The Social Enterprise Exchange begins tomorrow in Glasgow, UK. The world’s largest event of it’s kind aims to bring together organisations operating in or with an interest in the social enterprise sector.

The Code has been initiated by a group of founder members representing some of the key organisations in the Scottish social enterprise community. The code was developed in response to a feeling in the sector that the definition of an SE has never been adequately focussed or asserted with the result that many essentially private businesses have been using the term to describe themselves while not operating in a fashion that the wider community would agree constitutes a true social enterprise.

A set of values and behaviours rather than a mandatory set of rules, the code is designed to be voluntary and provide the basis for self-regulation by the SE community.
Download The Code (PDF)

Today I learned to describe Post Creative better

It is a crazy idea, being able to describe something in one paragraph that has been filling up your brain for months, something that has arms and legs and cousins… something so simple yet so complex.

Basic business description

Post Creative help people and companies create successful web and print products. We produce high quality, creative solutions with the client at the centre. We value integrity. Our goal is to become nationally respected and recognised for helping companies connect and communicate with their audiences. We aim to enjoy ourselves every step of the way, grow steadily and make a profit every year.

Writing it was an interesting process. I am working my way through a series of exercises, this one asked me to describe the following in one sentence each:

• Core business concept
• Business values
• Business goals
• Financial goals
• Corporate culture.

I cheated and put two sentences for values but it is sound advice to attempt to pin these things down in one sentence as it really makes you choose your words carefully and work out what is important to you. Luckily we had done a few great workshops on values and culture in the early days of Post Creative. I can’t express strongly enough how valuable that was in helping us set our direction.