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Why the 21st century needs builders not leaders. A challenge to the assumption that great leaders are the key to change.
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Nathaniel Whittemore lays out the mistakes that Chase made in their big online giving contest. Interesting to see this issue blow up so big with a NY Times story just as Pepsi announces they are ditching Super Bowl advertising in favor of an online giving initiative.
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Stephanie Strom looks at the storm of criticism over Chase's fundraising contest.
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A very important post from Kjerstin Erickson on why online contests where charities can win money (think the Case Foundation's Giving Challenge and the recent Chase/Facebook event) can drain nonprofits of resources. Kjerstin's group FORGE won the one contest hosted on Tactical Philanthropy in Dec 2008 and she gives tips for how organizers should set these contests up.
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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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