A long overdue post: been utterly swamped the last week. But….back in the game:

– The shock from Sarah Dodd’s death has still not dissipated. There’s now a blog to leave tributes, and links there to an online memorial fund + photos (you can upload them to flickr and tag with ‘sarahdodds’)

– Haven’t been able to do a trawl of the honours list yet. I did note that Social Enterprise Ambassador Claudine Reid picked up a gong of some sort….links to follow soon.

– Should you tweet? A guide to Twitter for non-profits….I’ll say no more

– Interesting piece on social entrepreneurship in Director magazine by Rebecca Harding.

– Winners of the Spark award programme were announced recently. it’s a homeless / social enterprise combo, and delighted to spot a couple of SSE Fellows amongst the winners; congrats to Dave Miller’s Bikeworks and Simon Fenton-Jones’ StreetShine

– How ethical business was bought by big business: article in the Independent that’s worth a read, if you didn’t know that Cadbury own Green & Black’s, and Unilever own Ben & Jerry’s that is….

– The reason why, if I start up a charity / social enterprise, it will help dogs…..

– Edge Upstarts Awards shortlist announced

– Understanding social enterprise: for those of you who love the world / debate of definitions….

– How you can give with one-click (but please don’t just do that)

– there’ve been some good podcasts at Social Innovation Conversations recently: if you’ve lost track of this site, it’s worth a (re)visit. recent speakers include Paul Farmer and recent topics include the delightfully titled "Evaluation for Normal People"; given I head up our evaluation, I won’t take that personally….

Lots more, but I’ll catch up with that towards the end of the week. Hopefully more time to blog a more interesting post soon. In the meantime, check out the video from the Shine Unconference by Smarta (thanks Smarta):