cc w/ @AvidanRoss @rishigarg & @teddyschleifer on this. First question feels like diagnosing why folks don’t give back as much in SF. Going theories:
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1) Angel investing replaces the social utilitarian value of giving in SF. 2) Age- the wealth is recent, the founders are young. 3) SF core is anti-establishment, builder mentality, so we don’t want the name on a gold plaque at the MET, we want to build our own solution. Others?
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@ezraklein has an insight related to SF that sticks out w/ me reading the replies. He says the intellectual culture here is unlike other places, it’s venture-like in problem solving — “here are 20 ideas, 19 are quite wrong, not even a little wrong, 1 could change everything.”Prikaži ovu nit -
His point is that this thinking works well for startups maybe not so well for rebuilding/strengthening a society. It’s similar to this point by Sarah & Phil:https://twitter.com/philchacko/status/1223337611416072192 …
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But maybe there is a key there. New York uses status as a driver for giving (gala parties, names on plaques). But as
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SF culture is not one of incremental status upgrades like NY. It is driven off big plans, the raw power to try and change the status quo even if chances are slim. It’s one of the reasons I think SB50 has gotten so much conversation.
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But civic projects here generally still crib the language and approaches of other cities. I’ve got brochures from DC and SF non profits with virtually the same language. Perhaps the approach just needs to be different.
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Be the change you want to see. Tell me what you care about most and I'll give you three great orgs that could use your time, sweat, and dollars.
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Girls education!
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Curious am I the only nonprofit, non tech person on this thread? Being on the side of trying to get donations from tech, I want to reframe the question from “why isn’t” (closing conversation) to “how can SV engage” (imaginative conversation).
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here as creative strategist, have not worked in nonprofit, little bit of tech tho. You raise a good point abt language here & how to ask good questions that lead to solution driven responses/answers. Much of the “how might/may we” comes from design thinking that attracts > deters
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