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Are we anaesthetising our children?

A question posed by Sir Ken Robinson, world renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the Royal Society of the Art’s, Benjamin Franklin award in October 2010. You can follow it in…

The web and education – how we think about information

Michael Wesch of Kansas State University produces a continuous stream of films and concept refreshing ideas about information, education and the cultural power of the web. The short film below offers the viewer…

Creating the right zone

We have been doing a lot of work recently on the creation of good governance structures for a variety of charitable and social enterprise organisations. Policies and process play a large part in…

Daycare Trust Annual Conference 16th November 2010

First Steps to next steps: securing the future of childcare? A lively and interesting day at the annual Daycare Trust Conference held at One Great George St, in the heart of Westminster, London….

Renegotiating Value; Bonus or Pro Bono

‘Bonus vs Pro Bono’ is the second in a series of Renegotiating ‘value’ seminars and seeks to explore the value of inspirational leadership in business. The seminar will be held in the St…

Sue is on Everest

Sue is on Mount Everest – walking uphill a lot and raising money for charity. You can see regular updates on her personal blog www.faithgoeswalkabout.org If you would like to sponsor Sue and…

SMP elementals – an approach

Starting a new project? Starting a social business? Trying to get the enterprise element bootstrapped in your social enterprise? When you are starting energy and enthusiasm are great to get you going. Your…

The Schools System and
the Draft Structural Reform Plan

Somewhere, in my past I remember being told ‘more haste less speed.’ The Draft Structural Reform Plan is in plenty of haste. Built into that, is the feeling that there is no time…

Big Society

The wonderful vision of a Big Society where people help each other, not for reward but just because they can. In some places where this is happening through volunteering and support groups you…

Social Enterprise Management
A featured title

Doherty, Foster, Mason et al have produced a great primer for the person intent on mastering the management of social enterprise. Published in 2009 the book Management for Social Enterprise contains a wide ranging…