Recent Writing
#givingtuesday, I didn’t.
It feels blasphemous to admit that I didn't buy into Giving Tuesday. I'm certain this admission...
Delving deeper into power
My kudos to Alliance for taking on the topic of power and philanthropy. It’s not a topic that we...
Lysol Wipes
On the Saturday after the Calgary flood, I signed up to the (then) fledgling YYCHelps.ca as a...
Pennies for Charity and Copper for Government?
Canada getting rid of the penny has given me some good food for thought over the past few days,...
Pursuing Legacy
“I hate it when people call themselves “entrepreneurs” when what they’re really trying to do is...
Beyond Micro-credit: What’s Next?
I had the privilege of helping to open the Calgary Microcredit Conference this past weekend on a...
The Privilege of Doing Good
I winced slightly during the opening session of SOCAP and wondered if I’d wandered into another...
Is Canada Immune?
It's easy to get a bit self-satisfied North of the border - especially, when we look South and...
Just Swing: Does golf really have lessons for everything?
My husband is a very good golfer. I played on my high school team. But that was ages ago. ...
How do we shift from online fundraising to online engagement?
Remember a few years ago when Facebook introduced the Causes application? It seemed very exciting...
Can we really measure our way to Utopia?
To what ends are we measuring? For which purposes do we evaluate? In a recent board meeting...
How does it feel? Update: Small Change Fund Thank You Notes
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my interest in how online giving platforms "feel". My interest...