The Social Media Surgery held in Birmingham as a practical response to Blog Action Day was undoubtedly a success! Check out these posts to guage the early successes. I say ‘early’ because the new tools learned will undoubtedly have an knock-on affect with the individuals and organisations concerned sharing that experience with colleagues, friends, members, clients, etc.
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Surely this is something we can do in Blackpool?
Thanks to Paul Webster’s Watfordgap’s Travels Blog this podcast has been circulated of Jonathan Lewis, Chief Executive of Futurebuilders being interviewed by NAVCA’s Kevin Curley.
Jonathan answers questions on how Futurebuilders can help third sector organisations become ‘tender ready’ and win public contracts. In particular Jonathan explains that applicants should expect to hear an indicative response from Futurebuilders within a week of submission – a clear “No” or an “indicative Yes”. For those that survive the first week, then a final answer will be given in 6 weeks.
Also, radically, Futurebuilders are going to do-away with Application Forms!
Listen to the interview (or Right Click on the link to save it so you can listen to it on your MP3 player.) The file is in 8.3MB MP3 format. The podcast runs for about 11 minutes and is hosted on Paul’s Blog.
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