Affordable for whom? If you want to earn a lot of money that's your business, but please don't say "World doesn't need another non profit", just because your goal is not actually helping people in need.
It sounds as if Mr. Levy's true concern is profit. If we are looking to help those who are disenfranchised, marginalized, and oppressed how can we make products to sale for their purchase, if the overall goal is to enhance the quality of their life? I may be missing the bigger picture but what is wrong with volunteering at a shelter to feed those in need? There are a number of agencies in need of service. There are hundreds of thousands of people who benefit when we take action on a more local level. How can I say hundreds of thousands? It's because change causes a ripple affect. This talk reminds me of a Peter Singer talk I just watched about effective altruism, which disgusted me immensely. Maybe I am blinded by my feelings from that talk....or maybe there are some commonalities between the two videos that alarm me....I cannot tell.
Beauty From Within 89 I think your hitting on an essential point. To render help to those in need, we mustn’t use those same people as our demographic for profit. The vast majority of people in need can hardly adore another bill. However, there may be exceptions. For example, supplying a reduced costs for products or services they actually need and so will buy anyways. The argument can be made that it’s quite fine to help people in need to save money on something that would ultimately cost them more if they acquired it anywhere else. But in any case, I can entirely understand where your coming from in your criticisms of this particular talk.
Hi! Towards the end of the video he says that non-profits like homeless shelters are very important, but he is arguing that to make big, global change we need a model that can grow bigger. I have worked in a few non-profits, and my experience is that we are constantly underfunded and that hurts our ability to make bigger impact. Fundraising is really really hard because you can't rely on foundations for long term support and donors come and go. What he's saying is that selling a product that changes people's lives at a price they can afford can make a bigger impact over the long term than giving the product away for free. It allows the organization to support itself while focusing on making a real difference in the world. Profit is not a bad thing when you reinvest that profit in your organization to continue to make an impact.
Is he suggesting that instead of organizing nonprofits that advocate for policy change in order to fight the centuries-old systemic inequalities in countries around the world, we just... make products and... and sell them to... people who... have... no money?
I didn’t get any of that. As far as I am concerned giving those stoves away didn’t lower their value, in my opinion those stoves give people hope to better living standards.
Reliance Jio turn India from most data poor to data rich country using extremely cheap data plan. Tesla is helping solve the climate issue. TH-cam is solving education & entertainment at the largest scale
This felt like a TedX stand-up comedy parody piece. Stop giving free stuff to people with no money and start selling it to them! I'm an innovator and helping the world!
How does one find out if an organization IS?, non-profit. I'm Questioning an organization called!!, For Veteran Sake Foundation, from Lancaster, California. Now in Tularosa, NM?. He is at Walmart Stores, in Alamogordo, and Ruidoso NM...Sams Club in Las Cruces, NM and on and on and on. Well?, just A QUESTION....thank you
this is why I realy hate ted talks, nothing about non-profits impact country, state, communities. Just click bate a rant on how this indivudal became greedy and wanted to make money, so he found a need, then found the solution and marked it. he's an entrepreneur that has invested his money he made in the non for profit sector and invsesed in a startup company, the rest speaks for its self.
Affordable for whom? If you want to earn a lot of money that's your business, but please don't say "World doesn't need another non profit", just because your goal is not actually helping people in need.
It sounds as if Mr. Levy's true concern is profit. If we are looking to help those who are disenfranchised, marginalized, and oppressed how can we make products to sale for their purchase, if the overall goal is to enhance the quality of their life? I may be missing the bigger picture but what is wrong with volunteering at a shelter to feed those in need? There are a number of agencies in need of service. There are hundreds of thousands of people who benefit when we take action on a more local level. How can I say hundreds of thousands? It's because change causes a ripple affect. This talk reminds me of a Peter Singer talk I just watched about effective altruism, which disgusted me immensely. Maybe I am blinded by my feelings from that talk....or maybe there are some commonalities between the two videos that alarm me....I cannot tell.
Beauty From Within 89 I think your hitting on an essential point. To render help to those in need, we mustn’t use those same people as our demographic for profit. The vast majority of people in need can hardly adore another bill. However, there may be exceptions. For example, supplying a reduced costs for products or services they actually need and so will buy anyways. The argument can be made that it’s quite fine to help people in need to save money on something that would ultimately cost them more if they acquired it anywhere else. But in any case, I can entirely understand where your coming from in your criticisms of this particular talk.
Hi! Towards the end of the video he says that non-profits like homeless shelters are very important, but he is arguing that to make big, global change we need a model that can grow bigger. I have worked in a few non-profits, and my experience is that we are constantly underfunded and that hurts our ability to make bigger impact. Fundraising is really really hard because you can't rely on foundations for long term support and donors come and go.
What he's saying is that selling a product that changes people's lives at a price they can afford can make a bigger impact over the long term than giving the product away for free. It allows the organization to support itself while focusing on making a real difference in the world. Profit is not a bad thing when you reinvest that profit in your organization to continue to make an impact.
Is he suggesting that instead of organizing nonprofits that advocate for policy change in order to fight the centuries-old systemic inequalities in countries around the world, we just... make products and... and sell them to... people who... have... no money?
I didn’t get any of that. As far as I am concerned giving those stoves away didn’t lower their value, in my opinion those stoves give people hope to better living standards.
Reliance Jio turn India from most data poor to data rich country using extremely cheap data plan. Tesla is helping solve the climate issue. TH-cam is solving education & entertainment at the largest scale
This felt like a TedX stand-up comedy parody piece. Stop giving free stuff to people with no money and start selling it to them! I'm an innovator and helping the world!
The man is a legend 👏
I’m not getting it?
How does one find out if an organization IS?, non-profit. I'm Questioning an organization called!!, For Veteran Sake Foundation, from Lancaster, California. Now in Tularosa, NM?. He is at Walmart Stores, in Alamogordo, and Ruidoso NM...Sams Club in Las Cruces, NM and on and on
and on. Well?, just A QUESTION....thank you
I do like the stove though!
this is why I realy hate ted talks, nothing about non-profits impact country, state, communities. Just click bate a rant on how this indivudal became greedy and wanted to make money, so he found a need, then found the solution and marked it. he's an entrepreneur that has invested his money he made in the non for profit sector and invsesed in a startup company, the rest speaks for its self.
:)
I hate this so much.
most confusing talk iv ever heard from TED