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Shared Leadership’s Role in Piloting the Plane

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

It’s the crew that knows who is on board, what baggage they brought, their feelings about flying, and how to help people cope with turbulence.  When the Captain comes on the PA system to inform everyone about the flight plan, they often sound like ‘the adults’ in the Peanuts specials. What would their influence be? What was the purpose?

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Charitable contributions driven by ethical egoism may provide the most benefit to the donor, however.

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Acquisition: More On Counterintuitive Effects Of Premiums

The Agitator

Just to keep the pot boiling here’s a follow-up on my Premiums, Crack Cocaine and Nonprofit Suicide post that spawned some helpful comments. In essence, the prospect of receiving a gift activated a feeling of selfishness which, in turn, reduced altruism and consequently cut the average donation.

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Pro-Black Organizations Lead the Way for Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

NonProfit Quarterly

Creating a world that is conducive to everyone’s mental health requires valuing and centering the leadership and experience of BIPOC communities. These values are foundational for creating cultures of inclusion and belonging. As recent trends highlight, businesses can also benefit from workplace cultures that support mental health.

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Liberating the Media

NonProfit Quarterly

9 It is a kind of interdependence, closer to altruism than to charity—a societal reciprocity. 21 The New Deal era, too, encouraged a shared work ethos—and a wave of collective businesses were named “self-help cooperatives”—a truer version of self-help than what we have today. 44 But that’s part of what makes it so necessary.

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How fundraisers can help their cause resonate with donors

iMarketSmart

This happens when the donor identifies with its characters and values. 4] Giving doesn’t help the donor. But it can help the donor’s genes. Giving is genetically helpful when, My Cost < (Their Benefit X Our Similarity). If a donor identifies with the factor, emphasizing it will help. The math is easy.

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Ideology, identity, and philanthropy (PLUS! bonus Blueprint 24 Buzzword)

Philanthropy 2173

Effective altruism, on the other hand, is all three - ideology, identity, and philanthropic approach. In the upcoming Blueprint24 (due out on December 15 - will be free and downloadable here ) - I look at the role of Effective Altruism in the burgeoning universe of AI organizations. But I digress. A self-professed identity.