We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising event that fails, we call in the attorneys. So charities are petrified of trying bold new revenue-generating endeavors… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead; ask about the scale of their dreams -… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is the energy… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but we don't… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While business takes… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
Your ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets. — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation. If you kill innovation in fundraising, you can't raise more revenue. If you can't raise more revenue,… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
You can't know if your values are being violated if you're ambiguous about what they are — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks, you can't… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
When we show people that something is possible that they didn't think was possible it does more than just change things. It changes the… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
