Thread by @TessaRDavis

2020 is ending and it's time for me to reflect on the year for
@DFTBubbles

This is a team I truly love being part of - friendship, community, connection, learning, along with breaking new ground every week in a way that always surprises me.

A thread: 1/9

This year our website views have continued to increase, surpassing 1.5 million. This has been a labour of love over 7 years and it due to building a system where we can produce regular, quality content. Thanks to all who have contributed.

2/9

We got referenced in two WHO documents on return to school during COVID, something that I think we would have laughed at the thought of happening when we started in 2013.

This is thanks to @apsmunro leading the COVID data analysis team in what has been a spectacular effort

3/9

We ran three large online events - Essentials, Beyond Essentials, and Live + Connected. Bringing together thousands of people in our community to learn, discuss, share, and laugh.

We managed to adapt quickly to the changed learning environment.

4/9

@BeckyPlatt3
(BEM) has started connecting the ACP community through online teaching sessions where hundreds attended to share learning. Our new ACP team will move this forward even further in 2021.

5/9

@danihalltweets has led the curriculum mapping team, mapping our DFTB posts to the College curriculums.

They have now mapped a whopping 889 posts which is not a simple task.

We hope this will make it easier for trainees to log learning in 2021.

6/9

Our recent recruitment has added another 100 members to the team and we have organised ourselves in a new bubble structure (using a sociocracy model)

kumu.io/DFTB/dftb#dftb…

Click around here to see the teams and who is there.

This structure will bring lots more in 2021

7/9

Our broader community is full of wonderful, like-minded people who all enjoy learning, collaborating, supporting, and importantly making sense of science. They are what makes DFTB a success.

They embrace the new things we try with enthusiasm, kindness, and love.

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But best of all is those I work with daily. They are true friends. We share more than productivity. We share success, defeat, challenges, worries,& lots of laughs

Thanks @henrygoldstein @andrewjtagg @paedsem @BeckyPlatt3 @kls_kat @danihalltweets @Damian_Roland @gracie_leo

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And I knew I would forget something hugely important! A personal highlight for me has been being part of @DFTBSkinDeep

We formed a team who had never worked together before and created a global collaboration increasing the diversity of skin images online. A wonderful project.