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

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Princeton University Press. Similarly, in 1989-1990 Carnegie Mellon University received donations from 5,462 individuals. Utrecht University. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33, 273- 280; Caporael, L. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 66 , 192-202; Dawes, R. Campbell, J.

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

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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] Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 102(2), 143-153. [10]

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Dr. James Explains How Asking Permission Sets the Stage for “The Ask”

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In one experiment,[16] some university alumni were called and asked questions, including “If you were contacted by your high school or college and asked to donate money, would you do so?” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 100 (2), 193-201. [8] Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30 (5), 1052-1065. [9]

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

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This world can become universally altruistic. Consider these benefits in terms of the universal hero story. The universal hero story (monomyth) is the story of enhanced identity. Psychological Bulletin, 140 (6), 1556-1581. [10] Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33 , 273-280; Caporael, L. You give first.

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

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Princeton University Press. Similarly, in 1989-1990 Carnegie Mellon University received donations from 5,462 individuals. Utrecht University. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33, 273- 280; Caporael, L. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 66 , 192-202; Dawes, R. Campbell, J.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

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Laura Hansen Dean is Senior Director – Gift Design and Documentation at the University of Texas at Austin. [2] 2] Adapted from conversations with Byron Kennedy, Vice President for University Advancement at Texas Tech University. [3] Merely activating the concept of money changes personal and interpersonal behavior.