You know something has gone mainstream when it becomes a punch line. So I was pleased to see philanthropy analysis being the butt of a joke in the Sunday comics this week.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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Of course, he gets the Happiness Principle exactly backwards. Hoarding money = I am sad. Giving away money = I am happy. The psychological research is very consistent on that point.
And “giving to others -> makes them lazy” is wrong and offensive. It is a comic after all.
I love this! I wish there were more comics talking about what it’s like to be a donor and a fundraiser. I think the easier we can make it to understand what we do, the easier time we’ll have getting the whole organization to fundraise.
What do you think?
http://wildwomanfundraising.com
snipe all you want, guys. i’m feeling his perspective. ; >
albest,
Susan Schindehette
Founder and President
MiWorld.com
http://www.miworld.com/
Remember the initial flap in some quarters about the NBC show “The Philanthropist?” Even that show’s – albeit over the top – presentation of the positive side of philanthropy bothered some. They couldn’t just swallow the fact it was a “tv show after all.”
Great comic! Thanks for sharing. I think that regardless this will help raise awareness about the issues and debates involved….always a good thing to start real conversations that lead to change.
Joe Hamm
@brohamm