75m young people in the so called developed world are out of work yet many employers claim to have vacancies.
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Charitable Giving
UK Charitable Giving 58% of adults with a median donation of £11 per month (NCVO/CAF 2011)
Since joining The Memory Box Network earlier in the year I have been navigating my way through the ways of working of the charitable or third sector and finding it to be a fascinating journey. Although I have gained some private sector experience over the last four years my background is very much in the public sector. I am used to funding that tends to be a combination of.Dementia: The Statistics
I have been working with Dundee-based technology start-up charity The Memory Box Network since April. My professional background is in learning rather than healthcare but am really loving working in this new context. Over the last six months I have become increasingly convinced that digital memory boxes for reminiscence therapy (RT) have the potential to make a huge difference to those affected by dementia. The MBN was recently awarded a further £160k from Nominet Trust to take the concept to the next level - so watch this space!
The statistics around dementia are absolutely.
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Pearson’s Five Things I’ve Learned: Andreas Schleicher
Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
There has been much controversy recently around how we measure success in the not-for-profit sector. I really like this TED Talk by Dan Pallotta which challenges conventional thinking in this area and suggests that we:
focus on the scale of charities dreams rather than the size of their overheads.
His argument picks-up five aspects where charities face what he calls 'discrimination' against the expectations and standards we have for the private sector:
#1 Compensation
Pallotta argues that salaries and bonuses that are associated with 'doing well for yourself' appear to be almost without.
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Another look at ‘Good to Great in the Social Sector’

The Memory Box Network
Scheme for people with dementia
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The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
Carrots and sticks are so last century. Drive says for 21st Century work we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery and purpose.
The body of evidence to support this new way of looking at the world is growing and for Pink takes the form an ‘operating system’ for a better way of living and working. I am not all surprised by Pink’s argument. What really surprises me is that in 2013 his ideas, and the research that underpins them, have not already achieved the status of common practice and good sense.
What’s going on with MOOCs?
Reflections on the strange world of the MOOC.
Steven Johnson – Where Good Ideas Come From #2
