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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

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You see, if the email doesn’t get opened, you get no donations. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. Dismissing the subject line will cost you opens and it will cost you donations. There is a split second when we decide whether or not to open the email. Big mistake.

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How To Rewire Your Brain To Be A More Effective Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week brings the new book, The Mindfulness Edge , a fascinating manual that teaches you how through mindfulness training you can become a better leader. Mindfulness training also helps leaders to make decisions that have better impacts on gross margins and expenses," explains the book's author Tenney.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

.orgSource

Don’t waste valuable brain power. Open-minded humanists, interested in a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see. Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis.

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Spring Clean Your Work Life: Tips from Your Fellow Social Good Pros

sgEngage

Foster Mindfulness. Blackbaud Champions recommend a spring cleaning for your mind, too! Our office has a weekly mindfulness session. Sharla Donohue , database manager, American Brain Foundation. I am adopting the habit of opening emails only at certain times in a day for focused time and concentration.

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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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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s A Good New Donor Acquisition Rate?

Bloomerang

Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? or something like that? 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.

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

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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.

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