"Optimists Get Jobs More Easily - and Get Promoted More, Researchers Find Recent research finds evidence that optimism pays off in job hunting and promotions." Useful info for workshops related to wellbeing and work.

"Managing Collaboration The Collaborative Organization: How to Make Employee Networks Really Work By Rob Cross, Peter Gray, Shirley Cunningham, Mark Showers and Robert J. Thomas September 14, 2010 The traditional methods for driving operational excellence in global organizations are not enough. The most effective organizations make smart use of employee networks to reduce costs, improve efficiency and spur innovation. "

"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."

Fab article that provides clear distinctions and enhances understanding of: Communities, Social Networks and Social Outpost

This is the most powerful and lowest learning curve story telling tool I have come across, really, really lovely ;-) you can even use your flickr in here ;-)

THis is a fab tool for story telling ditial story telling

How could you inspire your service users to co-create video to inspire other service users into action? - would you tap into their knowledge and curate/edit videos?

Connected Kingdom - impact of internet in uk & demographics. 7.2% of gdp

If you qualify you can gain kickbacks from online purchases via special links from all the big brands who have eCommerce/online buying facilites - check it out! This came via Shona on FB ;-) WOW

"The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through: * improved social and community involvement * improved life choices and chances * helping people to be heard."

"A key point of the Big Society agenda is using community organisers to mobilise communities and identify things that they want to change and improve. If you have an active community organiser in your area already then you should be networking with them to see how you can work more collaboratively together and with the groups you are supporting."

Youtube Video "formatting" & guidelines and making your video work harder for your and your non-profits

Check out the sticky notes referenced in the group and also active on the page. This lady grew 90k customers by sharing her passion for gardening, growing herbs, etc. She has then gone on to build a shop, have video channel, podcasts, etc.