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How Nonprofits Can Use
Behavioural Economics
to Increase
Fundraising Revenue
2/4/16
1pm Eastern
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Our guest presenter »
Leah Eustace, M.Phil, CFRE, ACFRE
Principal, Good Works
Chair of the AFP Foundation for
Philanthropy-Canada.
Co-Chair of AFP’s Inclusive Giving
Project.
In 2014, Leah became the 101st person
in the world to receive the ACFRE
accreditation. She was also honoured
with the AFP Ottawa Chapter
Outstanding Fundraising Executive
Award for 2014.

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HOW NONPROFITS CAN INCREASE
FUNDRAISING REVENUE THROUGH
BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

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Say what?

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Behavioural economics
be·hav·ior·al ec·o·nom·ics
noun
a method of economic analysis that applies
psychological insights into human behavior to
explain economic decision-making. (wikipedia)

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In other words …
What impact does your
subconscious have on the
decisions you make? And, how
can we use that knowledge to
increase our fundraising
revenue?

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How we think we
make decisions
@LeahEustace
#NPStoryConf

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How we actually
make decisions
@LeahEustace
#NPStoryConf

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Emotion versus logic
Artwork courtesy of Mark Phillips www.bluefroglondon.com

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Emotion versus logic

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Emotional Contagion

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Relevance to Fundraising?

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Scarcity theory
Simply put, humans
place a higher value
on an object that is
scarce, and a lower
value on those that
are abundant.
Photo by Matt Wetzler / CC BY-SA 2.0

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I’d better act fast!

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Limited sponsorships, naming
opportunities, timelines

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Mere exposure theory

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Reciprocity theory
Give Receive

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Social Proof
Social proof is a psychological phenomenon where
people assume the actions of others in an attempt to
reflect correct behavior for a given situation.
(wikipedia)

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Social proof

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“Every day,
people just like
you … “

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Authority
We feel a sense of
duty or obligation to
people in positions
of authority.

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Authority
The Milgram
experiments

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Anchoring theory
The anchoring rule of thumb
describes the common
human tendency to rely too
heavily on the first piece of
information offered (the
“anchor”) when making
decisions. Once the anchor is
set, decisions are then made
by adjusting around the
initial anchor, regardless of
the legitimacy of the actual
anchor.
(source: http://disenthrall.co/)

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Has this happened to you?
Photo by Ann Larie Valentine / CC BY-SA 2.0

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Campbell's soup sale

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How much jail time?
Photo by Ken Teegardin/ CC BY-SA 2.0

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Save 50,000 sea birds
“Would you be willing to pay $5….”?
$20
“Would you be willing to pay?”
$64
“Would you be willing to pay $400…?”
$143

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Be thoughtful
about what your
first ask is

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People look to an anchor to help
them make a decision, but they make
multiple decisions before making a
gift, so there's an opportunity for
multiple anchors: “Should I open the
package?" "Should I read the letter?"
"Should I agree to the meeting?"

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What’s the anchor
… in Toronto

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What’s the anchor?

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What’s the anchor?

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What’s the anchor?
“I don’t want to ask for
$1,000,000 and get thrown out of
your office, but I don’t want to
ask for $100,000 either if
$500,000 is more your speed.”

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What’s the anchor?

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What’s the anchor?

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What’s the anchor?

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• Impact
• Break the cycle
• You make the
difference
• The time to act is now
• Our programs work
• There’s no better place
to ask for help than
YSB
• Saving lives
… and look at the
eyes

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Extremism aversion

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Leah Eustace, ACFRE
Chief Idea Goddess, Good Works
leah@goodworksco.ca
www.goodworksco.ca
@LeahEustace
#NPStoryConf

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