Category: charity
The potential power of Fun for charity & education
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Sometimes I’m astounded at the lack of ‘fun’ people have during the day and the amount of fun they are afraid of having. A friend recently wrote about enjoying your job (or not), and at the Stemette launch, the loudest feedback we received was on the lack of PowerPoint slides and […]
To lead others, you must first lead yourself. Whatever age you are.
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“To lead others, you must first lead yourself.” – A theme from John Maxwell, although I don’t think it originated from him. Last year I sat on two panels for Teach First. The first was a rerun of the popular Inspirational YOU ‘I’m young and I’m winning’ format. The second […]
Big Society 2.0 – Can we make it easier for citizens to contribute to social change?
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We need social business models that aren’t about recycling cans and turning the lights off. – Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Portland Trust Not long ago I heard Matthew Taylor of the RSA speak about the success of the UK coalition government’s ‘Big Society‘ concept. I remember clearly one […]
Introducing the ‘Charity Startup’ – new ways to use the Web for Social Change
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‘We should not be ashamed of wealth creation. We should be making creating wealth respectable again. We should be using it to further social objectives’ – a quote from Rushanara Ali MP’s UpRising event I’ve always found it important to give back. For the last 10 years this has meant […]