There has been much controversy recently around how we measure success in the not-for-profit sector. I really like this TED Talk by Dan Pallotta which challenges conventional thinking in this area and suggests that we:
focus on the scale of charities dreams rather than the size of their overheads.
His argument picks-up five aspects where charities face what he calls 'discrimination' against the expectations and standards we have for the private sector:
#1 Compensation
Pallotta argues that salaries and bonuses that are associated with 'doing well for yourself' appear to be almost without.
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John Hunter and ‘The World Peace Game’
Got this link from Colm Linnane, Scottish Book Trust Online Teacher in Residence - @colmsbt
John Hunter is a brilliant teacher: humble; self-effacing; enabling; dedicated to improving learning; an inspirational role model.
Can you just imagine the delight of being one of his 4th Graders learning through his '21st Century Wisdom Table'? Do you think he has to spend a lot of time dealing with disruption or managing student underachievement?
Just think.
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