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

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For nonprofit managers, numbers are important. In fundraising, we enter an alternate universe where numbers don’t work the same way. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 97(2), 106-116. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102(2), 143-153. [6] Numbers can show impact.

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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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Dr. James explains the power of giving: why leading with a gift always wins

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9] The point isn’t that these are universal solutions for fundraising.[10] How about a big prestigious university? The purpose of the first meeting, usually a breakfast, was to ask for their advice on some university policy. The conversation would uncover their connections or interest with different university programs.

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How to establish “the land of wealth sharing” for major gifts donors

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The fundraiser archetype In the universal hero story, a guiding sage helps the hero. Building and managing wealth is a big part of their lives. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes , 59(3), 331-347; Konow, J. The fundraiser can share stories of what others like the donor have done before. 10] Arkes, H.

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

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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 59(3), 331-347 ; Konow, J. The votive statues of the Athenian Acropolis, Cambridge University Press. [13] Management Science, 53, 1659-1674 ; Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. 11] Arkes, H. Joyner, C.

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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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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. [4] Essays on the motivations and behavior of individual political donors [Doctoral dissertation]. Columbia University. [12] Journal of Promotion Management, 27 (1), 177-209. [20] Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 100 (2), 193-201. [35] Stark (Eds.),

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

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The manager says, “Things are tight right now. The manager hesitates. It is now,” laughs the manager. Princeton University Press. Similarly, in 1989-1990 Carnegie Mellon University received donations from 5,462 individuals. Utrecht University. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12 , 683-739.; Campbell, J.

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