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Image of Multicoloured world map Taking your business global
Tips and advice on international expansion
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Image of sales and marketing books Successful sales and marketing
Entrepreneurs and CEOs offer their tips on acquiring and retaining customers
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Image of lightbulbs and a tablet drawn on a chalk board Refining your product or service
Advice and guidance on adapting your business model and letting go of an unworkable idea
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Image of ThinkPublic Prototyping Framework cover Prototyping Framework
Download the guide to prototyping new ideas in order to develop better public services
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Communities invited to dust off their books and share them online
8/9/2011
Community groups can now set up online book sharing groups at very little cost, thanks to the free source code and advice that is being made available today by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).
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Eight finalists chosen to pioneer digital R&D projects
26/9/2011 - Eight pioneering projects that will harness digital technologies for the benefit of the arts and cultural sector have been selected to receive funding from the Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture
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Image of Piggy bank (attacking the recession) Investing in Scottish Social Ventures
We've comissioned a study of the opportunities for social ventures to deliver innovative public services in Scotland
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Image of Iron Man 2, the Movie: © 2010 MVL Film Finance LLC Next Gen Skills
The government is to look at introducing computer science teaching into schools as part of its response to our Next Gen. report
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Image of Iron Man 2, the Movie: © 2010 MVL Film Finance LLC Green light for Next Gen
NESTA is leading a £2 million programme to research and fund the use of innovative technology projects in education.
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Image of Mark Champkins Mark Champkins
Watch our interview with Mark Champkins, Inventor in Residence at the London Science Museum, and one of our Creative Pioneers.
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Britain's New Radicals revealed
19/02/12 - The Observer and NESTA today announced their list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals – people and organisations that are changing the UK for the better.
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Jonny Briggs
Watch our interview with artist and NESTA Creative Spark Jonny Briggs who offers his advice for young people entering the art world.
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Image of Speak up Preston video screen shot Community journalism: Speak up Preston
Check out the video explaining the aims of the community journalism project - part of our Neighbourhood Challenge programme.
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Image of Nesta programmes, publications and investments Bringing great ideas to life
Read our vision for the future now that we've become a charity
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Image of Dr David James Dr David James
Watch the interview with Dr David James, Sports engineer at Sheffield Hallam University, who discusses the extent to which human enhancement is already a part of everyday life.
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Image of Richard Hirons and Dr David James Richard Hirons
Watch our interview with the clinical expert in Ossur Prosthetics and maker of Jonnie Peacock's prosthetic leg.
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Response to Cable's speech at CBI Conference
A response to Vince Cable’s Speech at the CBI conference, 19 November 2012.
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Image of Open Workshop homepage Innovation Skills
We have launched the Open Workshop. Through the new platform, which is currently in beta mode, we want to demystify the process of innovation by bringing together insights, methods, expertise and evidence from our contributors across a range of sectors from public services to hi-tech industries.
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Innovation in Giving Fund selects 10 charities innovating their way out of 'giving decline'
Check out the list of 10 charities, selected by the Innovation in Giving Fund, to receive support to develop their ideas for game-changing innovations for the charity sector.
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Nesta in 2012: the highlights
In a year that marked the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and an Olympic summer that will be remembered for decades to come, we were also hard at work here at Nesta supporting and showcasing the best examples of innovation across the creative, financial and public spheres. As is characteristic at this time of year, we've put together a brief round-up of 2012, showcasing some of our highlights from the past 12 months.
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