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		<title>This blog is closed now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At OPM we help organisations that want to improve to make a greater social impact, respond to change and meet the needs of their communities.
This blog is closed now. We found that the blog was attracting too much spam. We now publish articles on our own website and in our newsletter. If you are interested in reading future articles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges for public service delivery in rural England</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[places that work]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Diane Beddoes
For people who are disabled or amongst the growing ageing population, accessing services can mean relying on the goodwill and time of friends or neighbours. People who live in urban areas, with public services close by and public transport relatively frequent and wide-ranging, often forget that things can be very different in rural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muscat adventures: leadership learning in a Gulf state</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OPM fellow Stefan Cantore was invited to run sessions on leadership by a large company in Oman. The sessions were well received and also allowed Stefan to learn more about how good leadership can contribute to social results in a context far from his home.
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		<title>The need for both evaluators and commissioners to engage effectively with stakeholders</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=61</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[organisational development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[evaluation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) of Britain was established by an Act of Parliament and
came into existence in 2000. It ceased to exist with effect from 1 October 2007, with the setting up of the new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The DRC&#8217;s Senior Management Team and commissioners decided to evaluate how far the DRC had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can OPM be a good public interest company?</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Public interest companies (PICs) exist to provide a specific public benefit. But what does it mean to be one and how can they succeed in this aim? OPM’s recent examination of its own work as a public interest company has revealed how projects can have a greater social impact. It has also demonstrated how working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Carolyn Downs, chief executive of Shropshire County Council</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=58</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carolyn Downs has been chief executive of Shropshire County Council for five years. During that time, the authority has become the highest performing county council and one of the top ten councils in the country – it is rated as four star and improving strongly. Carolyn also played a key role in Shropshire’s successful bid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The budget holding lead professional pilots have lessons for all children’s services authorities</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[health and social care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children's services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Gillian Gillanders
Giving lead professionals budgets may be one way of better meeting the needs of children and young people with additional needs. OPM has been supporting the budget-holding lead professional pilots for children with additional needs. So far, these budgets have been used to make purchases as diverse as childcare and goldfish – all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving pictures: Using video to add value to research</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=55</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[stakeholder engagement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Hannah Roscoe
Understanding the experience of disadvantaged groups is vital to making policy that will successfully tackle disadvantage and reduce inequality. But does the power of people’s experiences get ‘lost in translation’ from research to report? Our recent research for the National Consumer Council suggested that the use of video can add value to research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richer mix for leaders</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=53</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[management development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Stefan Cantore
Surgeon, psychiatrist, manager, GP – bringing together a diverse set of professionals can be a hugely rewarding learning experience. But combining such group development with one-to-one approaches can lead to results that are greater than the sum of the parts. OPM chose to use a mix of techniques in our leadership development programme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating innovation</title>
		<link>http://myblog.opm.co.uk/?p=52</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you could get a group of public servants in a room and help them to innovate? Better still, what if you could have a lot of fun doing it? OPM is experimenting with the idea that we can do both these things. By combining the latest evidence with a range of creativity techniques, [...]]]></description>
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