e-Intelligence for Scottish Social Entrepreneurs & Activists
Later this month I'll be running a pilot for a new workshop specificially for Scottish Social Entrepreneurs & Activists - an adaptation of the advanced version of the The São Paulo e-Intelligence Programme.
- It'll be at The Melting Pot, Edinburgh's superb new centre for social innovation which I have talked about briefly before. We have a great line-up of people attending who will help shape future delivery for maximum relevance and impact for a Scottish audience.
We've filled the seats but if you feel that you really could add something whilst rubbing shoulders with some of Scotland's leading lights on the social enterprise scene then we'll try and squeeze you in. Simply drop me a line - michael at ambjorn.com
- We kick off at 3pm on the 18th of December. Dates for workshops next year will be put here in due course so make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed to stay posted - or if you are e-mail driven, use the Feedburner powered sign-up box in the right hand margin.
If you want to learn more about The Melting Pot, check out this PDF which has the full lowdown.
On a related note - Common Craft, who make short and to the point yet entertaining 'instructionals' which we've used in the past on the beginner's workshop, have a new animation out which I thought I'd share:
Which in turn brings me to Alan Patrick's blog Broadstuff which I have been enjoying reading since running into him recently at an RSA meeting on collaboration - and I specifically mention here as he is indeed today talking about Hugh Macleod's take on the greatly exaggerated death of blogging.
We'll be looking at exactly the kind of problems raised by messrs Patrick & MacLeod - how best to navigate and strengthen what they call a 'microbrand'.
First I expect there'll be a bit of time spent just explaining the difference between social networking and blogging (where the above video as well as this one will come in handy). It is not all participants that have a blog let alone use a social network, so there'll be some balancing between that and helping people like Osbert Lancaster who's already well down the road with his blog (where you'll also find a recent entry with 13 books to inspire action for people and planet that may be of interest), not to mention LinkedIn, WiserEarth and whatnot
