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ClearlySo Newsletter: New Guardian Seminars

Keeping you informed about the social business and enterprise sector, and ClearlySo's progress.

 Greetings!
 

Welcome to the ClearlySo newsletter - a fortnightly update on the world of social enterprise, business and investment. Hightlights this week include: 

Plus: All the latest news from the world of social enterprise    

 

Read on and enjoy!  
Tom and the ClearlySo team

P.S. Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested, and help us raise the profile of our member businesses.

 

    

Hot off the Press

Stadium
London 2012 has some of the most ambitious development goals ever 

A roundup of the latest action from the blogs.

  • Is the Guardian a social business? Rodney Schwartz gives his view  
  • Operation 2012: Can social enterprise get in on the 2012 party?
  • Alberto Campora sees one Italian social enterprise break new ground
  • Jacqui Mitchell of Baxi Partnership explains how she hopes to increase the number of employee owned businesses.

 

Guardian and ClearlySo Team up 
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Delegates gather for the ClearlySo Conference in 2010

We're delighted to announce that we've agreed to cooperate with Guardian media group on a range of projects over the next 12 months.

 

As well as offering deals on one another's conferences we'll also be producing two half day seminars to be held in May and June. Each will take place at the Guardian offices in Kings Place and be chaired by ClearlySo CEO Rodney Schwartz. Find out more here. 

 

 Events Calendar  

ClearlySo Teatime. 7th April ClearlySo, 20 Old Street London 

Head to ClearlySo Towers for more tea, biscuits and discussion about social business and enterprise.  

 

ClearlySocial: 8th April, The Strong Room, London

Our next social gathering for social business and enterprise types will be at the marvellous Strong Room in Shoreditch. Register to attend here.  

 

Guardian Seminar: Raising Capital: 10th May, Kings Place, London 

Where is the money and how can we get it? Expert speakers including Rodney Schwartz of ClearlySo, Mohammad Ubaydli of Patience Know Best, and Susan Ralphs of Ethical Property Company discuss raising capital. Find out more here. 

 

Guardian Seminar: Accessing Public Assets: 14th June Kings Place, London

Chaired by Rodney Schwartz this half day seminar examines how social enterprises can access more public assets. To register, click here.

 

Social Spotlight: The developing world
Cochabamba
Picture courtesy of Cochabamba Project
Social enterprises of all shapes and sizes are hard at work encouraging entrepreneurship in the furthest parts of the world. Here are a few of them.
  
There are many more social enterprises dedicated to development here.   
  
Social Enterprise of the Week: Acumen
CafeThe Acumen Development Trust aims to make a very special difference to local communities in the North East.
  
Through a variety of inspirational projects, its mission is to achieve social and economic development through education, employment and enterprise. Pictured here is the Green Leaf Cafe, launched by Acumen Development Trust which has now become a separate social enterprise. See their profile on our business directory.
  
Social Enterprise Jobs
Head to our jobs board for the latest vacancies in social enterprise.   
  
News Roundup

All the latest news in the social business and enterprise sector:

  

  

 

That's all for now. Have a great weekend. In the meantime, don't forget to check out www.clearlyso.com for everything you need from social enterprise.

Cheerio,

Tom Cropper
ClearlySo