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5 Ways to Use Your Smartphone for Social Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With these methods, your nonprofit can advocate for general philanthropy and altruism. In a few different instances, you can even point donors toward helping the cause that your nonprofit champions. That said, the three apps listed below are all free and help benefit different charities. Ready to get started? RoundUp App.

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The importance of expressing impact and gratitude in fundraising

iMarketSmart

The “one big thing” in fundraising is this: Advance the donor’s hero story. Biologists model reciprocal altruism with a game.[1] But it helps the other player more than it costs. 3] Both work by supporting reciprocal social relationships.[4] Do these signal a social, helpful-reciprocity relationship?

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What Dr. James means when he recommends you harness the power of storytelling in major gifts fundraising

iMarketSmart

The “one big thing” in fundraising is always the same: Advance the donor’s hero story. The compelling fundraising challenge will make each link. It promotes personal and social norms supporting a heroic response. Or why not just collect a list of fundraising tips and tricks? Good fundraising brings in big money.

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

iMarketSmart

Effective fundraising can deliver real value to donors. For example, it can enhance public reputation. 1] But fundraising can do more. More precisely, it’s a pro-social code.[3] 3] Pro-social actions benefit the group. This gift may be simply an individual helpful act. It can also deliver transcendent value.

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How transactional donor relationships kill generosity

iMarketSmart

In a scale, it might look like this: Helpful reciprocity Loved one (lover, spouse, close family) Friend Teammate Colleague Neighbor Community member Transactional reciprocity Customer Merchant Stranger Harmful reciprocity Competitor Enemy Relationship signals are reciprocity signals. This is nothing new in fundraising advice.

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Dr. James explains what happens when fundraising metrics go bad

iMarketSmart

Want to start a fight in a fundraising comment section? 1] Another writes, “Fundraisers need to focus MORE on creating memories and moments with their donors … and LESS about hitting those wacky metrics or year-end goals.”[2]. Yes, they’re all talking about fundraising. But fundraising isn’t one thing. Fightin’ words.

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

iMarketSmart

A key part of a fundraising story is the ask. A good fundraising story needs a compelling ask. The fundraising ask matches the inciting incident. In fundraising story, the ask is an inciting incident. Thus, the fundraiser may also face a deadline. So, which works best in fundraising? The inciting incident.