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Do you want ibuprofen with the bill sir?

Carolyne Mitchell continues her series of blogs on behavioural economics by looking at paying and mental accounting. Carolyne examines the pain we feel when we pay for something and how we can decrease any pain so enjoyment of the experience

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Posted in budget cuts, communicating, communities, customer service, finance, local government, poverty

Churchill, Lemons, Lists and Sunshine

Well, well, well, you have been busy this week. What a bumper crop of blogs you’ve kindly submitted for the rest of the world to enjoy, it’s really rather kind of you. Thanks. A couple of our bloggers took up

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Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, beaches, blogging, budget cuts, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, cooking, cultural heritage, culture, data, fashion, food, health, health services, leadership, local government, open data, painting drawing, patient care, photography, public sector, radio, working practices, workplace

Boundaries . . .

A blog from Anne Marshall this week who looks at how to overcome the discrepancy between wanting to deliver a five star service on a one star budget. Anne suggests that we still want to see the best treatment and

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Posted in budget cuts, finance, health, leadership, local government, patient care, public sector, working practices

Shotgun wedding

After larking about in the countryside dressed in tweed, shooting at clay pigeons, Ross Wigham reflects on a time when some PR campaigns might have taken a scatter gun approach to hitting the target but now, with reduced budgets and

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Posted in budget cuts, communicating, data, digital technology, ideas/innovation, journalism, local government, media, public relations, public sector, social media, working practices

Trojan horses, writing ghosts, and aiming for the Moon

The posts in Week 46 were as varied as ever but with a strong emphasis on healthcare and training, with some ghosts of writing (but no ghost writing), the odd Trojan horse and bovine brain, and some sport thrown in.

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Using Information Technology to enable better public services

A really interesting blog this week from the Good Practice Exchange at the Wales Audit Office. This blog looks at how various public service organisations are using IT to enhance delivery, or engagement or to focuss on the needs of

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Posted in budget cuts, customer service, digital technology, film/video, finance, ideas/innovation, local government, public sector, working practices

The Housing Associations, Welfare Reform and My Dad

A very personal blog this week from James Walsh who looks at the impact unemployment and welfare reform has had on his Dad. James shares with us the effects of being made redundant, together with ill health, had on his Dad’s

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Posted in budget cuts, family, finance, housing, setting goals

Dorset Enterprises

I hope that everyone reads this moving blog by Peter Olding about how a great small company which provided employment for disabled people has been affected by market forces and local government savings. Dorset Enterprises by Peter Olding.

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Posted in budget cuts, design, disability, industry, local government, private sector, websites, working practices

Change. Adapt. Evolve.

Ross Wigham blogs about how PR/Communications has changed over recent years, often sparked by budget cuts, but also technology developments. Ross shares the positive results this change has had for his organisation, whilst also looking at how further change is

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Less

Phil Jewitt’s thoughtful and moving post, looking back at 2012 and ahead to 2013, is the must-read post of the week. Less by Phil Jewitt.

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