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Adrian Ashton: Why I like hearing about social enterprises failing

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Why I like hearing about social enterprises failing. But back to the topic in hand - why I like hearing about social enterprises that fail (. And there was one that was lost in Scotland recently, to much apparent wailing and gnashing of teeth locally.). Social Enterprises are politically in vogue (. So, lets be more honest about the realities of social enterprise: just like any business, they can ...

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Adrian Ashton: June 2014

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Friday, June 27, 2014. The dirty secret about social franchising. Are good starting points:. Http:/ www.socialenterprise.org.uk/advice-services/publications/social-franchising-manual. Http:/ www.socialenterprise.org.uk/advice-services/publications/social-franchising-guide-for-franchisees. As part of my support to enterprises, I’ve been involved insocial franchising in various ways. It’s only recently that ‘failure...Can we re...

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Adrian Ashton: December 2014

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Tuesday, December 16, 2014. On being a (sector) fan boy! As a freelance consultant who’s had his share of (mis)adventures, academically not shined when I was supposed to ( but since made up for it. Been embroiled in a few controversies over the years, and not really had anything resembling a traditional career path, I’m not afraid to admit that I do sometimes doubt if I’m really as good as everyone says I am. As well as updat...

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Adrian Ashton: April 2015

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Monday, April 13, 2015. A(nother) new era in social impact/value reporting. It's that time of year again - the end of most groups' financial reporting period and the start of their thinking about collating all their records into the annual accounts for filing with various bodies. It's also the time of year when I also start to collate my records to produce my 'social accounts' ( social impact/value report. I was reflecting wi...

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Adrian Ashton: January 2015

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Monday, January 19, 2015. My alternative (social) entrepreneurs' A-Z. If they hadn’t started their ‘entrepreneur’s A to Z’s, I’d have happily sailed on, but something like that, to someone like me… well, you can see from Chris’ blog where he published his A-Z. A – anxiety; this is natural. Best to medicate symptoms with beer and cake. E – eggs; they’re good for you. Eat healthy. You’ll thank me for t...F – fooling aroun...

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Adrian Ashton: I came, I saw, I (possibly) embarrassed myself...

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Friday, May 15, 2015. I came, I saw, I (possibly) embarrassed myself. So I was there (as were lots of other people) - the first 5-day festivalof Social Enterprise. Hosted by Greenwich University (and pulled together by Harsha Patel. Who we can't thank enough for doing so! But what does it matter if people label me as something I don't think I am? And I bared all of this publicly on stage at a national event in front of media,...

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Adrian Ashton: is the universe trying to tell me something?

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Is the universe trying to tell me something? Many people who've shared some of my professional life will know that I seem to be able to engage quite well with most people, and either be able to offer the support they need (however obscure or technical) or know someone who does. Most people know of the famous ' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Or am I just suffering from too much ' Deep Thought. As well...

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Adrian Ashton: August 2015

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Friday, August 7, 2015. Why I'd like to be in membership of a golf club. Most of us know the clichés about being a member of a golf club – you don't join to improve your game, or because you necessarily enjoy playing it, but because it affords you the opportunity/excuse to spend significant time with business prospects/partners/customers away from the usual day-to-day contexts and pressures of the work place;. As well as upda...

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Adrian Ashton: August 2014

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Making the tea – the most important skill for being part of a co-op? On the face of it, co-ops are much like any other business – they buy and sell stuff, keep accounts, pay taxes, employ people, and so on. But at their core is a set of values and principles. I know of others who offer detailed training programmes on them (myself included! There's even been a scientific formula for co-operation.

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Adrian Ashton: the truth about LinkedIN recommendations and cake

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Consultancy, training and expertise for social enterprise and the third sector. Monday, March 16, 2015. The truth about LinkedIN recommendations and cake. So - most people use LinkedIn to a lesser or greater extent; I'm a fan it it myself. Having been around long enough to have had a 'magic rolodex' of people's business cards back in the day that were heavily annotated, only to swear when I'd call one of them up and find that they'd moved job - without their new business card I'd lost them as a contact.