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According to Seth: Zig Ziglar used to say, "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want." I just like the help other people get what they want part. Focus 100% on helping your partners reach their goals. You should adopt this approach for corporate partnerships.

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Dr. James explains why identifying with others is so powerful in a donor’s hero story

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Natural origins of giving: I am like them Altruism means I give away something valuable to help another. Most altruism in animals matches this model. How could natural selection lead to altruism? It helps you, but it costs me. Altruism is still costly. This opens the possibility for reciprocal altruism.

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Dr. James explains why sustainable giving starts by answering, “Do we have a shared future?”

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The game has an unbreakable law. Without this, reciprocal altruism fails. In that case, giving would break the first law. Again, giving would break the first law. Giving would break the first law. Without this shared future, reciprocal helping disappears. Two unrelated players both face these same payoffs.

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Dr. James explains why the feeling “People like me make gifts like this” is so powerful in major gifts fundraising

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Some gifts may help reputation, while others won’t. This helps link the challenge to a victory. The gift helps my group. And it helps my standing within the group. Both of these help link the victory to an enhanced identity. Showing that “people like me make gifts like this” helps. It’s complicated.

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The importance of expressing impact and gratitude in fundraising

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Biologists model reciprocal altruism with a game.[1] But it helps the other player more than it costs. Let’s go back to the first law. In the primal game, giving has an unbreakable law: Giving must be seen by partners who are able and willing to reciprocate. Do these signal a social, helpful-reciprocity relationship?

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3 Big Reasons Why An ‘Ask’ Is Mostly About Your Donor’s Hero Story (Not Your Organization’s)

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For a human rights charity, it increased donations to mention that it “works in countries that have recently passed laws that harshly restrict nonprofit organizations.”[9]. But increasing anger didn’t work if the gift just generally helped people. Does this mean that deadlines help? Indiana Law Review, 36 , 251-334.

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How Enhancing a Donor’s Moral Identity Can Advance their Donor Hero Story

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This gift may be simply an individual helpful act. But it can help the group in another way. 4] The code dictates that group members help each other. In Hamilton’s simple math,[7] a gift is genetically helpful when My Cost < (Their Benefit X Our Similarity). It is possible through reciprocal altruism.