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Service Recipes: tough decisions, sprint happiness and recycling recipes

Service Recipes: tough decisions, sprint happiness and recycling recipes

A bit of a retro-update hybrid. Done at the wrong time. More than 3 things to talk about. Should have been a weeknote but it grew. That’s…
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Joe Roberson

Ten reflections on the Charity Digital Skills Report and how free Catalyst services can help

I meant to publish these internal notes/reflections when the Charity Digital Skills Report, produced by the excellent Zoe Amar and Nissa…
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Ellie Hale
The Black, the Magic and the Marker

The Black, the Magic and the Marker

Moments of my week in 3. Why is it always 3…?
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Joe Roberson
Rocking, rolling and regretting

Rocking, rolling and regretting

This week I’ve been inspired by Queen and Fleetwood Mac — the places where me and my daughters musical tastes meet.
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Joe Roberson
Making Service Recipes better: user research findings and next steps

Making Service Recipes better: user research findings and next steps

Sharing what we learnt from 160+ insights and prioritising 38 how might we statements. Explaining what we’re doing with it. Written for…
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Joe Roberson
Embracing uncertainty and emergent possibilities

Embracing uncertainty and emergent possibilities

Last week I attended a Joseph Rowntree Foundation Emerging Futures conversation. Catalyst producers and steering group members were…
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Linda Humphries
The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful

Borrowing this weeknote title from Joe, who’s running our weeknote sessions (thanks Joe!) This is a reflection on the last two weeks.
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Ellie Hale
Learnings from our Steering Group recruitment process

Learnings from our Steering Group recruitment process

An update on our Steering Group and learnings from their recruitment process
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Ellie Hale
Catalyst Convenings: Autumn Roundtables Series | Some Reflections

Catalyst Convenings: Autumn Roundtables Series | Some Reflections

Anybody who knows me, knows that the late, great bell hooks’ life and work serve as an inspiration and guiding light for much of my…
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Siana Bangura
The high, the hard and the meta

The high, the hard and the meta

3 is the magic number. This week’s notes have 3 questions and is written in 30 minutes. Thats 3 x 10, so I count it too…
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Joe Roberson
Weeknotes: how to write one in 30 minutes

Weeknotes: how to write one in 30 minutes

Weeknotes are writings about your week of work. This article will show you how to write a weeknote in 30 minutes. Yes, it is possible, and…
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Joe Roberson
The Good, the Bad and the Very Interesting User Research

The Good, the Bad and the Very Interesting User Research

Why create a new weeknote title when you can just remix a previous one?
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Joe Roberson
14 ways to make your charity’s online events, meetings & training more inclusive and accessible

14 ways to make your charity’s online events, meetings & training more inclusive and accessible

At Third Sector Lab we are working to make our online training, events and meetings more inclusive. It’s about making them accessible to…
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Ross McCulloch
Digital Trustees — 2022 In Review -plus a ton of resources to help get digital on the board agenda

Digital Trustees — 2022 In Review -plus a ton of resources to help get digital on the board agenda

Third Sector Lab has been working as part of Catalyst for the past two years on a variety of tech for good programmes — including The…
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Ross McCulloch
Curiosity — a catalyst for action

Curiosity — a catalyst for action

This month I joined a group of individuals and organisations who will work together as a steering group. Over the next 6 months we will…
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Linda Humphries
Synthesising 7 different types of research

Synthesising 7 different types of research

Synthesising research as we go. Planning more research based on the synth. Putting it all into a big synth pot for later.
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Joe Roberson
Creating a structure, holding it lightly

Creating a structure, holding it lightly

Why does Catalyst need a steering group?
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Jo Morfee
Living and learning: trying 3 new things

Living and learning: trying 3 new things

It’s been a couple of weeks for trying new things, so I figured I’d do a recap here.
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Tori Ellaway
3 warming things I’ve enjoyed this week

3 warming things I’ve enjoyed this week

Winter is here! These are simple weeknotes, written without a template, but using a structure to guide them.
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Joe Roberson
Digital Trustees — how the tech, design, IT & data industry can get involved

Digital Trustees — how the tech, design, IT & data industry can get involved

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently speaking to a wide range of companies working in the tech space about Digital Trustees — gaming…
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Ross McCulloch
I made up 3 questions for my weeknotes

I made up 3 questions for my weeknotes

Well, 4 actually. Some love, some frustration, some surprises and some putting off (again).
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Joe Roberson
My Catalyst week with Hamish the dog 💜

My Catalyst week with Hamish the dog 💜

How I am like Hamish.
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Joe Roberson
What’s in your fridge?

What’s in your fridge?

Three simple tools to get your team more curious and creative.
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Ross McCulloch
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