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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...Introduction - The starting point for this session is the very simple proposition that the vast majority of people become donors only when they are asked. You have to turn people into donors by providing them with suitable opportunities to contribute. It is your request and your approach that lay the foundations for each individual donor relationship; it is your...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...Introduction - This course will introduce the notion of social citizenship in relation to rights and obligations within society, with particular reference to women and disabled people. The material is primarily an audio file, originally 23 minutes in length and recorded in 1998. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology...Engendering...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...Introduction - This free course introduces you to some well-known psychological topics by asking and answering some important everyday questions such as: Why don’t we like one another? Why would I hang around with you? Do you see what I see? And what’s the point of childhood? As you work your way through the course you will learn how psychologists go about addressing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...management theory to identify people and groups who have a vested interest in a business’s activities. This approach encompasses seeking engagement with such groups as employees, suppliers, competitors, members of the local community and others in the direct communication channels of the company. However, concerns regarding the Earth and its natural resources are...
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Article 10 mins
Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...manageable. What is feedback? Feedback is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as: ‘Information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked.’ While this might make you think about study or work, we get feedback in all aspects of our lives. Think about the friend that comments on your new haircut, or...
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Article 5 mins
The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...manage my ADHD’ (or ‘mask’ as some call it), or even just do ‘normal things’, is all too overwhelming and I burn out. The exhaustion is like no other that I’ve experienced and can be so intense in its presentation that doctors seek to rule out other possible causes, including testing for thyroid conditions and cancer. For me, it tends to build up as an...
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Article 5 mins
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...project their identities or share their stories on social and digital media. Several reports have highlighted the increasingly influential role mainstream and social media play in shaping both the perceptions and outcomes of population movements into western democracies. Mainstream media discourses rely on: broad portrayals which stereotype; the use of aggregated...
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Article 15 mins
Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...projects in future. With writers and actors on strike in Hollywood – the WGA and SAG-AFTRA unions are taking action against studios including Disney and Netflix over pay, conditions and the use of AI – even the future of blockbuster filmmaking looks uncertain. With studio management teams taking home huge salaries and some creative talent unable to afford healthcare,...
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Article 5 mins