by mfg | Dec 4, 2013 | Canadian Philanthropy, Philanthropy
It feels blasphemous to admit that I didn’t buy into Giving Tuesday. I’m certain this admission will count against me in the do-gooders tally. On Giving Tuesday, I silently floated through the day afraid to admit my concerns. It was only after a glass...
by mfg | Dec 1, 2013 | Philanthropy
My kudos to Alliance for taking on the topic of power and philanthropy. It’s not a topic that we often wade into very deeply, and, as Peter Buffett’s op?ed in the New York Times showed, once the surface is scratched a multitude of perspectives and opinions emerge....
by mfg | Jul 10, 2013 | Calgary, Philanthropy
On the Saturday after the Calgary flood, I signed up to the (then) fledgling YYCHelps.ca as a volunteer. On the Monday after the flood, our family returned home, cleaned out the fridge and took stock of what we could offer. Our first stop was our Community Center. We...
by mfg | Apr 2, 2012 | Canadian Philanthropy
Canada getting rid of the penny has given me some good food for thought over the past few days, particularly since there has been promotion of charities using their ‘drive’ mentality to collect pennies from the public as a fundraising mechanism. The...
by mfg | Mar 30, 2012 | Philanthropy
“I hate it when people call themselves “entrepreneurs” when what they’re really trying to do is launch a start-up and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on. They’re unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work...
by mfg | Oct 1, 2011 | Philanthropy, The "Socials"
I had the privilege of helping to open the Calgary Microcredit Conference this past weekend on a panel with Mark Durieux, University of Calgary, and Rupert Scofield, FINCA where we provided our thoughts to answer the day’s question and conference theme: Microcredit...
