Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. He questions how to measure a charity’s success. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let’s change the way we think about changing the world.
You can find the video on YouTube HERE
In this video activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities
The face on a special needs child just makes one want to smile. The exhilaration this young women is feeling is obvious and the life-long impact this moment has on her will be profound.
WOW. That’ really all I can say after watching Soul Surfer – a movie everyone should watch.
I am not entirely sure how much is factual and how much was based on creative license, but either way it is one of the most inspiring and motivational movies I have ever seen. The casting is simply perfect — Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid how can you go wrong?
I was driving my daughter home from freshman college orientation and decided to make good use of our time together to do my fatherly thing – offer lessons in life. After all, I am her father and she is heading into her next big phase in life.
I assume, which is always a dangerous thing, that you watched Tom Cruise play Jerry Maguire in the movie by that name. Jerry becomes enlightened and goes through an epiphany of sorts and pulls an all-nighter writing his 27 page Mission Statement, that for all intents and purposes is a strategic plan — no one writes a 27 page mission statement. If it really takes 27 pages to articulate a mission there are some serious business issues to work out.
We are all confronted with two seemingly opposing forces with our fundraising efforts. Building a relationship with our donor should always be front and center for us. We know that without a compelling relationship with our supporter no relationship can continue over the long-term — it will simply die out because there is no inspiring reason for it to continue.