article thumbnail

Why “Blank for Good" is Bad (UPDATED)

Philanthropy 2173

And industry ’s recent responses – a thousand conferences and initiatives to put ethics into tech – gets the grammar right, but the solution is still wrong. Those values rank below justice, equity, truth, participation, a healthy environment, beauty, deliberation, and MANY other priorities in civil society and the public sector.

article thumbnail

Great Advice on Storytelling for Nonprofits

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been running a great series of articles by Paul VanDeCarr on storytelling the past few months called “Storytelling Summer: Advice about Motivating Your Audience.” How do you tell an engaging story that protects participants’ privacy?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

iMarketSmart

It is, in particular, about delivering the kind of value that only philanthropy can. Participants each get money. Philanthropy can help me decide. What if, through philanthropy, one potential partner displays financial strength? They are motivational. Public recognition motivates charitable giving in experiments.);

Values 89
article thumbnail

Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data ethics has even more heightened sensitivity in the public and nonprofit sectors, where trust is essential to an organization’s license to operate. This is where the commercial sector has behaved badly in terms of the ethical use of this highly personalized user data. Decision support. Incentives Data thrives on demand.

article thumbnail

Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

iMarketSmart

It is, in particular, about delivering the kind of value that only philanthropy can. Participants each get money. Philanthropy can help me decide. What if, through philanthropy, one potential partner displays financial strength? They are motivational. Public recognition motivates charitable giving in experiments.);

Values 52
article thumbnail

How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

First, the administrator-hero story can motivate giving. It can motivate small “pat-on-the-head” gifts.[6] Aside from this, the most common reason was “being included as a respected participant in discussions and decision-making on issues affecting fundraising.”[16]. They are motivated by conflicting stories.

article thumbnail

Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

According to the Economic Policy Institute, in the 1950s and 1960s, more than 1 percent of workers participated in a union election each year. A second role is “protector”—that is, folks in positions of power who shield those who advance transformative change; this might be a productive role that supporters in philanthropy could play.