ben whitnall

--work-- comms & audience development for organisations seeking urgent societal change. --not-work-- wip. aiming for kind. --views my own--

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

@andyfacts well quite

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

@thoughtben Well so that would BE the result right?! Like, ‘now do it again in a way that Ben doesn’t hate’ 😅 And it might take it 1000 goes to figure out what ‘Ben doesn’t hate’ means and another 1000 to then DO that but _once it can_ adjust and remember, that’ll take like 5 seconds

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

absolutely loving the use of ‘extraterrestrial community’ here 😅 https://t.co/y8vCuzAWvq

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

@andyfacts thx bono for keeping me young i guess?? 🙏🏻

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

@kayannmarie @GBrewery @joltgloucester ah thanks, @kayannmarie – sorry not to have seen you there, I had to run off swiftly at the end!

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

petition to replace hello/goodbye with 'only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies & societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster'

this should be the first & last (& all the middle) sentences of every human interaction

https://t.co/M9twFByhGN

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

premiere pro + ai image generation is the new powerpoint + unsplash

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

more of that, and more power to everyone on the short end of inequity but fighting to defy it with transgressive goodness – including in a school hall on a thursday night, @florenceEN! 🔥 https://t.co/TTxtrsoAis

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

a work thing i’m real proud of: this is happening tonight in gloucester. and it’s sold out. THREAD AHEAD! 🧵

great effort by the lush @GL4_CIC (who I get to collaborate with a bit on marketing stuff) to get every ticket taken + a massive waiting list 🔥

[𝖳𝗈𝗆 𝖡𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗇 @tomtheatre]

Another sold out show on the #DESTINYtour @FlorenceEN - this time in Gloucester!💥

Thanks to the legends @GL4_CIC @strike_a_light for making it happen 💪

Next up, the show is visiting @LighthousePoole on Saturday Oct 1st and @ThePlaceBedford on Oct 5th. Who’s coming? 👀

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

for now, i’ll leave it at this: ‘deprived’ places don’t happen by accident. but people are great at sticking two fingers up to such oppressive garbage by finding ways to have transcendent, collective, enriching experiences in their back yard regardless

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

LASTLY BUT NOT LEASTLY: in case you couldn't tell, i absolutely love @strike_a_light; they are one of my all-time fave freelance clients, great people doing great work – and they’re currently hiring for a new Exec Director, so… 👀 https://t.co/Qx4E6Mlh54

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

also curse twitter threads for being rubbish at going all in a line, which is pretty much their one and only job. maybe i'll go back and tidy it up later [throws it on the pile of to-dos never to be looked at again 🗑]

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

lol i got the handle wrong on purpose it's an in-joke, honest 😬 @strike_a_light

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

having loads of people come to a thing is always really satisfying – and this is far from the first time. @strikealightfestival keep on supporting events in spaces all over the city and it feels great every time we see them #doingnumbers:

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

more of that, and more power to everyone on the short end of inequity but fighting to defy it with transgressive goodness – including in a school hall on a thursday night. break a leg, @florenceEN! 🔥

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

for now, i’ll leave it at this: ‘deprived’ places don’t happen by accident. but people are great at sticking two fingers up to such oppressive garbage by finding ways to have transcendent, collective, enriching experiences in their back yard regardless

[ben whitnall @benwhitnall]

i’ve got a whole mini-thesis about systemic inequity and the way privilege gets enforced through geographical space (i think it’s just titled ‘gentrification sucks’) to explain it more completely – but it’s too long and involved for a rushed twitter thread