Since 2007, I’ve been writing on civil society, philanthropy, social enterprise, and public diplomacy.
The writing included on this site has been previously published through a variety of networks, including STEP, Philanthropy Impact, ANSER-J, The Conversation, Alliance Magazine, Foreign Policy Association, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Social Innovation Generation, Social Finance.ca, Trico Charitable Foundation and Social Venture Partners Calgary.
Finding value
STEP Journal +, July 2021
Developing Trust: How Philanthropy Can Support the Worlds To-Do List
Published by Philanthropy Impact Magazine, July 2021
Non-credit Nonprofit Management Education: Beyond Mapping and Towards a New Research Agenda (Anser-J, v. 12, no. 1, p 58-68)
Abstract Nonprofit management education (NME) has received attention from scholars and practitioners over the past thirty years. Much of the research on NME focuses on credit-based university courses, primarily reflecting a U.S. context. Left out of analyses are...
Problem Solvers: Charity & Philanthropy
Each month, the Museums at University of St. Andrews help kids to meet problem solvers to explore big ideas and to solve a challenge. Inspired by something at the Wardlaw Museum, kids meet an expert from the University of St Andrews and try to solve a problem we face...
Giving Reflection: A Letter to My Younger Self
Your giving is as unique as you are. At the beginning of the London Lockdown in April 2020, I was contacted by The Big Issue to take out a magazine subscription. Their vendors were losing the opportunity to sell at their pitches. The subscription would help with...
Book Review: Hugh Cunningham: the reputation of philanthropy since 1750: Britain and beyond, Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 2020, 232 pp.
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations (2020) 22 July 2020 (Online first) https://js.sagamorepub.com/jnel/article/view/9730
What is the Advisor’s Responsibility? STEP Journal (Issue 5, 2020)
Excerpt: HOW TO BRING THE NEXT GENERATION INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSIt is expected that the next generation, whether through wealth transfer or wealth creation, will usher in a ‘golden age’ of philanthropy. Research has shown that...
Book Review: American Philanthropic Foundations: Regional Difference and Change David C. Hammack and Steven Rathgeb Smith (Eds.) Indiana University Press (2018)
Journal of NonProfit Education and Leadership January 2020, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 114-116 https://js.sagamorepub.com/jnel/article/view/9730
Book Review: The New Fundraisers: Who Organises Charitable Giving in Contemporary Society? (Beth Breeze)
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations August 2019, Volume 30, Issue 4, pp 895–896 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-018-9963-4#citeas
The invisible infrastructure of giving – and why it matters
Charitable giving may seem like a fairly straightforward exchange: from donor to charity. But it is actually made up of many layers and multiple dynamics, many of which are invisible. This – the giving infrastructure – is what connects donors, charities, and social...
