Recent Writing
Have your cake? If you like cake.
Among the many topics at the Skoll World Forum, the question that has swirled around my head is...
Islamic Finance, Muslim Philanthropy
Two articles have been sitting on my desk for weeks now and I’ve spent a number of afternoons...
Build strong intermediaries, Build strong connections
Two months ago, the provincial government where I live asked some of its disability service...
Helping to Stretch your Charitable Donations
Over the course of the past year, it has become routine in the sector to hear of funding cuts and...
*Doing* – When it Matters Most
What is the human instinct when tragedy strikes outside of your immediate circle? (I use the term...
Aid, Microfinance & the Stories We Tell
Halfway through Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, I find myself with many of the same thoughts that plagued...
We're in it for the long term.
From Pat Morris, Connections Counselling - in her 2010 New Years Greeting. I once read a quote...
I Gotta Feelin'
Look what can happen when 20,000 strangers come together. Oprah didn't know that a director...
Let your Heart be Light
Driving around Calgary on sheets of ice and in snow, isn't something that I love to do. My little...
Making Sense
Social finance, rather than detracting an organization from their mission, provides the ability...
Making Cents
Social finance, rather than detracting an organization from their mission, provides the ability...
Are there philanthropic ethics?
I last asked, “Will the West let Asia rise?” I was playing off a comment from Hans Rosling’s TED...