TED: The Influential Non-Profit Organization

“Stop trying to be good people.” It is only human to be biased. However, the problem begins when we allow our bigotry to manifest into an obstacle that hinders us from genuinely getting to know people. Long time diversity lawyer, Verna Myers, in her 2014 Ted Talk, “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” discusses the implicit biases we may obtain when it comes to race, specifically black men. Myers purpose is quite like the cliché phrase “Face your fears.” Her goal is to impress upon us that we all have biases (conscious or unconscious). We just have to be aware of them and face them head on, so that problems such as racism, can be resolved. Throughout the Ted Talk, Verna Myers utilizes an admonishing

Throughout my career in the social sector I worked with a variety of for-profit companies; over the last few years I’ve noticed interesting trends. Corporations are changing how they structure and evaluate philanthropic partnerships and fewer and fewer organizations are opting to donate through traditional methods. Social entrepreneurs are even integrating philanthropy into their business models. Just consider, big names such as Toms and Seventh Generation and newer start ups like Bombas (a sock company that donates socks one-for-one for every pair they sell). One-time event sponsorship and foundation giving seems to be losing ground to newer, innovative community investment strategies. These shifts have encouraged non-profits, including

Chapters seven through eleven in Begging for Change, by Robert Egger, have been thought provoking and insightful into the non-profit world. This half of the book focused less on DC Central kitchen and the specific challenges it has faced, but more on the idea of a non-profit and how changes should and could be made in the way non-profits are operated and thought of by the general public. The focus has been put on new ideas that need to be brought into the non-profit world and how innovation cannot be lost and left only to the for-profit companies. The big idea around the book has remained unchanged through this section in which Robert opens up the non-profit world to question everything, from the stereotypes to the priorities and shows some of the ugliness in non-profit work.

David Camarillo, in his speech at Ted, explains what a concussion is and why helmets do not prevent them. Camarillo, a former football player, has suffered concussions from football as well as biking. Camarillo aspires for a helmet that will prevent concussions and make risky activities safe. Camarillo adequately explains to his audience what a concussion is and why helmets do not prevent them through familiarity with the subject, awareness of audience concerns, and examples and illustrations.

Mallory Soldner, in her TED Talk “Your company’s data could end world hunger” given at a TED Institute event in 2016, successfully argues that if companies donate data, decision scientists, and technology to gather new sources of data to humanitarian organizations, that lives can be saved. Soldner is able to support her claims by sharing her experiences using data to drive efficiencies, save money, and feed more people while working for the World Food Program. In Soldner’s TED Talk, she uses ethos to build credibility and rapport with the audience. Solder also uses logos by detailing her experience at the World Food Program and demonstrating the value of the data, and explaining why it makes business sense. Soldner’s target audience is executives of large companies.

I agree with your perspective on the Ted Talk. I also stated in my response something similar to the sel-concept. I felt that individuals that participated in the experiment when they were asked their favorite music group over a ten year time frame might of been trying to people please and being their ought self "a person's sense of what he or she is obligated to be, or should be" (p. 121). I'm wondering were the individuals that were chose to participate in the experiment aware of the results Gilbert was looking for. People are people pleasers and just like you said people sometimes overlook their true self to please others I felt the same and this theory doesn't take that into consideration.

Is the English language being looked down upon due to the way newer generation are using the language?

The essence of any organization is their ability to connect the work that they are doing to their potential clients and donors. The multitude of organizations that are doing similar work, going after the same base of individuals make it necessary for individuals to be able to decipher between what makes particular organizations stand out. Organizations are able to do this through their storytelling ability. Being able to pull at the heartstrings, emotions and donor pockets is essential for organizations that try to make it in the world of non-profit fundraising.

Social media has been a huge way that companies get people to buy things or donate money. Social media can have huge impacts on people by showing the things that are going wrong; like how the elephants are dying by poachers. If people don't help the elephants they can become extinct and they will not be around any more. The way social media knows me is by knowing what kind of things that can catch my attention, they do this by showing my things that I can buy to donate to this charity. Ivory Ella catches my attention by showing me how the elephants are dying in the wild by poaching. A way that social media catches people's attention is by the way they can catch the reader's attention by the things that are going wrong. Most people know that the charities need help, but social media makes people want to donate to this charity. With social media doing this it will make people know that this organization need help to raise money. For example the social media sites may give you shirts or pictures to show that you have donated money to that charity. Some other social media sites try to get people more involved in

The Ted Talk By Isacc Lidsky is an interesting speech that convey a very important message. Lidsky starts his argument with a fascinated story of a little girl talking with her dad about the gold fish. Lidsky uses this story to tell his experience in a very rhythmic way of presenting. As he says that the father of the little girl, explain that the fishes "swims backwards by wagging his head" to his little girl. Lidsky uses this phrase to show the matter of factly. This is a common fact that everyone knows that fish can not swim backwards and and absolutely not by wagging their heads. however the little girl accepted because her father told her. Lidsky uses this story to clear his point and he makes a rhythmic and powerful analogy that, people

When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar

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Did you know that there are more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in just the U.S. (nccs.urban.org, “Quick Facts About Nonprofits”)? That means that a lot of people care about problems in the world and want to do something about them. The majority of activists create an organization, program, fund, or charity to help support, teach, and raise money for their cause. They also contribute to them regularly by making them better.  What are some examples of organization and funds that activists made? How do they contribute to them? Activists such as Craig and Marc Kielburger, Faye Carey, and Emily-Anne Rigal all created funds and organizations to raise awareness and money for their cause. These activists all actively contribute and are still

The TED Talk video that I watched was Why do we sleep by Russel Foster. This TED talk was about why we need sleep and how getting less than the suggested amount affects the brain. There are three main reasons why we need sleep; restoration, energy conservation, and brain function. Only certain genes are turned on when you sleep so you need to sleep in order for those genes to turn on and allow you other genes to be restored, while sleeping you save about 110 calories, sleep helps enhance creativity, and your brain is less likely to retain information if you’re sleep deprived and trying to cram information. On average a teen needs 9 hours of sleep, in the 1950s the average teen was getting 8 hours of sleep, today on average teens are getting 5 hours of sleep, which is half the amount that we need. If you’re not receiving the amount of sleep that you need your body will uncountable got into micro-sleeping which will happen to at least 31% of drivers in their lifetime.

The year of 1887 marked the beginning of United Way, which originated as Denver’s Charity Organization Society and expanded over 1,000 Community Chests in the late 1940’s (Dess, Lumpkin, Eisner, & McNamara, 2012, p. C19). Then in 1974 their campaign, in America and Canada, exceedigngly raised over $1 billion dollars; thus, causing for the creation of the United Way International so that many countries around the world may have the ability to construct similar organizations that will benefit their nations (Dess, et al., 2012, C19). United Way’s business consist of attracting large companies and