Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only…
Behavioural science
REVIEW: Head to Head: A Conversation on Behavioral Science and Ethics
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Meredith Niles looks at a new paper considering the role of behavioural science in designing and implementing more effective compliance and ethics programmes, and considers how the learnings could be applied to fundraising.
KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest May 2017
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Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only…
KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – miscellaneous
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KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest January 2017
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Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.
OPINION: Overheads – why we’re still robbing donor Peter to pay fundraising Paul
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A new study by behavioural scientists has recommended charities should tell donors they have no overheads costs because they’ve already been paid by a philanthropist. Although the numbers stack up, Ian MacQuillin argues that this is a very bad idea
KNOWLEDGE: ‘Overhead-free’ appeals encourage more people to donate
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Because they want to maximise the personal impact of their donation, more people will donate to charity if they are told that all their donation will go to the cause because a major donor has already paid the overhead costs…
KNOWLEDGE: ‘Interdependent’ self-construal leads to biased giving to help ‘in-groups’
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People who see themselves as more socially connected show more bias in their charitable giving.
OPINION: Fundraising practice and ethics are drifting out of alignment
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Ian MacQuillin explores the implications of new insights from behavioural science on fundraising’s professional ethics.