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How To Use Numbers To Inspire More Giving (and How You Should NOT Use Them)

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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 97(2), 106-116. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102(2), 143-153. [6] Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102(2), 143-153. [10] Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 125(1), 39-49. [12]

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Embrace Paradox: How To Navigate Tensions For Better Solutions in Life & Work

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“We both had studied innovation and product development and Marianne wrote in 2000 in the Academy of Management Review about how our field should pay more attention to paradox,” says Smith, Professor of Management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware.

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Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

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It’s harder to think, “One day we’ll deliver value to a donor worth a million-dollar gift.” Delivering value as a goal Charities often don’t get a million-dollar gift because they aren’t trying. But they aren’t trying to deliver that much value. In fact, delivering value to the donor may not even make sense to them.

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Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

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It’s harder to think, “One day we’ll deliver value to a donor worth a million-dollar gift.” Delivering value as a goal Charities often don’t get a million-dollar gift because they aren’t trying. But they aren’t trying to deliver that much value. In fact, delivering value to the donor may not even make sense to them.

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Giving vs. Sharing: The Power of Community in Major Gifts Fundraising

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Oddly, charities often expect this unnatural “always give” behavior from donors. They never even try to deliver value to donors. Enhanced identity “Sharing” delivers more value to the donor than just “giving.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12 , 683-739; Chen, X. Leadership, cheap talk and really cheap talk.