by mfg | Jun 28, 2011 | Philanthropy
If you’ve chatted with me lately, I’ve likely babbled on about an idea called peer-to-peer giving. You can read some earlier thoughts here. In summary, philanthropy has done an amazing job at getting folks to give (time, money, goods) to organizations....
by mfg | Jun 13, 2011 | Philanthropy
I do my best thinking while driving. More often than not it’s a pop song that helps me formulate my thoughts. I’m a pretty simple gal. It’s not about the money, money, money; We don’t need your money, money, money. Everybody look to their...
by mfg | Jun 2, 2011 | Philanthropy, The "Socials"
A prezi that I gave on the topics of Blended Valued – Social Business and Social Enterprise to University of Lethbridge students (June 1, 2011). Blended Value – Social Business & Social Enterprise on Prezi
by mfg | May 26, 2011 | Philanthropy
In what certainly could have seem Rapture-induced (if that’s the way you like to believe), two of three of my family members lost their homes in the Joplin tornado on May 21. The entire family, including out-of-town guests, were preparing for my cousin’s high school...
by mfg | Apr 27, 2011 | Canadian Philanthropy, Int'l Philanthropy, Philanthropy, The "Socials"
Last week, I wrote to IDEO and recommended that, along with food production and maternal health, they should add ‘social finance’ as a design challenge on their OpenIDEO site. I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email, from a real person, acknowledging my...
by mfg | Apr 19, 2011 | Philanthropy
I love private foundations. That’s not a statement that folks usually say on a daily basis, and if they do, they are small in number. But I really do. While most of our writing is on social entrepreneurship, I wanted to give a little inside look into the world of...
