How to find the ROI in personal giving >
W. Brett Wilson is one of Canada’s most successful businessmen and innovative philanthropists. You can follow him at http://twitter.com/wbrettwilson. Send your comments to feedback@albertaventure.com
Ann Cross, founder of the Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area >
A few of the more important reasons companies bother with corporate social responsibility >
Every corporate leader believes theirs is a great organization (or ought to). Convincing others of that fact is the hard part. Here’s how some of Alberta’s Most Respected Corporations did it
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Jim Button
Director, Public Relations and Event Marketing, Venture Communications Ltd.
Calgary certainly has benefited from Jim Button’s commitment to community. The director of public relations and event management for marketing gurus Venture Communications has volunteered in about 100 non-profit groups and events since moving here in 1993, and actively encourages his co-workers to become involved too.
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Community involvement and corporate philanthropy is seen as fundamental to success for forward-thinking corporations
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Tax benefits and flexibility make foundations an appealing charitable alternative >
Your philanthropic niche and how to find it >
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Thus wrote Charles Dickens in his 1864 novel Our Mutual Friend .
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I used to think that philanthropy had something to do with palm reading, because it always seemed to involve someone holding out their hand. Don’t get me wrong – I’m very generous. When I get calls from charities, I give until it hurts. It’s not my fault that I have a low threshold for pain.
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