Mar
17
2023
A March Madness/Birthday Gift
March Madness is upon us. The basketball games are dominating the sports channels. Statistically speaking, though, March is the most unproductive month of the year —...
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Mar
14
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 16
Episode 16 Episode 16 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features Micah Garten, Director of Development for the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. Micah is a very thoughtful and...
Feb
28
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 14
Episode 14 Today’s Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays episode is the last of my interview with my good friend and colleague, Jason Lewis. As you probably...
Feb
24
2023
Plan for it to Take More Time
I have come to appreciate that time is the one commodity/asset that we can never replenish. One can always earn more money, or buy more goods,...
Feb
21
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 13
Episode 13 Episode 13 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays again features the easiest person to interview — me! There were some technical issues in the editing,...
Feb
14
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 12
EPISODE 12 Episode 12 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays is the last part of the series with Barbara Crook, one of Ottawa’s finest philanthropists and advocates....
Feb
07
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 11
Episode 11 Episode 10 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features the easiest person to interview — me! There were some technical issues in the editing, so...
Feb
03
2023
Will AI Replace Fundraisers?
The interweb has been buzzing about Artificial Intelligence, or AI as we say, for quite some time. However, some free applications have really wowed and amazed...
Jan
31
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 10
Episode 10 Episode 10 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features my good pal, Sam Provenzano of the Next Generation Fundraisers group. Sam is a tenacious fundraiser and...
Jan
24
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 9
EPISODE 9 Episode 9 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays is the last in the series featuring Paul Nazareth, Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners...