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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

1 AI promises to help scientists leverage massive datasets and brain simulations to test new diagnoses and treatments at scalewithout the need for risky or costly human participation. Problems of cost, of course, are rooted in economic injustice, racial injustice, and the commodification of profit-motivated healthcare in the United States.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Having opportunities to play and laugh is as essential as being able to participate in political and religious life, own property, and engage in work. Developing Healthy Individuals “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes individuals and communities thrive.”— Nussbaum’s framework is not a flawless template.

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How to Reduce the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Major Donors Give More

iMarketSmart

Giving is motivated by social emotion. Because giving doesn’t come just from motivation. It comes from the intersection of motivation and cost. Motivation must overcome the cost barrier. Giving results from the intersection of motivation and cost. Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially.

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How to Make the Ask of a Gift in a Will Less Scary

iMarketSmart

2] More than that, the reality of our own death is a serious psychological problem. It provides motivation. We’ll be announcing our board participation at the banquet. The motivation isn’t about death. 52] It tested 24 bequest gift descriptions among nearly 10,000 participants. Simple answer. Live on after death.

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How to build deeper connections with your donors using surveys

iMarketSmart

Psychology studies show the same thing. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 76, 67-75.] Psychological Science, 26 (2), 231-236. [6] Psychological Science, 26 (2), 231-236, 234. [7] Psychological Science, 18 (9), 803-809. [9] In absence of money: a field experiment on volunteer work motivation.

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

iMarketSmart

It [proposes] a new mechanism of decision making in charitable giving through an important psychological construct: similarity.”[23] Adding this phrase, “Did you know that other participants gave £5 and they said that participants such as yourself should give £5?”[27] Journal of Economic Psychology, 52 , 147-153. [14]