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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...
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...
Hopes and wishes for 2011 for civil society
Jan 14th
Social Investment Business have done an interesting powerpoint which shares the views of various sector leaders' wishes for 2011. Including (Sir) Stephen Bubb, Matthew Taylor from RSA, Rod Schwartz from ClearlySo, Julie McEver from Local Partnerships...and more. Including, first up,...
New podcasts: leadership, social entrepreneurs and numbers
Dec 14th
The benefits of having lost the argument over who should have the long commute with my wife is that I have plenty of time to catch up on podcasts and a bit of work-related listening on the way in (and...
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...
Social enterprise and entrepreneurship links from August
Sep 5th
Lots to do, lots to read, lots more to do.... My last post-holiday round-up seemed to go down well, so thought I'd do the same for August as I did for July. No particular rationale, just stuff I've found interesting...
Partnerships 2: should social enterprises date, co-habit or marry?
Aug 20th
Typically, two days after I write a long post about partnership (and thanks for those who've commented, tweeted etc positively), a great podcast comes up on my commute in to work on....partnership. So I'll keep this brief: this podcast, Strategic...
Is a Social App Store just Toolkits 2.0?
Aug 19th
I was inspired to write by the latest issue of Third Sector magazine this week. Not a sentence I've written too often, perhaps, (tend to rely on it for news, rather than inspiration...) but there were three thought-provoking pieces in...
Partnerships: are you the Bono and Frank Sinatra of social enterprise?
Aug 18th
Been giving much thought to partnership of late. Whether this is due to celebrating my second wedding anniversary (gifts to SSE towers please...), I'm not sure. I think it was more from listening to the NPR All Songs Considered podcast...
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...
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