The School for Social Entrepreneurs

Thoughts and thanks for 2009 at SSE

2009-12-23T18:02:18+00:00

It's late on my last working day here, but I wanted to capture a few reflections on the year gone by. It has been an amazing year for SSE. We've opened four new franchises in the UK (Cornwall, Yorkshire, Hampshire,...

Silly season in full flow? Tony Blair is a "social entrepreneur"

2009-12-22T10:47:01+00:00

Just when you thought we'd expanded the definition of social entrepreneur to breaking point (with the "Jedward are social entrepreneurs" article), along comes Tony Blair declaring that he, too, is a social entrepreneur. At first, I was merely amused by...

Debates on the blogs

2009-12-17T17:47:56+00:00

Who said Xmas was a time of winding down? Hundred things to finish by the 23rd....and being bombarded with tweets about Rage Against the Machine and snow. Grrrr. So, a brief post to point to a couple of great debates...

Social media (twitter) tactics for social entrepreneurs

2009-12-11T17:06:04+00:00

Not claiming I had anything to do with this. Kudos to Chad Norman at Blackbaud for what is a great slideshow of social media tactics (and tools) that non-profit organisations, or mission-driven organisations, can use. If you're wondering why/how twitter,...

Learning from the week (other people's wisdom)

2009-12-10T16:17:21+00:00

It's been one of those "always in a meeting" weeks for me here at SSE. Quite a few of them useful and productive, but occasionally frustrating also (see 'patience' and 'exhaustion' on the left). But we are a learning-by-doing organisation,...

Social Enterprise Awards 09

2009-12-10T14:41:29+00:00

Brief note to say how enjoyable the Social Enterprise Awards were last week. Congratulations to all the winners (the full list of which you can check out here), but special congratulations to Bikeworks which won the Best New Social Enteprise...

Top 10 podcasts for social entrepreneurs

2009-12-03T15:23:10+00:00

Following on the back of the top 10 blogs for social entrepreneurs, I thought I might add to that with some podcast links. I've been travelling a bit of late (currently on my way to Leeds) which, in addition to...

Top 10 Social Entrepreneurship Blogs

2009-12-01T18:37:27+00:00

Whilst writing a comment on a blog about blogs (and whether they are useful social entrepreneurship resources), I listed a few blogs that I find useful as a resource, as places of debate, or for inspiration. And then it occurred...

Starting up as a social entrepreneur (at Skoll Emerge)

2009-11-30T10:34:10+00:00

Dragged myself out of bed this Sunday morning to speak at the Skoll:Emerge conference in Oxford, along with leading luminaries like Ben Metz, Charmian Love, Rod Schwartz and Cliff Prior. Good turnout from the students from a range of universities,...

Global Entrepreneurship Week: why it matters (or does it?)

2009-11-26T11:32:25+00:00

A brief note to reflect on last week. It was certainly a full one for us: attending the launch in the British Library, speaking at a Westminster briefing event, organising a networking videoconference for our Sydney / London students, speaking...