Today the 500th person signed up to www.socialmediasurgery.com. She is Anne Elliot, who’s planning to go along to the Leeds Social Media Surgery on October 7th because she’s hoping to start work with a social enterprise in October. That’s 500 people since the site was first sort of functioning in private beta in April of …
Hand Made – “new community culture”, the social media surgery and Militant Optimists.
I’m proud. The picture above is of a lovely thing Tessy Britton has sent me – the gift of a book. She asked 28 people (including me) to write about their experiments in community. My chapter is on Social Media Surgeries. The combined result is a wonderful book: Tessy writes: Largely (but not exclusively) these …
Stuff I've seen September 2nd through to September 7th
These are my links for September 2nd through September 7th: Investing in Social Growth: Can the Big Society be more than a slogan? (September 2010) | The Young Foundation – The report warns of the gap between the ambition of the Big Society and the modest proposals currently associated with it, and of the risk …
Things I've spotted August 31st from 14:24 to 22:49
Here are some of the things I’ve been reading August 31st from 14:24 to 22:49: Facing up to the financial facts | birminghamnewsroom.com – Birmingham City Council's Chief Exec Stephen Hughes: "The truth is, that if we are to protect the public from the consequences of these spending reductions, we need revolutionary change in the …