Social Enterprise: 21 mind-blowing lessons
A Social Enterprise is a business which has a wholly social purpose, and any surplus funds go back to the beneficiaries. It does charity by doing business, as opposed to a profit-making business which might do charity while doing business. I’ve learned a lot about social enterprise, and I personally believe it is a much [...]
Wanted: Marketing advice on a shoe string for the complete novice #marketing #blogging
Many of the Birds are brilliant at social media, blogging, SEO, marketing etc, and I’ve learned a lot from them. But this is all new to me – I’m learning from scratch. So this blog is my take on what I’ve picked up so far, for those of us who have no clue what RSS [...]
Be a better employer – Diversity Deals #Business Please RT
Continuing our cyber Monday deals, with our own special Birds flavouring – great value consultation calls that do a good deed as well as addressing diversity. In this post we talk about boosting your business through diversity and Jane Hatton is the woman to help you… 30 minute telephone consultation about how diversity can help [...]
Interview with Jane Hatton of Evenbreak
I was honoured to be asked to interview Jane Hatton, one of the Birds. Jane has created the first and only job board in the UK geared specifically for disabled candidates and inclusive employers. Evenbreak is a social enterprise organisation full of understanding and enthusiasm for promoting diversity in the workplace. Drawing from her own [...]
Girls rule: Dragging the Royal Family to the 21st century
I’m not a royalist, but I do feel the royal family are as entitled to equality as the rest of us (despite their somewhat unequal status in life!). So it was good to hear that the 16 “realms” which have Queen Elizabeth as its monarch have unanimously voted to make two significant changes to the [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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