iMarketSmart

JULY 17, 2023

Others become more likely to share with givers in the future. Givers benefit from their enhanced public reputation. Giving is a winning move. In a non-sharing or non-reciprocal community, giving does not make sense. Others do not become more likely to share. Givers get no benefit from their public reputation. Giving is a losing move.

Psychology 98

Psychology Altruism and Helping Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising 98

iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This role can direct the fundraiser’s work. The fundraiser makes the call to adventure. The fundraiser advances the donor’s hero story. When the fundraiser fulfills this role, it can be powerful for donors, too. These character differences apply to fundraising. The guiding sage. She challenges the donor to heroism.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Altruism and Helping Values 52

iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 12, 2022

But fundraising provides value to the donor in just one way – by delivering an enhanced identity. Fundraisers can provide value. The “one big thing” in fundraising is this: Advance the donor’s hero story. What do new fundraisers really want to know? “It’s very important not to know all the answers. It fits the story.

Public and Social Policy 52

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Socratic fundraising. In fundraising, the “one big thing” is always the same: Advance the donor’s hero story. Socratic fundraising can do this. In the donor’s hero story, the fundraiser is the guiding sage. A compelling fundraising challenge. In fundraising, including each step makes the ask compelling.

Philanthropy 52

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 20, 2022

Without a relatable character, the fundraising story is dead. Fundraising story character. The external goal of fundraising story is a gift. Character details in fundraising. This is powerful for fundraising. The same idea also works in fundraising experiments. At the heart of philanthropy is story.

Organizational Behavior 52

Organizational Behavior Children Fundraising Fundraising 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.”. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us —the poet—whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free.

Health 122

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iMarketSmart

JULY 24, 2023

Effective fundraising can deliver real value to donors. 1] But fundraising can do more. For example, it can enhance public reputation. This external identity has tangible economic value.[1] It can also deliver transcendent value. This comes from a private, internal identity. It comes from a moral identity. But it does connect.

Psychology 52

Psychology Public and Social Policy Altruism and Helping Values 52

iMarketSmart

MAY 9, 2022

Many fundraisers don’t understand the world of big philanthropy. Because they don’t understand wealth. They don’t understand charitable instruments. So, let’s start with some basics. Because that’s where the money is. In the U.S., the most important charitable instruments include, Charitable remainder and lead trusts. And the sixth.

Foundations 52

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

3 Utilities postpandemic have resumed their daily practice of shutting off life-sustaining power to households simply for their inability to afford it. “[D]uring the first ten months of 2022,…an estimated 4.2m” households were shut off from their energy utilities, affecting nearly 11 million families—or 3 percent of all US households.

Energy 91

Energy Law Governance Public and Social Policy 91