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Does the face you show as a business depend on who you meet?

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Successful businesses and social enterprises are built on consistency, does the face you show as a business depend on who you meet?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 18 Mar '14 | Tags: entrepreneur social enterprise corporate personality

Changing beliefs to empower people

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However much you help people, their beliefs may stop them taking advantage of opportunities - they need to believe that they are people who can....

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Mar '14 | Tags: collaboration charity inspiration

Do you listen enough?

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The days of the hard sell are dead. Successful sales is about listening to customers and helping them understand how you meet their needs

Posted by Sarah Brown on 04 Mar '14 | Tags: entrepreneur sales communication

Starting on the journey to income generation

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Moving from a culture of donations and grants to earning income can be a big step for some charities and for some it seems impossible but there are lots of different routes and you can start with small steps

Posted by Sarah Brown on 24 Feb '14 | Tags: charity social enterprise marketing local authority

How supporting your local community can increase your success at winning business

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The Social Value Act is based on the principle that value is not just about price, and organisations that meet the wider needs of the community should be rewarded.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 17 Feb '14 | Tags: entrepreneur social enterprise local authority public sector

Are you measuring your social impact effectively?

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Effectively measuring social impact is critical for any charity or social enterprise that wants to prosper - are you telling a good story?

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Feb '14 | Tags: charity social enterprise inspiration

Are you solving the right problem?

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Successful innovation i.e. innovation that has an impact depends on creating a solution to a problem that people perceive and then ensuring that they know about your solution. For organisations working with people who have a different view of the world this can be a challenge.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 27 Jan '14 | Tags: innovation charity social enterprise

How to marry community need and viability using novel ways of working

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The days of a simple solution to local provision have gone as the "Rethinking Parks" fund has identified. Councils need to think about innovation and collaboration to maintain services let alone improve them

Posted by Sarah Brown on 20 Jan '14 | Tags: local authority rethinking parks feasibility study

Are you going to ride the wave as confidence returns to the economy?

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This is the time of year when we all set resolutions, give up drinking, lose weight, change our lives. It is also the time to have at least some simple resolutions for your business or organisation. The blog includes a tool to set some really simple goals for your business and your personal life and looks in more detail at goalsetting and the strategies which will help you achieve them.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 06 Jan '14 | Tags: goal setting entrepreneur strategic development business planning

Happy New Year

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BE INSPIRED It's a new year, a new day, a new page, a new story. Live this story and don't let pages from the past ruin this new beginning

Posted by Sarah Brown on 30 Dec '13 | Tags: inspiration goal setting

7 marketing tips from Father Christmas

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The marketing lessons we can learn from Father Christmas - an exclusive interview revealed what he has learnt over the centuries

Posted by Sarah Brown on 17 Dec '13 | Tags: marketing entrepreneur csr collaboration

What we can learn from South Africa

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The focus in South Africa is on creating sustainable jobs rather than giving charity, this should be the emphasis in the UK. Creating meaningful work changes communities much more than any hand out could.

Posted by Sarah Brown on 10 Dec '13 | Tags: charity social enterprise entrepreneur

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