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How to build deeper connections with your donors using surveys

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Questions can arise in Donor telephone conversations (one-on-one but not face-to-face) Donor focus groups (face-to-face but not one-on-one), or Donor surveys (neither one-on-one nor face-to-face). Universal steps In all these formats, the steps are similar. At universities, these might be professors. 1949/2004).

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How to develop a ‘character’ in your fundraising stories in 3 steps — according to Dr. Russell James

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In either case, your story won’t motivate donors. As a specific example of the importance of identification from fundraising, an in-depth investigation of donor motivations for giving to university athletic programs found that, “‘vicarious achievement’ was a primary motivational factor for donors to university athletic programs.