Welcome. You have been invited to join this new group. Perhaps it’s a committee or a council, a board or a brains trust. We can imagine exactly what and why later. Your role may simply be to offer advice, to a person or organisation. Then again, it may be to make stuff happen. That’s why …
This was supposed to be an A-Z of people who inspire me. Over the years, I’ve been incredibly lucky to meet and work with people who are doing interesting things and making a difference. So I thought I’d start with ‘A’, move to ‘B’, and that this would be a relatively simple, easy post. Except …
“As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I’ve known proves that it’s right Because you’re mine, I walk the line” Johnny Cash Google recently announced a Global Impact Challenge. The firm invited people to submit a technology-based project that “has the …
Four memories. 1) A picture book from my childhood. What Do People Do All Day? Its pages filled with pictures of builders, bakers and, presumably, candlestick makers. 2) The Mobile Library. Once a week, in the car park of the local recreation ground. Faded green tickets. A pile of books. The sensation of butterflies …
I tell you what seems to be “all the rage”, as my Grandmother might have said. Crowd-Funding. In basic terms, this involves putting up a page online, describing a project which is looking for money, and then inviting people to contribute. Wikipedia, ever-snappy, describes it thus; “the collective effort of individuals who network and …