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Collaboration, partnership and the network mindset
Mar 8th
It is a time of significant change in the world of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, where markets shift, cuts take hold, and new opportunities beckon from the horizon. And as available finance becomes constrained, so the focus rightly becomes...
Social enterprise and entrepreneurship links from September
Oct 17th
Slightly delayed due to the SSE residential, but here's my round-up of interesting, relevant and topical links in the world of social enterprise and entrepreneurship from September: - Not officially September, but as I'm late, two events from early October...
A small and clear presentation about the Big Society
Oct 8th
There's been much written and said about the Big Society but it's been sometimes difficult to get clarity on what it means, what's happening, and what the opportunities are. In some areas, that's still unclear (and will be until post...
Learning from failure (and social entrepreneurship)
Sep 29th
I attended a fascinating lunchtime seminar the other week. It's not often the words 'fascinating', 'lunchtime' and 'seminar' are used in juxtaposition, so thought I would share some of the key points from the session. It was called, Trial, Error...
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...
What are the policy and communications futures for social entrepreneurs?
Jun 16th
My role at SSE is Policy and Communications Director, so in keeping with that, today a bit of policy, and a bit of comms. First up, I contributed to the Society Guardian podcast (in association with KnowHowNonProfit which is well...
Learning by doing: a social entrepreneur’s take on Big Society
Jun 6th
I've been reading a few of the responses to the Big Society vision outlined by the new government. For example, you can get Stephen Bubb's take at ACEVO (pdf), and Martin Brookes et al's perspective at New Philanthropy Capital. Both...
Reflections on elections (for social entrepreneurs)
May 10th
It's looking more likely that either a Conservative minority or Con-Lib Dem coalition will be coming into power following one of the more unpredictable and uncertain elections in recent times. Indeed, as happy as I was to be asked for...
Brief social entrepreneurship thoughts on the Conservative manifesto
Apr 13th
In the spirit of yesterday's brief look at the Labour manifesto, here's a look at the Conservatives' new document. Again, I'm not going to plough through all the detail that the Coalition has pulled out, or has already been discussed...
Brief social entrepreneurship thoughts on the Labour manifesto
Apr 12th
Labour's manifesto came out today, as you may have noticed from the ubiquitous blanket coverage everywhere. So I won't linger on the subject. Suffice to say that the Coalition have done a good job of pulling out all the relevant...
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