tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22151274772180541702024-11-01T10:35:50.615+00:00On Purpose BlogOn Purpose is a new leadership programme for the next generation of high-flyers who will use the power of business to make a difference in the world. Todays talent are tomorrows leaders who will help solve societys biggest problems. We believe that if we find the most inspiring people, provide them with the right experience and give them world-class training, then great things will happen.On Purposehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06198154994644832476noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-43122398703389362132012-05-02T09:23:00.003+01:002012-05-02T09:26:58.048+01:00On Purpose Website on the MoveThank you for visiting the On Purpose blog. Our website and blog have now moved to http://www.onpurpose.uk.com Come visit to learn more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-57841310225829248312012-03-28T08:54:00.000+01:002012-03-28T12:47:08.916+01:00People On Purpose: Ben Metz
Ben Metz works with and creates environments for leaders and their organisations who are doing good to do better. Ben is the Europe R&D lead for ImpactAssets and the instigator of OxfordJam, a three day fringe event to the Skoll World Forum which kicks off today in Oxford. He is also the founding Trustee of and long time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-3566028296444795322012-03-22T15:30:00.000+00:002012-03-27T10:06:52.324+01:00Launching into the social enterprise stratosphere
Trying to sum up what we do at On Purpose is always difficult. I have to admit that even I didn’t know quite what to expect when I turned up to induction in January, I’m happy to say though that 10 weeks later, its all getting a bit clearer. With a little more perspective, and an ever developing armament of skills, I’m beginning to get a picture of what it takes to make it in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-18184499644512473492012-03-20T20:58:00.001+00:002012-03-20T20:58:13.167+00:00Keeping the Body in Mind
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What would happen if each of us were
more generous? If we said yes just a little bit more? If we actually
made a commitment to changing other peoples' lives, could we change the world?
I think so
and as it turns out, there are a few people out there who think the same! More
importantly, they are doing something about it.
One inspirational example
of how we can all do good is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-40913243846700613732012-03-08T09:00:00.002+00:002012-03-14T18:24:49.230+00:00PEOPLE ON PURPOSE: PATRICK SHINEPATRICK SHINEPatrick Shine is the co-founder and lead partner of The Shaftesbury Partnership, a social business whose mission is to create and inspire trailblazing social reforms that empower communities by tackling disadvantage and generating opportunity. He is chairman of The Challenge Network, the leading provider of National Citizen Service, and of the Southwark Free School Trust. Patrick Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-76887924565810668672012-03-05T10:00:00.000+00:002012-03-05T10:00:08.755+00:00On Purpose training will never leave you. Even if you want it to...
Sometime between the third cup of tea and the first glass of wine on a weekend in a Yorkshire cottage, my friends and I opened up the quaint dresser to discover a pile of jigsaw puzzles.
Brilliant, I thought: the perfect mindless way to wind down after an action-packed first few weeks of the On Purpose programme. I assigned myself a corner of the puzzle, and merrily embarked on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-14654788616146685452012-03-03T13:16:00.003+00:002012-03-03T13:17:26.522+00:00
A New Economic Model?
Many forces across the profit, non-profit and government
sectors are looking at ways to rethink our current economic model. A recent
event hosted by Oasis Charities
Parliament brought together Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, Occupy London representative Richard Paton
and Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council of Voluntary Organisations
Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-60000953722836529202012-03-01T08:06:00.001+00:002012-03-01T08:06:09.898+00:00PEOPLE ON PURPOSE - GRAHAM ALLCOTT
GRAHAM ALLCOTT
Graham Allcott is a social entrepreneur, consultant and trainer, specialising in youth engagement, volunteering and voluntary sector issues. He became one of the youngest leaders in the charity sector when he was appointed Chief Executive of the national charity, Student Volunteering England at the age of 25: a post he held for three years. Graham currently Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-81443123237843460972012-02-24T12:00:00.002+00:002012-02-24T12:00:52.291+00:00
First Impressions Are Made to Last
Ever wondered what it would be like to make the leap from the commercial world into social enterprise? One of On Purpose's 2012 Associates, Isabelle de Morlhon shares her thoughts on Shaftesbury Partnership's blog about what she has learnt in her few first weeks of her placement there.
First
impressions are made to last…and I hope they will. After 7 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-38393417001328315202012-02-23T08:30:00.000+00:002012-02-23T08:30:02.323+00:00People On Purpose<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-34376808197993630222012-02-20T10:20:00.000+00:002012-02-20T10:20:51.317+00:00Stuck in a corner: Fair Finance, exclusion and a room full of womenOn becoming an On Purpose Associate I made a simple promise to myself; take advantage of each and every opportunity I am presented with. I see this year as a chance to explore new horizons, take a dip into the unknown, and push the boundaries a little. It was with this new found motivation that I recently attended a Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) talk by Fair Finance on ‘Addressing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-32076662291312396702012-02-13T23:02:00.002+00:002012-02-14T12:06:41.017+00:00Financial Instruments On A MissionDuring my first week as an On Purpose associate I was lucky enough to be one of the 15 people attending a talk by Paul Cheng of CAF Venturesome on the role of financial intermediaries in the development of a social investment market. This was particularly interesting for me given my previous life as an investment banker.Paul highlighted the stark contrast between the wide variety of ways that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-80022613218037620622012-02-08T19:46:00.000+00:002012-02-08T19:46:56.335+00:00The On Purpose 2012 Associates are out of the starting blocks....<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-50743031161055991742012-01-25T10:01:00.000+00:002012-01-25T10:01:25.034+00:00Creating behavioural changeCreating behavioural change is always a difficult task and one that our Associates often have to grapple with in the work they do for their placement organisations.
The topic also come up during our induction training with Charmian Love of Volans.
Unilever has been doing some interesting work on this. The sustainability targets they have set themselves won't be achieved unless they can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-67535048036601307232011-12-12T16:16:00.005+00:002011-12-12T17:31:16.805+00:00Year End GoalsMy year of On Purpose is coming to an end. Last week was our last official training session on Friday afternoon. It was an internal meeting, just the 11 Associates alongside the OP team of Tom and Kate. Part of the time was taken by evaluating how well we had achieved the goals we set in the beginning of the year and by setting out our new goals for 2012. Friday’s group setting gave us a chanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-24299736334909530262011-12-09T12:45:00.000+00:002011-12-09T12:45:00.799+00:00How Marketing needs to adapt to Social MediaHere's a video we liked that we saw in our training last Fri, shown to us by Adele Barlow who was giving us the basics on all things digital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-33500213475987136352011-12-05T12:50:00.003+00:002011-12-05T13:03:50.070+00:00More Social FinanceAs the Eurozone seems to continually teeter on the brink of collapse, Western governments strain to control budget deficits generated by bailing out failed banks and the stagnant economies left in their wake, there are growing demands for new ways of doing business. The Occupy Wall Street protests have swept the globe, now totalling some 951 cities in 82 countries. Calls for reform are not just JackShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00049173522323610830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-88659147888041079262011-11-25T08:14:00.003+00:002011-11-27T18:18:59.079+00:00Life's amazing and nobody's happyThis is a funny but also thought-provoking video we watched last week in training, courtesy of Steve Coles from Intentionality who was talking about well-being.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-54835695454036085642011-11-03T13:24:00.012+00:002011-11-08T23:56:14.292+00:00The Power of NetworksBuilding on Martin’s post about the Emerge conference last weekend, I wanted to share the insights from one of the sessions that I found particularly interesting. This session from the “Do It” breakout stream addressed the question of networks in the social enterprise space and how intermediaries could support social entrepreneurs. The discussion was animated by experts from well-established Steph Denamps Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04111979101221212118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-29766131831292687372011-11-01T18:53:00.008+00:002011-11-08T23:57:23.028+00:00The Emerge ConferenceThe Emerge Conference took place this weekend in Oxford with successful social business leaders from around the globe speaking to a few hundred delegates, mostly post-graduate students.Application of technologies featured heavily. Ken Banks, the founder of kiwanja.net, spoke about his NGO’s provision of a free, open-source platform to send, receive and aggregate bulk text messages all from a Martin Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10265007869812085789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-26006916815009366982011-10-23T23:05:00.008+01:002011-11-08T23:57:39.660+00:00O2 Learn Competition WinnerO2 Learn was set up by Kate Richardson and Harriet Barclay from the 2010 On Purpose cohort. www.o2learn.co.uk is a free video library of lessons for secondary school students - a bit like a youtube for learning. It allows great teachers to upload their best lessons to the platform, making them accessible to young people everywhere. The website is a supporting pillar of O2's core CSR brand: Think Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-85540546762546249722011-10-13T11:38:00.015+01:002011-11-08T23:58:13.280+00:00Company Fundraising launches at JustGivingIt was a high point of my placement this week when we launched JustGiving’s new Company Fundraising product. It’s a really exciting new fundraising tool that enables companies to celebrate their charity partnerships and bring all their employee fundraising activity together in one place. JustGiving is built on the premise of fundraising as a social activity – and (although I’m a little biased!) Jemima Jewellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984313315116606610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-20212570280810123892011-10-03T23:08:00.005+01:002011-11-08T23:58:28.753+00:00Walled garden's awakeningSometimes people in social enterprise slip into detachment from reality behind their LCD screens as easily as their business-as-usual colleagues. When we start to confuse social impact metrics for real people, or carbon credits for, well, anything real, it is probably the time. It is the right time to get ourselves out of our offices and to dive into some offline, hands-on, local engagement Dalibor Tomkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08245065578927330434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215127477218054170.post-23420539094079399502011-09-21T15:06:00.003+01:002011-09-21T15:17:02.557+01:00Ten things I've learnt about effective partnerships between business and charityCivil society organisations have at their core distinct social missions to tackle problems that are often outside the scope of conventional market appetite and may be ill-addressed by existing government institutions. However increasingly the lines between CSR, state intervention and social action are becoming blurred and new partnerships that cross sectors are emerging, galvanised by shared Jemima Jewellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10984313315116606610noreply@blogger.com0