Heralded as one of the first in a new generation of ‘think-and-do’ tanks, Glasgow-based Think! Research and Consulting is attempting to blur the divide between research and practical action, and to work in new ways that go beyond the typical clien…
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I really like Malcolm Gladwell’s new piece on digital political organizing. It’s got an excellent structure, alternating scenes of the lunch counter protests of the 1960s with ideas about the loose social groups that activists attempt to catalyze …
via englishrussia.com Linevo village in the Volgograd Region of Russia was ravaged by fire recently. The image above isn’t a photoshop trick, it’s the remnants of a burnt telegraph pole.
I’ve been involved in a number of events over the last few years, most notably I was lead organiser of Glasgow’s first Twestival Local and, more recently, I was lucky enough to be part of the sounding board for Scotland’s first Media 140 event. Un…
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Some of you will know that I sit on Scottish Community Foundation’s Grants Committee. As part of my role I’m lucky enough to get to hear about the work carried out by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. Established by the Foundation in 2002, the fund h…
There’s plans brewing for a Scottish third sector social media get-together. The event will bring together people for non-profit orgs, charities and social enterprises interested in social media for social good. I’ll update this blog soon with tic…
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via i.imgur.com Hat tip to @benrmatthews for this one. A fun film it may be. Clever it is not.
