October 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Hi Can I ask a favour?

Whilst you're having a cup of coffee would you consider helping me out?

I'm carrying out some unfunded research using a questionnaire (yes I know...) developed & validated by the OU. It identifies a profile of attributes of entrepreneurs.

What I'm doing is collecting data (all anonymous) from social entrepreneneurs, self-employed people and employees so that we can compare the profiles statistically for any significant differences.

It is a…

Two posts in as many days, this is not the norm I promise, but like the number 7 bus it's a case of nothing for ages and then 3 come along at once.

In this case it was the interesting post byMatthew Kálmán Mezey suggesting ways in which Fellows can be encouraged to use social media more and a piece I found on Twitter posted by Yacine Baroudi aka @fastake which is a 20 minute…

I already have two regular blogs; though I must confess, one is more regular than the other. Penval is my regular blog and I try to update it once a month but confess that sometimes I err. I also have a blog at …

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on the 'Explore presentations' by participants the Spirit of Enniskillen Trust's 2011 international leadership programme [ http://www.soetrust.org/p/explore/ ]. Each year, 'Explore' involves 40 young people, aged 16-19, from across Northern Ireland, in a sequence of learning experiences that includes two weeks in one of a number of other countries/regions - this year in Cyprus, Sweden, Berlin and the…