by mfg | May 11, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy, Philanthropy
This quote arrived in my email inbox this week: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. (Theodore Roosevelt) Earlier in the week, I heard it said another way, “Do your share. Know your share.” And this morning, I found a note I wrote last...
by mfg | Apr 19, 2010 | Canadian Philanthropy, Philanthropy
Among the many topics at the Skoll World Forum, the question that has swirled around my head is “can you have your cake and eat it too?” posed in relation to social good with market returns. The most interesting answer to this question came as “Well, it depends on if...
by mfg | Feb 5, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy
Over the course of the past year, it has become routine in the sector to hear of funding cuts and shortfalls in fundraising efforts. While there have been some bright spots, for the sector-at-large and for the foreseeable future, funding is weighing heavy on the...
by mfg | Jan 7, 2010 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy
From Pat Morris, Connections Counselling – in her 2010 New Years Greeting. I once read a quote that loosely translated said “we don’t always realize the impact we have on others -through our words and our actions. We may never know how our interactions and kind...
by mfg | Jan 5, 2010 | Canadian Philanthropy
Look what can happen when 20,000 strangers come together. Oprah didn’t know that a director arrived before her. Teaching the audience how to dance together. What will we do together?
by mfg | Dec 16, 2009 | Calgary, Canadian Philanthropy
Driving around Calgary on sheets of ice and in snow, isn’t something that I love to do. My little Scion slips and slides along the roads – and I hear my father’s voice “shift into neutral”. I grew up in the Mid-West so I know how to...
