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PDFs relating to ICT: collaboration, trustees, accessibility, etc. Hard copies are charged for between £14-20, but PDFs are free ;-)

Free PDF - there's even audio.

Mentoring and Befriending Foundation free PDF reports, toolkits and resources linked to mentoring and befriending

"Voluntary Value Conference - FREE Event 14/11/2009 Preparing for the European Social Fund in 2010 - unlocking the potential for voluntary and community delivery Thursday 3rd December 2009 (9.30am - 2.00pm) at Somerset College of Arts and Technology Taunton. ***Limited places still available - book in whilst you can!*** This FREE South West Forum event is for organisations who deliver (or would like to deliver) ESF projects in the South West Competitiveness area, whether as a provider or a sub-contractor. The event will showcase good practice and champion the role of voluntary and community organisations in adding value to ESF funded work. It will focus on the value of partnership-working between providers and sub-contractors. Come and find out what the ESF can do for you in 2010 Download a flyer and booking form. (870 KB PDF)"

Rach, lovely free PDF resource - would lilnk up with our socmedia workshop!

Free PDF guide to the commissioning process from the NCVO

"SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE Analytics: The New Path to Value (free PDF) November 3, 2010 How the smartest organizations are embedding analytics to transform insights into action Some executives remain overwhelmed by the well-documented "data deluge" - 60% still say they "have more information than we can effectively use." But research now shows that leaders of the smartest organizations have moved past "overwhelmed" and are already capitalizing on increased information richness and analytics to gain measurable competitive advantage. How are they doing it? In what ways are top-performing companies exploiting data that their competitors are not? What pivotal new management practices are emerging as organizations figure out not only how to know more about their businesses, but how to act on those insights from the highest levels of strategy-making to the day-to-day front lines? To answer those questions and more, the MIT Sloan Management Review in collaboration with the IBM Institute for Business Value conducted a global survey of nearly 3,000 executives, as well as in-depth interviews with leading researchers. This MIT Sloan Management Review Special Report is the result."

speical reports on interent trends, new media, socialmedia, eCommerce, etc.

Fab free PDFs from US about online campaigns, fundraising, online giving. US based, but some of the principles play across the great pond - with some regional tweaking of course. Enjoy ;-)

Putting science of influence to work in fundraising: The Power of Persuasion - Standford Social Innovation (free PDF). This is based on the psychological principles found in the authors book! - by the same title

Six high impact practices for non-profits: bust myths & put your charity on steroids! - free PDF Stanford Social Innov.

white paper - landing page. Free PDFs

Humour & laughter: health, imune system, wellbeing, etc. follow links at bottom to more fab free PDFs. To be linked to emotional intelligence please! - my lovely charity chums our humour, EI & Social Intelligence will help us reach learners and service users more effectively. Long live fun & humour ;o) convert the toxic avengers!

"Building Cohesive Communities: What frontline staff and community activists need to know 20/10/2009 This CLG publication provides guidance at a glance for frontine workers on techniques which can help build community cohesion."

"2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Empowered Communities Topic Report 02/11/2009 Using 2007-08 Citizenship Survey data, this report provides an in-depth examination of community empowerment: whether people feel they can influence local and national decisions; whether they would like to be more involved in decision making; what would make it easier to influence decision making; and how people would influence decisions if they wanted to. It also looks at people's trust in institutions and what activities people actually take part in (civic activism, civic consultation, civic participation and volunteering). It is one of a series of annual reports from the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey. Other reports cover Volunteering and Charitable Giving, Identity and Values, Community Cohesion and Race, Religion and Equalities."