Social Change

The Threshold of Change

In the Spring RSA Journal, The Guardian’s Tom Clark writes a compelling article on the challenges still faced by minorities and recent changes in social attitudes towards race. He writes that the “deep tide of tolerance that had opened the White House to a black man is at work in Britain too”. James Wilding, a [...]

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Report on Cambridge/Boston April Network

The April 20 network meeting in Cambridge included a presentation by Sophia Parker on her research on Poverty and Social Policy. It was difficult to avoid passionate responses to Sophia’s topic and we had no intention of doing so, but from the writer’s point of view we Fellows of the RSA look to find new [...]

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Cambridge/Boston Coffee House 4/20

April 20, 2011, 6 pm The Townscape Institute 8 Lowell Street Cambridge MA 02138 The Cambridge/Boston Coffee House will meet next on Wednesday April 20, 6PM to 8:30 at space generously provided by Ron Fleming, FRSA. The featured topic will be Poverty and Public Policy.  UK RSA Fellow Sophia Parker is researching this topic as [...]

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Paying the Price for the Failure to Innovate

Jeff DeCagna FRSA, offers insights into the challenges for membership organizations on his Principled Innovation blog. As technology has opened up increased opportunities for online connection and collaboration, what is the true value of joining a membership organization? This is a question that organizations including the RSA are grappling with. Jeff calls for deep experimentation [...]

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Bioneer speaks on social entrepreneurship

January 19 1 pm Pacific Standard Time Nina Simons, FRSA, will be one of the speakers at the 2011 Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Series, a diverse lineup of bestselling authors, visionary leaders and conscious business experts, all sharing their key insights for free. Their mission is to inspire and empower at least 20,000 social entrepreneurs with [...]

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Meet and Greet: Emily Miles

Emily Miles is a Senior Civil Servant at the Home Office, and worked for Tony Blair as his home affairs policy advisor from 2002-2005. She is travelling in the USA and Canada between 11 October and 17 November on a Winston Churchill Fellowship. She will be interviewing public sector and third sector leaders about the [...]

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