{"id":6909,"date":"2023-07-13T16:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/?page_id=6909"},"modified":"2024-06-24T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:34:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Ben Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/about\/#Contact\" title=\"Contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/about\/#Now\" title=\"Now\">Now<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/about\/#Previously\" title=\"Previously\">Previously<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"http:\/\/benrmatthews.local\/about\/#Side_Projects\" title=\"Side Projects\">Side Projects<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Hello. I create spaces for people to make positive social impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contact\"><\/span><strong>Contact<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to ask me something? Email me at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:benrmatthew@gmail.com\">benrmatthew@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"now\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Now\"><\/span>Now<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Director at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/empower.agency\/\">Empower<\/a>, a strategic digital communications agency. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clients include UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, Amnesty International, WWF,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/https:\/\/givepanel.com\/\">GivePanel<\/a>, Open University, Full Fact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"previously\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Previously\"><\/span>Previously<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Awarded\u00a0Young PR Professional of the Year\u00a0and is\u00a0<a href=\"\/profile-ben-matthews-young-gifted-and-charitable\/\">the youngest ever PR professional to be featured in PR Week<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founder of&nbsp;Bright One, a volunteer-run communications agency for the Third Sector, whose client experience includes Amnesty International, Centrepoint, St Dunstan\u2019s and the London Green Fair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founding member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/gallery\/2009\/feb\/13\/twitter-internet\">Twestival<\/a>, a series of fundraising events using Twitter, which raised over $2 million for numerous\u00a0charities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Founding member of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/http:\/\/www.33-digital.com\/\">33 Digital<\/a>, an international digital PR and marketing agency, where he managed accounts for O2, Microsoft, and the Financial Times among others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Former board member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/http:\/\/www.charitycomms.org.uk\/\">CharityComms<\/a>, the professional body for charity sector communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer product manager at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/http:\/\/sundayassembly.com\/\">Sunday Assembly<\/a>. We pitched to <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/meeting-heroes-my-y-combinator-interview-experience\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5572\">Y Combinator<\/a>, read about <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.com\/meeting-heroes-my-y-combinator-interview-experience\/\">my experience<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"side-projects\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Side_Projects\"><\/span>Side Projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.gumroad.com\/l\/freelance-in-30-days-book\">Freelance in 30 Days<\/a>, a book about freelancing, <a href=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.gumroad.com\/l\/freelance-in-30-days-book\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/benrmatthews.gumroad.com\/l\/freelance-in-30-days-book\">available now<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/https:\/\/goodhere.org\/\">Good Here<\/a>, an open database of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210731065824\/https:\/\/goodhere.org\/\">social impact startups<\/a>&nbsp;and funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A small website exploring the village I recently moved to, <a href=\"https:\/\/forestrow.co\/\">Forest Row<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello. 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