Back in March Dan Pallotta gave a predictably inspiring talk on TED, but this one put a very intriguing spin on our cultural attitude to charities, how they are run and how “our charity thinking is all wrong”.
Krista Lewis summed up the talk in this beautiful infographic. I find this incredibly encouraging as I work with lots of charities and it gives me room to bill charity clients guilt free. I also celebrate the idea that people are beginning to think about development work in broader terms which could help create real change.
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Check out more of Krista Lewis’ work here.
Have you considered this before?
church postcards says
You have shared an interesting topic about charity. I agree with you at some points. Charity is in trouble and not perform for social benefits these days.
Mark Robinson says
I think you’ve slightly missed the point of this post. While some charities may be misguided on a whole charities do very good work.
This post is about OUR attitude to how they work in relation to our misguided expectations on how they are run financially.
Eric Dye says
Exactly!
Dan Stephens says
Interesting. So, the take-aways for church leaders and church techies would be to pay your pastor well (since he’s sort of the CEO of the church) and invest in tithing, giving, and fundraising infrastructure.
On a techie-fundraising note. Has anyone looked much into stayclassy.org? Entry cost is $US 100 per month, which is high for a lot of churches (my church’s whole media & communications budget is smaller than that). But it seems like a pretty cool idea.