iMarketSmart

MAY 13, 2022

Philanthropy correlates primarily with four different value propositions. Advancing moral, ethical or civic values: This includes faith-based institutions, military academies, or any organization which so articulates them. Sustained fundraising success is about creating the conditions that allow philanthropy to flower naturally.

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It entails being honest and adhering to ethical principles. People of integrity don’t exploit, mislead, manipulate or tiptoe around ethical issues. Psychological insight. Find these in your colleagues and you will build a stronger culture of philanthropy. The Zoology of Fundraising: More Chameleons, Fewer Peacocks.

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Psychology Ethics Culture Philanthropy 52

iMarketSmart

MARCH 7, 2022

My fundraising career started in complex planned gifts. My work was always about philanthropy. It was not about the “soft” side of philanthropy. I was in the middle of my decades-long quest to understand philanthropy. Armed with this new fMRI machine, I continued my quest to understand philanthropy. Plot twist.

Psychology 52

Psychology Law Philanthropy Fundraising 52

iMarketSmart

JULY 14, 2023

I ask an advancement leader how a particular fundraiser is doing or ask a president how an advancement leader is doing or ask a board member how a president is doing. I question the importance of the criterion and don’t believe it should be at the top of the list of fundraising attributes. The ask should be just a matter of protocol.

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Fundraising Fundraising Psychology Ethics 52

Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Your culture will make or break fundraising success, especially over the long term. For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success. Many others, including me , have weighed in on the topic.

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Fundraising is something we do with donors, not to them. Explain the conditions under which sustained fundraising success is achieved, and reward those who help create those conditions. Emphasize that stewardship is an institutional ethic and strategic function, not just an office in advancement. I landed on these seven.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

15] This also happens in fundraising. A few days later, the university’s fundraising phone campaign contacted everyone. One fundraiser shares, “If someone doesn’t need to stop and think, it’s not REALLY a major gift.”[19] Experienced fundraisers typically say about one to three years.[22] It doesn’t cost anything.

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