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April 2010 Blog Posts (5)

Launch of the RSA social entrepreneur network

Im really excited by the potential of the RSA social entrepreneur network, launched last night, so just posted this over on my socialreporter blog. I would be most interested in what you think about the contribution social enterprise can make to the RSA Fellowship programme.

I'm really hopeful that the RSA social entrepreneur's network, launched last night, will bring a fresh…

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Added by David Wilcox on April 29, 2010 at 13:29 — 2 Comments

Projects & Fellows

Hello all,

I've been meaning to dive into the discussions on this Ning site for some time now, and was given the nudge I needed by Tessy and Paul's visit to John Adam Street today. We had a good discussion when they met the Executive team, and then they gave an inspiring, funny and thought-provoking presentation to all the RSA staff gathered in the DSA.

We in the Projects team are keen to work more collaboratively and effectively with Fellows, in whatever ways will help us pursue… Continue

Added by Julian Thompson on April 27, 2010 at 13:00 — 3 Comments

Get off your good intentions & microact!

A friend just sent me this link to a new website called If We Ran The World.

This site is very different from a lot of the social change websites you might have seen before because it is designed specifically to help turn intentions and ideas into action... the most frustrating element of all collaborative endeavours. So much talk, so difficult to translate… Continue

Added by Tessy Britton on April 26, 2010 at 10:00 — 8 Comments

RSA Catalyst – a new seed fund for Fellow-led projects

Do you have an idea that could lead to a more enlightened, resourceful and fulfilled society? Need help to develop, gain visibility and create lasting change? Or, have you been inspired by projects and want to get involved? Want flexibility in your involvement?

You may have seen in last week’s Fellowship Newsletter that RSA… Continue

Added by Alex Watson on April 21, 2010 at 17:41 — 2 Comments

Scaleability: How do we begin to think or re-think this challenge?

One of the Fellowship Council Working Groups (soon to appear in this site) is looking at developing a framework for RSA and Fellows to work together on new projects. One of the key discussions around criteria has been one of scalability. In the world of social innovation/entrepreneurship scale is a big challenge. In 2008 Yvonne Roberts described diffusion as… Continue

Added by Tessy Britton on April 11, 2010 at 18:30 — 7 Comments