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SCHEDULE FOR FULL DAYSCHEDULE FOR FULL DAY

CF Dolphins Retreat

It Takes a Village

Sep 19, 2010

Berkeley Monastery, CA

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Nipun MehtaCharityFocus.orgHelping Others Help Others

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IT TAKES A VILLAGEIT TAKES A VILLAGE

CF Dolphins Retreat

An Ecosystem Perspective

Feb 19, 2010

Berkeley, CA

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Nipun MehtaCharityFocus.orgHelping Others Help Others

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Pay $1 every time

Pay only if asked

Refuse to Pay

Source: San Francisco Chronicle7

What would you do?What would you do?

"If drivers want us to contribute, we just go to another car," Kate McNee said.

"It is more time-saving for me now if I ride BART," Nyaljor Samten said. "And now, I don't have to deal with the driver.“

On average, each day there are 12,000 fewer drivers using the carpool lanes.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle8

CARPOOL OR NOT?CARPOOL OR NOT?

Public ResponsePublic Response

Pay $1 every time? Pay only if asked? Refuse to Pay?

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GIFTING SOLUTIONGIFTING SOLUTION

What would CF do?What would CF do?

Gift $2.50!

The consistent contributor looks for the collective good first and personal good second.

Not only did they benefit financially but the consistent contributors also helped people who were “conditional contributors” to overcome fear and agree to act cooperatively.

“In a larger group, if someone consistently acts as a friend, it’s easier for others to act as friends and everyone benefits.”

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CONSISTENT CONTRIBUTORSCONSISTENT CONTRIBUTORS

The Cooperation ProblemJ. Keith Murnighan, Mark Weber (Kellogg School of

Management)

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WHERE HAVE WE SEEN WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THAT BEFORE?THAT BEFORE?

Fighting for dishes on Wednesday – and everyday!

In a purely service context, projects only organize around a consistent contributor!

This is in stark contrast with the dominant paradigm.

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“3 Billion hours / wk playing online games. Needs to be 21B/wk to save the world.” –Twitt by Jane McGonigal

Typical incentives – get paid to work, play games to change the world, get on TV for losing weight, get money to do homework, receive a blackberry if you stop smoking.

Incentives For Change?Incentives For Change?

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CC‘s in an EcosystemCC‘s in an Ecosystem

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ANOTHER CCANOTHER CC

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JOURNEY TOWARDS CCJOURNEY TOWARDS CC

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CHARITYFOCUS CHARITYFOCUS ECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM

DISCOVERING ABUNDANCEDISCOVERING ABUNDANCE

Social Capita

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Subtle Capit

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Synergy

Capital

Material

Capital

MATERIAL CAPITALMATERIAL CAPITAL

Our business plan: gratitude.

In 2009, our budget was $25K, mostly used for printing and shipping.

We can do ~90% of CF activities on $47.93 per month.

When we have extra, we give it away. To date, we’ve given more than we’ve used.

SOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL CAPITAL

Our strategy: demand pull, not supply push.

325,000 members in 193 countries, who receive at least one email/week.

55M email newsletters per year – no ads.

Speaking engagements in front of 10K+ people/year.

Social media following of over 20K.

Many celebrity fans.

SYNERGY CAPITALSYNERGY CAPITAL

Our experience: sum of the parts of greater than the whole.

Benefit of the collective – jelly bean experiment.

New realm of value is generated when everyone is contributing – ie. gift economy.

Think of everyone simultaneously as a producer and consumer.

SUBTLE CAPITALSUBTLE CAPITAL

Our ethic: inner transformation counts.

Every meeting starts with a period of silence.

Don’t compromise your values, no matter how seductive the possibility.

Brings clarity to design principles.

Discover that compassion is generative.

DISCOVERING ABUNDANCEDISCOVERING ABUNDANCE

“You only have what you give away.”

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APPLYING THE ABUNDANCE TO ...APPLYING THE ABUNDANCE TO ...

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DEGREES OF SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTDEGREES OF SOCIAL ARRANGEMENT

CHARITYFOCUS CHARITYFOCUS PRINCIPLESPRINCIPLES

Be volunteer run. Many hands make less work.

Don’t fundraise. Work with what you got.

Think small. Assume value in every part of the process.

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FOUNDATION FOR CHANGEFOUNDATION FOR CHANGE

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90 million Tweets per day

Kids average 232 friends on Facebook.

1 of 5 undergrads study business now; Humanities majors dropped from 30% in 70s to 16%.

"Writing words by hand is a technology that's just too slow for our times, and our minds.” --Trubek

Source: Business Insider, Jan 201028

IINTERNET 2.0?IINTERNET 2.0?

It‘s a brave new world.It‘s a brave new world.