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(Un)employment, growth and partnerships – a month in the life of the Social Entrepreneurs Network

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17 Oct 2012

It has been a busy start to the ‘new school term’ (does that feeling ever go?) at the RSA and in the Fellowship Programme team.

Dreams do really come true

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21 Sep 2012

Vivs Long-Ferguson

A long, long time ago, well it seems like it, I took on the role of Deputy Head of Regional Programme. For the uninitiated the Regional Programme supports Fellows develop their projects and connect them to other Fellows, organisations and institutions to achieve their aims and maximise their impact. We work closely with our colleagues the Specialist Programme team who develop tools such as RSA Catalyst. Over the coming months we will be looking at developing key areas; making sure core Regional Teams are in place, ensuring all UK Regions and Nations have a Development Plan, helping to implement their strategies, looking to improve how we ensure all our volunteers have a rewarding experience. For the past few months this has felt like a dream with Alice Dyke and me keeping the Regional Programme flame alive with support from a variety of colleagues and Fellows. This week though the dream becomes a reality and we welcome some new faces and help an existing one take on a new role. So let me now introduce you to the new Regional Programme Team:

Embracing Facebook a decade late

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13 Sep 2012

Sam Fletcher

When my boss told me that I needed to raise my profile on social media, I was somewhat lost. After all, life as a part of the Fellowship Services team rarely seems to throw up the need to use Facebook, Twitter or what have you. We’re the stagehands of the RSA Fellowship; we keep the production going, pulling ropes, adjusting lights, making sure the scene is as it should be. And who, I thought, wants to hear about how the mise en scène is arranged?

The fortnight in Fellowship: impact, showcasing RSA, annual meeting marathon...

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04 Sep 2012

Here at the RSA and across the 101 countries where we have Fellows there is always something interesting going on…

RSA Fellows (and RDIs) responsible for all 29 of Team GB’s gold medals

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23 Aug 2012

(…as well as all of the silvers, bronzes, the Olympic torches, the Velodrome and the cauldron).

100 days at the RSA - now you can join our team

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25 Jun 2012

Three months ago this week I started in post at the RSA as a Fellowship Network Manager (now renamed as Regional Programme Managers).   I applied for the job as a bit of a gamble, my knowledge about the RSA was primarily through the lecture series and RSA Animate and didn’t extend much further.  However I thought it sounded like an interesting challenge, and I was right.

Between the book shelves - a new way forward for libraries

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01 Jun 2012

Kate Monkhouse

My first foray into the world of work was as a Saturday girl at the library in my local town.  No two days were ever the same and so many people came through the doors for one reason or another.  It has saddened me therefore to see the decline of funding for libraries and the continued closing of them over the past few years.  However, a couple of weeks ago I visited a library that has been bought back from the brink by a loyal band of volunteers.

Bringing back the coffee shop atmosphere locally

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21 May 2012

Tony Hoskins FRSA organises the RSA Thames Valley Network. 

Vancouver Fellows use LEGO® Serious Play™ for Creative, Collaborative Decision Making

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15 May 2012

Lynn Broadbent

Guest blogger Jacqueline Lloyd Smith, FRSA, discusses a recent Fellows' meeting in Vancouver where she introduced the principles of the LEGO® Serious Play™ methodology