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Dr. James explains why identifying with others is so powerful in a donor’s hero story

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Natural origins of giving: I am like them Altruism means I give away something valuable to help another. Most altruism in animals matches this model. How could natural selection lead to altruism? It helps you, but it costs me. Altruism is still costly. This opens the possibility for reciprocal altruism.

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Deck The Halls With Donor Appreciation: Holiday Gifts To Donors

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The Yale researchers who conducted the study, George Newman, and Jeremy Shen, found that the most probable reason for the negative effect on contributions was that the gift activated a feeling of selfishness in donors, which, in turn, reduced altruism and cut the average donation. The lesson is that quality matters more than quantity.

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Ideology, identity, and philanthropy (PLUS! bonus Blueprint 24 Buzzword)

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Effective altruism, on the other hand, is all three - ideology, identity, and philanthropic approach. In the upcoming Blueprint24 (due out on December 15 - will be free and downloadable here ) - I look at the role of Effective Altruism in the burgeoning universe of AI organizations. But I digress. A self-professed identity.

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Dr. James explains how to harness friendship reciprocity to unlock heroic donations

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Only friendship reciprocity can help. It helps separate true friends from fair-weather friends. A simple answer Signals of helpful, social-emotional relationships encourage generosity. This helps to advance the donor’s hero story. They reserved the highest attractiveness ratings for men showing heroic altruism.

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Born to Help? How to Engage Altruism to Advance YOUR Cause

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I wasn't surprised to read about yet another high-priced study confirming that altruism is innate in today's New York Times (covering the just-published Why We Cooperate. So it makes sense, evolution-wise, that we're wired to help and give. After all, we read time and time again about the emotional benefits of giving. What's your take?

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

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Without this, reciprocal altruism fails. Capacity for reciprocity in nature: Strangers vs. neighbors In nature, reciprocal altruism starts with the same question: Do we have a shared future? (In Without this shared future, reciprocal helping disappears. Reciprocal altruism starts with this question: Do we have a shared future?

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Effective Philanthropy Facilitation RECIPE: Love +Meaning + Empathy + Cooperation +Attention + Interaction

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You must both: (1) focus inward , as you can’t help others unless you first help yourself, and (2) focus on the way you connect with others. What you say , What you do , and, most important, How you make others feel. What to do?