Author Archives: orlaadmin
Jan
Free group and teamwork training for active citizenship
FREE Open College Network accredited training for voluntary organisations involved in youth & community work in the North West. The 1 day training is provided by ICA:UK and covers group and teamwork skills for supporting active citizenship. This funding expires in February. If you can convene a group of 10, contact amelia@ica-uk.org.uk by 5pm on Weds 2nd February 2011 to establish whether you qualify.
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Tagged | participation, training
Jan
The OCR blog – some tips
The ‘tags’ box on the right is a tag cloud – a visual index of the entire OCR site (at www.orlacronin.com, if you’re reading this via RSS. The bigger the font, the more often the word appears in the site, so it gives you a sense of our interests. Click on a word to find related material across the site.
Following the blog: if you’d like to keep up to date with our musings without having to keep visiting, use the RSS feed on the right of this page. Click the RSS icon and paste the URL into your preferred RSS reader (in Outlook, you can do this by clicking on your account settings, then the RSS tab, selecting ‘new’ and pasting the URL).
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Tagged | blog
Jan
Redefining corporate social responsibility?
Lots of talk at the moment about Michael Porter (he of the ‘Five Forces’ fame) & Mark Kramer (Harvard Business School) and their latest article in the Harvard Business Review regarding the relationship between economic and societal progress. ‘Shared Value’ is the new buzzphrase: “creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society, by reconceiving products and markets, redefining productivity and creating local clusters”.
Whether or not one accepts Porter’s assertions about the value of capitalism, his discourse is already being embraced by companies & governments, so it looks as though the concept, at least, will be with us for a while.
Listen to the interview on Radio 4 here
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Tagged | CSR, shared value
Jan
Welcome to the new website
Our old one was so dated you could almost see the cobwebs. It’s been a busy seven years – so busy, it’s taken us this this long to update the website! If you’re reading this via a RSS feed, we’re at the usual address: www.orlacronin.com. We’d be really grateful for your feedback on the new site. Click here (once you have opened the full blog post) to take part in a very short survey, or just add your comments/suggestions below.
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Tagged | Orla Cronin Research
Jan
Unilever Deutschland, HPC North America, Unilever R&D
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Jan
Camden Council ‘Choice & Opportunities Online’
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