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From One Extreme to the Other…
I was in a North East town recently where I met up with a couple of gurus who knew the area well. I was chauffered around all the best parts of the town, told about the exciting plans that were in place over the next 10 years, and how the area was in a boom [...]
Headingley Development Trust
About the same time we set up Camberwell in 2006, a group of us established Headingley Development Trust .
We set up clubs, bought a shop, established a farmer’s market, undertook two successful community share issues of £100k each and recruited 900 members and have started a community orchard project, but the big prize took 5 [...]
Sustainability – yuch!
I hate the word almost as much as ‘going forward’. It’s become one of those overused and undefined regen words that has me reaching for a Macdonalds.
Yet the struggle for it gets me out of bed each morning. It’s not just the eco bit, it’s how you create the better world. A Camberwell preoccupation, as [...]
8 Steps to Qualifying Your Lead – SCOTSMAN score
This is what we use in Camberwell – a simple, useful and memorable way to assess our prospective clients. One point is given to every yes. A score of around 5 or above is well worth pursuing. A score of less than 5 can be increased as the relationship grows.
1. Solution – can you provide [...]
Entrepreneurial Leadership, not Bureaucratic Paradigms
Social Enterprise Business is currently being led by 45 person boards of coalitions and 1,720 quangos. Is this a real movement-a new way to do business- or is it simply a place to park some government funding? When the Times and RBS give out social entrepreneur awards to CEOs running charities…we have surely lost [...]
Measuring impact. oh really?
Ok. So you are social entreprenuer. Your business works (congrats you are now in the top 10% of SEs) and you want to increase the scope of your impact. You now need additional outside investment.
Problem: how do you prove that you are already making an impact?!
1. You provide a myriad of case studies. (anectdotal)
2. You [...]
In Charge. And getting out of the way. (Well Said.)
I don’t think I can improve on this post and its message; so I am posting it here in its entirety with links to it.
This is from a daring person who is taking control of a process usually much out of your control (finding a job). She is, at least from what I gather [...]
Open source social business
Is there a way to get the important info to people starting or running a social business (aka enterprise) in a collaborative open source way that eliminates the bureaucracy of hub sites and presented on a user friendly way? Importantly, if you found a way, what chance does it have of reaching a meaningful portion [...]
fashionistas in beeston
blogging live from the myCatalyst fashion show at Hillside in Beeston. Wow! some interesting pieces from a diverse group of ambitious designers. Some of these fashion designers are doing there first show, but you couldnt tell. Music, drink, dancers and good food are mingled in between two sets. standouts include custmised hoodies (yes, those!), retro [...]
About Todd
Todd Hannula was a self-confessed “corporate boob”, before moving to Yorkshire and making things happen. He is a co-founder and CEO of Leeds-based social entrepreneurial platform for change Shine a place where people are inspired to make things happen; located in the heart of a challenged neighbourhood, trying to raise aspirations and create real opportunities.
About Chris
Chris Hill has worked in the field of enterprise and regeneration for twenty years and is Shine's co-founder and business development director. His specialist areas include development trusts and associated property development, business planning and enterprise work with housing associations.
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CIC or not to CIC?
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From Values to Value
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Social Enterprise comes to Venturefest
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CIC | The Achilles Heel
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Going for it!
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Future Focused, Present Participant
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Funding is not the Key
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Building an Experience Worth Talking About
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