Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
Amnesty International published a new report as part of its ongoing reporting on the war in Ukraine that has been widely criticized as lacking critical context and framing, triggering both internal and external condemnation. The report criticizes the Ukrainian military for violating “international humanitarian law” by putting civilians in harm’s way in relation to where the Ukrainian military places defensive military equipment. While Amnesty (and other INGOs) rightly pride themselves on remaining neutral in evaluating humanitarian and legal violations (in fact HRW made similar assertions in a more thorough report), the framing of this particular report is being criticized for giving ammunition to Russian propaganda, misrepresenting legal norms via vague language, and sidelining Amnesty’s own Ukraine office in its publication. After inflammatory tweets from Amnesty’s Secretary General defending the report, Amnesty’s director of its Ukraine office resigned in protest. (AI’s Secretary General is now facing public calls to resign, and the organization has issued something of an apology.) Large nonprofits should heed this as a cautionary tale of the consequences of a very public fallout from bureaucratic misalignment of process and viewpoints between global/national and regional/affiliate offices.
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Summary
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195: Giving Tuesday Tips and Predictions for 2020
194: How to Build a Cryptocurrency Donation campaign - Giving Block
193: (2 for 2) Impact ideas: Smart speaker donors, Marketplace for giving days, Donor Thank you service, white label GoFundme
192: (2for2) Impact ideas with Joe Magee - Kids media channel, UGC child symptoms, Family podcast history
191: (2 for 2) Under Profiled day, Homeless donation marketplace, and shower Social Impact Ideas
190: (2 for 2) Ideas for social impact with Visceral
189: How to Manage Grief in the Workplace - Lantern.co
188: How To Challenge Your Boss W/O Getting Fired
187: Data Visualization, Moving From Numbers to Narrative - Tara Todras
186 - How We Made a Fundraising Course from Idea to Launch
185: Raising $20k in 4 Days with Popcorn - Jack & Jill
184: Using Podcasting to Build Clients ~ Through the Noise
183: Ad Grant Application, Compliance & Creative Fall Ideas
182: #StopHateForProfit - Interview from Next In Nonprofits
181: How we lost a staff member due to H-1B Policy
180: Turning a Gala Virtual, Upaya Raised $302k
179: Virtual Reality for Impact with Mind Glow
178: Homelessness in the Time of COVID-19
177: The 7 Elements of a Primal Brand (reprise)
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