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4 Lessons from Psychology to Turn Your Members into Donors

Connection Cafe

Believing it was for the common good of Switzerland, 50.8% Our brains process philanthropic motivation and financial motivation separately. While it can be tempting to try and validate a gift with a tangible item in exchange, this can actually undermine the motivations of the donor. Remind them how their gift makes a difference.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

And people come to me, and I am like Switzerland as Steven says, right? She does batch gift entry. You could say, “Mary, I would love to get your suggestions of how we can improve our batch gift entry process. Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Remember faxes. And now it’s complicated.