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Giftivism: Reclaiming the Priceless — Pavithra Mehta
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:46 pm
by Welles
This is a talk by one of the founders of ServiceSpace.org. It is inspiring! (There is a complete transcript for those who don't have the bandwidth to watch the video.)
http://www.dailygood.org/story/644/gift ... hra-mehta/
Welles
Re: Giftivism: Reclaiming the Priceless — Pavithra Mehta
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:30 am
by Sandy
(There is a complete transcript for those who don't have the bandwidth to watch the video.)
Thanks Welles! I'm "reading " it now.
love,
Sandy
Any day now the ole BW should be getting better...
Re: Giftivism: Reclaiming the Priceless — Pavithra Mehta
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:09 am
by Sandy
Oh wow! excellent!!! I am charged!
((((HUGS))))
Sandy
Re: Giftivism: Reclaiming the Priceless — Pavithra Mehta
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:03 pm
by Welles
Seth Godin's Blog entry today addressed Giftivism (although he didn't call it by that name).
Can I pay you to do me a favor? by Seth Godin
Simple concept with big implications: In small groups, money corrupts.
In environments that are built on personal interaction and trust among intimates, transactions based on money don't increase efficacy, they degrade it.
At the other end of the scale, in transactions between strangers, cash scales. Cash enables us to interact with people we don't know and probably won't see again.
But if you want to build the intimate circle that lives on favors and gift exchange, don't bring cash. Bring generosity and vulnerability.
Welles