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Alan Graver

 

Alan Graver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credentials

  • Managing Director and Principal Research Consultant

Values:

  • Respect, excellence, friendship, courage, determination, inspiration, and equality (thank you Pierre de Coubertin!)

Profession:

  • Research and Evaluation since 1991 complemented by a strong commercial and business development background

Research Fortes:

  • Social, economic, business-to-business, young people, skills, sport, mega events legacy, tourism and culture

Experience and Capability:

  • Successfully directed over 700 research and evaluation projects for national, regional, local clients in private, public and third sector from ad hoc 1 month commissions to 5 year longitudinal programmes

Career Highs:

  • Working with positive, inspiring people throughout the journey including clients and Skyblue’s growing and diverse crew
  • Current work as Secretariat for the SEE for the 2012 Games Network, Chair of a Paralympics-inspired working group and creator of the brand new ’Celebrating Ability’ event concept to help challenge attitudes towards disability

My Demons:

  • Work life balance is always tricky running a small but busy research and creative agency – sometimes need to be told to take a break or go for lunch!

Favourite Quotation:

  • “You can never be lost because you’re always somewhere”

Suite C, 2nd Floor

 

The Lodge, 21 Front Street

 

Acomb, York

 

YO24 3BW

Tel 01904 340942

 

Tel 01904 343891

 

Fax 01904 343890

 

info@skyblue.org.uk

 

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