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Newsletter: 'Chick Fries' P**s Off Women ; Popeye's Raises Nearly $1M for MDA ; Kraft Bails Out Young Lawbreakers

Selfish Giving

According to Seth: Zig Ziglar used to say, "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want." I just like the help other people get what they want part. Focus 100% on helping your partners reach their goals. You should adopt this approach for corporate partnerships.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Without altruism and advocacy being consistently present in these early days of its formation, racism and sexism are already revealing themselves in the metaverse. A visit to the Second Life Marketplace can help you better understand the concept of shopping for NFTs in the Metaverse. The Oculus Quest 2 experience. About the Author.

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

iMarketSmart

Suppose a friend asks for your help. Even if you think it’s worth that much, that doesn’t help. Philanthropy can help me decide. This might be helpful. If he benefits, he’ll probably help our shared group. Nice guys finish first: The competitive altruism hypothesis. It makes it harder to see the obvious.

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

iMarketSmart

More time can help. More time can help. People tend to predict they will help. This prediction is higher than the actual help they would have given if asked immediately. Getting people to first predict their actions increases helping. It helps explain the power of feasibility studies. This is no surprise.

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

iMarketSmart

Suppose a friend asks for your help. Even if you think it’s worth that much, that doesn’t help. Philanthropy can help me decide. This might be helpful. If he benefits, he’ll probably help our shared group. Nice guys finish first: The competitive altruism hypothesis. It makes it harder to see the obvious.

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Science of Giving 3: Do people give more if it’s painful?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

But that doesn’t happen either - there are limits to altruism. So a model called “pareto utilitarianism&# is considered more realistic - that people should help others without decreasing benefits to themselves. The author says there’s actually a lot of research throwing both of these models into question.

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Fundraising Best Practices: Sharing the Results of Donating Online to 31 Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.