http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong/transcript?language=en
Here's the reading list : http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong/recommendations
For years I begged for a job in nonprofit organizations. (I was a fund raiser / propagandist.) When I was laid-off, I began to beg for a job ... RUDE AWAKENING! Why not just cut out the middleman and pocket the "profits" directly! This blog explores cross-cultural, extra-ordinary giving and receiving, charity and charisma, need and greed. In short, "Begging, the Question!" Remember: no matter what ... Don't forget to ask for the money!