Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Jen Shang, PhD will take you through a series of real-world examples to demonstrate how philanthropic psychology can be applied to nurture, develop donor identities, and achieve sustainable increases in giving (up to 218% increases using multiple channels and campaigns) as a result of sharing genuine love. in philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

But it’s important to understand that motivating members to become donors is not just a financial ask but an emotional journey, deeply rooted in the psychological connections your members form with your cause. Social proof is a formidable force in philanthropy. When members see their peers engaging in donations, they often follow suit.

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Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising Philanthropy is a mindset. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Fund, “ Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Build a Culture of Philanthropy? ” An embracing culture. A noble value.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 6, 2025

Prest Getty Images While love languages have long been a fixture in pop psychology for improving romantic relationships, new science is emerging that learning to speak donors love languages forges lasting connections between nonprofits and their supporters.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Are you a philanthropy facilitator or a fundraiser? Philanthropy Facilitators Make it Easy for People to Give You may think you’re doing a great job as a fundraiser. Not philanthropy ( philos /love of anthropos /humankind). This is where I ask you how you view your role. In other words, you’re making it transactional.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Rather, philanthropies should prefer to fund meta-issues—i.e., Let’s take an example: psychology. If you were a funder in 2012 who believed strongly in academic psychology, you could have put your money into, say, 100 psychology experiments. By Stuart Buck & Anna Harvey. This is true at two levels.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Philanthropy can play a crucial role in supporting underserved and marginalized communities in their rebuilding process. Alongside that, successful philanthropy also requires a long-term commitment—continuing the work for months and often years to make a real and lasting difference. Be there for the long hall.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By Lisa Schohl Getty Images Ideas and advice from experts, including ways to use philanthropic psychology to create more meaningful thank-you messages — and boost giving.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 7, 2025

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors, and with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 14, 2025

When everyone understands their role in philanthropy and works together toward shared goals, fundraising becomes a collective effort rather than a solitary burden. I define internal team alignment as ensuring everyone understands their role and shared mission in philanthropy.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Adrian Sargeant is Chief Executive of The Philanthropy Centre. Formerly the first Hartsook Chair in Fundraising at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, Adrian is passionate about achieving massive growth in philanthropy. Develop and implement practical changes to your current approach.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Research done by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy shows that Millennials are harder to retain than previous generations, and each generation is harder still. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 14, 2025

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The psychological narrative we construct has more influence on our lives because it’s about who we are now and who we are becoming. You must touch people on a psychological level to inspire them to passionately engage and invest with you. Has that experience changed how you view philanthropy or support nonprofits? If so, how? .

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Yes, philanthropy would still be pursued but it would be one of many options in the partnership building process. When conceptual alignments were reached, what if another group called Partnership Negotiators stepped in but only when potential partners agreed to begin negotiations. There would be no fundraising for fundraisings sake.

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 17, 2025

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors, and with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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The Agitator

APRIL 1, 2014

In the last few days I’ve seen two columns, one in the NY Times and one in the Chronicle of Philanthropy , that I consider ‘must read’ for nonprofit fundraisers and communicators (and their CEOs). The first sets the context for the second. It creates meaning. Donors possess two disconnected.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors, and with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The reasons are both practical and psychological. I’d like to introduce you to Lori Kranczer , founder of LINK Elevating Philanthropy. For donors, legacy giving is deeply personalits a way to align their values with a cause they care about and ensure their contribution has a lasting impact. A pathway forward.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

It’s critical for fundraisers to understand how donors feel – because most of philanthropy is feelings-based. And I imagine your organization has a culture of philanthropy in which everyone comes from a place of love. Both about your philanthropy, and about you. I know you understand, and practice, this philosophy. And virtuous.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The list below was an attempt by Forbes Magazine to capture the “faces of philanthropy” way back in 1994. Are these still the faces of philanthropy? The Seven Faces of Philanthropy. “The Seven Faces of Philanthropy.” The post The Faces of Philanthropy: Are They Changing? What is changing?

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 12, 2024

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support. I wrote this more than 12 years ago.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Stacy received her doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Florida, holds a Master of Education from Harvard University and has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of South Florida. Stacy Baier. Meet Nathan Penha.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

“Philanthropy is a way for people to experience human love.” ” Don’t miss this great profile of Jen Shang , Professor of philanthropic psychology at University of Plymouth. Most of this we’ve covered before, but these principles are important for all fundraisers to keep in mind. via The Guardian.

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

We return philanthropy to a people-helping-people paradigm and create the means of turning “gifts” into enduring partnerships – allowing kindred spirits to work together in pursuit of deeply held purposes. But if we want to build stronger philanthropic partnerships we should realize there are any number of backstories at play.

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 16, 2024

The seeds of philanthropy were already within them. The more we deepen ourselves, the more we help others do the same and together give more meaning to philanthropy itself. That was beyond my ability. Everyone had made the decision to give at some point on their own. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 22, 2012

In the Chronicle of Philanthropy Holly Hall just covered a new study finding that older women (Boomer and older) are more generous than older men, other key factors held constant (similar incomes, number of children, education level). women that puts your marketing on autopilot; Hot psychological triggers for each of the 4 Archetype.

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The work of philanthropy facilitation is very personal. But, if you rely on philanthropy to survive and thrive, donors are just as important a constituency as your mission-centered beneficiaries. And, fundamentally, its based on trust. Which is why establishing and building trust should be part of your nonprofit and personal mission.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

So, in this blog, I’m leveraging my PhD in Psychology to share a bit about what burnout is, why it seems to be everywhere in the nonprofit world, and what organizations, leaders, and individuals can do about it. Psychologists consider burnout to be a “psychological syndrome” that emerges as a response to chronic job stressors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success. Fund in the United States and the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy in the U.K. . Fundraising is a servant to philanthropy.

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 25, 2022

Dr. Russell James (the foremost researcher in the field of philanthropy) backs up this assertion. Remember, wealthy people care about cost—even when it comes to philanthropy. Related Posts: Donor Psychology: Do you know what really makes your supporters feel good? Help to reduce the feeling of cost as much as possible.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2024

Where are our cultures of philanthropy? Fund published a three-part series of reports exploring culture of philanthropy. Alas, a culture of philanthropy essential to long-term success in the sector is still largely absent from our institutions. Which is why I advocate a practice of “philanthropy, not fundraising.”

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iMarketSmart

JANUARY 19, 2024

What so much more of it should focus on is how to find and work from your own comfort zone when seeking to facilitate philanthropy. The post Comfort Zones: The Places That Foster the Fullest Expressions of Philanthropy appeared first on MarketSmart LLC. Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s an extreme form of philanthropy. Heroic philanthropy A hero displays sacrificial protection.[5] Heroic philanthropy in a crisis Heroism signals trustworthiness as a friendship insurance partner. In some cases, philanthropy can. Heroic philanthropy in experiments: Protection Heroism must be sacrificial.

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2023

Like philanthropy, customer service is uniquely American. Innovative fundraising researcher Adrian Sargeant, co-director of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, says, “Nonprofits are a means to an end for the donor. Donor Cultivation. Customer Service. Are they the same, similar, or unrelated? This is an important question.

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