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Benedicte Herstad Simonsen
Leder Marked og Kundereise, AssisterMeg
Benedicte Herstad Simonsen er Leder Marked og Kundereise ved AssisterMeg AS.1 Hun har en bakgrunn fra BI Norwegian Business School og har over 500 forbindelser på LinkedIn.1
Karriere
Benedicte har nylig skiftet jobb. I februar 2023 annonserte hun at hun forlot sin tidligere stilling for å starte i en ny rolle.3 Bare to dager inn i den nye jobben ble hun involvert i et prosjekt kalt "Historiske Herman", som hun beskrev som en spennende mulighet.4
Erfaring og kompetanse
Benedicte har erfaring fra både byrå- og kundesiden. I sin LinkedIn-post nevner hun at hun har lært mye i begge leire og uttrykker takknemlighet for det hun og hennes tidligere kolleger har oppnådd sammen.3
Nettverk og engasjement
Benedicte er aktiv på LinkedIn, hvor hun deler innlegg om sitt arbeid og engasjement i ulike prosjekter.24 Hun deltar også i diskusjoner og gratulerer kolleger med deres prestasjoner, noe som tyder på at hun er godt integrert i sitt profesjonelle nettverk.56
Benedicte Herstad Simonsen fremstår som en erfaren fagperson innen marked og kundereise, med en bred bakgrunn og et aktivt engasjement i sin bransje.
Highlights
Har du noen gang blitt stoppet fra å gjøre det du vil? ⛔️
Under #Arendalsuka lærte jeg at: 👉 nesten 17% av befolkningen møter daglig barrierer som begrenser deres frihet – uten at vi nødvendigvis legger merke til det
👉 og at hele 34% av mennesker med funksjonsnedsettelser ikke har jevnlig sosial kontakt bl.a. fordi “små hindre” som brostein, trappetrinn og ikke universelt utformede toaletter gjør det vanskelig å være sammen med andre.
⚠️ #UniversellUtforming er et teknisk, og til tider kanskje et misforstått begrep. Det handler ikke primært om å tilpasse verden for personer med funksjonsnedsettelse, men å sikre deltakelse og tilstedeværelse i samfunnet for så mange mennesker som mulig.
… for barn som bare ønsker å være barn og leke med jevnaldrende 🛝 …for ungdom som ønsker å få bli med ut på det kompisene skal gjøre 🎱 …for kollegaen som bare ønsker å være på arbeidsplassen og gjøre en god jobb, uten å være til bry 🧑💻 …for vår venninne som bare ønsker å være med på den samme restauranten som de andre og bruke samme inngangsparti uten å måtte løftes inn, og ikke minst å kunne komme seg på toalettet selv 💄 …for besteforeldre som ønsker å se danseforestillingen til barnebarnet 👵🏻
Da gjør det ekstra vondt å tenke på disse tallene:
😢 Kun 20% av norske grunnskoler er tilgjengelig for barn med funksjonsnedsettelser (eller potensielt ansatte for den saks skyld) (kilde: nhf.no og bufdir.no)
😢 Ca 50.000 nordmenn bruker i dag rullestol, men under 10% av innganger til offentlige bygninger er tilgjengelig for personer med manuell rullestol 🧑🦽 (kilde: nhf.no / NAV og Ekskurs)
😢 kun 4 av 10 kommuner svarer at de jobber aktivt med å fremme universell utforming av fritidsarenaer (IPSOS på oppdrag fra Redd Barna og NHF).
😢 … og 3 av 4 kommuner er ikke kjent med om det finnes politiske prioriteringer eller strategier for å inkludere barn med funksjonsnedsettelser i fritidsaktiviteter (IPSOS på oppdrag fra Redd Barna og NHF)
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Som selskap er vi i AssisterMeg AS opptatt av Universell Utforming fordi det er et viktig tema for de menneskene vi er i kontakt med gjennom vårt daglige virke som #BPA-leverandør.
Og derfor tok vi kontakt med Ola Harald Svenning i Etac Norge og Aleksandra Stojanovic Dalheim i Ekskurs as for å høre om de ville være med å lage et felles prosjektet under Arendalsuka. Sammen kontaktet vi andre spennende samfunnsaktører som kan gjøre noe med samfunnets universelle løsninger. 6 ulike personer med viktige titler ble satt i rullestol og sendt ut i Arendals gater. Og etterpå stilte vi dette spørsmålet under podkasten vår:
❓Hvor langt er samfunnet villig til å strekke seg når det kommer til Universell Utforming? ❓Skal alle inkluderes...? ❓Kan alle inkluderes…?
Hva mener du?
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Takk til Statsbygg for at dere unnskylder at jeg gjenbruker materialet deres 😅
PS: Jeg gleder meg til vi skal vise filmen av rullestolorienteringsløpet når den blir klar. Men enn så lenge, riktig god helg!
"Jeg blir jævlig flau når vi ser det vi har sett i dag" sa Kenneth Dahlgren i Aspelin Ramm
"Vi kan gjøre noe med dette uten at det egentlig koster mer" sa Jon-Erik Lunøe fra Bane NOR
"Utrolig bra og kult arrangement. Det arrangementet jeg har lært mest av" sa Margrethe Fløystad i Statsbygg
Vi naila det!! Rullestolorienteringsløpet er gjennomført og vi nådde målet vårt. 🙌
I går hadde vi fokus på #UniversellUtforming under #Arendalsuka. Vi utfordret viktige samfunnsaktører som til daglig ikke benytter seg av rullestol til å løse oppgaver i Arendal sentrum. Med rullestolen. Hvorfor? De skulle få teste universell utforming i praksis.
Vi tror nemlig at for å lykkes med bedre universelle løsninger må de som bestemmer og de som betaler for løsningene øke bevisstheten rundt hvordan mange av dagens løsninger dessverre skaper #universelleutfordringer. De må forstå hva som kan oppleves som en hindring og hva god universell utforming faktisk er.
Det var et kort og intenst løp hvor de skulle kjøpe seg kaffe og prøve klær i et prøverom. Det var brostein, litt for bratte ramper, varm kaffe som skulle balanseres, trapper som hindret adkomst.
Høydepnktet? Da Tonje Brenna fra Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet (Norge) tryna ut av stolen! 😱(😅)
❗️Kortsiktig mål: gi deltakerne en vekker som gjør at de forstår hva UU egentlig handler om ‼️ Langsiktig mål: få de som kan gjøre noe med det til å øke bevisstheten rundt viktigheten av å tenke på UU
Klarte vi det?
JA! 💪👊👏
✅ Deltakerne drar hjem med økt bevissthet i kofferten. Og vi tror definitivt at de kommer til å utfordre internt.
✅ Jeg drar hjem med Tonje Brenna sitt selfiebilde som jeg er med på (📸🤩) og en sykt god følelse. Dette var gøy!!!
Takk til Tonje Brenna, Statsbygg, Bane NOR Eiendom, Aspelin Ramm og NHO Geneo for at dere stilte opp. Vi håper dere bruker det dere har lært til å endre tankesettet i deres respektive selskaper. Vi håper dere fortsetter å ta ansvar - også på dette området. 🙏🏻
Takk til Etac Norge og Ekskurs as for samarbeidet. Vi i AssisterMeg AS er evig takknemlig for at dere kastet dere rundt og ble med på dette. For et samarbeid!!! 🙌
Takk til Cato Lie, Funksjonshemmedes fellesorganisasjon (FFO) Jesper Saltvik Pedersen og Stiftelsen VI som bidro med unik kompetanse og mentorering.
Og ikke minst, takk til alle dere flotte folk som har bidratt til å få prosjektet ut i live:
Ideskaper Hilde Breck, Aleksandra Stojanovic Dalheim, Christian Næss, Sara Kaspersen, Ola Harald Svenning, Ingvild Grimstad
Hilde Gravnås, Christine Arenås, Christian Sommer-Hovland, Eirik Heiberg, Odd-Ivar Hårstad
Marit Dieseth, Mimi Maria Ekeid, Christel Omre, Lars Tande-Igelkjøn, Ingar Bakke, Lotte Tangvik Kolsrud
Og til slutt, takk til de sykt flinke kameragutta til Jonas Ingstad 🎥 (Ja, det kommer film)
For et team!!! 🙌👏❤️
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