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vInspired and Sidekick Studios launch a new digital platform to bring temping opportunities to London youths

By: Kieron Kirkland
On: 18th April 2013

We recognise that the current economic climate is particularly challenging for young people. Whilst traditional employment opportunities are decreasing, young people are increasingly more prepared to take risks, embrace digital technology, and consider entrepreneurial employment opportunities. This is why we’ve started developing Task Squad.

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Tech for Good – scaling social innovations

By: Annika Small
On: 12th February 2013

Digital technology has already transformed how we communicate, how we work, how we learn, how we shop. At a time of accelerating climate change, a growing ageing population, persistent unemployment and increasing social inequalities, we urgently need to realise the potential of technology for social innovation. This is not simply about adding digital to existing services but making imaginative use of digital technology to fundamentally re-think - and radically reform - how we address significant social challenges.

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Social Mirror: all systems GO!

By: gaia.marcus@rsa...
On: 14th January 2013

Happy New Year from the RSA Action and Research HQ everyone, and please join me in wishing a slightly belated Happy First Birthday to the Social Mirror projectmore >

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Building a platform: What I learned (the hard way)

By: Jessica Dillon
On: 5th December 2012

At the end of 2010, CDI Apps for Good received a grant from Nominet Trust to develop an e-learning and networking platform to support and scale the Apps for Good programme. The funding provided for an 18-month project scope and build of our organisation’s first product. The project taught me valuable lessons about product management, particularly when building a product essential to your organisation’s survival.

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Social Media for Voluntary Organisations

By: simonduncan@ele...
On: 23rd November 2012

We've been running a social media programme to help voluntary organisations to set up and implement a social media strategy. The key learning that has come from the programme is the benefit that has come from delivering hands on support over 2 x 3 hours sessions with each client.

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Our widget is live

By: edmitchell@tran...
On: 21st November 2012

The Transition Project Sharing Engine project is an experiment to see whether we can:

Produce a widget for webmasters to put on their own Transition Initiative websites
See whether community groups will moderate content that is shared by a wider movement
Build a growing community of webmasters in a movement to support eachother

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