Latest
Latest updates, musings and other cool stuff…
Identifying opportunities for digital transformation
Jane recently held a creative workshop with Affinity Water, to help the water company to consider and plan for transformation of their digital service offering. Staff from across the company came together for a lively afternoon, to consider how digital and social...
Your water, your say
As part of our long-term digital transformation and engagement work with water supply company, South East Water, we created an online engagement campaign to support their Business Plan 2015-2020 consultation process. The five-yearly process to determine water bills...
Using our loaf: Sussex Bread Company scoops gold at the World Bread Awards
Gluten free bakery, Sussex Bread Company, co-founded by Jane McLaughlin and Ed Synnott, the has scooped a top award in the bread version of the Oscars - just 9 months after firing up the ovens. Its Bracklesham Brioche Burger Rolls secured the starring role at the...
That’ll dough nicely! New bakery scoops major award
Worthing’s newest bakery business has scooped a top award in the bread version of the Oscars - just 9 months after firing up the ovens. Gluten free bakery, Sussex Bread Company, rose to the occasion to triumph at the recent Tiptree World Bread Awards 2014 with a batch...
End analysis paralysis: Measuring success to build engagement
You’ve begun to develop a social media plan. You’ve written some interesting tweets and highly “like”-able Facebook posts. There’s just one problem -- you post your first message (a winner, you’re sure) and...crickets. Why isn’t anyone commenting? Where are those RTs?...
Changing the conversation: social engagement for South East Water
Jane has been working with South East Water to develop the suite of online services instantly available to customers which, since their introduction, has seen significant reductions in the number of written complaints. Customers can now communicate with the water...
Cooking up a new brand for innovative bakery
Sussex Bread Company is an innovative new artisan bakery, co-founded by Jane McLaughlin and Ed Synnott, producing high quality gluten-free bread and baked goods. We've created the branding as well as digital and social media strategy and delivery for this new venture....
Are you on the list?
Creating lists is one of the easiest ways to get the most out of Twitter. Lists can help you to organise users you are following, breaking their posts out so that you can quickly find what you’re looking for. Why bother? With the rapid expansion of social media in...
New agency partnership: Create 51
Jane has joined forces with communication experts Rebecca Burgess and Jane Gould to create a new agency, Create 51, to offer communication services for large-scale projects. The trio have collaborated over many years, creating and delivering communication strategies...
New identity and website for Tynos Consulting
We've been working with Ed Synnott and Bryony Boyle of Tynos Consulting to create an identity and website for the new sustainability consulting firm. It's been a pleasure to work with them - so full of ideas and vision. We're now cooking up some exciting new...
Meet the original ‘computors’ …
I've been thinking a lot about the many women who have played pivotal roles in the development of technology and the Internet, often without fanfare or recognition. I highlighted some of these women during my speech at the recent Business of Women conference in L.A....
Talking creativity and innovation with the Business of Women
Jane was a guest speaker at the recent Business of Women held event in Los Angeles, talking about innovation and the importance of creative thinking for organisations and individuals. "It was great to see so many bright, talented women sharing their experiences...
The rules are changing. So are we.
Jane will be presenting at the forthcoming Business of Women conference in Los Angeles, 19-20 Oct 2013. Jane will be focusing on innovation, creativity and branding in what promises to be a lively event. More about the event
Strategic advice on Greater Brighton
Our team were delighted to be able to present key concepts to Brighton & Hove City Council on how to embed sustainability and innovation into the way in which the Council approached its new ‘Greater Brighton’ strategic remit.
Scottish Green Awards Judge
Ed Synnott has been appointed to the judging panel for the 2013 Scottish Green Awards. This prestigious set of awards recognises innovation and leadership in sustainability across Scottish businesses, communities and the public sector. The Awards will be announced on...
Institute for Sustainability appointments and engagements
Ed Synnott and Bryony Boyle have both been appointed as Associates of the highly influential charity, the Institute for Sustainability. The honour allows Tynos Consulting to work with the brightest academic minds in Europe through Climate-KIC, on making cities smarter...
For those about to Tweet…
We worked with major water and wastewater company, Southern Water, to introduce social media for customer services, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Social media provides an exciting new opportunity for service delivery organisations to transform their service...
BioRegional OnePlanet Living Brighton Event June 2013
Ed Synnott was very pleased to be able to attend this event with the fabulous people at BioRegional and Brighton & Hove City Council and help out by facilitating a working group during the course of the day. More about BioRegional OnePlanet Living Brighton Read...
Kwittken + Company Hothouse
Ed Synnott has been appointed to Kwittken’s Hothouse panel. Kwittken + Company is a communications agency and is part of the wider kbs + p group. They pride themselves on ‘intelligent communications’ because they add value through their own considered research and...
Initiative for Sustainability and Human Rights in Major Sports Events
Tynos Consulting worked with the Institute of Human Rights and Business, Action Sustainability and the Centre for Research into Sustainability, Royal Holloway College to launch this important initiative.
So, in times of austerity, how are Local Authorities responding?
The Cities and Towns Conference 2013 in Geneva was a good place to find out. The good news is that there were lots of ideas for how cities can grapple with the complexity that austerity brings across city-wide services and systems. And, it was encouraging to see that...
Tynos begins, fresh from the London 2012 Games
Assuring the London 2012 Games was an extraordinary experience for everyone involved in the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012. It was truly a game-changer for international events – surpassing all previous Games in delivering sustainability outcomes at every...
Global Sustainability Institute Conference presentation
City systems – what makes them work? A five minute ‘flash’ presentation. The Global Sustainability Institute is new and in a hurry! How many ideas can one conference pack into its one-day format? Well, quite a lot as it turns out when you ask...
Hitting the right note with Jessica Dannheisser
We've launched a new website for rising star composer, Jessica Dannheisser. We worked with Jessica to create an online identity to present her work and reflect her creativity. Jessica has composed work for film, television and theatre, as well as arranging and...
Bridging the digital divide
The Internet and the rise of social media are changing so many aspects of our lives - the way we communicate, interact and learn and they are already transforming fundraising and raising awareness. However as we embrace new technology and techniques for communication...