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About us

Yoosk.com is a social media platform that enables direct conversations between public figures and the general public. Public figures use Yoosk to facilitate public consultation, adding value to engagement campaigns by managing dedicated Yoosk channels between government figures and specifically targetted audience groups. Through this, Yoosk encourages ordinary people to put their passion for specific social and economic issues to work by asking the right questions of key decision makers, rating their responses and fuelling further debate.

Our clients include the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The Ministry of Justice, The Department for International Development and the Department for Innovation Universities and skills.

More recently, other public figures benefitting from the Yoosk service have included Barbara Stocking of Oxfam and Brendan Barber of the TUC.

Launched in April 2007, Yoosk is the creation of Thumbsize Limited, a privately owned digital media company specialising in the use of participative media tools for media, campaigners and community activists, promoting democratic participation.

Yoosk.com is supported by Channel 4's 4iP Fund and Screen West Midlands. Our work with Parliament and Birmingham City Council are funded by the Building Democracy Innovation Fund.

Our goal is to continually develop Yoosk as a tool for the general public to engage Public figures from specific bodies ie Local Councils or Government Departments and also to engage around specific events ie conferences.

We also aim to roll out yoosk in other countries. Our first overseas site is now online at www.yoosk.vn/ukvn.

 




Case Study for Birmingham City Council Project.

Yoosk and G20 London Summit Case Study.

Case Study for Yoosk and FCO Project.

Case Study for Yoosk/Vietnam Project.

Rules of Engagement and Editorial Policy.

Management Team


Tim Hood

Chief Executive Officer

Following an early career in market research and communications, Tim Hood spent 17 years working in international education and cultural relations for the British Council in Vietnam, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Ukraine, USA and Spain. During his time as Deputy Director and Director of the British Council, Tim also managed a number of education businesses for the British Council, where he created an interest in the potential for user generated-content to empower young internet users, engaging them in the democratic process.

 

Tim is Managing Director of Yoosk Limited and Co-Founder of Yoosk.com.

 


 

Keith Halstead

Chief Operating Officer

Keith's early career was spent as an auditor for NAAFI and an English teacher in Vietnam. During this time Keith also started his own film production company, Rusty Bike Films, producing informative and often thought provoking short films for government and international development organisations including Italian NGOs and the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture.


 Through this, Keith has gained great insight into the need for public consultation on a wide range of topics; and firmly believes in the power of the crowd, which continues to drive his passion for Yoosk.


Keith is Development Director of Yoosk Limited and Co-Founder of
Yoosk.com

Ben Hayman

Non Executive Chairman

Ben has been at the leading edge of the UK’s digital evolution since the 1990’s. As founder and former CEO of Mediasurface PLC, one of the UK's fastest growing and best positioned IT businesses in the late 90's, Ben was at the forefront of Web2.0 thinking. An experienced IT Entrepreneur and business visionary, Ben has held a number of key advisory, executive and non executive positions with companies including PREVX, Jiglu, All Peers and Momu. As well as being Chairman of Yoosk.com, Ben is also CEO of the Magic Network digital education market place and founding partner of Venture4th Limited.

 

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