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

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In the donor’s hero story, the proposal is the “call to adventure.” Donation options were $5, $100, and an open-ended blank. I’d like to share some ideas that you could consider before the end of the tax year.” How does next Tuesday work for you to meet?”[3] 3] Or “Would you be open to that type of conversation?”[4]

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Dr. James explains why sustainable giving starts by answering, “Do we have a shared future?”

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Giving costs. Thus, if a gift’s audience can’t reciprocate, giving always loses. As capacity to reciprocate grows, so can giving. One-round game Suppose there is only one round of this game. In that case, giving would break the first law. My giving is never seen by a partner with capacity to reciprocate. This player has no capacity for reciprocity.

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Dr. James explains what happens when fundraising metrics go bad

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Want to start a fight in a fundraising comment section? 1] Another writes, “Fundraisers need to focus MORE on creating memories and moments with their donors … and LESS about hitting those wacky metrics or year-end goals.”[2]. Yes, they’re all talking about fundraising. But fundraising isn’t one thing.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so common here in the United States, such as a “Donate” page for processing credit cards and PayPal accounts. As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support.

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Finally, the story behind Dr. Russell James’ research on fundraising stories

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My fundraising career started in complex planned gifts. Years ago, a local foundation made a gift.[1] At the end of a long road of quantitative, technical, “hard science” research, I came to the answer. A few years before, on the other side of the Atlantic, Dr. Claire Routley wanted to answer the same question.

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How to build deeper connections with your donors using surveys

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Socratic fundraising asks questions. Socratic fundraising can still work. The universal steps for a compelling donor experience are: Socratic fundraising guides the donor through these steps.[1] 1] First, the fundraiser must have a valid reason to ask questions. But sometimes that isn’t feasible. Or they’re too far away.

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The Perils of Black Leadership

NonProfit Quarterly

White and Black employees make up 78 percent and 12 percent of the overall labor force within the United States, respectively. 1] In spite of the salience of race in the experience of leadership, there is not much study of the Black leadership experience. However, Whites make up 84 percent of all management occupations, while only 7.5