The way we think about charity is dead wrong is the talk from Dan Pallotta at TED, a platform started in 1984 to share a broad range of ideas. Developing thought in communities around the world and translated into more than 100 languages, if they recommend a watch you watch it.
In this talk, “Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done.”
Dan discussed how ‘10% or more who are disadvantaged or unlucky are always left behind’, and whilst Philanthropy is the market for love, why have causes such as cancer and homelessness not been solved when there are charities on the case?
Whilst massive in the scale of the social problems, society have a belief system to keep charities small, so the rule book for companies doesn’t apply to non-profits; Compensation, Advertising and Marketing, Taking risks, Time and the profit sector are all contributors to the problem. The charity sector is prohibiting risk which kills innovation, and Charity was created in America originally as a penance for making money.
Pallotta notes how overhead is part of the cause too in creating a bigger pond for charities, and this needs to be carried out for the success of the charity sector increasing even 1 percentage of GDP. “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.” To hear more of Dan’s speech, we highly recommend you take a look!
Written by Emma Barnett
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