Delusional Altruism. Kris Putnam-Walkerly

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Foreword

      3  Introduction The Kenya Community Development Foundation Wants to Change the World Social Venture Partners India Wants to Change the World The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Wants to Change the World We Are All Philanthropists Notes

      4  PART I: Delusional Altruism 1 You Save Money on All the Wrong Things It Starts in Your Mind Lack of Investment How Do You Know If You Have a Scarcity Mind-Set? Why Does This Happen? Notes 2 You Are Fearful Fear of “Coming Out” in Support of a Cause Fear of Being Out and About Fear of Failure Fear of Not Being a Good Steward Fear of Disappointing Others Fear of Learning You Aren't Right Fear of Loss Fear Masked as Guilt Sometimes the Fear Is Justified Don't Hold Yourself Hostage to Your Fears Notes 3 You Respond Too Slowly Clogging the System with Unnecessary Junk Complexifying the Simple Instead of Simplifying the Complex Developing Bureaucratic Bloat Committing to Speeding Things Up Notes 4 You Have Too Many Steps What “Too Many Steps” Means Too Many Steps Cause Too Many Problems Why Do We Have Too Many Steps? Notes 5 You Are Too Overwhelmed to Take Your Next Step Six Ways Philanthropists Are Overwhelmed Eight Ways You Contribute to Feeling Overwhelmed Notes 6 You Are Fooled by Your Own Efforts You Don't Know Where You Want to Go You Don't Know How to Get There You Suffer from Donor Distraction Disorder Fooled or Fools? Notes 7 You Ask the Wrong Questions Wrong Question #1: “How Do We Do It?” Wrong Question #2: What's the Best Way to Do This? Wrong Question #3: “Can We Start Right Away?” Why Does Asking the Wrong Questions Cause Problems? Note

      5  PART II: Transformational Giving 8 You Start with the Right Questions Question 1: Why? Question 2: What? Question 3: What Do I Know Already? Question 4: What Don't I Know? Question 5: Who Else Needs to Be Involved? Question 6: What Are Our Best Practices Internally? Question 7: What Are All the Ways We Can Do This? Question 8: If You Could Do It All Over Again, What Would You Do Differently? Question 9: How Can We Speed This Up? Question 10: If This Was to Become Best-in-Class, What Would It Look Like? Question 11: What's the Risk? Question 12: Does This Bring Me Joy? Notes 9 You See and Act Abundantly The Abundance Mind-Set Investing in Yourself Investing in Your Partners