So there it was. Christmas is over, and we’re now in that twilight zone period until the New Year. If you’ve made it into work, a sympathetic (and cold) high five to you; if you’re still at home in your pyjamas eating chocolate, I’m not at all jealous…
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As 2014 draws to an end, it seems like an appropriate time to put together some sort of year in review. So, in no particular order, here are the 10 most popular articles that featured in Have I Got Social Enterprise News For You over the last 12 months:
- 10 of the worst examples of management speak: we all loathe it, we’re all guilty of it. (The comments below the article are great.) Going forward, let’s blue sky on how we can all drill down on this.
- The Independent on Sunday’s Happy List Shiny happy people.
- Leadership in Social Enterprise: How to Manage Yourself and the Team Key challenges, tools and advice, and more in this extremely detailed report from the Schwab Foundation.
- Summary of Common Forms For Social Enterprises: a very handy guide to legal structures, from law firm Stone King.
- Start-up success: six lessons for aspiring social entrepreneurs Some super tips from SSE Fellow Tom Ravenscroft, founder of social enterprise Enabling Enterprise.
- 10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings Number six is my favourite.
- Pimp my Cause: pro bono marketing support from ‘innovators, strategists, advertisers, graphic designers, web developers, PR specialists and researchers’.
- Something to Tweet About Everything you need to know about creating great social media content, including some really good case studies.
- Models of Impact: every social enterprise business model, mapped out in a single graphic.
- The Ultimate Cheat Sheet To Becoming A Great Public Speaker An infographic full of top tips.
See you in 2015, and don’t forget to check out our upcoming courses: http://www.the-sse.org/courses/guidedsearch. We’ve got loads of cracking stuff going on in the new year.
