Rosa Park, reporter for the Globe and Mail, asked me about three issues I am pondering. My response in the Report on Business section of the Globe and Mail website:
Author Archives: Mike O'Mahoney
Rethinking Innovative Thinking
08/19/2009 – 12:58 pm
I saw this comic and loved it. We all have a lot in common with these guys. The boss knows that he wants innovation. So being an efficient manager, he picks his best man and delegates the assignment. And the good lieutenant responds to his boss just like he has been taught: “Yes sir, just [...]
MWO Philanthropic Advisors Launch Party
08/08/2009 – 10:39 am
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the launch party for MWO Philanthropic Advisors. It was great to see you all and share conversation, food and drinks on the patio. We had an amazing response to our products, the Fundraising Optimizer, and the Fundraising Incubator. Thank you for your support. Here are some photos [...]
Wee Box – Big Change
07/23/2009 – 3:00 pm
The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) wanted to reach churchgoers, school children and former donors who grew up with the annual fundraising drives the organization ran at schools and church during Lent. So the ‘Wee Box’ campaign was created by creative agency BD. The concept is simple. Encourage people to donate small change that [...]
Women more likely to donate more during difficult times
07/13/2009 – 7:36 pm
As has been reported many times in the past, when it comes to philanthropy, women play a prominent role in their households and communities. This understanding was reinforced recently by a study released by the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. Highlights from the Fidelity study that we found particularly interesting include: • The vast majority of [...]
Giving circles here to stay. Are you in the Game?
07/07/2009 – 7:05 pm
Giving circles have become a recognized philanthropic force as their numbers have rapidly increased over the past decade. A giving circle is a group of people (friends or like-minded individuals) of all economic backgrounds who pool their money and resources and decide together where to donate. The University of Nebraska at Omaha, the Forum of [...]
Shorten An URL, Help A Charity
06/15/2009 – 2:48 am
Social media users are increasingly utilizing services that shrink long website addresses. The trend is being spurred on by microblogging platforms that limit the length of postings, like Twitter and Jaiku. Joining the popular URL-shortening playing field is Good.ly, a website that compresses your link and sends proceeds to charity.
Give A Few Bob
05/29/2009 – 1:28 pm
UK comedian Bob Monkhouse, who died from prostate cancer in 2003, was brought back from the dead for the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation (with full support from his family). The film for the ‘Give A Few Bob’ campaign combined archival footage of Monkhouse, shots of a body double, and a sound-alike for the script and was centered around the microsite giveafewbob.org, where people could make donations.
