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Currently exploring how collaboration with business influences non-profit organisations in the community and voluntary sector. Uncovering how the processes behind collaboration support and/or hinder community based organisation’s ability to adapt, learn, and respond to change.

PHD Candidate @ Currently exploring how collaboration with business influences non-profit organisations in the community and voluntary sector. Uncovering how the processes behind collaboration support and/or hinder community based organisation’s ability to adapt, learn, and respond to change. From December 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) Research Student @ ResOrgs is a social enterprise that carries out public good science research. We are a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and practitioners, proudly New Zealand based with global reach. ResOrgs is a collaboration between top research Universities and key industry players. http://resorgs.org.nz/Research-Students/ann-brown.html From December 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) Senior Designer/Project Manager @ From October 2013 to September 2014 (1 year) Speaker/Author @ Paper: Neocolonialism in Design for Development http://makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk/media/1137/making-futures-full-journal.pdf From September 2013 to September 2013 (1 month) Plymouth, United KingdomMA Design for Development @ Aiming to redirect design practice towards progressive sustainability and social agendas, focusing on the value of design as a vehicle for addressing social and ecological concerns. Live design research projects: - In collaboration with Dramatize Community Interest Company: A Design Thinking approach to amplify the social impact of Dramatize CIC. An open-ended investigation into the adaptability of a ‘design thinking’ methodology, using primarily ethnographic research methods. - In collaboration with Uscreates Strategic Consultants: Social Circle: A self-sustaining model for collaborations. Development of a sustainable volunteering model designed for Uscreates to support volunteers to continue the work they do beyond a projects end, creating a legacy for social change. Paper: Neocolonialism in Design for Development From September 2012 to September 2013 (1 year 1 month) Designer/Project Manager @ From January 2008 to August 2012 (4 years 8 months) Designer @ From May 2006 to September 2007 (1 year 5 months) Designer @ From September 2006 to April 2007 (8 months)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Community sector organisational resilience @ University of Canterbury From 2014 to 2017 Master of Arts (MA), Design for Development, Distinction @ Kingston University From 2012 to 2013 BA (Hons), Product Design, 1st Class (Hons) @ The Nottingham Trent University From 2001 to 2005 BTEC Diploma, Art and Design @ Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology From 2003 to 2004 Ann Brown is skilled in: Design Thinking, Interior Design, Product Design, Interior Architecture, furniture design, Service Design, Sketching, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Communication Design, Mentoring, Public Speaking, Sustainability, Sustainable Design, Sustainable Development