It can effectively inform what happens at a local and national level, both in terms of service delivery and decision-making. Data isn't, however, an end unto itself. Collecting, analysing and disseminating information doesn't necessarily turn into meaningful action. But why? What does it mean we can actually do?

Sep 29, 2023 | tomfrench.substack.com | Tom French

I once heard someone say at a conference that everything happens in a place. This really struck a chord with me and has informed how I think about data, the way it’s collected and what it represents. The concept of place is tricky though. For example…Do we all consider or perceive the same geographic area we live in as the same place? Do we perceive place as something other than geography, such as identity, networks or things of interest?