Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Science says: We’re wired for negative Sadly, our brains are wired to respond to negative messages. Negative events impact our brains more than positive events. One important study shows that a positive image of a child leads to a higher average gift donation than a negative one.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 13, 2021

There’s reputable neuroscience research showing that people’s brains light up when they hear their own name. So our brains are actually hard-wired to respond to appeals that speak to us directly. Our brains are always looking for shortcuts, and the word because triggers us to comply.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By simply asking, “What food items would be meaningful as a gift to someone from XYZ country?” When they applied it to their actual work task, they realized they could design personalized gift baskets in minutes, not hours. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space).

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain. Creating a sense of urgency helps your donor’s brain prioritize your email as something that needs to be opened. A gift for you.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. Today through Friday, November 22nd, you can give disabled veterans the gift of reading via Bookshare by joining Benetech’s Bookshare for Veterans crowdfunding campaign.

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Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Launched in 2019 as a joint project of the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Sergey Brin Family Foundation , ASAP supports collaboration, open science, and early data sharing at scale, with a focus on three areas: PD functional genomics , neuro-immune interactions , and circuitry and brain-body interactions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

It’s far easier for our brains to put ourselves in the shoes of ONE person and connect with their story than it is for us to do that with a group of people. . Example: Your gift of $25 or more can help us provide an additional 500 meals to help make sure that every child in our city has enough to eat. Tell them what their gift will do.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Studies have repeatedly shown that the human brain responds positively to altruism and people are hard-wired to give because it produces feel-good emotions. Giving and receiving gifts extends to others. In a season when many people are participating in gift-giving holidays, they’re inspired to give back to a worthy cause.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2021

Call your donors personally to thank them for their gifts. Donors who were called within 48 hours of their gift gave 42% more over the next 14 months (Source: Network for Good ). gift down the road. I guarantee you your end-of-year calls for donations will have a much better response than they did before! So, there you have it.

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Classy

MAY 3, 2021

For a monthly gift of $25, donors receive: . A FundHER welcome gift delivered to your door . Quarterly progress reports showing their life-saving gift in action. Break up your incentives based on the size of the recurring gift and offer different perks for higher giving levels. Recognition on the program page .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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. I write a lot about the “ warm glow ” people experience when they contemplate giving. Alas, this feeling is short-lived. So, you need to do more.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. Your donors can easily visualize how their gift will help make a difference. How will we follow up on the gifts we receive?” To do this, you need to have everything set up so you can acknowledge the gift right away and follow up throughout the year.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Feedback is a gift. Regardless of the type of feedback you are giving – the praising or the coaching type – giving the gift of feedback costs you something. There is a risk to giving the gift of feedback. The gift of feedback you give might not be accepted. The cost of feedback is not insignificant.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

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. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? Whatever your mission, the better you tailor your message to what’s top of mind for people, the more likely you’ll be able to inspire them to make a gift to you now. I know about donor retention rates, goals, etc.,

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

When humans hear a story, the chemicals cortisol, dopamine, and oxytocin are released in our brains—the chemicals that form memories, keep us engaged, and deepen our relationships. You can use it to introduce your GivingTuesday campaign and share what type of tangible impact a donor’s gift will make.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group is a fundraising and research consulting firm that specializes in boutique research, campaigns, and major gifts. Website: [link].

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. For instance, announce a leading gift and then challenge others to match or support at descending levels. Stories have a unique capability to connect deeply with people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life Filling the Well: Giving to Yourself Join My Village: Ladies Home Journal Do Good Challenge Make Someone's Day: Write a Letter Whew! LINK LOVE Bay Area folks, join me November 15th for Jennifer Lee's Right-Brain Business Plan Workshop in Oakland. It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We once thought the problem was simply about a lack of calories, but now we know it’s more about not having enough nutritious food to support body and brain development. The result was a 450% increase in donation processing capacity in the short term, with processed gifts jumping from 6,000 per day to 20,000 per day.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Brain Lacy & Associates provide services for nonprofits including augmentation, analysis of data, prospect research, major donor information, and matching gift data. Aspire Research Group is a fundraising and research consulting firm that specializes in boutique research, campaigns, and major gifts. Website: [link].

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The Storytelling Non-profit

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Vanessa of today knows that this is merely what my brain wants to do and if I don’t feed into, it will pass, and I can get to work. It’s the best gift you can give yourself when you write. I spend some time worrying and catastrophizing about my writing skills before I start writing. Be compassionate with yourself.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Or you will need to increase the average gift from your existing donors. This exhaustive list should include: All individual donations (including major gifts) procured by Direct mail Online fundraising Special/in-person fundraisers Phone solicitations Membership fees Corporate sponsorships Company matches Grants Sale of items/services.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. A gift shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the bet : THE BET: I must use the It’s Not the Size of the Gift platform to raise $1,937 by 5pm EST Friday, October 1st, and I can only promote it over social media networks. In my brain I thought, wow, wouldn’t it be awesome if everyone on Facebook actually saw this request and donated just, like, a dollar?!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2005

Thanks to Julie Lueng a pointer to a Time Magazine interview with Katherine Ellison, author of The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter. We've come to see our children taking things away from us, and we've lost the sense of how much they're adding to us, as people, as thinkers.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

Not only does reading exercise the brain and improve concentration, but it also helps children develop more advanced language skills and engage their imagination. While read-a-thons are a great fundraising idea for nonprofits of all kinds, they’re the perfect fundraiser for schools, libraries, and education nonprofit organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. Someone else can call area businesses to ask for gift cards. Here are some really simple ideas to keep you grounded and balanced: Treating yourself to 30 quiet minutes each morning before facing the challenges of your day. Literally, take a hike! Turn your screens off.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We told the story of how a donor could save a dog’s life with a $100 gift, and “Save 500 Last-Day Dogs in 30 Days” became the theme and call to action. Writing the copy first can set a talented designer’s brain on fire with ideas. So we started with copy. Only then did we determine visuals. Read and watch how this story unfolded.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. Give them a cake or have everyone sign a birthday card with a small gift.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 18, 2018

“To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”. Public Allies changed my life and I can never express the amount of gratitude I have for being gifted with this remarkable prospect.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 21, 2018

“To eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research: to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.”. Public Allies changed my life and I can never express the amount of gratitude I have for being gifted with this remarkable prospect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

She also stressed that this philosophy is as important for giving gifts of $10 as it is for $10 million. Dr. Dan Siegel , a brain researcher, gave a riveting talk about interpersonal neurobiology – and what goes on in our brains and how it impacts our offline researches when we spend too much time connecting online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

If giving disabled vets the gift of accessible reading resonates with you, I would definitely appreciate anything you can do to support our cause. We’re also pulling our Silicon Valley brain trust into these new Labs projects by creating a new kind of nonprofit advisory board, the Benetech Labs Partners.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 13, 2015

In today’s economy, a lot of us have job hunting on the brain. nonprofit geniuses Nonprofit Hub told us how to access that terrific Google gift. Don’t Forget to Join a Nonprofit Board. We weren’t surprised this was one our of 5 most-read blog posts of 2014. In Is Your Nonprofit using Google’s Free AdWords Grant?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Science is showing us that the brain can really only do one thing at a time. When we are engaged in what we think is multitasking, what we’re really doing is we’re forcing the brain to switch back and forth really rapidly and creating feelings of anxiety and stress in our physical body.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

I have seen founders have success hiring a first employee to take over social media, email marketing, gift entry and acknowledgments, and event planning. It might be hard to look at these figures and to wrap your brain around how much money you need to raise to employ the staff you need. The employee makes sure all the tasks get done.

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