Video exclusive: Twitter tips for non-profits
Social Enterprise Live: Last month Unity Trust Bank and Social Misfits Media brought you About that First Tweet, the definitive guide to social media for charities and social enterprises.
Peers pass social investment amendments in Financial Services Bill
Civil Society Finance: Amendments to the Financial Services Bill that support social investment have been passed in the House of Lords.
The social enterprise: nine insights
Zdnet: It's been a busy three days here at the Techonomy conference in Tucson, packed equally with amazing predictions for applied technology (that kind of stuff you can read on our sister site, SmartPlanet) and deep dives into business technologies.
Making smarter social investments: getting better results for kids and communities
Forbes.com: In this post, newly elected Ashoka Fellow, Jeff Edmondson, shares the idea behind his social enterprise, Strive Network. This is the first in a series of posts by Jeff, about how we can make smarter social investments.
My new book will talk about SKS experience: Vikram Akula
Business-Standard: A candid account of what went wrong at SKS Microfinance during 2009-11 is in the offing. Founder and former chairman of the company, Vikram Akula, told Santosh Tiwari in an interview he was working on his new book, which would focus on his SKS experience and lessons learnt.
Big Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
Health Service Journal: A flagship Big Society programme to set up a new wave of NHS mutuals has yielded just 19 proposals, less than half the figure set up under the transforming community services programme in 2010 and 2011.
