ChangeThinking with SmithMartin

Category: Information sources

A surfeit of information?

Below is a short film of a recent TED programme talk by a teacher – Diana Laufenberg. It has a number of different messages. A mapping of the transition from a knowledge poor…

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…

Time and the social entrepreneur

We are regular readers of Entrepreneur.com – a great source of inspiration, ideas and shared experience for start-ups. Although U.S. based, the site does often contain the stories of UK and European organisations and…

The Start UpToolkit

What is my route to market? Who will buy our product or service? The website thestartuptoolkit.com is a great place to begin pulling together ideas for your new social businesses. Created by Rob…

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…

Entrepreneurship – social or otherwise

Europa have just released the latest 2009 state of entrepreneurship survey – which interestingly shows that 45% of Europeans would like to be their own boss, if they could. The EU survey suggests that entrepreneurs…

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…