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Lord Young would be proud…and so would Lord Sugar
May 10th
SSE launches its new impact evaluation report this evening (watch out for the press release and a further post here tomorrow to see and download the report). New Philanthropy Capital, who SSE commissioned to undertake the evaluation, have a blog...
School for Social Entrepreneurs makes TV debut…
Apr 12th
It has often been the subject of conversation at SSE about how what the organisation does, and what the effect is on social entrepreneurs, is best communicated through their stories, their journeys and their words. Fortunately, with thanks to a...
A week is a long time in social enterprise
Apr 4th
For the social entrepreneur and social enterprise aficionado, there are two main event seasons: the cluster around October / November (Good Deals, Social Business, Global Entrepreneurship Week etc), and the end of March extravaganza of the Skoll World Forum, its...
Radio 4′s Peter Day congratulates SSE London Fellows
Mar 24th
Just a quick note to say that the SSE London graduation is today for the Block and Weekly Groups, with around 40 social entrepreneurs joining the ever-growing SSE Fellowship. You can see the formal press release here, along with links...
People, not pizza: reflections on social franchising
Mar 16th
I’ve been fortunate enough over the last few months to design, recruit and deliver a social franchising programme for SSE, called Scaling to Success. It was aimed at social entrepreneurs and social enterprise leaders who had a proven model and...
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 social entrepreneurship links from January 2011
Jan 28th
It has been a busy start to the year, and it seems like that is the case for everyone. Certainly everyone I bump into seems to be working very hard indeed, as the end of March 2011 looms large....No different...
What partnership and collaboration look like (in Maltby)
Jan 27th
We've known for a while that SSE students build relationships and contacts and networks that are practically useful on the programme: indeed, that's a key outcome (our most recent data shows that 90% have kept in touch with contacts made...
Unintended outcomes and impact measurement
Jan 23rd
I had the pleasure of visiting the SSE programme in Wigan and Leigh last week, to facilitate an ‘introduction to social impact measurement’ session with the students on the programme. I do love that experience of arriving in on a...
The Life of an Intern
Jan 14th
Hey everybody, it's Ryan the intern! I just wanted to take a few minutes and write about my experience here at the SSE so far. From day one, it has been fantastic working here. I've never had an office job...
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