We made the decision today to amp up the volume at Camberwell. The first step is the recruitment of 6 persons to join la familia. HEY! If you know anyone that fits the descriptions below…please have them contact us ASAP. (see below for contact info).
At a basic level, we need 6 more people who want [...]
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What’s it all about?
I am back. And I have been off for awhile. Why?
Because I was trying to figure out what made me tick. Why should I have a blog? What was the point. Why would anyone care?
I wish I had the answers to all those questions, I would be a successful internet business. Instead, I have answered [...]
Limit Your Options
I am a big believer in creating options for decision making. However, the folks at MIT point out that keeping options around for the sake of keeping them around is counterproductive and common.
I definitely subscribe to burning the boats as an entrepreneur. It does focus the mind and make you hungrier to succeed.
Selling or Connecting?
Social enterprises probably find it more difficult to translate what they are selling to customers. Why? Because, often times what you are selling is not a computer, sandwich, or care service. If you want to really connect with great customers and reach sustainability you need to take your business to next level and get out [...]
New Year, Customer Focus
Ahhh! A new year. A time to restart the engines, refocus the efforts and grow your enterprise to support your mission.
We often talk about not being everything to everyone because you likely end up being nothing to nobody. What’s also true is that you can make your message to specific or focus too specific that [...]
Irrational Exubarence? Or A Great Approach?
Too often, I meet people who consider optimism some kind of childish or naive behavior. It is somehow established in the British psyche that skepticism is directly correlated to intelligence. Ha!I was happy to see a coherent explanation of why optimism is really a good approach to problems and not simply some delusional behavior. Please [...]
Spending time with the DTA (Y&H)
I just spent 24 hours (or nearly) with a collection (13) of the largest Development Trusts in the Yorkshire & Humber. I came away more energised about the movement. I was in attendance as a partner (The Camberwell Project), so it did feel a bit like crashing a wedding with many of the attendees catching [...]
“The finalists tell Peter Brown how management skills can be put to a higher purpose”
Ok. It’s in the Independent, but it is the Association of MBAs. I hope that MBAs will find that social enterprise is also a way forward. The charity and ngo sectors have always attracted talent from traditionally private sector pools at top schools, but this kind of press may signal a broader movement to social [...]
Bootstrapping…for business
I am always looking for ways to outsmart the big guys and that usually involves some form of clever bootstrapping. (I think this may be a particularly American phrase; it means to do more with less!) Readers might find the Bootstrapping blog helpful. I just ran across it, so I am not yet singing its [...]
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 development and consultancy firm Camberwell that makes places and spaces work; including their own social business ventures for entrepreneurs and a game-changing aspirational place.
About Chrissie
Chrissie Slater grew up on a small Scottish island. With a history of private sector business development both for the corporate sector and for her own business, she was selected as one of Yorkshire’s Woman Business Ambassadors in 2007 - and joined Camberwell the same year.
About Chris
Chris Hill has worked in the field of enterprise and regeneration for twenty years and is Camberwell'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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Shine On, Lablets!
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School for Social Entrepreneurs and its Fellows Spread Their Wings
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Silly, Really!
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Restricting Structures
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Dragon Boats and Teamwork
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Mike Chitty: Lablets - lovely soundbite. Challenges - affo...
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Kieran: I generally agree that this dispute over language,...
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Todd: Gerry, Agreed. And I would add that my experience ...
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Gerry Andrews: Having been involved in working with local communi...
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Alan Wallace: Hmmmmm. He's clever and speaks well in every sens...
