My latest blog posts- Untitled June 19, 2012
- My letter to Bill Gates January 26, 2012
- Planning your next innovation May 5, 2011
- Community Organising, the Big Society and John James March 1, 2011
- Out of the corporate frying pan into the world of community empowerment February 11, 2011
Author Archives: Aidan Kelly
My letter to Bill Gates
On Tuesday afternoon (24th January) I found out that my application to be a Global Poverty Ambassador had been successful. The programme, which is run by the NGO Global Poverty Project is currently touring the United States. This year they have partnered … Continue reading
Posted in Communication Skills, Community Development, International Development
Tagged bill and melinda gates, bill and melinda gates foundation, Communication Skills, global poverty, global poverty ambassadors, international year of cooperatives, melinda gates foundation, poverty project
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Planning your next innovation
I follow lots of different people in the Twittersphere, as it’s known, who tweet on subjects as diverse as project management through to community development, innovation and technology, culture, and international development. Quite a range! Serendipity recently presented me with two … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Thinking, Innovation, Project Management
Tagged creative thinking, innovation, planning, prince2 project, Project Management
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Community Organising, the Big Society and John James
Who’s John James I hear you ask…..or maybe you know already. Personally, I’d never heard of the guy but I now have a CD of his on my ipod thanks to a fortuitous conversation I had with Andy Smith at … Continue reading
Out of the corporate frying pan into the world of community empowerment
For the past 18 months I’ve had the privilege of delivering the Community Voices programme at Media Trust. There is a lot I can say about the programme, its achievements, and challenges, how proud I feel to be part of … Continue reading
PRINCE2 – less paperwork, more communication required
As I near the completion of the Community Voices programme I have found it helpful to reflect on my performance over that period, in particular what I’ve learnt about programme and project management. My view of project management methodologies has changed during … Continue reading
Cola Life
As part of some research I was doing on digital inclusion, just over a year ago, I was reading the blog posts of the highly respected social reporter, David Wilcox, who I had met a few months earlier at the … Continue reading
