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Nick Temple
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Posts by Nick Temple
Social enterprise + entrepreneurship links from July
Aug 3rd
Currently, on my return to work, I am somewhere between B and C in the image to the left. Cleared the inbox (almost) yesterday, and now catching up on everything that's happened since I've been away. To which the short...
USS Social Enterprise, part 5: Governance + Structure
Aug 2nd
CAPTAIN’S BLOG, STARDATE August 2nd 2010 It was Scotty that started it: typical left-wing Celt. “I cannae go on giving everything Cap’n, without feeling like I have a stake in it, like I own a bit of it”. As is...
USS Social Enterprise, part 4: Money + Funding
Jul 26th
CAPTAIN’S BLOG, STARDATE July 26th 2010 I never thought I’d say it, but thank Vulcan for Spock and his spreadsheets. Since the testing on Piloti, he’s been beavering away on our pricing to see what we should charge to sustain...
USS Social Enterprise, part 3: Testing
Jul 19th
CAPTAIN’S BLOG, STARDATE July 19th 2010 Everything to date has been a bit hands-off for me thus far. I’m much more of a “set phasers to stun and let’s go” type-of-guy, so have been keen to get my hands dirty...
USS Social Enterprise, part 2: Research
Jul 12th
CAPTAIN’S BLOG, STARDATE July 12th 2010 Been an interesting week. Spock and I decided that, before we plunge straight in to investigating and protecting and all that stuff, we should probably ask the people we are going to serve what...
USS Social Enterprise, part 1: Mission
Jul 5th
[normal SSE blog is on holiday to return in August; in the meantime, a short series from deep space...] CAPTAIN’S BLOG, STARDATE July 5th 2010 Since losing contact with the Federation on take-off, Uhura has been working hard on patching...
Ghana for the World Cup! (and Divine Chocolate)
Jul 2nd
We're big Divine Chocolate fans over here at SSE, and Sophi Tranchell came to speak to some of the social entrepreneurs we support a few months back, which was hugely well-received. Today, Divine are putting this ad in the Metro...
Is trust the most radical and efficient thing we have?
Jun 30th
A little while back, I wrote a post about whether a trust-based society could help square the public service delivery circle: the idea being that, in a time of fewer resources but greater need, removing middling tiers of bureaucratic infrastructure...
Charlie Kalsi: social entrepreneur from Hampshire
Jun 23rd
It's always a pleasure to go out to the various franchises around the country and meet the social entrepreneurs that are moving their projects along, and seeking to change things. Our Hampshire SSE has been running since the autumn in...
6 of the Best: recent social entrepreneur reading
Jun 22nd
Here's half a dozen recent posts and articles from experienced folk, well worth a read if you're in the social entrepreneurship world: - Craig Dearden-Phillips on public speaking: "....Step two is to watch carefully how people are responding. Do they...
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