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Break Out of Your Comfort Zone…and into Breakout Rooms!

AccelEvents

We love putting like-minded individuals together in a brainstorming space! Especially for higher education clients, the student/teacher contact can be crucial for development, so meeting directly after a Workshop can help everyone strike while the iron is hot and the session content is fresh on the brain. .

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

Bloomerang

And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. This is the joy of doing meaningful work together with like-minded people, with your friends.” Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

Get Fully Funded

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records. Invite questions.

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Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

Get Fully Funded

Contact customer support or look up YouTube tutorials if you get stuck. But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Is it user-friendly? Does it do what you need it to do?

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Millennials and Direct Mail Campaigns: A Crash Course

Achieve

Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. . also supports the impact of physical documents as our brains comprehend text better when it’s printed than when it’s on a screen. Repeat contact is essential to.

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GTD Meets GPT: How to Adopt The AI 2-minute Rule

Whole Whale

Allen’s GTD methodology is based on the idea that our brains are not designed to store information. This allows us to clear our minds and focus on the present moment. GTD is a five-step process: Capture : Capture everything that comes into your mind, whether it’s a task, an idea, or a thought. So why wait?

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3 Things To Know About Donor Behavior

Achieve

Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to. help others.

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