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February 2010 Blog Posts (5)

The Glory of Failure

Newcomers to the site may not have (yet) found their way to the Glory of Failure group on Ning.

Those who have been here a while may not have fully appreciated how the Glory of Failure campaign can support your work and help you to make a difference in whatever work you are doing.

THE GLORY OF FAILURE CAMPAIGN IS TRULY TRANSDISCIPLINARY!!!

Have a look at our group, see the sorts of discussion going on and think about…

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Added by Jonathan Jewell on February 28, 2010 at 21:54 — 7 Comments

As if to demonstrate the power of community and the ability of interested, and interesting, individuals to generate very cool ideas, out of the Networking Fellows Group came this thought from David Wilcox:

"Paul -…

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Added by Paul Buchanan on February 19, 2010 at 17:29 — 6 Comments

RSA Academy celebrates ‘educational excellence’

What do we think about secondary school education in the UK? Chances are that if you are well past your school days, you won’t think about it all, unless you work in education. If you have school-age children though, you probably spend endless hours pouring over league tables, getting clued-up on sibling policies and catchment areas and learning the ins and outs of SATs and Key Stage curricula. Generally,we tend not to think about the education model itself – focusing instead on the detail of… Continue

Added by Lopa Patel MBE on February 12, 2010 at 13:34 — 1 Comment

Got NO time and still want to change the World?

Passion rich, time poor?

Have a look at the Glory of Failure group on Ning. I've put the top ten tips on how to help, for:

People with NO time

People with a little bit of time

And I'll be adding information on what you can do if:

You have lots of time

You have tonnes of time

Have a look at our thread in the Glory of Failure Ning…

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Added by Jonathan Jewell on February 7, 2010 at 10:29 — No Comments

Glory of Failure - our Wikipedia entry

The Glory of Failure campaign was originally an RSA Networks project created by Mitchell Sava in 2007.[1] It is now co-chaired by Jonathan Jewell.

RSA Networks is part of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA).

The goal of 'The Glory of Failure' is to change society's attitude to failure, encouraging a more healthy approach to risk taking and removing the taboo around failure.[1]

The idea behind the project came from observation of the… Continue

Added by Jonathan Jewell on February 1, 2010 at 13:06 — No Comments