I shared a MarketWatch article on charitable giving yesterday. The writers explain how much donors give based on emotional connection rather than whether our gifts are a “great deal” financially. They also make another point that goes to the psychology we bring to our efforts to help others. As internet-based crowdfunding started booming last decade, I wondered why some kinds of […]
Investments and charitable giving
Investing and charitable giving are two different ways for someone with resources to contribute to an organization or cause. I’ve conflated them in the past, but recently read an article advising people not to. In Market Watch, Berman, Barasch, Levine, and Small explain that people give when they feel emotionally connected to a cause, not necessarily because […]
Power beyond the org chart
An organizational chart is somewhat like a designer’s blueprint: it tells you how leaders expect information, authority, and people to flow. It doesn’t tell you how information, authority, or people actually do move around the system. An organizational chart also focuses on the personnel who keep a system running day-to-day. It doesn’t include the people in […]
