Weekly News Recap: February 19, 2016
Children play at the unveiling of plans for the Children's Discovery Museum in the soon-to-be former Mendel Art Gallery building. (credit: Kathy Fitzpatrick/CBC)
News
ISIS Influence Flatlines After Wave Of Twitter Bans You're probably wondering why this is in our feed. I think we need to know that ISIS is not winning, shutting down their social media channels is working. (2/19/16)
Chair in Philanthropy a first for the continent This is a first for Africa. And, it's time. So pleased to see this happening. "The purpose of the chair is to bring the African narrative into the mainstream regarding the practice of gifting in Africa." (2/18/16)
Galt Museum chosen to run Fort Whoop-Up A bit of a dust up between the City of Lethbridge and Fort Whoop-Up. ALBERTA STORY (2/18/16)
Northlands hopes to reinvent itself with $165M in renovations Exciting news for Edmonton's Northlands. It's been a tough go with the downtown arena getting all the attention. They hope to build a multiplex with seven ice surfaces, an outdoor festival and concert space and a 5,000 seat multi-purpose venue. ALBERTA STORY (2/17/16)
Learning and networking events
- Complimentary Webinar: What Canadian Donors Want EVENT DATE: Tuesday, March 8th. The AFP Foundation for Philanthropy—Canada is pleased to partner with Ipsos Reid and CanadaHelps.org on producing this research. Thank you also to the Every Member Campaign donors, attendees at the 2015 Canadian Leadership Retreat and Michael Decter for their contributions which made this research possible. CANADIAN OPPORTUNITY (2/19/16)
Only in Canada
- Only in Canada: A mayor and a skip fall in love over curling Sweet story. Happy (belated) Valentine's Day. CANADIAN STORY (2/14/16)
Philanthropic Controversy
- Donation to UCI from Dharma Civilization Foundation Triggers International Controversy This is a $6 million gift to endow four new chairs in UCI's South Asian department. The catch: the Dharma Civilization Foundation wants to staff the positions with their own professorial candidates. That's just not cool. (2/16/16)
Lifehacks
The First Four Things You Should Do Every Workday Tried. True. Good reminders. (2/16/16)
How to create awesome meetings Ten tips on having better meetings. I especially like 5, 6, and 9. (2/16/16)
You Don't Need More Time, You Just Need to Spend It Doing What Matters "A recent study by Julian Birkinshaw of the London School of Business found that most knowledge workers–engineers, writers, and those who ‘think for a living’—spend on average 41% of our time on jobs we could easily pass off to others." (2/10/16)
How The Most Successful People Ask Questions Questionstorming. Cool! (2/8/16)
How To Unlock Your Secret Productivity Powers "Change is going to happen, whether you grow or not..." (10/16/15)
Culture cool
- Ad-free art on the underground: Düsseldorf's 'pure' new metro line Large public projects are cool. When you involve engineers, artists, and architects from the beginning like they did with this new U-Bahn line, it becomes über cool.
Um..
- Kanye West explains why he needs $1 billion donation: "First rule [of money] is to use other people's money" Is it just me or is this more than a little "cray-cray"? (2/15/16)
Advice, Reminders, Opinion and Learning
Three Easy Questions to Get Past the ‘Reflexive No’ How to practice 'inclusive philanthropy'. Good reminders and advice for all of us but especially for our grant making friends. (2/18/16)
Finding power in our capacity Good reminder on the importance and relevance of capacity from managing editor for The Hilborn Group, Lisa MacDonald. Thanks to Andrea for sharing this link. (2/15/16)
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever) This is a fantastic case study on the $100 million Chris Christie / Mark Zuckerberg plan to reform Newark's Public Schools. When "they" announced this initiative on the Oprah Winfrey Show, it was the first time most Newark residents had heard about it. The initiative went on to become a spectacular failure of community engagement. Thanks for Andrea for sharing this link. (Spring 2016)
VIDEO: Creating a mission statement that transforms a community Great reminder on the power of a mission statement. "How do you get people to grab a pitchfork, light the torches and defeat the monster?" Thanks to Andrea for sharing this link (8/11/14)
Large Gifts
$1M donation kickstarts Queensway Carleton's campaign for mental health "The $1 million that Barbara Crook and her husband, Dan Greenberg, are donating to improve mental health care at the Queensway Carleton Hospital is more than just an act of public philanthropy." CANADIAN STORY (2/17/16)
Drexel gets $3.5M anonymous donation to support autism research Nice gift to well-known Philadelphia university. (2/17/16)
University of Chicago to Get $50 Million From Venture Capitalist A gift from Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz and his wife, Harriet Heyman, to expand initiatives catering to low-income students. Four years ago, Mr. Moritz made a $115 million gift to his alma mater, the University of Oxford to bolster the British university's financial assistance efforts. (2/17/16)
Little's big donation to Melbourne Theatre Company $1 million from Paul Little and Jane Hanson. (2/17/16)
PotashCorp donates $2.5M to Saskatoon's Children's Discovery Museum PotashCorp will have naming rights for this great Museum in Saskatoon. This gift is one-quarter of the $10 million campaign goal. CANADIAN STORY (2/16/16)
Coleman family makes unprecedented $2.5 million donation to Country Day School Nice gift to a K-12 school in New Orleans. (2/15/16)
Philanthropist gives $18M to refurbish Lincoln Memorial This is a fantastic gift. from David Rubenstein, founder of the Carlyle Group. He has already given $7.5 million to repair the Washington Monument after a 2011 earthquake, $5.4 million for the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, and $12.35 million for Arlington House, the home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. (2/15/16)
Jennifer Lawrence donates $2 million to Kentucky children's hospital Jennifer Lawrence's hometown is Louisville, Kentucky. (2/13/16)
STUDENTS VOTE “YES” TO HISTORIC $5M DONATION TO NAIT Student giving at NAIT has always been strong. In fact, student giving in Canada is typically strong with most student associations making multi-million commitments to their schools. But this, this is a big one. Good on ya NAITSA! ALBERTA STORY (2/12/16)
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