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The limits and virtues of empathy

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

Here was the gist of it: “Empathy makes you more aware of other people’s suffering, but it’s not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action… People who actually perform pro-social action don’t only feel for those who are suffering, they feel compelled to act by a sense of duty.

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Five tectonic technology shifts changing our world, our work and our potential

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

The social action shift. The idea: Technology has made it easy for people to take small, easy actions in support of a cause. Relate your cause to their values. - Speak to their values. And show who else is taking action. . - Fans who will champion your work within their circles of influence. Mine your data.

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Fundraising Year In Review

The Agitator

He'd be more comfortable if he thought fundraisers were serious about measuring and evaluating the lifetime value of these premium responders.]. Much like the CIA once monitored the wheat harvest in the old Soviet Union, Ethan Boldt over at DirectMarketingIQ reports the top 5 fundraising direct mail trends in 2011.

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Leadership Development Beyond Projects

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It requires the capacity to build authentic relationships and partnerships by engaging in the kind of deep listening and learning that yields insight into people’s identities, stories, and values, and into communities’ true strengths and needs. It also requires understanding one’s own identity, stories, and values.

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What a Week: Making Women’s History and Future Every Day

Fundraising Leadership

This past week, I had so many opportunities both to celebrate and to join with other women and men to make the future of our choice, one where equality and parity are values that drive our decisions, our work, our policy actions. Know your history and you can create the future of your choice.

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Social Media - No Killer App

The Agitator

In Social Media Insider , David Berkowitz of 360i puzzles over the proper metric to use for pricing social media … and from there, being able to calculate some sort of return on investment. He proposes: "Cost Per Social Action (CPSA). " I think he’s on the right track.

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How Enhancing a Donor’s Moral Identity Can Advance their Donor Hero Story

iMarketSmart

Effective fundraising can deliver real value to donors. This external identity has tangible economic value.[1] It can also deliver transcendent value. Moral identity reflects how well one’s life matches one’s ideal values.[2] More precisely, it’s a pro-social code.[3] 3] Pro-social actions benefit the group.