Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong

This pretty much explains what is totally wrong with our stroke organizations. They do not think big. Thinking big would involve significant risks but significant rewards. No they think very small, lets just put out press releases that put all the responsibility about preventing stroke damage on the public by telling them generic ways not to have a stroke. How stupid and ineffective can you get? The bold goal a great stroke association would have is 100% recovery for all survivors. That would bring in donations and brilliant persons to tackle the problem.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world.