Jonathan Simmons: Co-founder of digital agency Zone

About this episode

Jonathan Simmons discusses the need for a culture of talking about philanthropy in the UK.

Jonathan Simmons is the co-founder of digital agency Zone, co-founder of experiences marketplace Yuup and CEO of NPC - New Philanthropy Capital - a think-tank and consultancy helping philanthropists. Jonathan joins Elliot to talk about how although there's a culture of giving in the UK, there needs to be a culture of talking about it

People in this episode

Host: Elliot

Guest: Jonathan Simmons

Topics covered

• digital agency
• philanthropy
• culture of giving
• experiences marketplace
• consultancy

Keywords

• philanthropy
• digital agency
• Zone
• Yuup
• NPC
• culture of giving
• consultancy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zone, Yuup, NPC - New Philanthropy Capital

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